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- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
the lackluster progress and had decided that maybe they should seek a new CEO. Luckily, months before that, we really had come to understand, or at least I did as CEO, some of the problems I had in terms of wrong strategy and changed it,... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
Russia to build a textile business. "Half the workers in this country are employed in small businesses. We need to make sure they have the tools to grow their companies, create stable jobs, and move our economy forward." Mills serves as... View Details
- 29 Nov 2023
- News
A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway
Clubs News Clubs News Southern California Holiday Gala Will Boost Scholarship Fund After a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, the HBS Association of Southern California (HBSASC) is once again hosting its annual Holiday Benefit Gala on December 9 to support the HBSASC... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)
Even while he was growing up, Michael Porter, the School's C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, knew a thing or two about the world. The son of a career Army officer, he lived in many places in this country and... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
carbon costs were paid for by the producers. MT: Right. It strikes me that perhaps the closest analogy to what you're doing in the marketplace in the US are these opt up electricity deals that in many places around the country you can opt... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
learned at HBS: “I developed a sense of confidence in myself and in my ability to go out and compete in the business world.” Inspirations & role models: “As a woman, there were no role models!” Best business advice ever received: “When I... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and, with the flavors of the drink... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
vinyl record sectors, has been studying the independent bookstore for the past five years. After more than 200 interviews with bookstore owners, authors, and publishers, he has developed a hypothesis for their unexpected renaissance: They... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
reallocated for city delivery work. That’s going to make things more efficient and strengthen supply-chain security.” Just Charge It That EV section of your nearby parking lot is only going to grow, says Molly Middaugh (MBA 2018). She’s director of business View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Wasserman Taking the Game to a New Level: Zeynep Ton Finding Reason in the Irrational: Ulrike Malmendier Star Search: Boris Groysberg On the Case: First-Year Professors Develop a Taste for Teaching The Big Aha When Noam Wasserman enrolled... View Details
- 03 Nov 2016
- News
17 Ventures Join the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab
life science and biotech ventures further, faster. The fully equipped wet lab environment, collaborative coworking space, and educational resources will support high-potential biotech, pharma, and other life sciences-related ventures that have at View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
A Taste of Tradition
method-a teaching approach unknown in Japan-continue to guide him, he notes, in overseeing Kikkoman's new business development. He also manages several other departments and subsidiary branches, such as the company's biochemical and research and View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
us think externally and really put aside some of the operational pieces. And because it scored so well in all of our concept work, it scored well across all demographics, it gave people at least a reason to believe. But the proof was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
worked for the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Is the MCC development model an effective one? The MCC, a US agency established in 2004, is viewed by many as a success, in part because it aims to depoliticize aid. To be eligible for MCC... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
The World's Banker
that the Bank has an indispensable development role: to help finance and assist the desperately poor countries that seldom see private capital. But he also believes the institution must justify its continued... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
common issues most Latin American countries are dealing with. It's a factor that constrains business strategy across the region." Latin America's equity markets are thin and capital is scarce, Ghemawat says, with the result that companies... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
looking to transform lives by moving primarily smallholder farmers out of hunger and poverty, toward resilience.” These farmers, in more than 30 countries worldwide, says Ferrari, have the potential to effectively feed about 100 million... View Details
- 19 Jul 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
charity, Elumelu stresses. It is an investment. He believes that these entrepreneurs can create at least 1 million jobs in Africa and contribute at least $10 billion in revenue. “The legacy I want to leave... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
socially responsible development projects in economically challenged communities. Students come from 48 countries, predominately in Latin America and Africa. The admissions team and faculty personally conduct up to 1,000 interviews in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
automakers tried to avoid investing in radials. This country was not like Europe where they have "little doodlebugs scooting around on cobblestones," they said. According to a top Ford executive at the time, "This is a big View Details