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- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
done, but any control I exerted was indirect, through working with, and helping, the producers and directors.” Singer points to a favorite line in Spotlight. “A good case presents a set of facts and pushes the reader to ask certain... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
As this existential crisis unfolded, a customer called FedEx in tears because her wedding dress hadn’t arrived yet, with less than twenty-four hours until the ceremony. A frontline service employee named Diane jumped into action, tracked... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
to eating a cookie. Twenty-five years after Pete’s death, little progress has been made in terms of understanding the condition or options for treatment. “The same antiquated autoinjector is still the first line of treatment in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
New Releases
Technology Integration by Marco Iansiti (Harvard Business School Press) In the old days, coping with technological change was simple: you kept track of developments, tried to decide if they had legs, and implemented them when the market seemed ready. New technology fed... View Details
Keywords: Robert Binstock
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
giving first-time offenders, particularly our youth, a second chance at righting their wrongs,” says Huntsman. And there’s the bottom line to consider as well. “All told, it can cost our communities anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000 to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
industry entirely. Instead, the Miami native went home after graduation to join an upstart agency that seemed interested in doing things a little differently. At the time, Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B) had a regional focus, with 55 View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
of auburn, but I’ve never I’ve never gone purple. But that was very intentional. I felt like I needed to lead from the front line and make a very bold statement that when I say I want you to bring your full... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
MAGAGNINI: She’s proud of IceStone’s triple bottom line philosophy: people, planet, and profits. It was 2005, and Miranda Magagnini (MBA ’90) had reached her breaking point. “Mommy, what’s wrong?” asked Dante, her then 11-year-old son.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Renter’s Market
street. He looks for positive signs such as strong rental demand from city employees and blue-collar workers; a mix of rental and owner-occupied properties; successful local businesses; city revitalization projects; and informal... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
slowly—moving the ball down the field. A central pillar of the megapolis plan, it is likely to be among the first to see completion. For starters, the first 25 kilometers of a new light rail line will shrink a painfully slow commute from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
small group of private-equity investors, then there would have been few employee shareholders or any kind of shareholders at risk. Yes, the board failed all Enron stakeholders. Many of the private-equity board virtues Professor Salter... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
decision to buck the industry standard and invest in employees. “Our business model gives employees a career path,” she says, noting that half of the company’s top managers started as sales associates. As she expanded Bluemercury beyond... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
Last month, more than one million people lined the streets of Boston for a parade in honor of their National Hockey League champion Boston Bruins. Talk about consumer excitement over a product! On that score (or should I say “SCO-ORE!”),... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested
operations for any of the multiple workers and vendors involved in getting goods from the loading dock to the warehouse. Over the course of the pandemic, RoadSync grew from 25 employees to 100 and now operates with a hybrid workplace... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
airfield, were now under insurgent control. The OSS believed that a sustained Slovak rebellion could create a new front in the sprawling war, splitting the weakening Axis forces. The Slovak partisans just needed a little help holding the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
country in the world. From the beginning, and in line with AKDN’s overarching principle of conducting ethical business practices, however, Khoja drew a hard line against making or receiving bribes of any... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
into an operation that now boasts 135 employees and anticipated 2003 revenues of $45 million. As Boston’s Big Dig, a prime revenue source, winds down, City Lights is expanding to other parts of the country. The company has also launched a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
look to us as a source of information to help them with that. They can be seventy years old and care about how they look, or they can be seventeen. How have your product lines evolved? We started with a core brand definition of providing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
in Europe. Where to draw the line on sharing data with regard to tracking COVID-19 is part of the challenge for students, as it presumably was for Tim Cook as well. The pandemic is covered in the update to the case published in 2023. How... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
Martin lays out a litany of misery: two economic collapses in 10 years (following 70 years of relative stability), the public’s growing distrust of business, an unending line of execs paraded on perp walks, and decreasing rather than... View Details