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J. Peter Grace
Grace dramatically grew the company through massive diversification efforts. In 1950, Latin American operations brought in 60% of W.R. Grace & Company sales. Grace’s diversification efforts decreased the above percentage to only 19% View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 02 Apr 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Strategic Foresight as Dynamic Capability: A New Lens on Knightian Uncertainty
Keywords: by J. Peter Scoblic
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
In January 2000, Thomas J. Tierney (MBA 1980) announced that he would step aside as worldwide managing director of Bain & Company, a position he had held since 1992, and become chairman of The Bridge Group, a new Bain affiliate. Tierney's... View Details
- August 1974 (Revised April 1983)
- Case
Peter Olafson (A)
By: John J. Gabarro
Describes the problems facing a recent MBA graduate in his job as general manager of a cable television company owned by a parent corporation. Raises issues of corporate divisional relationships and the difficulties facing an inexperienced manager who seems to be... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Television Entertainment; Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Problems and Challenges
Gabarro, John J. "Peter Olafson (A)." Harvard Business School Case 475-025, August 1974. (Revised April 1983.)
- 19 May 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
professor Ernest R. Berndt), HBS professor Alvin J. Silk looks at both internal and external forces affecting the industry, with particular attention to the impact of the Internet. According to Silk and his colleagues, changes in the... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Reinventing Marketing
featuring Professor Gerald Zaltman's pioneering marketing research method, ZMET, which uses visual images to tap into consumer feelings; Entrepreneurial Marketing, taught by Thomas J. Kosnik, a visiting... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
on the board to illustrate human interactions. Hunt Greene's high bet wasn't looking too promising until Lawrence, bewildered by Hunt's off-the-wall comments, offered him the chalk to illustrate his theory. Much to the amusement of the... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- News
Nearly Half of Americans Are 'Financially Fragile'
- 17 Aug 2010
- News
Economy Led to Cuts in Use of Health Care
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
climbed more than three-fold in the United States. In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, openings skyrocketed by at least a factor of five. That said, in Miami; Savannah, Georgia; and Memphis, job listings with one or... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 02 Oct 2008
- What Do You Think?
Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?
months. But to what degree should the U.S. government take advantage of free markets to free them up when they become frozen? Can it employ the "Buffett Effect" to do so? Or is the analogy even appropriate? Should this be called a workout rather than a bailout? So many... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Mar 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?
Comments were replete with advice to leaders regarding honesty, candor, and an optimistic bias. Zack Allen advised, "Honesty is the best policy (but it) does not mean being a nay-sayer or a wet blanket." Peter Bowie suggested... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
the inner city will require a commitment not only by the government, but also by the private sector, a five-member panel, moderated by Randal Pinkett of the MIT Media... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Aug 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?
Common sense had its defenders. C. J. Cullinane commented that "Common sense and experience for all their faults are fast." Phil Clark added that "how man reacts to a situation is driven by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
C. J. Cullinane identified the most important requirement for self-management success as "conviction and commitment of top management." As Peter Johnson put it, "True and genuine... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
Back in the early 1990s, managers of U.S. companies were justifiably proud of the well-oiled machines they'd made of their supply chains. Over the previous fifteen to twenty years, they'd wrung costs from the mechanisms and processes by... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
Newfarmer, Peter Walkenhorst (eds.) (2009), Breaking Into New Markets: Emerging Lessons for Export Diversification, World Bank, Washington, D.C.: 2009. Wood, A., J. Mayer (2009). "Has China... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
that premise to a new level, opening a four-story, 22,000-square-foot boutique on Fifth Avenue designed by architect Peter Marino that features details such as flashing LED screens and a staircase made of... View Details