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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
Staples gift certificates to purchase a new zip drive and fax machine. Along with such essentials, Sutherland notes, "Often what our clients really need is a sympathetic ear." As Linea's Lisa Vangelas wrote in a letter to the New York... View Details
- 31 May 2013
- News
Seeing the Light
Opal, moved to New Hampshire, where Opal opened an art gallery. When Evans's work, some of which was on display in the gallery, began outselling that of the other artists, the Evanses decided to decamp to Woodstock, Vermont, where they View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
ideas such as frequent-flyer programs, the planning of route systems around central hubs, and supersaver fares. "We're using technology to help eliminate any impediments to a person boarding our planes," Carty says. "Starting in June, our customers were able to View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
inventory. The problem with that is you might have strategic consumers who delay their purchase of a pair of sandals, for example, to take advantage of the discounted price. Whereas if you didn’t use a markdown, then—who knows?—maybe... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
IPA Meets IPO
line, took that concept to another level. When his company went public in 1995, Koch made sure that his loyal quaffers (at $15 a share), not Wall Street insiders (at $20), got the best stock price. He attached fliers to his six-packs that alerted customers to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rolling Thunder
bankruptcy, in 2003. Behind the Indian kick-start are Stephen Heese (MBA ’88) and Stephen Julius (MBA ’88), who purchased Indian in 2004. Julius told the Financial Times (September 18, 2006) that he has spent two years drawing up a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A "Growing" Online Community
(MBA '99), aims to help farmers pool their orders so they can make bulk purchases at lower costs. "Everyone thinks that farmers are unsophisticated and have no ideas," Grippo said in the January 5 article "Online Agricultural Sites... View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
and ranked. In February 2018, tronc, the company formerly known as Tribune Publishing, purchased a majority stake in BestReviews.com. What inspired you to launch BestReviews.com? Ben:“We both grew up reading Consumer Reports regularly and... View Details
- 02 Apr 2020
- News
Patriots Plane Delivers a Million Masks from China
mission. We knew that purchasing greatly-needed N95 masks and providing the Patriots plane to expedite their delivery to local hospitals would immediately help protect our courageous health care professionals,” Robert Kraft said in a... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- News
The Right Stuff
leaders, school officials, and the mayor of Boston. Harvard University also chipped in, helping with the purchase of commemorative rings (complementing special jackets donated by New Balance) for all the players and cheerleaders. Featured... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
items and are affected by them. For their 1996 study, "The Paradoxes of Technology," HBS assistant professor Susan M. Fournier and David Glen Mick, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, interviewed 29 households about their View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
of millennial and Gen Z consumers in the United States say these impacts could stop them from purchasing diamond jewelry entirely. In India, where the market is expected to grow 10 percent annually when the pandemic ends, that figure is... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
part of the HBS's Arthur Rock Center Accelerator program last year. ShelfLife is a B2B marketplace that enables small businesses to take advantage of economies of scale in the food and beverage packaging supply chain. “Specialty food and beverage producers join our... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Prof’s Dream Comes True
Tufano Tax refunds can now be channeled into the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds, a policy victory for HBS professor Peter Tufano (left), founder and president of the nonprofit Doorway to Dreams Fund (D2D) that has worked for years to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Retail: Voice-Activated, One-Hour-Delivery Shopping
a package delivered in a week was fast. Today, it’s not uncommon to have products delivered within hours. And in the future they are going to want more than a thud at the doorstep. They are going to want a person to go through the door to assist them with the most... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Fall Reunions
were joined by AMP and ISMP alumni for the usual full-plate banquet of academic sessions, parties, networking, and good conversation. The Classes of 1966, 1976, and 1986 all set new attendance records for their respective reunions. For more about fall reunions: View... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forum
Feedback The “Assets” department in our March issue featured some of Professor Joe Fuller’s flying pigs and a call to share what’s in your office. Keep Pulling “My time at HBS overlapped with Professor Fuller, who graduated from HBS the year before I did. While he was... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Guitar Hero
Berryman and Gary A. Zebrowski purchased the near-bankrupt Nashville, Tennessee, company in 1986. Gibson was suffering from the neglect and mismanagement of its previous owner of nearly twenty years - an Ecuadorian conglomerate that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 18 Apr 2011
- News
Capitalism Meets Conservation
millions in investment capital and has purchased more than 60,000 acres in Chile’s Patagonia region, reported the Martha’s Vineyard Times (December 22, 2010). Adams’ approach recognizes that conserved land has many values—for recreation,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
She’s Got Your Back
Bill Corbin (MBA 1968). After relocating to Columbus, Ohio, Oesterle bought another old house and ran into the same problem. In 1995 he convinced Hicks (who had worked for him as a college intern) to move to Columbus to start their own version of Unified Neighbors. In... View Details