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Clarissa Quintanilla

campus. After graduation, she worked at Edward Jones “because I was interested in its community-based distribution system.” After two years with the company (working in its Rotational Development Program and in marketing), she married her... View Details

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Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroad Records Photographs Research Collections Secondary Sources Related Sites Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies &... View Details

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Using the Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

duplication services. All requests are subject to review by the reference staff. Staff may recommend or require professional photographic reproduction as an alternative to copying materials to protect the collections. Images for publication or View Details

18 Jan 2012
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Charter Supporter

headquartered in Waterloo, Wisconsin. While there, she set up Trek’s sales and distribution companies across Europe and worked in forecasting and planning. Since 2007, she has devoted her energy and skills full time to the nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

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Research Links: Photographs - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroad Records Photographs Research Collections Secondary Sources Related Sites Research Links: Photographs Henry Villard Business... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows

Publishing 274 262 262 Endowment Distribution 184 173 162 Unrestricted, Current Use Gifts 41 37 40 Restricted, Current Use Gifts 19 23 28 Housing, Rents, Interests Income & Other 17 26 28 Total Revenues $805 $861 $925 Expenses 2021 2020... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Code name: Miesiąc

in subterfuge. No one of them knew the full plan for producing and distributing the posters, and each took a circuitous path to the central Warsaw basement where they would be printed. But as Maj and his friend Janek walked away from the... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Piotr Malecki

November 2019
Case

Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times

By: Caroline M. Elkins, Juan Alcácer, Alpana Thapar and Youssef Abdel Aal

After 15 years of steady growth and expansion, Edita, a leading Egyptian snack producer, faced a series of challenges in the wake of the Arab Spring. In January 2011, the Egyptian Revolution sparked political and economic turmoil that reflected the waves of protest and... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Developing Countries and Economies; Economy; Business or Company Management; Price; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Expansion; Currency; Food and Beverage Industry; Egypt; Africa; Middle East

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Purchase

designs to increase distribution and invested in new product development. Under his watch, animal crackers (fashioned after the Barnum Circus) and Oreo cookies were introduced. View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

07 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century

store customers or trading them to urban wholesalers and jobbers for needed supplies. Bartering reduced storekeepers' dependence on currency. It also created informal distribution networks for locally produced goods. For instance,... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

consultant at Deloitte. Ilana earned a BS in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from HBS. Hunter Goble (MBA 2022) is the co-founder and CEO of Transcera, a biotech startup harnessing the biology of sphingolipids to enable oral delivery and amplified... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders

fellowship program on our students, who see how invested our alumni are in their success and the success of the School, cannot be overstated.” —Jana Kierstead “We know that talent is much more evenly distributed than opportunity,” says... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

08 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

is a time-honored approach, particularly in media and entertainment. When space is limited on store shelves and in traditional distribution channels, producers tend to focus on a few likely best sellers, hoping that one or two big hits... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2020
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Green Light

meeting with the CEO, Lo drew him a network diagram of what the future infrastructure of TV distribution was going to look like. “It’s all going to be bits and bytes,” she told him. Lo would later help stitch together some 200 European... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

November 2009 (Revised May 2017)
Case

Miracle Life, Inc.

By: Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy

Miracle Life is a firm with a unique setup and organizational structure. Specifically, it is a network marketing firm, also known as multi-level marketing (MLM) firm, which utilizes a large distributor base and depends on this individual distributor base to sell its... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Cash Flow; Stocks; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Marketing; Distribution; Organizational Structure

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16 Nov 2021
Blog Post

How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation

distribute our payments and financial services products through these platforms to their SMB (small and medium-sized business) customers. It is a super interesting and challenging position, as it combines sales, partnerships, and the need... View Details

04 Nov 2014
News

Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years

Fundación, which is rated number one among all Mexican NGOs for efficiency by philanthropic watchdog Filantrofilia, has distributed $11.7 million in grants and loans. The selection criteria are simple: Mexican students accepted to a... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Mar 2014
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

R. Lakhani on the keys to managing distributed innovation. What Does Nasa's "faster, Better, Cheaper" Teach About Innovation? Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science Do the successful Mars missions mean NASA again has the right... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

Bernard A. Edison

apparel through outlets including J. Riggings and Jeans West. Edison centered his outlets in suburban malls to capitalize on the growth of this distribution channel in the 70’s and 80’s. View Details

Keywords: Retail

14 Nov 2011
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Pinstripe Greens

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution

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