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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
to reduce waste, Imperfect Foods acquired a fraction of the airlines’ canceled orders. In April, Imperfect customers who usually purchased produce and staples could add on a single-serving cheese platter for $2.99—a snack that would have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
producing its oil, each of the five or six key field that are still around 90 percent of their production are in real danger of a pending production collapse. You might see the production from any one of these fields drop by as much as... View Details
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
professional and professor. Reliable innovation is "a weird concept," Austin admits. "Reliability in business is about things aimed at consistency of outcome. Reliable innovation means something more like a consistent ability to View Details
Sidney W. Winslow
With the insight he gained while working in his father’s shoe factory, Winslow started his first shoe machine company in 1893, producing leather-buffing machines. With the profits from this business, Winslow combined resources with Gordon... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Steven Spielberg
Spielberg is a prolific director and producer who greatly influenced the manner in which films are created, marketed, and distributed over the last few decades of the twentieth century. Noted for his exceptional use of special effects and... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
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Real estate: costs per square foot (commercial)
Loeb Library Producer Price Index Bureau of Labor Statistics Industry databases has average cost per square foot for new construction. International Code Council Provides Building Valuation Data with average square foot... View Details
Frank J. Fahey
Fahey created a sales organization to distribute Gillette products throughout the world. By 1917, Fahey was producing 1 million razors per year compared to just 91,000 in 1904, and had established factories in England, France, Germany and... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Sports in the Classroom
Football (both kinds) is a learning tool in HBS classrooms. Professor John Quelch has produced a paper case and video series on soccer powerhouse and blockbuster brand Real Madrid that features interviews with players and management as... View Details
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Brian T. Bedol
knew was that life,” he said. With that foundation, it was no surprise that Bedol became a successful entrepreneur himself. After graduating from Boston University with a degree in communications, Bedol became an advertising copywriter and then landed a job as a View Details
William Wrigley III
produced several new lines, including Freedent for denture wearers, the sugar-free Orbit, the bubble gum Hubba Bubba, and the cinnamon-flavored Big Red. Under William III’s leadership, Wrigley’s was able to maintain its position as the... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Andrew J. Higgins
biggest suppliers to the military mobilization effort for World War II. Over 90% of the navy vessels produced during the war were designed by Higgins Industries including most of the landing ships which allowed ship-bound troops to... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Adolph Zukor
these investments, produced dozens of highly successful films. In 1949, Paramount was forced to divest itself of the theatre chain business, but an undaunted Zukor moved on to his next challenge, capitalizing on the growing television... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
MD/MBA Program Launched
will produce “a new generation of leaders in health care.” Graduates of the program, whose enrollment will increase over time, will be encouraged to practice medicine before becoming senior executives in hospitals, health-care... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Respond to a Worthy Cause
How do you follow a successful first act? With an even more successful second act, say three members of the HBS community involved in producing Respond II, a double CD of women artists released in January. Like its predecessor, Respond II... View Details
- 10 May 2019
- News
Bringing Art to the People It Depicts
“Instead of overthinking it, I thought I could be a part of the change to start supporting our own,” the rapper and record producer told the Harvard Gazette. “We have a hard time supporting our own sometimes because it’s so close to us.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Feedback
“the sound of dog food glopping out of a can.” (Buy a of copy of his book, MouthSounds, if you want to know more.) I’ve long enjoyed Fred’s creative ability to make me smile. I put him in a special category of entertaining HBSers, including the late Jay Ward (MBA... View Details
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
provide these experiences? Purchase this module note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/611004-PDF-ENG Southwest Airlines One Report TM Robert G. Eccles, Beiting Cheng, and Susan ThyneHarvard Business School Case 411-042 In 2009, Southwest Airlines View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2006
- Op-Ed
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do
attention to greater disclosure, while producing more information for shareholders, is unlikely to resolve these problems. In fact, clearer data may give CEOs a basis to insist on higher pay, putting even greater pressure on compensation... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch
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Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog
own or manage a small business, provide consulting or financial services to these businesses, or invest in smaller businesses. These smaller businesses are privately owned, are typically led by a CEO/entrepreneur supported by a very small management team, View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
ahead,” he says of the iconic brand. “What’s important to me is the satisfaction of seeing an organization that has been failing for years become a great place to work, from the shop floor all the way on up, and produce a great result for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna