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  • 17 Nov 2011
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

the tools they create. How Can Managers Get The Best Thinking Out Of Support Staff? Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis Employees not connected directly to profit and loss can suffer from a collective "I-am-not-strategic" identity... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Alumni Books

plans that are easy to apply. It highlights why marketing plans matter and where they go wrong and explains how to create a powerful plan that will help build a strong, profitable business. More than Money: Questions Every MBA Needs to... View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

its pragmatic use of the profit motive and market mechanisms to make a sustainable, self-perpetuating, and effective impact on the lives of poor people. When the ACCION opportunity came along, it forced me to confront those late-night... View Details

    Charles Lazarus

    Lazarus revolutionized the toy industry with his chain’s “cookie-cutter” uniformity, one-price discount policy, and deep inventory of 18,000 individual items. Toys “R” Us was one of the fastest growing and most profitable firms in the... View Details
    Keywords: Retail
    • Web

    Margaret Busse Archives | Social Enterprise

    Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
    • Web

    Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) - Course Catalog

    competitive advantage, and (4) Driving profitable growth. Given the compressed nature of the course, SVC-S will place a somewhat greater emphasis on valuation and financing considerations. SVC-S is designed to provide students with the... View Details
    • 01 Jan 2010
    • News

    Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965

    William (MBA ’93), to establish Orbis Investment Management in Bermuda in 1990. Today William serves as president at Orbis, which controls about $20 billion in funds. The pair is restructuring Orbis and Allan Gray Limited to provide for continuity and to ensure that... View Details
    • 10 Sep 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Become a Value Creator

    asked how he could pay back the favor. Cash put his arm around his colleague's shoulder and said, "You don't owe me anything, Brian. This is the way we do things here. Just pay it forward." “Shareholder value or profits are... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • September 1984
    • Case

    Henkel Corp.: International Sealants Brand SISTA (B)

    By: Robert J. Dolan
    Describes the outcome of implementation of the standardized plan described in Henkel (A). View Details
    Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Globalization; Expansion; Profit; Conflict Management; Outcome or Result; Consumer Products Industry; Construction Industry; Europe; West Germany
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      Maurice R. Greenberg

      Greenberg helped grow American International Group into one of the world-wide leaders in insurance and financial services. Greenberg grew American International Group almost entirely internally, using his own, in-house trained managers to exploit new markets. Under... View Details
      Keywords: Finance

        Lammot du Pont

        Under duPont’s leadership, researchers at duPont invented nylon, which revolutionized the textile industry. Researchers also discovered neoprene (the first general purpose synthetic rubber), Orlon and Dacron under duPont’s direction. duPont kept the duPont Corporation... View Details
        Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

          C. William Pollard

          Pollard led ServiceMaster’s dramatic growth and diversification through the acquisitions of Terminix, TruGreen/ChemLawn, Merry Maids, and American Home Shield. During his tenure, Pollard continued ServiceMaster’s 22 consecutive years of revenue and View Details
          Keywords: Services

            William L. McKnight

            McKnight built an industrial giant, one of the most successful, innovative, and profitable companies in American industry, whose primary success was achieved through research and development. Among 3M’s 60,000 products, its most... View Details
            Keywords: Fabricated Goods

              Elmer H. Maytag

              Elmer introduced the washing machine concept to his father in the early 1900s – essentially expanding the family business. Maytag presided over both the initial heyday period of Maytag and the subsequent Depression era. Under his leadership, Maytag prospered,... View Details
              Keywords: Fabricated Goods
              • 2012
              • Working Paper

              Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It

              By: Kash Rangan, Lisa Chase and Sohel Karim
              The authors argue for a strategic and pragmatic, rather than ideological, approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that contrasts sharply with the prevailing Shared Value framework offered by Porter and Kramer (HBR; Jan.-Feb. 2011). We assert that, despite... View Details
              Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Values and Beliefs; Profit; Practice
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              • 29 Nov 2006
              • Research & Ideas

              Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

              research and suggests ways that entrepreneurs can work toward being both rich and royal. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Tell us about the conflict entrepreneurs face when establishing a new venture between the profit motive and the control motive.... View Details
              Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

                Lodwrick M. Cook

                During his tenure as CEO, Cook helped to develop the Alaska oil reserves and the Alaska pipeline and was a pioneer in the development of cleaner-burning gasoline. These endeavors helped ARCO to double its market share on the West Coast while achieving record level... View Details
                Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                  Francis C. Rooney, Jr.

                  During his 23-year tenure as CEO, Rooney led Melville’s dramatic expansion as a focused retail industry conglomerate. His acquisition of CVS in 1969 became the primary profitability producer for the corporation. Under his leadership,... View Details
                  Keywords: Retail

                    Robert A. Pritzker

                    A talented engineer, Pritzker's best asset was his ability to take an ailing industrial company and turn into a highly profitable enterprise. Throughout his career, Pritzker revived about 60 companies, all of which were purchased by his... View Details
                    Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                      Ivan J. Houston

                      Houston was instrumental in streamlining Golden State’s operations and enabling it to profitably expand. He moved the company into the group insurance field securing business from organizations such as Ford, General Motors, and AT&T.... View Details
                      Keywords: Finance