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- 01 Jan 2004
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A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
fundamentals—treating the consumer as boss and focusing on P&G's big brands, top markets, and key customers—are being hailed for their "revolutionary" impact. As one analyst told Fortune magazine last spring: "In the eighteen years that... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
infrastructure in the world. What are the implications for their ability to leapfrog content and technical developments in this sector in the United States? Internet development in China. Online marketing and consumer behavior in South... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
when her mother died of cancer at age 43. Consumed by grief, her father succumbed to drink and depression, and the family’s once-idyllic suburban life spiraled downward into poverty. Barely adolescent and lacking role models for success,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
to invest all that money? Typically we’ll invest a new fund over a three-year period, and then go out and raise our next fund. Accel IX, which we started investing in January 2005, is very much focused on consumer Internet, mobile... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
average American consuming 3.1 servings of meat daily, Muir (MBA 2004) realized that food was a place he could make a difference. In 2008 he started Clover Food Lab with the goal of making vegetables irresistible for people who love to... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
European consumer products business. In her first Bulletin interview in 1983, Dodi envisioned the future ideal of "a pregnant CEO of a corporation walking into a board meeting" while her other child was down the hall in daycare. But she... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
Despite New England’s long traditions of farming and fishing, only an estimated 5–10 percent of the food consumed in the region is actually produced there. That’s a fact Andrew Kendall (MBA 1988) is working hard to change. “At least 50... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
the car—but with collective action, these small changes could have a big impact, Tiller says. The organization also wants consumers to understand the connection between food and fuel: nearly 50 percent of the country’s corn crop is turned... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993)
and services to consumers over 50 in the United Kingdom. The first three to six months, almost everybody who arrives at HBS is convinced that the admissions office must have made a mistake, that they’re going to get caught out. If you... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
the local level, and typically filled rural niches for consumer goods. At their peak in the early 1990s, an estimated 19 million TVEs operated across the country. By contrast, the SOEs were controlled by various government ministries at... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
terms with what business itself should be. Is it a method for delivering goods to consumers at the lowest prices? Is it a mechanism for providing employment? Is it a tool for asserting national power abroad?... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
the IBMs or the RCAs of the world to continue to create innovations and job opportunities. Think about the number of firms that wouldn’t be here and the number of technologies that wouldn’t be here without venture capital. The innovation that affects View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Faculty Books
Don’t Be Atlas: Get the World off Your Shoulders; Dig Deep for the Root Cause; Get Ready for the Long Haul; Never Waste a Good Crisis; You’re in the Spotlight: Follow True North; and Go on Offense, Focus on Winning Now. Entrepreneurs,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
families. Later, we gather with locals to learn about every aspect of rug weaving: cleaning and brushing the wool; pulling and spinning it out into yarn; coloring it with plant- and insect-based dyes; and finally, weaving it into the beautiful rugs that hang in the... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
especially Black women, are the most educated segment of the population, and that's according to the US Census. We control some one and a half trillion, with a T, trillion dollars in consumer spending. Studies by American Express show... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
Photo: Courtesy Chapman Partnership Symeria Hudson (MBA 1997) never expected to find herself leading a nonprofit. She began her career with 25 years in the corporate world, the first 10 years in consumer View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
fundamental decisions for any business: where to play, how to deliver, and how to win. Where to Play. Entrepreneurs must target downturn needs such as superior value relative to existing players or provide good substitutes for the... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
their goods or the quality of services. The next step in what they referred to as the “progression of economic value” would require engaging consumers experientially, “on an emotional, physical,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
process and convince companies to consider the human cloud? The Answers: Seems like a good mix of broad PR and market education, together with high-value customer selling, will be required. The incubators and startup competitions are... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
not 80 or 90 percent. If you’re in, say, the consumer packaged goods industry, you want to get to 80 percent, but in health care, getting to 40 percent is an extremely high impact. I think people were... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley