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- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
in industrial water and wastewater systems. Woteer had expressed an interest in gaining exclusive access to Oasys' forward osmosis technology for water treatment applications in China in exchange for an equity investment. Jim Matheson, President and CEO, did not have... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
years of experience at the likes of Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson, decided to set himself up as Spain's first pizza magnate and founded TelePizza. He believed that customers in Spain—and, indeed, throughout Europe—would respond enthusiastically to a... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
department stores and a new hypermarket—Nagesh was proud of the way the company had taken retail from its roots in simple transactions to a complete "experience" defined by the luxurious ambiance, food, events and educated staff... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
and infrastructure, and with personnel costs that match European standards, we can compete only on the basis of high-quality French Caribbean service. We do have one luxury hotel that already exhibits that standard: the Cap Est Lagoon... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
president and CEO, Margaret Clark, was contemplating the launch of a new, lip-plumping product called "Four Carat Pout." Clark faced many decisions concerning the launch: marketing the product as a luxury View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
objectives of a laptop computer targeted at children of the developing world with the escalating content demands from the marketplace and the non-profit OLPC Foundation. It also had to fit the project into its company business model which served global lead PC View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
stay-at-home orders will likely make brick-and-mortar stores and shopping malls less appealing to consumers, and will likely fuel online shopping. On a more positive side, consumers are likely to continue to indulge in little luxuries... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Hotels: Brand Differentiation through Customer Relationship Management Harvard Business School Case 809-029 This case analyzes the Hilton Hotels Corporation's CRM strategy at a key juncture in its history, immediately after the firm has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
it far because there’s a lot of air you’re moving around,” he explains. “This is very much a local business.” Consumer preference for plastic and the marketing trend toward rejuvenating a brand with new packaging designs have been pushing... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
parlayed his fame as a celebrity real estate developer into a winning pitch to voters as a Washington outsider. Emphasizing his decades of experience as a wheeler-dealer building luxury hotels, casinos, and golf courses around the world,... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
otherwise fail emissions tests. We find that for a significant number of inspectors, leniency is much higher for those customers with standard vehicles than for those with luxury cars, although a smaller group appears to favor wealthy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
2013. The sudden price increase not only increased the likely acquisition price for an ownership stake in Hefei Sanyo, but also meant that Whirlpool had lost the luxury of both time and secrecy. Lee had to quickly decide how to structure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
Gaston Azcarraga's Grupo Posadas acquired the Caesar Park brand of luxury hotels in Brazil and Argentina in 1998, he faced the familiar challenge of bridging cultural and linguistic differences. "We realized... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
“Crush it!” I was test-driving a Tesla Model S 75D under the watchful eye of Kristin, the “owner-advisor” tasked with accompanying me while I took one of Elon Musk’s battery-powered luxury cars for a spin on the Far West Side of... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
for, back into sole stewardship of a brand new 2nd year MBA course in Channels of Distribution at HBS, heavily over-subscribed (DANGER, DANGER) while consulting for Coca Cola and finishing my PhD thesis on the side. It should perhaps be... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
programming vocals, writing the synth line, deciding what the bass line is going to be. I think there’s enormous discipline, you know, beyond the fact that I’ve been able to feel safe in this time, that my family is safe. It’s a luxury to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
and extraordinarily detailed maps. Leading YOU: The Power of Self-Leadership to Build your Executive Brand and Drive Career Success by Brenda Bence (MBA 1991) (Global Insight Communications, LLC) The most important driver of overall... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Jr., and other leaders to become larger-than-life figures; why society works the way it does, and what you can do to positively impact it, and the importance and power of close relationships. Fin Tales: Saving Cadillac, America’s Luxury... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
things don't go as planned, remember to look in the mirror, and don't lose the learning. Leave everything better than you found it. Leslie Hale (MBA 2001), CFO and sVP, RLJ Lodging Trust, Bethesda, Maryland Take advantage of the fact that your MBA affords you the View Details