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    Whitney Stevens

    the negativity associated with the firm’s labor struggles, Whitney Stevens invested in many new and profitable operations, the most notable of which was a partnership with Ralph Lauren to make home décor, that allowed View Details
    Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

      Roger B. Smith

      investing heavily in technological automation and robotics, and ridding the company of its risk-averse bureaucracy. Though these changes struggled to earn consistent profits for GM, Smith was nonetheless credited with putting it back on... View Details
      Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

        Otto D. Donnell

        assets, which then stood at $203 million. Under Donnell, Ohio Oil produced 39 million barrels of gross oil, boasting a profit of $68 million, a near tenfold increase from when he began his presidency. View Details
        Keywords: Utilities & Energy
        • 20 Jan 2010
        • First Look

        First Look: Jan. 20

        paper explores the influence of social categories on the perceived trade-off between relatively bad but equal distribution of resources between two parties and profit maximizing, yet asymmetric, payoffs. Studies 1 and 2 show that people... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 01 Dec 2020
        • News

        Steady as She Goes

        for the community was a profitable strategy: The company saw a 7.1 percent year-over-year increase in retail profits for the fiscal year that ended in June. Weckert isn’t going to predict that the coming... View Details
        Keywords: April White; COVID-19; change management; leadership; women; grocery stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
        • 01 Oct 1996
        • News

        "Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

        The following article is the sixth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. Why was Southwest Airlines the only U.S. airline to realize a profit in 1992? What has made crime in New York City... View Details
        Keywords: Susan Young
        • 18 Jul 2016
        • Research & Ideas

        Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?

        In a first-ever look at the internal economics driving private equity partnerships, Harvard Business School researchers have found that many of these funds can be torn apart by greed among founding partners who take home a much bigger share of View Details
        Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

          Michel C. Bergerac

          Bergerac, however, is most known for the extensive diversification of Revlon into a health care products business. With the acquisition of companies in such areas as drugs, vision care, and medical diagnostics, the expanded health care division contributed 66% of... View Details
          Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

            John M. Hiebert

            In his years of leadership at Sterling, Hiebert consolidated the brand names of Bayer, Centaur-Caldwell and Chas into a single division that became increasingly profitable and also launched the environmentally conscious Zimmerman process,... View Details
            Keywords: Healthcare

              Roger A. Enrico

              player in the snack and beverage industry, which enabled it to gain significant market share and post improved profitability numbers. During his tenure, Pepsi-Cola and Mountain Dew were the second and third largest soda brands, Aquafina... View Details
              Keywords: Food & Tobacco
              • January 1999
              • Case

              Prague Post, The

              By: Paul A. Gompers
              Lisa Frankenberg, co-founder of the Prague Post, is faced with several business and professional decisions. The English-language paper she founded is under pressure from competition and a Czech Republic recession. She must decide how to return the paper to... View Details
              Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Profit; Competition; Financial Crisis; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Czech Republic
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              Gompers, Paul A. "Prague Post, The ." Harvard Business School Case 299-033, January 1999.
              • February 2010
              • Teaching Note

              Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd. (TN)

              By: Mukti Khaire
              Teaching Note for [807113]. View Details
              Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Expansion; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Employment; Rural Scope; Supply Chain; Profit; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; India
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              Khaire, Mukti. "Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 810-092, February 2010.
              • 11 Jun 2019
              • Book

              These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

              greater burdens on managers but also creating new opportunities to shine. Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time Making a business successful is a challenge in itself, but making a green business profitable is an even... View Details
              Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
              • 01 Dec 2001
              • News

              BOOK: Ruling the Waves

              that commerce craves, and the stability that society demands." Time and again, Spar writes, "once the technological frontier has moved beyond a certain point, power and profits seem to shift away from those who break the rules and back to... View Details
              Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
              • 01 Dec 2022
              • News

              Flying High

              aerospace sector, proposed a different approach for Aero, one that took its cues from other profitable airlines that own their fleets: “We’re a low-cost carrier on the back end and a premium service on the front end,” she explains. Mikael... View Details
              Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
              • 01 Jun 1999
              • News

              Short Takes

              familiar business imperative of creating value. "A firm that delivers cash to shareholders only by selling off assets is not sustainable," he says, "and neither is a firm that creates accounting profits only by liquidating natural capital... View Details
              Keywords: Judith A. Ross
              • 01 Sep 2009
              • News

              Ready for Launch

              that provides incentives to employees while generating profits and growth.” The plan: Rechargeable batteries are a safe, clean, affordable energy source. Each battery has the size and weight of a brick and can be delivered directly to... View Details
              Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
              • 30 Oct 2006
              • First Look

              First Look: October 31, 2006

              Entrepreneur's Dilemma Author:Noam Wasserman Periodical:The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (August 2006) Abstract The two major motivations to start a new venture are the profit motive and the control motive. This paper... View Details
              Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
              • 08 Jul 2013
              • Research & Ideas

              Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation

              working paper, doctoral student Nathan Craig and professor Ananth Raman introduce a dynamic approach for optimizing the profitability of store liquidation that increases net recovery on cost by 2 to 7 percent of assets on hand, an... View Details
              Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
              • November 1999
              • Case

              Seminis Inc.

              By: Ray A. Goldberg, Jonathan West, Carin-Isabel Knoop and David Benedict Pearcy
              Seminis became the world leader in vegetable seeds through a series of acquisitions. This case describes the Seminis strategy toward capturing value, biotechnology, and international operations. View Details
              Keywords: Business Earnings; Acquisition; Profit; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Valuation; Value Creation; Biotechnology Industry
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              Goldberg, Ray A., Jonathan West, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and David Benedict Pearcy. "Seminis Inc." Harvard Business School Case 600-030, November 1999.
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