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08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

company. Finally, in 1990, my wife and I purchased a controlling interest in a middle-market manufacturing company with a successful, proprietary product line. I served as president for the first 10 years, and then my wife took her turn... View Details

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

Germany. However, they improved on the process, patented it, and one of the engineers moved back to the United States to introduce the innovations back there. The one who had gone in the 1930s remained in Germany and licensed the improved process, which was View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2008
News

A Force for Good

budgets of most business schools. Each year, schools and businesses around the world purchased millions of copies of HBS’s famous case studies. Something like 6,000 young people applied each year for admission to HBS. Of those, about... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

happened in natural gas in the late 1980s and early 1990s. And, there's always money to be saved in industrial sourcing. If management really focuses on purchasing and puts effort into it, you can always save money by creating more... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

the art world with affordable pieces of art," says Endine, the former founding CEO of Sweetriot. Art Rioting allows visitors to support artists by purchasing artwork to be used as digital backgrounds. "I love building sweet movements to... View Details

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Rice, and Hillary Clinton describe critical moments in their negotiations with Vladimir Putin, etc. In the arts and sports : Music industry lawyer John Branca negotiates the purchase of the Beatles catalog; Artists Christo and... View Details

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