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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Say “Green Cheese”
market that’s worth billions, CEO Jeff Housenbold (MBA ’96) of Shutterfly is battling giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Kodak as he seeks to carve out a high-quality, high-end niche. A 20-page, 12” x 12” book sells for about $54. “We’d... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Well-Tuned Life
catalogue publisher and direct marketer in Tampa, Florida, Franzblau likes to keep closely involved with his 11-year-old daughter, Olivia. He wants to help her as she navigates adolescence, an age when girls’ self-esteem is often... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
leaders. Brand Aid by Brad VanAuken (MBA ’84) (American Management Association) This reference guide is aimed at solving tough branding problems and strengthening marketing position. VanAuken offers solutions to pressing problems facing... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
paying attention to complements is a necessity. Without key complements, the market may never take off. In established markets, attending to complements has less dramatic but still valuable results. Here, complements most likely exist,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
Crest and Pampers, for example, have regained market share after losing their number one positions in the United States several years ago to Colgate-Palmolive and Kimberly-Clark, respectively. Crest won back the top spot recently by... View Details
- 23 Mar 2021
- News
Four HBS Doctoral Candidates Receive Research Awards
- 09 Dec 2016
- News
How Wayfair Built a Furniture Brand from Scratch
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Power Sourced
grand-prize winner in the 2021 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge, Chaku launched its first product, Nikki’s Plantain Crisps, in South Africa in 2020. For its US market approach, the company is initially employing a higher-margin,... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- News
HourlyNerd Rebrands as an Enterprise Talent Platform
Catalant is now a platform-based solution that “allows global organizations to centralize the process of sourcing independent talent by giving business leaders direct and immediate access to Catalant’s network of more than 27,000 experts.” “We are rapidly defining a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Help in the Vicinity
Emerick Woods (MBA '81) is CEO of Vicinity Corp., a provider of Internet-based marketing infrastructure services, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Vicinity's "clicks-and-mortar" solutions enable its clients to direct consumers... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Local Customs
design. One leading entrant is “The Rally Fighter,” a $50,000 off-road racer for the desert Southwest that Rogers hopes to bring to market in the fall. A former Marine and an Iraq veteran, Rogers thinks the Big Three’s troubles offer an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
High Yields
Illustration by Chris Philpot Hobbyist drones might make headlines with their crashes on the White House lawn, but the market for unmanned vehicles is rapidly expanding beyond the niche: Over the next decade, according to industry trade... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
In the business of empowering women entrepreneurs
As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi says these emerging consumer View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Côme Laguë (MBA 1993)
world-changing. They might not be appreciated right now, but that could change in a few years when the markets are right.” Zetta Research helps patent holders—who may be founders, inventors, investors, or lenders—to stabilize, hold,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Bringing women to the boardroom table
January 2013 through March 2014, with more appointments expected in the coming year. “I saw how difficult it was for a woman to become a director: there was a gap in the market for this service,” says Stewart, herself a 20-year veteran of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Snappy Salute
he can’t get to a gym while traveling.” Pinchuk, who joined Snap-on in 2002 from Carrier Corp., told the Journal Sentinel that while China will eventually be a big market for his auto-repair tools, right now the Chinese automotive fleet... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
and customer profitability. I have taught a variety of courses, including First-Year Marketing (FYM) in the RC and Business Marketing in the EC. I was course head of FYM for several years. More recently, I... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Zest to Invest
into this business from the time I was thirteen, when I was given a couple of shares of stock," says the quietly intense Kingdon. "Even though the market nose-dived soon thereafter, I was taken with the idea that you could buy something... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
(formerly known as Project Antares), a collaboration between HBS and HSPH that intends to use business and markets to break the perverse synergy between poverty and poor health. Says HSPH professor and Antares cofounder David Bloom, an... View Details