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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
Linda Katz (both MBA 1994) considered thirty different companies before buying Molded Dimensions, Inc., a manufacturer of rubber and polyurethane products located outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since purchasing the company in April 2001,... View Details
- 08 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime
for ad revenue. Instead, the research findings contradict this notion, offering validation that the press is keeping vigilant watch and is exercising the fundamental rights assigned to them by the US Constitution. “I was surprised to see... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
is a larger overhaul of the business model that goes beyond applying online insights offline to a more defined integration of those two buying environments. TT: Some retailers have different prices online and offline, but if you go to a... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
eligible electorate. To win the general, assuming a 60 percent voter turnout, he'll need around five times as many customers to close the deal. Conventional political wisdom argues that Trump has to soften his tone, drop the ad hominem... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications
information, the provision of information, the sale of information." This juncture, added Spar, raises several key questions: Is selling information different from selling other kinds of goods and services and, if so, how? Is selling... View Details
- Web
Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising
that illustrated the promise of individual products and the road to a better life. Print curator Eleanor Garvey contends that, “The colorful, expensively produced ad in and of itself was a treat: both an invitation to step into a more... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
diversified from there. Now, as CEO and managing director of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, he oversees thirty-two department stores in fifteen cities. "Ordinary people are buying what the rich can afford," he said, View Details
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
competition by moving quickly into new cities, balancing the buying power of multinational retailers who were also purchasing merchandise for export, leveraging Beijing Hualian's understanding of the rapidly changing domestic market,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
on Snap: two with buy recommendations, six with holds, and six with sells. When the “IPO quiet period” expired three weeks later, 16 more analysts—who worked at firms that were underwriters for the IPO—issued recommendations: 10 with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
competing on the basis of discounts, U.S. carmakers need to get to the point where people want to buy their cars. —Stefan Thomke Although the Big 3 (or maybe the Big 2, after Chrysler's merger with Daimler) continue to dominate the U.S.... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
and Applied Sciences, which is renamed in his honor President, Paulson & Co. Inc. John Paulson’s knack for business was evident early on. At six, he sold Charms candies on the playground in his Queens neighborhood. Buying the candy in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
believe in," said Joseph R. Swedish, then president and CEO of Trinity Health. "What we're talking about is bringing meaning to people's lives at work," added Peter Dunn, cofounder of Activate Healthcare. "Instead of getting 60 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
each time we added seats, average attendance and contributions increased. I made a cash-flow analysis and revenue projections that helped lenders understand our business model. We’re now able to negotiate and secure reasonable financial... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
Whillans and her team conducted of more than 92,000 job ads found that the more benefits an employer described, the higher the application rates. Plus, when employers described benefits in detail, such as generous family leave policies,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
storyteller—I had been warned about that!—but rather to create an economic analytical framework that made sense.” As a starting point, he drew on Poorvu’s and Stevenson’s prior work, which focused on four elements: people, opportunity, context, and deal. To that... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
is not really making a profit on hardware sales. It prices its hardware low as a way to encourage people to buy a lot of e-books." Apple, on the other hand, makes several hundred dollars on each iPad sale, able to charge a premium because... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
where people want to buy their cars,” Thomke says. “The companies can’t simply restructure their way out of their difficulties.” Thomke, an authority on the management of technology and product innovation, senses that “the culture within... View Details
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
for someone to get off the ground: enough to buy inventory, rent space, and begin to generate an income in order to feed, clothe, and shelter a family. A legal loan of that amount from a real bank is also the difference between paying... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Cristina Ros Blankfein
schools,” she said. “Weaving those pieces together was very exciting for me.” An added bonus: having a large and diverse social circle along with a supportive group of classmates provided an essential proving ground for... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
in their free time seemed too much like work, so we shifted to companies allowing employees to work on company time. We also began working with companies to align efforts to their core human capital and business development strategies so it was not some View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken