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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
through it, because my family was absolutely mortified.” In 1989, out of the remains of a bankrupt commercial electric company for which she worked, Cataldo started City Lights Electrical Company. The company grew modestly while she was... View Details
- November 2005
- Case
Marilyn Carlson Nelson and the Carlson Companies Renaissance
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
In 2005, Marilyn Carlson Nelson, CEO and chairman of the Carlson Companies, must decide whether to outsource jobs at the risk of destroying the culture centered on the values of integrity, trustworthiness, and caring that she had painstakingly created since becoming... View Details
Keywords: History; Leadership Development; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Family Ownership; Leadership Style; Management Teams
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "Marilyn Carlson Nelson and the Carlson Companies Renaissance." Harvard Business School Case 406-019, November 2005.
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
reasonable view of home ownership will return, Retsinas predicts, but if the pendulum swings too far, he is concerned that worthy borrowers with modest incomes could be shut out of the market. Could you place the U.S. mortgage crisis in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
leader to shoulder blame rather than search for excuses. Everything that happens is ultimately the leader’s responsibility anyway, and promptly taking ownership of a difficult situation means that you can lead your team out of it that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
I ALWAYS REFER TO myself as the accidental publisher. My dad's side of the family has owned the paper since 1896. But my mom divorced my dad when I was six, and we moved to Arizona. My dad had no real presence in my life. I came up in the... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
you think about it, outside the United States corporate ownership is relatively concentrated, so having one-share, one-vote in a company that has 51 percent of the equity owned by a family may not change... View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 22
entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors, where higher female ownership among incumbent businesses within a district-industry predicts that a greater share of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial inflows by being named the trustee of a 401(k) plan. We find that View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
Giving millions of students a new path to learning
Boston as an analyst at a hedge fund and I was tutoring a cousin remotely in New Orleans. At that point, I became what I call a ‘tiger cousin.’ That remote tutoring over the phone worked out well for her, so then I started tutoring her brothers. Then word got around in... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
risks of business ownership and relaxing credit constraints," Olds writes in the 2014 paper "Entrepreneurship and Public Health Insurance." Studying The Social Safety Net Olds grew up on Medicaid, a Federal health insurance... View Details
- October 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Academia Barilla
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Barilla, the world's largest pasta company, has introduced a new high-quality, high-priced product line that features a range of authentic Italian food products sourced from artisan producers. Management believes the line will appeal to consumers seeking healthier... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Brands and Branding; Decision Choices and Conditions; Family Ownership; Nutrition; Product Development; Investment; Food and Beverage Industry; Italy
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Academia Barilla." Harvard Business School Case 507-001, October 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- June 2011
- Teaching Note
The Suzlon Edge (TN)
Teaching Note for 708051. View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
elections, yet the new owners had promised to find a way to finance and build a new home for the team. That Baer was able to help the ownership group keep that promise has to do, in no small part, with a well-honed instinct for marketing... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
a small sampling of the twenty-three companies pitched: Michele Honomichl GPSLink. The average corporation uses up to ten systems to manage the human resources process in moving its executives and their families both abroad and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- March 2004 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
Oscar de la Renta
By: Bharat N. Anand, Elizabeth Lea Carpenter and Samhita Patwardhan Jayanti
Over three decades, Oscar de la Renta (ODLR) had established itself as one of the premier luxury brands in America. Its mainstay business had always been producing and marketing high-priced, couture/ready-to-wear luxury goods. Now, in September 2003, it faced a series... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Borrowing and Debt; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Production; Family Ownership; Luxury; Competition; Diversification; Expansion; United States
Anand, Bharat N., Elizabeth Lea Carpenter, and Samhita Patwardhan Jayanti. "Oscar de la Renta." Harvard Business School Case 704-490, March 2004. (Revised March 2005.)
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
Mendhro grew up with a desire to learn and experience the world, she had no formal opportunities to do so. “My brother and I would wake up in the morning and explore. It was self-learning,” she says. “Education became a personal goal and interest.” In 1980, a military... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
single-family homes. But all things considered, there is evidence that we may have turned the corner. Q: How successful have been the Obama Administration's efforts to loosen credit for individual homebuyers? A: It is, of course, much more difficult for individuals and... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
opportunities in inner city businesses, said surveys show a general increase in computer ownership and online access among inner city families. Even so, she pointed out, computer use in the inner city remains significantly lower than in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Reunion Snapshots
Erik Sorensen (22nd OPM) Currently the managing director of Club Sultan in Marbella, Spain, an exclusive European holiday ownership club, Erik Sorensen specializes in marketing luxurious vacation opportunities. "My business is about... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
founders. 23 However, in the case of the agent-led focused firms, the entrepreneurs' ownership stakes had been diluted by issuing new equity to fund expansion. Owner-managed focused firms also financed their growth by issuing additional... View Details