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Laurence A. Tisch
Larry Tisch, and brother Bob, took over Loew’s Theatre Company in 1961. Though the firm’s assets were attractive as regal old theatres, the Tisch brothers saw more profit in selling the downtown theatres as prime real estate. After... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
organization and prepared to challenge its own doctrines about how it operates to drive more resilient features into the entire platform (e.g. supplier partnerships and sourcing under duress, prime membership adjustments) that supplement... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Looking to the East
When Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori conferred about matters of commerce and technology last August in Bangalore, India, with S.M. Krishna, the state of Karnataka's Chief Minister, a key figure at their meeting was Shrikrishna... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Picture This
from wall art to puzzles to pillows. And its acquisition, last August, of Spoonflower—an artist marketplace for custom-designed fabric, wallpaper, and other home-decor items—puts Shutterfly in a prime position to leverage consumer... View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
A Four-Point Plan for Teresa May
Two years post-Brexit vote, Britain’s Prime Minister is faced with the unenviable task of negotiating what the controversial plan will actually look like for her fellow citizens. In this New York Times opinion piece, HBS professor Deepak... View Details
- Portrait Project
Cameron Johnson
range of human activity. Markets primed for growth but traditionally deemed too precarious to justify investment—think Medellin, Colombia, or Accra, Ghana. Markets where risk is inextricably tied to reward, disaster often underpins... View Details
- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion
capital supplied by maxed-out credit cards, Orbital Sciences Corporation launched in April 1982, the first corporate entrant at the prime contractor level in nearly three decades. According to Bloomberg, the acquisition is the largest... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Greek Drama
Samaras: Enough pain. Photo AFP/Getty Images The debt drama unfolding in Greece is made even more gripping by the long relationship between two of the country’s leaders, former Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou and the head of... View Details
- 20 May 2024
Technology Insights: A Fireside Chat with Professor Scott Kominers and Allison Ciechanover
of crafting HBS case studies, shed light on how the HBS curriculum primes tomorrow's tech leaders for the challenges ahead, and offer insight into leveraging your campus experience to its fullest potential, propelling you towards a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
solid data to answer the question of who mattered. So he made lists of US presidents and British prime ministers that dated back to George Washington in 1789 and Britain's Charles Grey in 1830. He noted how historians ranked them on... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Classic Lines
museums and auction houses. As the Woodstock generation increasingly limits its rockin' to the front-porch variety, Davidson notes that one big target market has become "baby boomers moving into prime antiquing age." View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
GE’s Immelt Urges MBAs to Dream Big, Work Hard
face the world with a Harvard MBA and ‘go for it,’ there’s something wrong”). NEWLY MINTED HBS GRADUATES check out their sheepskins and whoop it up. The day before, GE CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA '82) primed them for the road ahead with a call... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Time to Trek
homes of HBS students, and met with numerous business leaders and politicians, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “Treks really open up the field for students and expose them to industries and jobs in locations that aren’t typically... View Details
- 17 Mar 2020
- News
A Bid for the Future
development in Louisiana, a prime vantage point at the intersection of the public and private sectors that allowed him to “envision a future state and bring it to life.” In his new role at VEDP, he was in the midst of developing a... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- News
Alex Popa, MBA 2007
prime minister’s cabinet before coming to HBS. “Giving shouldn’t be about age,” Popa insists. “It should be about capability and what really matters.” His fellowship gift—to support MBA students with a strong interest in genomic research,... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Sir David Clementi Named BBC Chairman
for TV licences for over-75s. In news, the BBC has to innovate to meet the digital demands of a new generation of consumers. And in entertainment, where it has long been used to being the biggest beast in the jungle, there are new predators such as Netflix and Amazon... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
into an operation that now boasts 135 employees and anticipated 2003 revenues of $45 million. As Boston’s Big Dig, a prime revenue source, winds down, City Lights is expanding to other parts of the country. The company has also launched a... View Details
- Profile
Jonathan Bailey
two years at McKinsey & Co. in London, where Jonathan had a chance to "build core skills in business and management" and work on the firm's Climate Change Special Initiative, he worked with Tony Blair in establishing the former View Details
- 24 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Brexit is a Big Deal
Sadiq Khan. The political realities will quickly become clear. Look for Boris Johnson or Michael Gove to become the new British prime minister within 60 days. There is no point in David Cameron hanging around until October. He blew... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch