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James E. Burke
When Burke took over Johnson & Johnson, the company had thousands of products including Tylenol, which had a 35% share of the analgesic market. Two incidents of cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules dropped Tylenol’s View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
the test as he methodically refashioned the two old-line chemical companies with disparate corporate cultures into a single entity focused on health care and powered by an innovative approach to R&D. Today, Novartis is one of the world’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Evergreen Business
Above: photo by John Loomis About 80 percent of Frans Kok’s (MBA 1972) cut-your-own customers make the trek to the Middleburg Christmas Tree Farm in Philomont, Virginia, during the two weeks after Thanksgiving. After bumping down the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
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Jennifer DeWhitt
profit. And got herself suspended from school. “In high school, I fell into the legitimate side of business,” Jennifer says, laughing. She competed in mock-business competitions through Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA), and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
no.” Fast money: “My husband, Barry, and I raised a million dollars in two weeks to start Bluemercury in 1999. The initial idea was to build an e-commerce company, but then we changed course and focused on freestanding beauty stores where... View Details
- 07 Oct 2024
- News
On the Move: Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008)
After nearly nine years in a series of marketing and strategy roles at Samsung—where he logged approximately 2.5 million air miles and earned status as a “permanent resident” of Korea—Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008) made the leap to Electrolux Group Chief Marketing... View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
As David Linn (MBA 2000) and his wife of five years, Jen Goodman Linn (MBA 1999), sat across a table for two at an outdoor cafe in Manhattan, they looked like any other young couple sharing lunch on a sunny spring day. But there was... View Details
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
force the short side of any financial derivative (i.e., those with the obligation to make delivery) to make a large deposit at the beginning of each deal to assure performance even if the market goes south.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
store," he said. As the first conference in what is planned to be an annual event, the HBS Retail and Luxury Goods Conference on April 3 was organized by two HBS student clubs, the Retail & Apparel Club and the Luxury Goods &... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
states again, so build market strength in your home market. —Richard Bland (MBA 1971) Seems to me that between the two choices, going horizontal is the better strategy. I’d imagine that high-school athletic... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
SUMMING UP: Does It Matter If China Assumes Global Trade Leadership? There are a variety of reasons why China is not a threat to the global trade leadership of the United States. They include demographic disadvantages, an unwillingness to make Chinese View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
identify and choose career paths been explored Using brain scan results to guide careers and to recommend those who have the requisite neural structure likely to enable them to master the skills necessary for success involving financial risk taking?" Only View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US
offered him his dream summer internship. In his day-to-day work at Invesco US, Straughn-Turner is working on a number of real estate deals each day and has seen close to two dozen over the course of his internship so far. He is supporting... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
whether to build the supply of talent to attract clients first, or vice versa. Building the supply side has been straightforward, but convincing enterprise clients to leverage talent as a service as part of their strategy has been more... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
everyone would make out under the deal. “The coal industry, which is already losing market share, would go out of business faster,” allows Eacho. That means some coal-producing states would be harder hit than other states—but those View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 19 Sep 2019
- News
Predicting Human Behaviors
front of a faux dashboard. A large monitor simulated the view through a windshield as a car drove on a quiet suburban street. On one side of the road, a woman walked casually down the bike lane. On the other, a young boy with a backpack... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
higher percentage of human face. In total, they created 220 morphed faces. Sixty college students were asked to evaluate each face on the continuum for two attributes: animacy (on a scale of 1, "definitely alive," to 7, "definitely not... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
achieved through both the private and public sectors,” says Kyarisiima. “Enabling African businesses to access global markets and think strategically is where I want to play a role.” The path she took to pursue this goal has been... View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
existing consumers, and their market conditions, were as similar as possible, we compared repurchase rates between consumers who started buying online right before the pandemic (between January 1 and March 14) and those who started buying... View Details