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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
questions. Yet, the conceptions of business that each question implies can be (and historically have tended to be) mutually exclusive. Everybody wants goods and services made available at low prices. But achieving that goal often means building large View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Getting New Ideas off the Ground
the New York Times Company. We took the company public, and ultimately merged it with EarthLink. “After that, I got a call from a friend who was working with the brother of John Kerry. Kerry was, at the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
Schwarzman Illustration by Roberto Parada Last year the U.S. private-equity business set a number of impressive records: most money raised at $375 billion, most deals closed at 654, and biggest buyout ever at $38.9 billion. Of all the names associated with this surge... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
companies doing that older, more entrenched organizations are not? Kotter: That's a big question we've written entire books about! Hamel: Let's look at it this way: Most companies' top managers will tell you that they have spent the bulk... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
“We plant these time bombs,” Stevenson told me during another conversation. “We say go to Goldman. Go to McKinsey. But when you find that’s not what you really want, think about launching a new company as a... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
says. One was Fisher’s 2011 launch of WaterRev, an investment company focusing on technologies for sustainable water-use practices. Another idea, currently in early pilot testing, is FitMoney, a nonprofit K–12 financial literacy program... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Leverage Baker Library to Inform Your Job Search Every Step of the Way
Examples of information we can provide include: Targeted list of potential employers Industry overviews and trends Competitor lists Articles on trends in a specific area Company profiles Remote Access Use Baker Library Databases, an... View Details
- 25 Jul 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Evolution of Apple
success as it continues to expand its product line into handheld devices like the iPod and, now, the iPhone? The Apple case originally appeared in 1992 and has been rewritten 5 times since. "The company... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
From One to Many
actions to shift team behavior. “While traditional companies struggle with siloed organizations and slow decision-making, the most disruptive companies are being built by founder teams that have teamship... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
Internet commerce is the emergence of the electronic wallet. In its simplest form, the electronic wallet (a.k.a. the digital wallet or e-wallet) is a digital file that can be downloaded onto the consumer's desktop. When it is time to... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Juicy Story
to expand its product line into handheld devices like the iPod and, now, the iPhone? The Apple case originally appeared in 1992 and has been rewritten five times since then. “The company always looks a... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
Corning 2007 Named Chairman, Corning 2007 Corning markets Gorilla Glass 2013 Fast Company names Corning one of World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies Chairman and CEO, Corning Incorporated As CEO of Corning... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
As Bernshteyn explains, the prescriptive insights gleaned from the massive amount of community data available worldwide will transform entire industries and break down long-standing barriers to value. The Ends Game: How Smart Companies... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
Agriculture”; and the latest conversation was on the case “Driving Decarbonization at BMW”, which describes BMW's electrification and decarbonization strategy and how the company measures carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of its... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
could track this by ourselves.” “SmartPak Canine, thanks for being so proactive at a time when all pet owners should be alert,” read another. “Not every pet food company has been as helpful.” The positive... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
234,629 In 1971, T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA 1956) became CEO of Sealed Air Corporation, a fledgling New Jersey protective-packaging company. Under his leadership, Sealed Air soon became known for its quality products and technological innovation. By the View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
"as part of a small team building a new company ... the time we spend together (as opposed to the day per week that she and her colleagues telecommute) ... is the most valuable." Jack Downey makes... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Student-Profile
Mengjie "Magie" Cheng
Magie Cheng (she/her) worked for a social network company in their machine learning group and spent much of her time analyzing user behavior for a wide range of social networking applications. She became... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
and a dryer button to complete the experience. The Japanese company TOTO, founded in 1917, introduced flush toilets at a time when most of the country lacked a sewage system. Today, it produces the world’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
and graft means that citizens are cheated out of a fair government that operates efficiently and in the public interest. It’s time to consider a radical idea: Corporations and nonprofit groups, in addition to individuals, should be... View Details