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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
strike a balance between private label and manufacturer brands, and reemphasize food products instead of venturing too far into nonfood items. Although they foresee a fierce battle among retailing Goliaths,... View Details
- 20 Jan 2016
- News
Water for the World
Jon Olafsson (OPM 24, 1996), a former music industry executive and media mogul, is chairman and cofounder of Icelandic Glacial, the world’s first certified carbon-neutral manufacturer of natural spring water. In this video, he talks about... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating a more just and celebrated multicultural world
Sarah Endline (MBA 2001) produces chocolates with a mission. As founder of sweetriot, Endline works directly with Latin American cacao farmers to ensure a fair price for their labor. Founded in 2005, sweetriot’s product mix features dark... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
for a long time, the major ski manufacturers just kept doing what worked last year.” Meanwhile, snowboarding companies were pushing the limits of production technology and design. The Faction Collective,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
imagined deficiencies can resonate in the press and the public, agitate Congress, and alarm the commanders in the field. So the problem demanded constant, top-level attention. An Army major general was placed in charge, accurate and timely reports were initiated, View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
thought it would allow me to have a direct impact for a while.” The interesting business model that attracted Gibbons to NIB was also the organization’s weak point only a few years earlier. As a nonprofit organization established by the federal government to provide... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
manufactured a product that changed the world by dint of its pervasiveness and indispensability. But as some noted, Ford also introduced revolutionary management, workplace, and business innovations that in... View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
support the community that gives us our daily inspiration. Not just by providing quality, high-performance fitness wear, but also by giving opportunities to those within our community who might not otherwise have access to the necessary resources to help them become... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
happens, lawyering didn't come first for Stewart. After graduating from HBS, he worked for several years in the business trenches, in marketing at J.C. Penney and later as product manager at Kroehler View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sweet Deal
Hostess Brands, the maker of some 30 iconic American bakery products such as Wonder Bread, Ho Hos, Ding Dongs, and Twinkies, declared itself in liquidation and its assets for sale last November. As an adviser to the Teamsters union, Harry... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Waltham, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington; and Richmond, BC Produces renewable energy and soil enhancement products from discarded organic materials Frank Yang (MBA 2006) Stion Corporation San Jose, California Solar panel View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
pursuing a strategy for the Washlet were “gung ho” and suggested a variety of tactics. Students liked TOTO’s “Clean is Happy” advertising campaign but generally agreed that the company needs to start by simply getting as many people to try the View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
1890. Most people would like to see business provide good jobs at good wages. Yet, many successful businesses ship their jobs overseas, and some companies that have tried paternalistically to guarantee good jobs have, in the past decade, been blasted in the View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
Brooks Brothers, Marks & Spencer, and Nordstrom. What isn't known to consumers is the name behind all these labels-a family-owned textile and apparel manufacturer headquartered in Hong Kong called The Esquel Group. With seventeen plants... View Details
- 16 Dec 2021
- News
A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
Clubs News Clubs News HBS Alumni Confront a World of Pandemic Problems Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, HBS alumni across the globe have been stepping up to respond to the crisis in numerous ways. Some led the way in the development of vaccines, others... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Professors Pearson, Thurston Remembered
he was “a businessman who became a teacher,” spent nine years at General Electric and also worked at Corning Glass and Sperry Gyroscope before coming to HBS. An authority on manufacturing and planning, he served as unit head of View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
positions that helped him understand the complexities of the company—from shift supervisor in a manufacturing plant, to new product development, to business development. Weeks, a quick study, has 26 patents... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Faculty Books
underinvestment in manufacturing. They argue that companies must reinvest in the collective operational capabilities underpinning the development of new products and processes. Only by reviving this “industrial commons” can expertise and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Global Mission
needed to bring global perspectives to classroom discussions. Today, over half of all HBS cases have an international focus. Raising the bar on its global mission, HBS this year required the first-year class to travel abroad to work on a View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
“Those are the questions students want to explore: not ‘How do we batten the hatches?’ but ‘What are the opportunities for new products and services in a world of climate change?’” Other class sessions challenge students to assess... View Details
Keywords: April White