Founder - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jan 2018
First Look

January 30, 2018

should Calhoun choose? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/218022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-099 John Rogers, Jr.—Ariel Investments Co. John Rogers Jr., the founder and CEO of Ariel Investments, an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Nov 2017
News

Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

pulling their teams together to discuss future initiatives, intent on breaking down silos. Chris Kempczinski’s office—once inhabited by McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc—is just up the hall. “Chris has made himself incredibly available for me... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

for the two years preceding Charron's arrival. By then, founder Claiborne had moved on to other activities, and the company was encumbered by a highly centralized management style and a sense of complacency. When Charron, a marketing... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

one knew for certain since no comprehensive schedule existed. This was why el Laboratorio para la Ciudad (or LabCDMX) had spawned an effort to generate a map of the labyrinth system that provided an estimated 14 million rides a day. Gabriella Gómez-Mont, the lab’s... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

these social leaders viewed those advantages as a vehicle for contributing to solutions of certain social problems. According to Juan Carr, founder of the Solidarity Network (Red Solidaria, hence RS), the institution's mission "to... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

Embassy Communications when the organization’s founders and owners sold the company to the entertainment business sector of Coca-Cola—now Sony Pictures Entertainment. I could have remained with the company, but chose instead to accept an... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

50 employees) but was poised for significant growth. For founder and CEO Michael Lebowitz, the central challenge was to figure out whether and how the agency could retain its boutique culture while transcending its boutique size. The case... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508052 Ithmar Capital Harvard Business School Case 809-032 The founders of Ithmar Capital, a mid-market private equity fund targeting businesses in and addressing the Gulf Co-operation Council countries,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

(MBA 1991), founder & CEO, Savvy Growth “If you make two things happen, no matter what, it will transform your life: 1) live close to school so your children can walk to and from it, and 2) live close to your office. If you do a... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

platter, often by pretending to be someone they’re not. Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned over a Beer or Two by Jim Koch (JD/MBA 1978) (Flatiron Books) The founder of the Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams Boston... View Details

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