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- 09 Oct 2019
- News
Building a Tradition of Giving
deeper philanthropic engagement. From there, his giving has followed a familiar trajectory, according to Inside Philanthropy (paywall): Driven by his own personal inspiration, Sternlicht’s giving has become increasingly targeted on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Marriage, Inc.
The census figures tell the story: In the 35-plus age bracket, there are 28 million single women but only 18 million single men. For today’s mature single woman looking to get hitched, the approach must be proactive, methodical, and View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
targeted events that bring the right people together to enhance their respective communities and solve real problems. “Everyone in the room is successful in their own right,” says Varnado, “but their titles might not relay the true... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
1990s in North Carolina. On election day, the employer went through the plant and randomly fired people but didn’t necessarily target union supporters. It was illegal, but the employer never had to pay any significant fines and bought... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
family median income and wealth parity, the proper public policy goal. “Those revenues would be used for grants for down payments on primary residences; for high-quality, targeted public education; and for capital grants into commercial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Capitol Hill. The Case for More Regulation Looking at the historical record, Moss makes a strong case that targeted government regulation of financial markets has worked in the past to lower risk and instill consumer confidence. “From the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
one was surprised. On the retail side, the large discount chains — WalMart and Target in particular — had steadily taken market share from specialty toy stores, in some cases using toys as a loss leader to pull in traffic. The ripple... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Good Vibrations
breakthrough-device designation from the FDA. This puts OsteoBoost on a fast track for approval following analysis of two clinical trials currently in progress, with a target launch date of early 2023. Heard: “I wanted to work on a big... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Deal on Wheels
agreeing to a target asking price, sellers pay an upfront charge of $199 to CarLotz, which then handles all the paperwork and headaches that typically accompany such transactions. CarLotz collects an additional $599 “success fee” only... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
restaurants in China. It was all the things that investors were pressing for—moves that saved the company $200 million by the end of 2016, with a target of $500 million by the end of 2018. “It was housekeeping,” says Kempczinski of the... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
Mobley cart them away. The concept resonates with Mobley’s target customers, who for now are in the NYC area (where the company is based), although its service areas will change to keep pace with shifting demands, Ramírez says. “The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
of my industry, but we’d still offer prepay discounts, and a small portion of people will choose that model—even though it’s not our core value proposition. It also gave us cash up front. — Paul Sims (MBA 2002) Have you thought about trying to crowdfund and View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
snacks are the company’s most recent innovations.) By mid-1994, Dreyer’s fulfilled its dream of becoming the leading premium ice-cream brand in the United States — a mixed blessing. “As we approached a billion dollars in sales, it was clear that we were a plump View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation
Harvard Innovation Lab, and HBX take hold, they are attracting targeted donor support, freeing up unrestricted resources for new opportunities. This cycle of investment allows the School to act quickly and thoughtfully to foster... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
Kyriacopoulos (MBA 2010) Neither proposed target market seems to be the source of a viable business model. I doubt students can or will pay for info they can get from the internet or they already know. And universities will be happy with... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
resourcing, establishing targets and measurements and incentives that you would attach to any other strategic initiative that mattered. Third, I would say don't demand perfection of yourself. I make mistakes, clients make mistakes, people... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- News
New Menu
its food supply, considered the uncertainties climate change is introducing into the global food market and set a target of fulfilling 30 percent of its nutritional needs domestically by 2030; alternative protein sources could help the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
with the potential to help the most people. —Rene Robichaud (MBA 1984) I suggest that you target the applications that will most likely impact insurers. If insurers see the value in it, they will certainly patronize it, and that will give... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Back to School
fit carpet for a room, or length of fence for a backyard), I’m told, “I’ll hire someone to do that.” And yes, at various times I’ve been hit, spit on, and the target of insults that would make a sailor blush. But there are bright spots.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
answer, according to Silk and his colleagues, lies in a given medium's ability to reach efficiently - and hold onto - an advertiser's target audience and to be flexible and responsive to the advertiser's requirements and demands. Because... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs