Consolidation - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

the long-standing "full service" industry norm, there has been a growing trend toward agencies unbundling the media function from creative and other services provided to clients. At the same time, multiproduct advertisers have sought to increase their... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

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Andrew Holmberg

restructure human resources, consolidate facilities, and improve intelligence collection from the general public, he was able to “use business skills in a public-sector kind of way.” Making issues personal After a few years with the... View Details

February 1996 (Revised April 1997)
Case

Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (A)

By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi

Focuses on the decision confronting senior administrators at the Brigham and Women's Hospital: whether to enter into an affiliation with the Massachusetts General Hospital. Requires students to analyze the complex institutional changes in the health environment and to... View Details

Keywords: Consolidation; Health Care and Treatment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Health Industry; Massachusetts

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Reinventing the GMP Experience

modules included two on-campus sessions for a total of seven weeks on campus over the four-month program. Now, participants come to campus just one time, for four weeks—but still benefit from the same rigorous curriculum. Consolidated... View Details

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Vivian Scalfi

challenges Vivian liked what she found at Diageo and decided to pursue an MBA to help her consolidation in the industry and her transition into leadership: "I wanted more management skills – how to lead, how to inspire people,"... View Details

Keywords: CPG

25 Jul 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

The Evolution of Apple

only 6 million units over the course of 3 years, compared with sales of 300 million PCs during the same period. "Apple's market share has always been lower than its consumer mind share," remarks Yoffie. Birth of The Cool In addition to generally View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer; Technology

01 Jun 2007
News

A Juicy Story

has always been lower than its consumer mind share,” remarks Yoffie. In addition to generally consolidating and restructuring Apple, Jobs halted production of the Newton, an early version of the personal digital assistant, and closed the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

17 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

competition and management practices, and they found a strong relationship between the level of competition and the quality of management practices adopted in hospitals. Dafny: There’s also quite a lot of research demonstrating that hospital View Details

Keywords: by Alumni Bulletin Staff; Health

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Yazan Halwani

scooter. “It’s so simple yet so controversial,” says Yazan. “But the real story behind the image is a woman breaking the rules to support her family.” Expanding his impact Yazan wanted an MBA “to bring the pieces together. I have different parallel interests that I... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Entertainment/Media

01 Mar 2008
News

HBS Records an “Excellent” Year

the primary factors driving the School’s success. Consolidated revenue for the fiscal year — which ended June 30, 2007 — grew by $37 million, or 10.1 percent, to $405 million, while expenses increased by $30 million, or 8.7 percent, to... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
Case

Santander Consumer Finance

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull, Elena Corsi and Andrew Barron

A Spanish company has to decide if they should expand into the fragmented European consumer finance market and has to make important organizational strategy decisions in the midst of the world economic downturn that followed the 2007 U.S. credit crunch. Since 2002, the... View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Financial Markets; International Finance; Personal Finance; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; European Union; Spain

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John Smith-Ricco

seven or eight coffee cooperatives. "It started as a marketing issue," says John, "but it became clear there were business-management issues they really needed to address. We recommended ways to consolidate debt that would... View Details

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Ben Steiner

greenhouse-gas emissions by fifty percent,” Ben says. Some of the proposal’s ideas have already been implemented, such as installing no-flush urinals in all new construction. Two college internships consolidated Ben’s attraction to... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

The World at a Click

two-year-old, name-your-price discount site gaining fame of late with humorous ads featuring pitchman William Shatner. Both companies have grown rapidly since entering the online market, and with consolidation already under way... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelly

01 Dec 2009
News

Hope for Reform Dims

reforms.” In a freewheeling Q&A session with some 400 students in Burden Hall on September 30, Thain advocated action on three fronts: consolidating the six federal agencies that regulate financial institutions to eliminate overlapping... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Jun 1999
News

Joel Bines

another area unfamiliar to him - consolidation and relocation. "Story of my life," the affable Bines laughs. Bines decided to head for HBS to improve his business skills and evaluate his career plans. While at the School, he embraced a... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

26 Mar 2020
Blog Post

The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19

there are a variety of ways to learn best practices on launching and growing ideas. The only way to determine if you like (or are any good!) at building things is to give it a try - and this presented a phenomenal opportunity. I hope to give founders and investors... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden

I admire other female colleagues like Sandy Moose of BCG and June Rokoff of Lotus. Best business advice My good friend and sectionmate Brigid Sullivan told me I should be involved with something that taps into my passion. Where the new economy is going We're in a major... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2004
News

Charles Stoddard (MBA 1969)

consolidated all 26 separate banks under one charter. So all of a sudden 25 bank presidents, of which I was one, were out of a job. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because I never would have started the Grand Bank otherwise.... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Apr 1998
News

Snapshot: Gary DiCamillo, Polaroid's CEO

imaging with $2.2 billion in sales, is now in the early stages of an eighteen-month streamlining and consolidation strategy that was announced in December. He expects that within the next year an exciting line of Polaroid products -... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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