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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
forecast for revenue by an enormous amount and that requires some adjustment. We’ll have to either raise taxes or cut spending. People don’t always understand the technical details of these policies, but that’s really not the point. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
irrelevance. The company's signature wild cherry–flavored product all but disappeared from retailers' shelves; by 2012, annual revenues had sunk to about $1 million. Enter Steve Silk (MBA 1978), turnaround maestro and patron saint of lost... View Details
- 10 Feb 2014
- News
King of His Castle
Viking Mead—soon followed. "It's crazy and exciting," says Appling. Appling has been able to maintain work/life balance with his current job as president and CEO of Personal Communications Devices, a wireless accessories manufacturer and distributor that did $1.6... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
the discussion got animated. One student, Gavin, suggested that a way to increase Neopets’s revenues might be to cut back on creative development costs. The company could put some of its existing online games “in storage, and when new... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
things like helping the pool attendant put towels on the chaise longues. It was a family business, so we were all involved.” Tisch Hotels evolved into the Loews Corporation, one of the largest diversified financial enterprises in the United States. Last year, the firm... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
Do You See What I See?
powerful the experience was and wanted to help expand its reach,” she adds. By the team’s estimates, HAM could bring in at least $30,000 in annual revenues by targeting the business market, even given the smaller (8 to 15-person) groups... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Fostering a Supportive Community
campus around people’s access to finances, although, ironically, students talk about money and profit and revenues in the classroom all the time.” Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020) Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020) The Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Professor Mike Toffel lays out the scenario: JUUL is the e-cigarette market leader—its revenue grew from $200 million to $1 billion between 2017 and 2018. But... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
From 1988 to 1993, Juan Enriquez-Cabot was CEO of SERVIMET, a for-profit urban development entity of the Mexico City government which grew 4,000 percent during his tenure and became the city's largest revenue source after taxes. In 1993,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
market capitalization. The book examines how misguided investment and acquisition strategies have created the paradox that, in media, the faster revenues grow, the worse their stocks perform. The Elements of Investing by Burton G. Malkiel... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
heading a services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions to over 150 Fortune 500 clients. With 28,000 employees located in 54 countries, Satyam, founded in 1987, had revenues of $1 million when it went public in 1992. In... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
business at the intersection of consumer electronics, media, and lifestyle branding. Skullcandy, which Andrus helped build with founder and former CEO Rick Alden, is expecting between $280 and $300 million in revenues this year. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
cash, credit cards, loyalty points, foreign currency—varies considerably. So if you allow people to pay what they want in different forms of currency, will your overall revenues be higher as a result of those psychological differences?... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
substantially lower costs, so we’re having a much greater impact, at a much lower cost.” Ferrari has also spearheaded Heifer’s efforts to diversify its revenue sources beyond the livestock gift catalog, through partnerships with... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
appointment, the doctor’s office uploads notes and test results to HRC, which creates a searchable PDF to be downloaded to MedKaz. If the doctor is licensed with HRC (licensing is free), he receives payment each time he updates the record. Bushkin notes that “MedKaz is... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
revenues of $7.7 billion in 2007. She is particularly proud that 1.3 million people make some part of their living selling things through eBay. “Our concept has been to make a small number of rules and get the heck out of the way so that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
yourselves out, or be just your sort of inner circle. That's some revenue. And it depends on the league, but it could vary anywhere from next to nothing to half of the revenue of that league if you're thinking more minor league. THE WAY... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
contracts with more than 200 government agencies in 40 states in the US and 60 countries worldwide. Its overseas business includes offices in a dozen countries, mostly in Europe, as well as in Asia and the Middle East. More than half of INRIX’s 400 employees and its... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies
forecasts: According to the research firm SuperData, the sector, driven by early adopters, is on track to make $3.7 billion in revenue this year, and the firm estimates it could swell to more than $28 billion by 2020. But Maureen Fan (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos