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Alfred E. Mann
Mann was a prolific inventor who developed many lifesaving medical devices including the rechargeable pacemaker which formed the basis of the successful Pacesetter company. Mann continued to perfect the pacemaker and View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
customer and product markets, and geopolitical environments. Professor William Fruhan leads the corporate finance piece of the curriculum, providing perspective on the globalization of financial markets. "Increasingly, there is more... View Details
- 14 Jun 2022
MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Virtual Event
Join us for a virtual event with program faculty, Admissions staff, students and alumni to learn more about Harvard's MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program. Prospective students must have an undergraduate degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development As a youngster, I used to create “stores” in my driveway, selling things to other neighborhood kids. It was an entrepreneurial... View Details
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
acquisitions, partnerships, new product launches, or international expansion in ways you might not have had the time and space to think through. 3. Pay down your organizational debt Every fast-growing startup incurs debt along the way.... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
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T. J. Dermot Dunphy | Baker Library
potential given the right management. The company, Sealed Air, invented the now popular plastic bubble wrap, but the founders weren’t sure how to market it. Dermot took over the company and in the process essentially invented the packaging industry for enclosing and... View Details
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Nikki Skovran
In her varied career to date, Nikki Skovran has applied her talents to processes and product lines at Proctor & Gamble – and to the pursuit of violent gang members in the United States’ toughest inner cities. To account for the... View Details
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Erika Sanchez
The key to the discussions, Erika insists, is “real diversity in everything: backgrounds, careers, cultures.” Changing visions “Discussions in Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) have really hit home for me,” says Erika. “Before, I thought about finding... View Details
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Career Journey | MBA
Career Journey Our experts know the ins and outs of breaking into or advancing in dozens of key industries. Students can dive deep into the areas that interest them most and put our knowledge to use in their career search. Navigating your career journey The Career &... View Details
- 18 May 2011
- News
Man with a Plan
needs was infusing more capital into the business to help us manage the financial side of our growth. The second was a marketing case about Perdue Foods. The strategy that Frank Perdue initiated really resonated with me. We took a page from his playbook and decided to... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
the world of startups. It also describes how certain industries, like energy, are poorly suited to the investment profile of traditional venture capitalists. The product development cycle is too long and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Latina Women in Leadership: Jacqueline Burgos (MBA 2014)
of Sales and fell in love with the sales and marketing side of the tech and media business. It’s always changing and the problems – from product monetization, streaming, to automation – have reinvigorated the problem solver in me. I now... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?
don't survive clinical trials, resulting in the pharmaceutical industry footing enormous bills for failure. Genomics will be a productivity driver, pushing perhaps a 100 percent increase in drug development, said Alan Crane, Senior Vice... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Taking Tailoring High Tech
expertise with unique technology,” Motlagh says. Next: Katrina Lake (MBA 2011) — Dressing by Number » Return to Fashion's Retail Revolution main page « To learn more about these seven HBS Alumni trendsetters, click on their photos below: Marjorie Yang Instilling View Details
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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
thought, we complicate our understanding of the world in the best possible way. If design is truly the rendering of intent, our work is an extension of our understanding and will. Developing fidelity with one’s technology/tools/platforms... View Details
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
official followed, and a short time later, the partnership development process began to brew. Starbucks products raised money for CARE, which, in turn, publicly recognized the company's humanitarian... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- April 2001 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Zaplet, Inc.
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
Start-up Zaplet, Inc., has radical software, prestigious venture capital funding, and a multitude of business opportunities. New CEO Alan Baratz must select a strategy and redesign the organization to deliver. This case describes the roles and philosophies of the... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Venture Capital; Valuation; Business Strategy; Restructuring; Expansion; Product Development; Innovation Strategy; Human Resources; Information Technology Industry; California
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Brian DeLacey. "Zaplet, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 601-165, April 2001. (Revised July 2001.)
- November 1987 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
Groen: A Dover Industries Company
By: Francis Aguilar
Describes the challenges facing the president of an old-line foodservice and food processing equipment manufacturing company as it attempted to accelerate sales and profit growth through the introduction of innovative products. The introduction of a "revolutionary"... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Labor and Management Relations; Machinery and Machining; Management Style; Management Teams; Performance Efficiency; Technological Innovation; Product Development; Organizational Culture
Aguilar, Francis. "Groen: A Dover Industries Company." Harvard Business School Case 388-055, November 1987. (Revised January 1988.)
- 10 May 2023
- News
Alumna Snags an Emmy
Plays) resulted from many hours of user research to understand the unmet needs of sports fans and then months of prototyping and iteration, all of which were hard skills I learned in TOM and the Product Management course. The View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Blog Post
5 Lessons from Business School
classmates - not only in class but also between classes and at section events. The school also draws myriad speakers who share topics they are passionate about, constantly expanding my learning in new areas. Through courses like FIELD you learn skills for working... View Details