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friend persuaded him to apply to HBS, where he arrived in the fall of 1966, newly married and with a razor-thin bank account. “When the oilman came to the door with the bill after filling the tank, we’d hide in the closet,” he recalls.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

06 Oct 2019
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Private equity takeovers of listed companies hit jobs hardest, study finds

24 Apr 2014
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Founding a bone marrow donor bank that saves thousands of lives

Peter Harf (MBA 1974) transformed Joh. A. Benckiser SE, a small, privately held German company into a global powerhouse, but it’s his cofounding of Delete Blood Cancer DKMS that he considers his most important role. Since 1991, the... View Details

08 May 2015
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A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks

lending rates and economic activity. Prevailing economic theory holds that the cost-of-capital effect is negligible in an ideal market. Malcolm P. Baker, the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration, has investigated this... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Corporate venture funds invested wisely can propel a company forward

opportunities and rapid decline. Lerner, author of The Architecture of Innovation (HBS Press, 2012), also found that corporate venture funds invested in start-up companies provide an alternative to in-house R&D departments—and the... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)

shouldn't be that way. THERE IS ONLY ONE decision I would change. In 2007, when we knew the economy was starting to go south, we talked about selling our papers in Maine. Every rational thought I had said, "Sell them, or you'll be sorry." But my emotional connection... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Seattle Times Company; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Information

01 Mar 2011
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Two Kinds of Green

social and environmental concerns into daily operations. In the multimedia case “Burt’s Bees: Balancing Growth and Sustainability,” HBS associate professor Christopher Marquis uses text exhibits and video interviews to show how the small natural products View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; natural products company; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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How Banking Analysts’ Biases Benefit Everyone Except Investors

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Purpose: Does Your Company ‘Live’ It, Or Just Pay Lip Service?

The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could