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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Silver Lining
Dabhol power-plant project in India. As Enron began to emphasize energy trading over hard assets such as power projects and pipelines, the two independently decided to leave the company in 2000. They later reconnected in New York, and...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
Illustration by Peter Arkle KitNipBox is a monthly subscription service for cat owners. Each box contains products designed to keep cats happy, healthy, and fit: toys, treats, health and hygiene products, must-have accessories, innovative...
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- 01 Apr 1996
- News
New Releases
dimensions, such as ability to sustain viewer interest, production quality, portrayal of women and minorities, and value for the money. The guide also lists the highest-rated products and View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
Johnston says these four companies represent the variety of start-ups Aging2.0 is working with: Sabi improves day-to-day life by rethinking the most commonly used products and tools to elevate everyday moments with superior functionality...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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Award-Winning Article Urges Companies to Loosen Ties that Bind
their three component parts. This change will give rise to three very different kinds of businesses: large infrastructure businesses, large customer-relationship businesses, and small, nimble product innovators. "Executives will be forced...
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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Tech Trekker
with the feisty Radcliffe history and literature major, overheard the exchange and popped his head in on the meeting. "Give this woman what she wants!" he exclaimed enthusiastically. O'Donnell knew that indulging Lang's independent spirit...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Swimming with the Stream
(Above: photo by Christina Gandolfo) When Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015) thinks about marketing her music, she thinks about it in consumer product terms. A feminist activist and former drummer for Grammy-nominated artist M.I.A., she wants her...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
successful will be those that honor each other’s heritage while leveraging the areas where it makes the most sense to combine resources and talent. How will Ballast Point be able to leverage Constellation to gain competitive advantage over the plus/minus 4,000 View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
tolerate human rights abuses, Spar advocates that multinationals and human rights are not such strange bedfellows as once thought. Reebok, for instance, created a new production facility in Pakistan and established a system of View Details
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
An American Story
via correspondence course and enrolled at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. “Antioch was a hotbed of students who did it their way,” says HBS Dean Jay Light, a native Ohioan whose first HBS class was taught by Levitt. “It was a very creative, View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
business backstage. This book provides an overview of both the product on stage and the industry that makes it possible. While the industry’s product has unique supply and demand characteristics, it is still...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
(MBA 1976) Independently published This book is for anyone earning a living, or students preparing to do so, in an increasingly chaotic world of work. It’s a world in which, for many, the uncertainty regarding a financially comfortable...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Provides high tech products and services for building energy efficiency Jeffrey Brown (MBA 1983) Summit Power Group, LLC. Seattle, Washington Developer of electric power projects Michael Cavallo (MBA 1978) Clinton Climate Initiative New...
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- 22 Nov 2013
- News
A Passion for Film
Massachusetts, he went to see Small Change, a 1976 drama directed by Francois Truffaut, with his middle school French class. "My parents had taken me to Young Frankenstein and independent films, but that blew me away," he says. But...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
acquisitions. Today, the company Parker leads from its headquarters in Bradenton, Florida, offers a wide range of products to protect people and property, has 6,500 employees, operates in 35 countries, and generates annual sales...
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- 25 Aug 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested
industry. “The transportation industry is very transaction-intensive,” Gregg observes. “A driver might work for a different employer for each and every load—so there’s a lot of opportunity for friction.” The company’s products include...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
management in colleges and universities. What the Customer Wants You to Know: How Everybody Needs to Think Differently about Sales by Ram Charan (MBA ’65, DBA ’67) (Penguin Group) To upgrade the productivity of a company’s sales force,...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Skullcandy products are currently distributed in over 70 countries, a number that expands every month. So a major challenge for us is how to establish our brand in each local market. Good brands are globally consistent, but they’re...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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Enron’s Legacy
for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at Enron. If Enron’s board (which was...
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- 26 Jan 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)
She shared the same germy fears and so we teamed up to launch Spruce & Co—our consumer goods startup focused on simple products for everyday healthy routines.” What have been some of the most enjoyable and most challenging parts of...
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