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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
he told the Boston Business Journal (January 114, 1999). Added Krasnow, "The [medical] system today doesn't really provide the resources people need. Patients are discharged from hospitals very quickly." CardioResponse customers rent or... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
would be replaced. But instead we kept those programs, and to exploit improved technology, we added new ones. So the problem of date handling was never addressed. Now we know that an imperfection we're willing to tolerate today could... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
whole thing (shout out to Thales Teixeira!), which has been incredibly helpful in figuring out our business model and buying advertisements. Until very recently, we were the ones designing all of our ads, View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
families,” says Akuete. “So there were a few children of her workers for whom she would buy computers or pay tuition. But it wasn’t really codified in any way, and there was no commitment to it at a broader level. My stepping in just made... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
ready-to-heat soups, shipping an average of thirty thousand gallons each week. Shafir - himself a study in constant motion - plans to move his operation to a roomier location in nearby Chelsea early this year. Despite adding a $2.5... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Home Grown
would then show me something around sports because I am a sports fanatic. I love a lot of the content coming from the creators. So I would see a lot of that. JH: Yeah. So I’m wondering how do you make money on something like that? Is it an View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
stars, outdoor sportsmen, the British military, and the Royal family. In 1997, Burberry launched a revitalization of the brand that showcased the ongoing appeal of its more timeless products while expanding into fashionable clothing and accessories for men and women.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
with the added benefit that they could be eaten at the end of the season, so in 1986 Whiteside began farming on the side, expanding his herd to about 50 animals in 2000. Whiteside supplemented their diet with grain, then tried soybeans... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
of online advertising.” The company’s technology led to more than a 100 percent lift in the performance of ads on the page, something that could benefit a lot of destination sites on the internet. We even had come to an agreement on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
impressive, its existence also raises many questions. What are consumers really buying when they buy a perfume, or face cream, or lipstick? Scents which last a few hours or face creams that can’t be seen... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
Linda Katz (both MBA 1994) considered thirty different companies before buying Molded Dimensions, Inc., a manufacturer of rubber and polyurethane products located outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since purchasing the company in April 2001,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
The MBA at a Crossroads
at a Crossroads. (Read the Q&A) The deans had reason to be concerned. The business of business education is in the midst of dramatic change. There are clear trends away from two-year, full-time programs; increased questioning of the value View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
where people want to buy their cars,” Thomke says. “The companies can’t simply restructure their way out of their difficulties.” Thomke, an authority on the management of technology and product innovation, senses that “the culture within... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
women who only wanted to try on shoes. There was a lot of box-carrying. There was a lot of different sizes, colors, heel height, and very little buying going on. So it did teach me to be persistent and responsible with regard to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
the end of July, the business tribunal in Caen was considering four offers for the Jeannette brand and leftover machinery, Viana’s among them. Two focused solely on the purchase of the machinery; one proposed buying the machinery for 2... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
difficult,” he says. In its new incarnation, EyeView provides advertisers, agencies, and video networks a platform to create personalized online, broadcast-quality video ads tailored to the viewer by location, time of day, real-time... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
(NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), and the National Hockey League (NHL), television, both national and local, has been a boon as well. Television provides significant direct revenue as well as the added exposure that stimulates other... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund
from 88 applicants, were: Adiply (Omar Restom, HBS ’12): A self-serve tool that allows an advertiser to buy ad space on a Web site. AfterSteps (Jess Bloomgarden, Alex Stratoudakis, and Emma Taylor, all HBS... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Double Vision
kinds of ads, Teixeira says, boosted web traffic but don't have much effect on the actual purchases. "The audience does what you are telling them to do—they go online. But it doesn't persuade them enough to buy more than the other types... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Getting Personal
marketing themselves? Many mature service industries are in a service “arms race” in which they keep adding more and more services cumulatively over time. But consumers don’t always want “more and more” — what they’re looking for are... View Details