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was fine with that because it was something new to learn. Oops! Twenty-one days in, the headquarters building burned, and the equipment was fried. I was so new that I hadn’t met many of the key supplier staff. I didn’t understand most of... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 May 2013
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Raphael Geismar, MBA 2006

For Raphael Geismar, chairman and CEO of Stumec, a French supplier of tools and equipment to the railway industry, the attraction to HBS was part aspiration, part continuity. “In France and everywhere,” Geismar says, “HBS is recognized as... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

suppliers of ancillary home construction products, like cement, paint, and other home fittings. Would this create a unique one-stop shop for construction-related goods, or take Tata Steel further away from its core mission? Dilemmas such... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

05 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

strategy and we have successfully acquired three companies. MEMCO (India) and MFT (Germany) have not only expanded our geographical footprint but also diversified our product range and customer list. In addition to camshafts, PCL group now is a leading View Details

01 Sep 2023
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End Game

tools and sell them out of his car to support his climbing and surfing habits. Business was good for Chouinard Equipment, and soon it was the biggest supplier of climbing hardware in the country. Eventually, Chouinard realized that... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Develop and sequence an optimal plan to manage through the transitions Challenge/require suppliers to do the same Collaborate within industries/sectors to identify and employ best practices Partner with policymakers to identify and... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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Three Profs Win McKinsey Award

Made in China REASON U.S. supplier base eroded as the manufacture of consumer electronics and computers migrated to Asia. Electrophoretic display MADE IN TAIWAN REASON Its manufacture requires expertise developed from producing flat-panel... View Details

Keywords: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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