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  • fall 1981
  • Book Review

Book Review of Renegotiations in International Business Transactions, edited by William S. Stoever

By: Louis T Wells Jr
Keywords: Negotiation; Business Ventures
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    William C. Procter

    Under Procter's guidance, P&G grew out of its mid-western roots as a soap producer into a national consumer goods conglomerate. Procter was responsible for the creation of many famous brands, including Crisco shortening, but also played a large role in improving... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

      William L. Clayton

      In 1916, Clayton moved Anderson, Clayton and Company’s headquarters to Houston, Texas, where he grew the company into the world’s largest cotton trading organization. During World War I, the firm handled 1 million bales of cotton a year. View Details
      Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
      • 13 Jan 2003
      • Research & Ideas

      The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)

      thinking? HBS Working Knowledge staffer Manda Mahoney questioned Zaltman about the new book, published by Harvard Business School Publishing. Mahoney: You state that 95 percent of all cognition occurs in the... View Details
      Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

        William M. Allen

        In 1945, when Allen was appointed CEO, Boeing faced cancellation of $1.5 billion in wartime contracts. Under Allen’s leadership, Boeing kept course and later prospered. In 1952, Boeing’s B-52 was chosen by the Air Force as its... View Details
        Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

          William L. Mellon

          Under Mellon’s management, the firm became a pioneer on several fronts. He opened the nation’s first service stations in 1913 became and expanded into international oil exploration. By the mid-1920s, Gulf’s refinery at Port Arthur, Texas,... View Details
          Keywords: Utilities & Energy

            William R. Kelly

            Kelly was a pioneer in creating the temporary employment agency. During the post-war era, American industry was in great need for clerical workers and Kelly’s idea of temporary office help became extremely popular among women (accounting for 95% of his workers). View Details
            Keywords: Services

              William Bernbach

              Bernbach catapulted the Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agency into national prominence with innovative and creative campaigns. Doyle Dane Bernbach broke into the front ranks of advertising agencies with successful national campaigns for Volkswagen and Avis Rent A Car... View Details
              Keywords: Services
              • 05 Jan 2011
              • Op-Ed

              Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

              typical lab has 20 to 40 people, led by a senior researcher (the "principal investigator''). Most people in a lab are doctoral or postdoctoral students who are pursuing careers in science. Labs have many different projects under... View Details
              Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical
              • 30 Sep 2002
              • Research & Ideas

              Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

              pricing and the merits of billing over time. Also, see an excerpt from a recent Harvard Business Review article by Gourville and collaborator Dilip Soman. Mahoney: What are some first steps managers can take once they have decided to... View Details
              Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
              • 01 Jan 2006
              • News

              William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958

              groups make it clear that there are always approaches and angles to a problem that you can't think of by yourself. They make you appreciate other people's points of view. That carries over into business, where it's advantageous to... View Details
              • 01 Dec 2004
              • News

              One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

              Donaldson Illustration by Joe Ciardiello When William Donaldson (MBA ’58) was sworn in as the 27th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2003, Wall Street and the commission... View Details
              Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
              • 06 Jan 2003
              • Research & Ideas

              Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

              option grants, though not as liberal as many others. In fact, expensing options in Enron's accounts would have changed reported profits by only about 10%, whereas the change would have been around 30% for Microsoft, which has received no... View Details
              Keywords: by William Sahlman
              • 30 Mar 2003
              • Research & Ideas

              How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain

              customers. If the organization does not create superior value for its employees, it is very difficult for the employees to produce superior value for customers. By leveraging value to both employees and customers relative to its costs, an... View Details
              Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
              • 02 Apr 2019
              • News

              Remembering William Wilder

              Canadians by endowing the William P. Wilder (MBA 1950) Fellowship and by helping to spearhead the HBS Canadian Initiative, which provides financial assistance to admitted... View Details

                William G. McGowan

                McGowan built a $4 billion telecommunication business that defeated the AT&T monopoly. Acting as a self-employed consultant, McGowan rescued MCI by paying off its debts and created a lean competitor to AT&T View Details
                Keywords: Communications

                  William E. LaMothe

                  LaMothe enabled Kellogg to capitalize on the health food consciousness of the 80’s by introducing new products, and, in so doing, he continued Kellogg’s 41-year run of increased sales. He is credited with dramatically expanding Kellogg’s... View Details
                  Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                    William T. Kerr

                    Kerr expanded Meredith Corporation by focusing on its core business and directly managing its financial performance. Over the last few years, the company compounded its earnings per share at 33% per year and tripled its profit margin to... View Details
                    Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

                      William T. Grant

                      Grant had established a chain of 30 stores, the 25 cent-limit on merchandise was raised to one dollar. W. T. Grant Company evolved into one of the largest retailing companies in the nation. By the time of Grant’s death in 1972, the... View Details
                      Keywords: Retail
                      • Awards

                      East China Normal University. Honorary Professor

                      By: William C. Kirby
                      Awarded an Honorary Professorship by East China Normal University in 2011. View Details