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- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
annually by 2030, according to the Financial Times. As GLP-1 revenues have soared, the foundation has been able to direct millions toward efforts to improve the treatment of diabetes. It recently committed $4.7 billion to Alzheimer’s... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
in 2000, when Schultz positioned himself as the company's chief global strategist. Revenues for 2000 reached $2.2 billion, while quarterly reports for fiscal 2001 are already exceeding last year's record performance. Smith spoke to the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
the company’s revenues have increased by leaps and bounds. But the melamine pet food scare last spring could have ruined everything. The bad news came to a place it shouldn’t: Disney World. It was during one of the few vacations that Paal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
audiences to the theater than selling toys and other consumer product tie-ins, which is a significant revenue stream for studios. At Roadside Attractions, Eric d’Arbeloff (MBA 1993) has found a niche as a distributor of independent films... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies
forecasts: According to the research firm SuperData, the sector, driven by early adopters, is on track to make $3.7 billion in revenue this year, and the firm estimates it could swell to more than $28 billion by 2020. But Maureen Fan (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Beyond the Numbers
company, last fall Robinson joined PRT, a global firm that provides information technology solutions and services to Fortune 500 companies. He stepped in to help lead PRT's initial public offering just after its revenues had soared from... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
competing operations, driving employees toward public welfare systems, and creating urban sprawl. The savings to Wal-Mart customers appears large in relation to the surplus that it passes on to its stockholders. In recent years, the retailer has netted just 1.5 to 2... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Clubs Offer Popular Management Programs
both their own companies and others in the area.” In addition to the program’s value for local companies and managers, the revenue generated supports gifts to area nonprofits and has funded scholarships for Harvard MBA students from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
focused on revenues was foreign to many of the people he encountered. Halfway through his assignment, he discovered that a GSM license was being tendered for the Afghan market. “With the vision of the Aga Khan and his willingness to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
percent where that change is occurring." Related Article e-Commerce in Brazil: A Look at olook André Beisert (MBA 2009), CEO of São Paulo–based women's online fashion retailer olook, sees the impact of a new consumer class in both his numbers— he hopes to increase... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
company in 1979, Mixon had only $10,000 of the $7.8 million asking price. But he managed to raise the rest and led the company to annual revenues of $1.5 billion (those early investors have seen Invacare’s stock grow from 2¢ to $25 a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
can be a tool for organizational change, not just bottom-line results — although it’s worth noting that Muzak also enjoyed an uptick in its financials. From 1997 (the year Boyd was appointed CEO and launched the rebranding) to 2000, Muzak’s View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Turning Point: One Story at a Time
decision to move to India for a career opportunity that came up in my family’s business. Being the CEO at the age of 30 of a publicly listed company with revenues of $100 million was something Amanda and I both knew I could not pass up,... View Details
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups
be selected for one of the five pitches, please email amcculloch@mba1999.hbs.edu with a quick summary of your idea, industry, amount raised (if any) and anything else you would like us to know. Please note: priority will be given to ideas/companies who have raised... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
coasting on the past," said AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka. Trillions of dollars are needed, but proposed revenue and tax increases are often political nonstarters, and red tape adds to costly delays. "It took nearly 15 years to get a... View Details
- 26 Jun 2025
- News
The Vinyl Revival
pandemic, such that we went from a six-week turnaround time to a twelve-month wait on any products put in at Gold Rush. It forced me to look at how we pivot the business model and also how do we diversify the business model, because we can't be just solely dependent on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Knowing the Score
the ESPN galaxy. Likewise with many other behind-the-scenes stories. Since the book was to be a comprehensive history of one of the greatest media successes of all time, it required a thorough examination of the business story behind it. How did it all happen? ESPN,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
and they will expect that richness. Outside the benefits of cost reduction, do you see opportunities within the next two to three years for AI to lead in areas of revenue generation? —Jeremy Valeda (PLDA 15, 2013) SESERI: It’s tempting to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
long-term goal of buying and managing his own company. Sharpe, who hired his wife, Debby Stein Sharpe (MBA ’81), as CFO, sold Extrusion Technology (an aluminum extrusion fabricator) to a private equity firm in December 2008. In 21 years, the company’s annual View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money
several hundred billion dollars every year in tax revenues due to abusive transfer pricing (see sidebar, above). Says Baker, “Most multinationals deliberately intend to evade some of their taxes on some of their transactions, using... View Details