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- 01 Dec 2009
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The Fab Four
submitted were quite a bit different from what they first showed me.” A member of Staples’ original management team, Krasnow is currently a domain expert in marketing at Highland Capital Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm. I... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
other factors when seeking startup opportunities. "Businesses where there are high margins available with low economies of scale are more likely to survive," he says, citing institutional money management as an example of an area that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur
Emeritus—died on August 20, 2019, outside Boston. His energy and leadership kept HBS at the forefront of business education and laid a foundation of intellectual growth and development on which the School continues to build today. His... View Details
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
George P. Baker and Lawrence E. Fouraker. Anthony and Managing Editor Elinor Perry presided over a tremendous growth in Bulletin class notes, as the class secretary network flourished in the late 1960s. His... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
a Professor of Management Practice at HBS who serves on the boards of ExxonMobil and Goldman Sachs, told a forum of directors in 2008, “Serving on a board is about one thing: It’s about responsibility for the preservation and View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
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INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
we’ve seen the most applications to date, but at its heart blitzscaling is a technique for achieving greater speed. Whenever speed is the primary competitive differentiator, these techniques can be helpful. EXCERPT “New types of managers... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
entrepreneurial business leaders in the Owner/President Management Program (OPM) that he also headed for many years, is inspired enough by what he has experienced at the Meadows to consider starting a company dedicated to building and... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
landing on an aircraft carrier in darkness, flying combat missions over Korea, breaking the sound barrier, and then teaching others to do the same. This is the story of that journey. The Big Ordeal: Understanding and Managing the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
great business cultures, building on over a century of academic thinking. They share a simple, highly predictive measurement tool, the Total Motivation (ToMo) Factor, which enables managers to measure the strength of their business... View Details
- 16 Mar 2017
- News
Making Rapid Progress in the Fight Against Cancer
in 2 chance of developing cancer in their lifetimes. That’s pretty similar to the figures here in the US and in most of the western world. But actually the largest growth in the number of cancer cases are happening in emerging economies,... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
Center for Sustainable Future; serves as program manager of Amrita Center for International Programs; and teaches entrepreneurship and business strategy. He also works with Embracing the World, a humanitarian organization focused on... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
age by adapting a current business model to the new marketplace. The book offers critical insights into responding to disruptive shock with three value propositions: repositioning today’s business to maximize resilience; creating a new View Details
- 06 May 2019
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Are You Ready for Veggie Fast-Casual?
Alive shops in three Boston suburbs, and over time he befriended and then bought out the owner, who had been struggling to manage her far-flung eateries. “I had this great run with [Panera],” says Shaich. “What I love as much as anything... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Bounce Back from a Blunder
As she was building Big Think, Brown was wary of painting herself into a corner that she couldn’t manage her way out of. “When I’d share earnings and business updates with the board, I had an acute sense that I had to be authentic. I... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire
Well, I think, our life's greatest obstacles present us the most opportunity. What fun would life be if we never faced any adversity? What sense of fulfillment would we have if we never had an obstacle to overcome? What sort of growth... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Comfort Zone
in places like the United States, will be able to manage their own journey from airport arrival to boarding—but that’s not yet the reality everywhere. In markets where people are just starting to travel, there is huge space for View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
London, Tokyo, Hong Kong); megacities and population magnets (e.g., São Paulo, Lagos, Mumbai, Jakarta); and “up-and-comers,” cities of 150,000 to 10 million people, aspiring to international stature (e.g., Cape Town, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur). Much of the world’s population... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow
for a way to bring his Harvard business skills to bear on a cause he believed in. That led to a post as the CFO of New Hampshire Audubon, where he “quickly fixed some problems due to lack of financial controls” and put the organization on track to double-digit View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2006
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One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
of our clients called us their “brand advocacy partner.” I thought that was cool because that’s really what this place is about — getting behind a brand to help it win in its category. CP+B has seen enormous growth in the past ten years.... View Details