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William Wrigley III
produced several new lines, including Freedent for denture wearers, the sugar-free Orbit, the bubble gum Hubba Bubba, and the cinnamon-flavored Big Red. Under William III’s leadership, Wrigley’s was able to maintain its position as the... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Harold L. Stuart
with utility mogul Sam Insull, Stuart’s resilience and support of the competitive bidding movement allowed Halsey, Stuart to regain its previous position of prestige. The firm sponsored $723 million in new issues in 1950, the most of any... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Sumner M. Redstone
Beginning his career as a lawyer, Redstone joined the entertainment industry in the 1960’s with the formation of National Amusements. As Chairman of Viacom, he guided the company’s successful post-theatrical and syndication activities and helped to View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
J. Richard Munro
1990, after turning down a buyout offer from Paramount. Though the company suffered losses in 1989, primarily due to the purchase of Warner, Munro’s media giant boasted strong positions in a wide array of markets and earned revenues of... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business
Organizations and Markets unit (see Theory and Practice for a profile of the O&M unit) quickly sparked discussion in two different areas. Noting that the unit's Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations (CCMO) course often advocates theoretical View Details
- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate change and environmental sustainability to racial equity and social and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
Rivkin and Porter: HBS alumni are in a position to help put America back on a more competitive footing in the world economy. View the survey results Watch Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin introduce the project Join the... View Details
- November 2024
- Article
Price Discounts and Cheapflation During the Post-Pandemic Inflation Surge
By: Alberto Cavallo and Oleksiy Kryvtsov
We study how within-store price variation changes with inflation, and whether households exploit it to attenuate the inflation burden. We use micro price data for food products sold by 91 large multi-channel retailers in ten countries between 2018 and 2024. Measuring... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Inflation and Deflation; Price; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Product Positioning
Cavallo, Alberto, and Oleksiy Kryvtsov. "Price Discounts and Cheapflation During the Post-Pandemic Inflation Surge." Journal of Monetary Economics 148 (November 2024).
- October 2009
- Article
Managing Risk in the New World
Five experts gathered recently to discuss the future of enterprise risk management: Kaplan, the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School, who with his colleague David Norton developed the balanced scorecard; Mikes, an assistant professor at HBS who studies... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Crisis; Capital Structure; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Risk Management
Kaplan, Robert S., Anette Mikes, Robert Simons, Peter Tufano, and Michael Hofmann Jr. "Managing Risk in the New World." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 10 (October 2009): 68–75.
- September 1994
- Case
Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Deryck Maughan, a vice chairman and co-head of investment banking at Salomon Brothers, learns that his superiors have been less than candid about their knowledge of bidding improprieties by the firm's government trading desk. He must decide what, if anything, he should... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Crime and Corruption; Rank and Position; Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-044, September 1994.
- June 2011 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
Colgate-Palmolive: Staying Ahead in Oral Care
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ryan Johnson
In 2011, Colgate-Palmolive (Colgate) was the global leader in oral care, with a dominant market share lead in toothpaste and a growing presence in toothbrushes and mouthwash. However, the firm faced stiff competition with perennial rivals P&G increasing their focus on... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution Channels; Relationships; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Customization and Personalization; Health Industry
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ryan Johnson. "Colgate-Palmolive: Staying Ahead in Oral Care." Harvard Business School Case 311-120, June 2011. (Revised August 2011.)
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
Ken Powell Named 2020 HAA Award Recipient
leadership and engagement activities. The award citation notes Powell’s more than 40 years of service to the Harvard alumni community, including leadership positions at the Harvard Club of New York City, serving as president of the HBS... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
MBAs Chosen for Leadership Fellows Program
Ten new MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the help of the School’s Leadership Fellows program. Now in its sixth year, the program provides fellows with one-year appointments at a competitive... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
MBAs mobilize to assist small business owners
by getting the best resources to entrepreneurs who are poised for growth and making positive social impacts in their communities,” Baker says. The team traveled to Detroit, New Orleans, Albuquerque, and other cities that have been... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
An investment of time to advance education
a director at Facebook, as well as at Dell and Walmart, to free up time for this new position and other activities. “I want to make as much of a contribution as I can to Harvard, to higher education, and, hopefully, to education around... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
a bet that the global economy will be in a better position in 20 or 30 years than it is today” The other possibility for increased market correlation is not because national economies have become more intrinsically similar, but because... View Details
- 02 Dec 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?
he said, “The very act of trying to attain gender equality portends to assume that is a positive goal. My concern is not equality but quality. Man or woman, we as individuals and organizations need to rip away all the barriers that lie... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Classroom and Field Work: Methods of Instruction | Baker Library
assignments. The first, an unskilled position such as a production line worker, sales clerk, or office clerk, familiarized students with supervision issues and customer-employee relations. "Our students find that they are better equipped... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege
Keywords: by Josephine Tan and Jon M. Jachimowicz
- June 2025
- Article
Who Benefits from Online Gig Economy Platforms?
By: Christopher T. Stanton and Catherine Thomas
Online labor platforms for short-term, remote work have many more job seekers than available jobs. Despite their relative abundance, workers capture a substantial share of the surplus from transactions. We draw this conclusion from demand estimates that imply workers'... View Details
Keywords: Gig Economy; Knowledge Workers; Online Platforms; Job Search; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Wages; Demand and Consumers
Stanton, Christopher T., and Catherine Thomas. "Who Benefits from Online Gig Economy Platforms?" American Economic Review 115, no. 6 (June 2025): 1857–1895.