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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
makes a purchasing decision.” Levitt’s influence reached well beyond the classroom. “Ted Levitt was the most influential and imaginative professor in marketing history,” HBS professor and senior associate dean John Quelch stated on the... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
experimenting with its product mix, renegotiating its relationships with suppliers, and developing new business models to maximize profitability. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308026 IBM's Decade of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
military, so I figured I would too," says Earls. "But they decided as a group that someone had to start the family on the college path, and that I was the one to do it. They provided the financial support that made it possible." Earls entered Norfolk View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
men's outdoor shoes and clothing had become saturated. A comprehensive strategy review revealed that the Sport-Man brand could be extended to other apparel lines. Furthermore, its retail footprint in major malls throughout the United... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
like to help the faculty identify management issues, such as privatization or post-stabilization volatility, that are prevalent in Latin America (and perhaps elsewhere) but are not commonly experienced in the United View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with a Race to the Top competition that promised more than $4 billion in stimulus money for states that—among other reforms—heeded the call to establish what the President referred to as "laboratories of... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
impact on the organizations they lead. Hunting the High-Impact Leader From Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter By Gautam Mukunda In the middle of May 1860, delegates to the Republican National Convention met in Chicago to choose the party's nominee for president.... View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
that the division might be in trouble, that corporate support is wavering, and that potential buyers are lining up. He wants to know what you know. Though the rumors are not altogether accurate, they do contain more than a few grains of truth. In spite of some recent... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978)
with our own arms and legs.” With nearly 1,800 stores in 44 states and Ontario, Canada, the company and its franchisees employ about 80,000 workers and saw system-wide sales of nearly $4 billion in 2013. “Serving people is the most... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping one child led to improving the lives of thousands
companies like State Street and Google, who see their partnership with Year Up as good business, not philanthropy. Today, 85 percent of more than 5,200 Year Up graduates are employed or attend college within four months of completing the... View Details
- 08 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime
violations Heese, who researches corporate misconduct, decided to examine company violations in light of the rapid deterioration of the newspaper industry. The circulation of local newspapers in the United View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
conditions and often with extraordinary and unheralded courage -- to fulfill the mission they have been given by the President and the American people as the nation's first line of defense. When the safety of the United View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
H-E-B and the Monterrey Food Bank, a program administered by the Mexican branch of the nonprofit organization Caritas. The outcome? The nonprofit, which received sporadic support in the past, suddenly had access to the organizational expertise of H-E-B's long history... View Details
- 27 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences
different than other places, and I also felt that it is very important for Americans to understand Muslim countries. (We have also been, or will be, in India, China, Latin America, Japan, sub-Saharan Africa, and Eastern Europe, as well as the U.S. and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
leadership style to “drain the swamp” of the Washington bureaucracy and deliver results for the American people. The United States is not a company, of course, and its citizens are not employees, but voters... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
to Saudi Arabia, where they lived in exile for nearly a decade. They eventually returned to Pakistan, and she was given the opportunity to follow her brother to the United States for education and eventually... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
others. Result: Carnegie Steel became the low cost, high quality producer of a commodity vital to the creation of the modern world. Carnegie sold his company to J.P. Morgan, who used it as the fulcrum for United View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- Profile
Matt Segneri
supporting and retaining New Orleans entrepreneurs. "We helped them select the most viable ventures among more than 100 applicants for the "504ward" $200,000 business plan competition — one of the largest such competitions in Louisiana View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991
began on a blind date at the Army–Navy game in 1967, endured the long deployments of his early career and yielded two sons, both of whom chose to follow in their father’s footsteps and attend the United View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Profile
John Clayton
growth to developing areas.” Not just the “how,” but the “why” Why HBS? John doesn’t hesitate to list the reasons. “First, it’s the global perspective,” he says. “HBS is committed to teaching 30-40% of cases on firms outside the United... View Details