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    Robert T. B. Stevens

    plant closings and relocations, expansion into new fabric areas, and numerous other cost-saving measures that helped the large textile conglomerate remain successful throughout Stevens’ tenure. View Details
    Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

      Richard J. Reynolds

      Though his tobacco company had much success with its chewing tobacco products in the early 1910s, it was Reynolds' introduction of the Camel cigarette line in 1913 that was his biggest accomplishment. Though Camel products comprised 2/3... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        Frank Batten

        Batten took the helm of his family’s newspaper empire in the late sixties and continued to enhance its scale and scope over three decades, yet his greatest achievement was the launch of a phenomenally successful cable channel. In 1982,... View Details
        Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
        • 24 Apr 2014
        • News

        Côme Laguë (MBA 1993)

        companies don’t find success but still have valuable IP. That IP tends to be lost, or picked up for little money by companies that don't contribute to the competitiveness of the technology industry,” says Laguë. “I like salvaging them,... View Details
        • 30 May 2000
        • Lessons from the Classroom

        Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride

        you." The final attribute is rewards based on value created rather than position in a hierarchy. Q: When you use this lens to look at the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, what insights does it provide? A: One insight is that entrepreneurship flourishes in... View Details
        Keywords: by William Mahoney
        • Profile

        Michael Maples

        When Mike Maples, Jr. was growing up, there were two things he never dreamed he’d do in life: go to business school or become a venture capitalist. But after graduating from Harvard Business School and becoming a successful entrepreneur,... View Details
        • 17 Feb 2003
        • Research & Ideas

        Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep

        Business. At its core, the new system compares a fund manager's investments with those of other successful fund managers, making past performance less important in the rating scheme. In short, funds are rated by the company they keep.... View Details
        Keywords: by Ann Cullen
        • 25 Feb 2017
        • Blog Post

        3 Reasons I Chose to Attend HBS

        their own entrepreneurial ventures after graduation.  Diversity of experiences – During my visits to HBS and research of the university, I had the opportunity to speak to students and alumni. Their backgrounds were simply impressive – founders of View Details

          Charles R. Walgreen III

          Charles Walgreen, III continued the tradition of success begun by his father and grandfather. Under his leadership, Walgreens stores continued to expand its existing operations and also entered the restaurant business. By 1979, the... View Details
          Keywords: Retail
          • 01 Dec 2010
          • News

          How to Survive Past Start-up

          falter? What sets successful founders apart from those whose new ventures fail? Starting in 2008, I set out to interview hundreds of highly successful entrepreneurs in depth, hoping to reverse engineer what... View Details
          Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade
          • October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
          • Supplement

          Dulcie Madden (B)—A Difficult Choice

          By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
          This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the... View Details
          Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Family; Family Conflicts; Founders' Agreements; Growth And Development; Hardware; VC; Scaling; Start-up; Female Ceo; Risk Assessment; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Cash Flow; Equity; Success; Failure; Acquisition; Business Model; Information Technology; Valuation; Family and Family Relationships; Information Infrastructure
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            Juan T. Trippe

            Known for his sharp negotiating skills, Trippe built PanAm into the world’s only truly global air carrier. Trippe’s success at PanAm was due in large part to his cooperation with different branches of national governments, winning large... View Details
            Keywords: Transportation
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            Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting

            aligned directly with what will define success in this role and remove any that are superfluous or could exacerbate bias. Also, ensure that multiple people within your company either sit in on the interview or conduct their own standard... View Details
            • 02 May 2016
            • News

            Building Startup Skills for Business and Life

            Bill Daugherty (MBA 1991) believes in the power of entrepreneurship—not just to launch successful businesses, but also to jump-start successful lives. After selling his profitable Internet search company in... View Details

              Roger B. Smith

              Smith made sweeping changes at the auto giant, which had become complacent in its success and was losing share to foreign imports. Smith instituted a barrage of controversial changes at GM that included forming strategic joint ventures... View Details
              Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                Harvey S. Firestone

                rim in 1907, and the balloon tire in 1923, which became the industry standard. In 1928, Firestone initiated his ambitious and successful plan to establish auto supply and service stores throughout the U.S. View Details
                Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
                • 18 Jun 2001
                • Research & Ideas

                Tech Investment the Wise Way

                Press, 2001. This excerpt is taken with permission from a contributed essay in Taking Technical Risks: How Innovators, Executives And Investors Manage High-Tech Risks, edited by Lewis M. Branscomb and Phillip E. Auerswald. Chesbrough and Rosenbloom discuss the... View Details
                Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom
                • 03 May 2004
                • What Do You Think?

                How Much Is Enough?

                this can't be a good thing for employees and their morale, customers, investors, or even American competitiveness. Now a case is being made for the possibility that this may not even satisfy the deep-seated needs of those anointed with mega-rewards, especially if each... View Details
                Keywords: by James Heskett

                  Charles Erwin Wilson

                  Despite his reluctance to produce military goods, Wilson was nonetheless an excellent manager during World War II and helped his company garner over $14 billion worth of military contracts. In the post war era, Wilson’s success continued... View Details
                  Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                    An Wang

                    After receiving his Ph.D., Wang began work on a complex memory storage problem, which lead to the development of the first magnetic core memory. Building on this success, Wang went on to set up his own company focused on making business tasks easier. With the View Details
                    Keywords: Computers & Electronics