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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
an estimated 36.7 million US practitioners purchasing classes, gear, and accessories—an increase of 80 percent in four years. It has also spawned a number of lucrative business models: Vancouver-based apparel company Lululemon Athletica... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
the rules in this class?" So I decided just to sit there with folded arms and say nothing. "I'll show him," I told myself! Then the most amazing thing happened. I heard my voice going on about pricing cars... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
ambitious and bold—both criteria that have framed Royster’s career from the start. His initial break with convention occurred after his first year in college, when he took a year off from Duke to work retail near his hometown, in Newton,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
Ickis (MBA 1971, DBA 1978) REISNER: One of the hottest areas of investment growth is in cross-border shipping, but there are two core problems: In an age of terrorism, customs are commercial constraints and also valuable public safety... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
market fit.” In the beginning, Outreach didn’t have a pricing model: “We just kept upping the price, and people kept paying.” Yet the software, while powerful, was unstable. The team had built it quickly... View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965
fascinated by stocks since he was a boy, Allan Gray has built a successful career around finding and investing in companies which are priced well below his assessment of their intrinsic value. After earning... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
memory. Since founding Winning Connections in 1997, Jameson has been a pioneer in politicking over telephone lines. It’s work that has made the firm one of the political industry’s leading consultancies, generating $15 million in annual View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
relate to your areas of interest and expertise. Then we'll discuss some of the challenges they pose. Brian, what about the issue of top-management compensation? Brian Hall: As you all know, stock options were intended to give executives... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
ventures they began, from the 1950s through the 1970s. Of those, take one area for closer inspection in search of the HBS imprint - broadcast and cable television. In the mid-1950s, Thomas S. Murphy (MBA '49) found himself View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
Hollen, is at a critical juncture: Weighing the cost of capital, construction, and expected market prices for developed units, should Hollen meet the government’s minimum bid for one of five development... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
With Harvard navigating an array of pressures, Jana Kierstead, Executive Director of the MBA and Doctoral Programs and External Relations, spoke with Dean Srikant Datar about how HBS is responding to new challenges while maintaining its focus on strategic priorities.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
WSA Conference Set for January
many of the world's top businesswomen. C200 members own businesses with annual revenues over $10 million or manage corporate divisions with more than $50 million in annual revenues. Members include vice... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
international banking, I am familiar with “the old shell game” of tax evasion via the transfer pricing mechanism. Differentiating between tax avoidance and tax evasion in this area is often very difficult... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
job. But Newman voiced some serious concerns about competition from industry giants such as Heinz, Campbell's, and Kraft, along with the skyrocketing price of shelf space in grocery chains. Responding to one... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
revenue our governments could devote to improving social programs, reducing deficits, creating jobs and attracting capital.” In essence, the conversations “were really about Canada getting its act together... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
and conservation, looking at waste management and water quality. All of these things are cost savings by the way. Your natural resources and land... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
China." Feeley also serves as an account executive with Ernst & Company and is a member of the Board of Visitors for Georgetown University's Graduate Public Policy Program. « Back From 1971 to 1993, Edward J. Mathias worked at T. Rowe... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
as its discount prices and large selection of merchandise. As Sprint and Walgreens have shown, Porter notes, companies that invest in the inner city View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
entrepreneurship is imbedded in the structure of the family." Cherie Nursalim, manager in the corporate strategy and planning division of her family's Gaja Tunggal Group, a major Indonesian conglomerate with... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
'Who is this guy?'" Gilmartin recalls with a chuckle. His inclusive management style quickly won him fans within the company. "I met with a lot of people and asked two questions: 'What do you think are the... View Details