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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
Philippe de Montebello, a 37-year veteran of the Met. "We have a strong, diverse, unpredictable revenue base, and the financial demands of running an institution this size are considerable," says Winshel. "We have a not-for-profit View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
focused on revenues was foreign to many of the people he encountered. Halfway through his assignment, he discovered that a GSM license was being tendered for the Afghan market. “With the vision of the Aga Khan and his willingness to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
percent where that change is occurring." Related Article e-Commerce in Brazil: A Look at olook André Beisert (MBA 2009), CEO of São Paulo–based women's online fashion retailer olook, sees the impact of a new consumer class in both his numbers— he hopes to increase... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
its revenues every year since reporting its first sales in 2010. “Right now the public is only just beginning to get an idea of what Local Motors can do.” “Right now the public is only just beginning to get an idea of what Local Motors... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
The occasion? The company, a leading supplier of cloud-based services for electronic health records (EHR), practice management, and care coordination, was expanding. In a big way. Founded in 1997, athenahealth now serves about 44,000 medical providers, posted $422... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
companies with annual revenues exceeding $85 billion. Under Schwarzman’s leadership, the firm has diversified into hedge funds, real estate, corporate debt, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. In late March, Blackstone surprised... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
search for mineable asteroids. While their first few spacecraft will be used to test these capabilities, they will also observe Earth and collect data—ranging from oil and gas exploration to crop growth—to be sold to industry, academia, and the government, generating... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
trillion to date in worldwide government revenues through increased efficiencies in the sale of essential but difficult-to-auction entities ranging from radio wave frequencies to mineral and timber rights. Before the introduction of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
spike after a championship year, as does the opportunity to increase ticket prices. Clearly, the World Series win presages a significant revenue uptick for the team, especially going forward this year. A Fan at Heart Victory celebration:... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
student, Paul Milgrom, who wrote a superb dissertation on auctions. We came up with a proposal for the FCC to sell spectrum licenses simultaneously, rather than one by one. Professional auctioneers were adamant it would be an enormous flop.” Impact: “The View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
institutions in order to increase farmers’ efficiency, yields, product quality, and sustainability. This leads to a bigger revenue pie for farmers and the companies that do business with them. The time has come for a new conception of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
with him. No other medium could do that. What revenue streams derive from Shovio? Using this platform, a company CEO can talk via a secure broadcast to employees, distributors, or salespeople around the globe. Even the mailroom guy can... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
revenue flow is even better because most businesses don’t go out of business—they grow out of business. Lara Hodgson (MBA 1998) Cofounder, President, and CEO NOWaccount Network Stages of grief There was pain but also pride when I shut Eva... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
When they returned to Hong Kong from the United States in the 1970s to work side by side with their father, the company’s future was uncertain. Under the brothers’ guidance, Li & Fung today is a global leader in consumer goods design, development, sourcing, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
the most successful Indian IT companies. The authors tell the story behind Zensar’s success, a story that has seen revenues multiply, share prices jump many times, and customer satisfaction become an industry benchmark. Coach! The... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
resorts and the burgeoning cruise line business. Club Med revenues dropped off, and the physical plant at many of the villages deteriorated. The company's new management, however, has apparently halted that slide. Its bold plans for the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
Group, a division of IAC/InterActive Corp, continues to grow, expected to generate $1.7 billion in revenue in 2015 and a planned IPO.) Now companies are experimenting with a freemium model. Tinder introduced its Tinder Plus in March,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
“Something important is going to happen here.” If I prepare enough, that spirit of anticipation will be created. What is your favorite case to teach? “Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley” is near the top. Parson has generated substantial View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
lens: maybe they should apply for USDA grants, become a seed bank, and consider a revenue model. Then the students read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. In it, she writes of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
store grew, the space became so crowded that at times the copier was rolled out onto the sidewalk and used for self-service customers. Today, some analysts estimate annual revenues from the privately held chain's 850 business services and... View Details