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Daniel C. Keefe
During his tenure as CEO, Keefe generated strong financial returns – both Ingersoll’s return on assets and market value performance placed the company among the top 50 financial View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Crawford H. Greenewalt
As the tenth president of duPont Corporation, Greenewalt built the Savannah River Plant for nuclear processing, one of the largest construction projects in the United States. As CEO, Greenewalt generated a stellar return on equity View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Charles L. Coughlin
For 35 years Coughlin served as CEO of Briggs and Stratton – a giant manufacturer of small gasoline engines. From 1950 to 1970, Coughlin generated a return on assets performance that ranked Briggs as one of the View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
John P. Harbin
earnings increased seven-fold from $66 million to almost $500 million. His performance placed Halliburton among the top 50 financial performers of all U. S. companies for 10... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Larissa Bifano
systems, cellular networks, and options trading. Larissa has been recognized by The Legal 500 United States. She was recently named a top performing IP attorney by intellectual property company Patexia,... View Details
Keywords: Legal
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
the variables that align with different customer types. Given the competing priorities in any venture, we've found that an ICP process must come from the top team to be credible and effective. Conversely, the process itself often helps to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
John M. Regan, Jr.
the process, he has achieved stellar financial returns. During his CEO tenure, Marsh & McLennan was recognized as one of the top 50 financially performing companies in the United States. View Details
Keywords: Finance
Donald C. McGraw
McGraw initiated a period of diversification and expansion for McGraw-Hill, moving beyond book and magazine publishing. He orchestrated the successful acquisition of three industry reference sources: Standard & Poor’s Corporation, F. W. Dodge Corporation, and... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians
When you think of kids and music these days, it’s easier to imagine Chopin and Elgar spinning in their graves than getting any airtime. But move over, J.Lo — a classical music radio show, driven by youthful performers and listeners, is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Last Look
a variety of venues on and off campus, including during intermission at the Wellesley Senior Prom and for free on the top floor of Mellon, using a $35 piano lugged there with great effort. But the venue of this Halloween party remains... View Details
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting (Working Paper) A working paper made the Top 10! For decades, goal setting has been promoted as a halcyon pill for improving employee motivation and View Details
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Robert Simons | Working Knowledge
Simple Approach for Better Execution (2010) and Levers of Organization Design: How Managers Use Accountability Systems for Greater Performance and Commitment (2005). In addition, he has written Levers of Control (1995) that describes how... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Gibson Hits a High Note
Juszkiewicz, chairman and CEO, credits the company’s turnaround in part to aging baby boomers who can afford to plunk down $1,000 or more for remakes of classic designs played by the world’s top professional musicians, including B.B. King... View Details
Cedric H. Rieman
Rieman posted ten consecutive years of top level financial performance as head of Gardner-Denver. Under his leadership, Gardner-Denver expanded its base of industrial machinery customers and doubled both... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
deal monetized Branch’s performance with the Patriots, capitalizing on his reputation as a big-game competitor and paying him far more than his statistics justified. In five years with Seattle, Branch started only 40 games and failed to... View Details
E. G. Higdon
Higdon’s career with Maytag spanned 40 years. During his CEO tenure, he orchestrated Maytag’s initial line expansion efforts – moving beyond washers and dryers to other major household appliances. In the process, he achieved record level financial results placing... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Charles F. Knight
Knight introduced a methodical planning process throughout all company activities that focused on financial performance metrics. Under his leadership, Emerson has grown into a $14 billion company that routinely places in the View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
The NBA's African Expansion
basketball being a top sport throughout Africa in 10 years,” according to coverage on CNBC. The effort is led by NBA Africa CEO Victor Williams (MBA 1998), who described the organization’s strategy to accelerate the development of the... View Details
Edward J. Bednarz
Bednarz secured Pinkerton’s position as the market leader in the office security business. Between 1968 and 1976, Pinkerton’s financial performance was among the top 50 companies in the United States in... View Details
Keywords: Services
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
formulation. The interviews also revealed that compensation committees face a number of pressures to keep top executives' pay at a certain level. Not the least of these, says Lorsch, are surveys performed by... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross