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Rocio Parra
Why was getting a business education important to you? As a consultant, I had the opportunity to work in a variety of industries from pharmaceuticals and medical devices to government and consumer packaged goods. Through these... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence
participants - in similar positions in a broad range of businesses. Offered for the second time last spring, TGM brought together 43 senior-level general managers from more than a dozen countries, representing industries such as mining, textiles, computers and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Over 50 and Job Hunting?
their career experience by packaging themselves to fit market needs. “Rather than looking for openings,” she argues, “a better strategy for senior executives is to work on the principle that com-panies have problems that you are uniquely... View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- News
Progress Through Preservation
Will Rogers by Maureen Harmon Every year, Will Rogers (MBA 1985) packages honey from his backyard beehive operation and doles it out to major supporters of the Trust for Public Land, where he serves as president and CEO. The hives, which... View Details
- Career Coach
Amber Wade
Amber is a marketing, brand and creative strategy vet with experiences spanning consumer tech (Microsoft), consumer packaged goods (Unilever) and most recently media and entertainment (creative agency). She’s ready to help anyone looking... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
ten times larger than what it was in 1980. While the sums involved are clearly staggering, the compensation packages that provide this wealth are poorly understood, according to HBS associate professor Brian J. Hall. Often, Hall believes,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
directors to know what’ s going on. We’ ve got to figure out ways to get information to them in packages they can understand. Technology offers an immense opportunity that we haven’ t taken advantage of. It’ s entirely possible for a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
find the right opportunities; how to package yourself to make sure you secure an interview; how important preparation is for an interview so that you are relaxed and give a great performance; how to show your passion and ask the perfect... View Details
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
provisions that made them difficult to compare, even for economic man, let alone for average consumers who may also have had too little self-control in their desire for a home and a mortgage. The resulting mortgages were then packaged in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications
everywhere. For publishing houses, content is out of control." The true secret of the Internet, said Schmidt-Holtz, is the focus on the individual. "Media companies have to react to this fact and offer the customer new packages... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup
startup, and their successful experience bringing an HBS intern into their Business Intelligence team. Meet Mori Mori is a technology company focused on innovations in the food, agriculture, and packaging industries. Mori’s proprietary... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- Web
Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising
giveaway, whether tucked into products at the factory by wholesalers or inserted into packaged goods by retailers. Traveling salesmen had the opportunity to distribute trade cards to individual customers, general stores, retailers, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
the scenes for a while. Almost everyone I know in the food packaging and grocery industry is a health nut. People are becoming more aware of their health and have a growing desire to find a way to eat and feel better. That will change... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
the panelists considered the current economic downturn to be an obstacle, they didn’t betray any anxiety. The economy came up in the context of the economic stimulus package enacted by Congress in February. Nordan said it would be a boon... View Details
Shara Ticku
Shara Ticku is the CEO and Co-Founder of C16 Biosciences, the makers of Palmless : the platform for sustainable palm oil alternatives. C16’s proprietary technology platform uses biomanufacturing to create next-generation ingredients and materials that successfully... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’
Wall Street Journal, the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune. Some forecasters packaged snippets of their forecasts to be sold through news syndicates and to appear in daily newspapers such as the Alton (Illinois)... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
business processes [are outsourced] under the pretext of 'cost savings' ... huge compensation packages [encourage cautious leadership]." Mainak Banerjee, in concurring with Eckel's latter point, says, "The worst thing that can... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
“Blank” Inside: Branding Ingredients
brand-building to add the ingredient brand on the package as well as in advertising? There are 4 conditions: 1. The ingredient is highly differentiated, usually supported by patent protection, and so adds an aura of quality to the overall... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
In the Business of Flexibility
Employers will come to us and say, ‘we’ve gotten the impression that we need to get our arms around this in some way. Our competitors are doing it.’” Prokanga’s unique recruiting focus encourages employers to consider flexibility as part of the compensation View Details
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Marie Kyle
Clinton Health Access Initiative, "sparked a passion for the development sector," says Marie. But she wasn't satisfied with the standard aid packages she saw in emerging markets. "I wanted to look at ideas outside the... View Details