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March 2017
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Cantel Medical

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Cantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier.... View Details

Keywords: Cantel; Charles Diker; Furniture Industry; Matrix Organization; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Chemicals; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Information Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Health Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New Jersey

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Eryn Schultz

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I decided to apply to business school because I wanted to pivot away from strategy consulting and move into an operations focused role at a mission-oriented organization. While I had several hypothesis about what I... View Details

Keywords: Services; Consumer Products

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

sells consumables including the 30,000 or so dollar stores in the United States. You only have to take a look at the UK supermarket space to see what is ahead for the US supermarket industry in this regard. Q: The book makes the case that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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Francesca Ioffreda

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to HBS to expand my skillset and be pushed outside of my comfort zone. I wanted to hone my personal leadership style via FIELD courses and team projects. For me, one of the most important objectives of coming to... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

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Xenia Yashina

I remember 1991 as vivid flashes. Biting air, valenki* crunching on the silver-white road, minus thirty-five Celsius, and even Lenin in the main square of my hometown seems to be freezing. Dad shakes hands with every second person we meet. Huge tribune reads:... View Details

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Xavier Paternot

I want to build things and blow them up. I want to act irresponsibly. I want to play music. I want to be rewarded with a Nobel Prize if I save people lives and go to jail if I cheat. I want to keep on being fascinated every time I look at a picture taken from space. I... View Details

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Willa Zhou

As an undergraduate at Harvard College, Willa Zhou consistently participated in the Social Enterprise Conference across the Charles, at HBS. "I thought, it would be so cool to go to school there!" says Willa. She applied for and was accepted into HBS 2+2, a... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media; Tech

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Walter Frye

I will start each day without hitting the snooze button, taking a few moments every morning to think about how I can leave a positive imprint on the world before returning to bed. I will strive for significance in my work as a marketer, a friend, a family man, and... View Details

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Victoria Papalian

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I’ve seen how different companies and leaders tackle problems. I had a perspective on what approaches I liked and didn’t like, but wanted to really define for myself what an effective leader is. I came to HBS to learn... View Details

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Venus Miller

In high school, Venus Miller got the marketing bug in a big way. Recruited into DECA/Delta Epsilon Chi, an international organization that promotes marketing and business education among high school and college students, Venus quickly rose up the ranks. "In my... View Details

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Vibha Kaushik

"That's your father's school," grandma said, pointing, as we gazed at the decrepit building in the village. Sitting on black stone steps to the school, I imagined my dad's tiny bare feet climbing them years back. She told stories of how dad would finish all... View Details

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Valerie Bockstette

I plan to build trampolines. Remember jumping on one as a kid - the more you jumped, the more support you got - and like magic - you rose higher and higher, as though you could bounce forever? I grew up on such a trampoline. No, my family wasn't in the circus. I had... View Details

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Thomas Nassim

I plan to trek past the border. Through the wastes and wealth of a bewitching and bewildering terra incognita I will travel day by day. Maps? This land lies beyond even the most fantastic reaches of a cartographer's imagination. But I have a compass and the sun still... View Details

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Toby Johnson

My father died in June. One of the last things he did, was see me FLY. . .literally. I was in a helicopter, and he was applauding as I picked up to a hover. Crystal blue sky, slight chill in the air, and smiling 'til my face hurt. For me, a perfect day. My dad was my... View Details

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Tony Deifell

I used to teach photography to blind and visually impaired students. One student made photographs of the cracked sidewalks at her school and sent them to the superintendent as "proof" of the damage. She included a letter asking for them to be fixed.... View Details

Alumni Changing the World

Tawan Davis

Tawan Davis, MBA 2006, Founder and CEO of The Steinbridge Group, along with COO Sacasha Brown, MBA 2006, is creating a positive ripple effect for working class families. Based in Philadelphia and New York, Steinbridge has built a network of investors, contractors, and... View Details

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Makyha-Tiana Bowles

The edge is where fear ends and faith begins. With these words replaying in my mind as a rhythmic chant, I went skydiving. At the same time in my life, I found myself at an impasse, debating whether to leave the only job I had ever known. I contemplated this dilemma... View Details

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Sunru Yong

My first car was a cornflower blue 1981 Chevrolet Citation. Free life lesson here, kids: don't ever market a car using a name synonymous with "moving violation." The late, great Citation – she of AM radio, vinyl seats, and a mysterious coolant leak – came... View Details

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Stephen Temple

Stephen Temple has always enjoyed a good challenge – both personally and professionally. An Ironman triathlete, Brand Manager, and aspiring entrepreneur, his journey has led him to take on a new series of challenges alongside his classmates at HBS. An entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: CPG; Consulting

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Sarah Sommer

"Your daughter is deaf and she may never read beyond a fourth grade reading level," the doctor told my parents when I was two. 30 years later when I greet each day by putting on my "ears" -- my cochlear implants -- I awake to a world of beautiful... View Details

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