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Nabihah Sachedina
learning how to use health-care services as effectively as possible, we wanted to find ways to make prevention work and see how local government could support health." For the U.K., where health care is nationalized, this local... View Details
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Income distribution: countries
20%, etc. Select Years. Note that the data may not be available for all countries for all years. Select a wide range of years. Economist Intelligence Unit: EIU Data Services - Market Indicators & Forecasts Open Data Tool... View Details
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Raymond H. Herzog
During 40 years of service at 3M, Herzog served in a variety of roles, but he is particularly well known for helping to start 3M’s copier business that was a huge success in the 1950s. Herzog also left his mark on the company by refining... View Details
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Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Data Global Industry Bubble Watch Download Data Set in Excel View Sector: Consumer Discretionary Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials Healthcare Industrials Information Technology Materials Real Estate Telecommunication View Details
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Biotech and medical devices: Company Data and Analysis
Insights & Industry Analytics - Tracks global venture capital, angel investment, private equity, M&A, and IPO activity related to private companies and emerging spaces. Pitchbook - Information on companies, deals, funds, investors and View Details
Thomas G. Stemberg
Staples stores throughout the US, Stemberg added new services for small businesses including a copier center, a technology resource for managing computer networks, and office furniture. Staples became one of only six retail outlets to... View Details
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Frank L. Gillespie
Having worked in a large, successful white insurance firm, Gillespie saw the need to bring better insurance services to Chicago’s black community and founded Liberty Life in 1919. Unlike other insurance firms, Liberty Life was the first... View Details
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- 05 Apr 2016
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A Business Plan with Spice
Emily Miller (MBA 2015) and Kimberly Jung (MBA 2015) both served in the US Army in Afghanistan. “We wanted to continue that service through a different avenue, which was through business,” Jung says in an interview on Chicago Tonight.... View Details
Leon L. Bean
Beginning with a self-made rubber hunting boot, Bean created a retailing giant and became one of the pioneers of the mail-order industry, introducing the first Bean’s catalog in 1914. He instilled a “customer first” culture with generous return and View Details
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Frederick W. Smith
Capitalizing upon an idea that came to him while in college, Smith and his company have single handedly built and dominated the overnight delivery industry. Though the idea was slow growing at first, FedEx lost $29 million in its first two years, the need for FedEx’s... View Details
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- 20 Feb 2017
HBS 2+2 Information Session at Princeton
Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team. Registration is not required but encouraged. The session will begin promptly... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
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Charitable Giving When Altruism and Similarity Are Linked
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Marvin Bower
Bower is considered the father of modern management consulting. He led McKinsey’s worldwide expansion and created many of its consulting tools and applications, increasing the company’s billings tenfold in the process. He pioneered the practice of hiring business... View Details
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Lester M. Alberthal, Jr.
Under Alberthal's leadership, EDS regained its prominence as the leader in information technology services. He is credited with tripling revenues and lessening the firm’s dependence on General Motors as a major client. In 1996, Alberthal successfully orchestrated EDS's... View Details
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Barbara G. Proctor
Proctor launched the first adverting agency owned and managed by an African-American woman in 1970. She gained a strong reputation for integrity by refusing to accept assignments for objectionable products and advertising that demeaned women or African-Americans. Over... View Details
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William Bernbach
Bernbach catapulted the Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agency into national prominence with innovative and creative campaigns. Doyle Dane Bernbach broke into the front ranks of advertising agencies with successful national campaigns for Volkswagen and Avis Rent A Car... View Details
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James O. McKinsey
McKinsey founded the largest management consulting firm in the world. His greatest contribution was focusing attention on budgeting as a major instrument of management. He asserted the need for continued education for future executives and foresaw the era of the... View Details
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- 01 Apr 1999
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Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
transform resources into products or services of greater value. Sustaining technologies are those processes that foster improved product performance, while disruptive technologies are those that initially tend to degrade product... View Details
David Sarnoff
Trained as an engineer, Sarnoff predicted that radio, and later, television, would transform the way people interacted with the world around them. Sarnoff lead RCA to become the leader in radio programming, offering services from news,... View Details
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