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William T. Kerr
Kerr expanded Meredith Corporation by focusing on its core business and directly managing its financial performance. Over the last few years, the company compounded its earnings per share at 33% per year and tripled its profit margin to... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- Portrait Project
Brooke-Logann Williams
goal is to challenge the status quo, particularly in our treatment of marginalized communities. These youth, and anyone we encounter, are humans with complex identities. I will always seek that nuance and handle it with care—even if it... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Nelson Mandela’s Right-Hand Man
stated that investment is sorely needed to help reduce unemployment, one of South Africa’s most pressing problems. A positive sign, he said, is the increasing involvement of blacks in business. HBS professor Linda Hill, the event’s moderator and faculty chair of the... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
Asia," as one LEGO executive put it. Uncertainties of Asian retail. Many Asian countries lack a developed retail network. And while big chains like Walmart and Tesco are growing in China, the country still relies on many small retailers, few of which use common... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Studies for Your Commute
Case discussions typically start with the facts and blossom from there. But what happened before that? What got the professor excited about writing the case in the first place? What margin notes didn’t make it into the final draft? And... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
equilibria, and reduce the severity of the coordination problem faced by users. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-030.pdf The Intensive Margin of Technology Adoption Authors:Diego Comin and Martí Mestieri Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading a battle against corruption, a force that slows economic development
efforts are having a real impact, with fewer allegations of corruption appearing in the media. Companies with low anti-corruption efforts, while enjoying faster sales growth in corrupt markets, have lower profit margins and return on... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Distributing dreams with a curatorial eye
Eric d'Arbeloff (MBA 1993) plays a leading role in bringing independent films to wider audiences. In 2004 he launched his film distribution company, Roadside Attractions. Among its successes are Super Size Me, Winter's Bone, Margin Call,... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
here cover a wide range including outright sale, renting, charging by the transaction, advertising and subscription models, licensing, or even giving away the product and selling after-sale support and services. Having a sense of price and cost yields target profit... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Instagram Takeover - Mae Abdelrahman (MBA 2021)
namesake. This skin care brand is a tribute to her mother’s dedication to raise Black daughters who would challenge norms and improve the lives of others. Nour seeks to empower minority and marginalized groups to create equity where it... View Details
- Portrait Project
Rahima Dosani
telling people how I feel about them. I developed deep compassion for other marginalized people, leading me to pursue a career in health care for disadvantaged populations. And I gained the courage to stand strong in the face of... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Enabling a Transformational Educational Experience
India that provided supplementary education, support for marginalized farmers, and vocational training. He earned an engineering and economics degree in 2011, was a consultant at McKinsey & Company in India, and led commercial operations... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming
marginalized spaces in Singapore—rooftops—rather than farmland, which wasn’t available in the city. “The kind of technology we use—using hydroponics, but also stacking the pipes—means we’re getting around 20 to 30 times what a... View Details
- Portrait Project
Inessa Lurye
"Different." I desperately wanted to erase those all-too-familiar labels. I wanted hide my Jewish identity, to yank down those taped-on signs. But I never did. Instead, I tried to see beyond these labels. It helped me connect with people – especially View Details
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Heritage & Identity Months at Baker | Baker Library
serve to acknowledge and surface the histories, contributions, and topics encompassing historically marginalized identities in business and the ongoing work to have their stories known and celebrated. This work is in partnership with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Flying High
customer experience,” explaining that Fidelity plans to woo youthful investors and retain them as customers as their wealth grows over the years. On the brokerage side, she will work to secure the firm’s place as a mutual fund giant. “It’s a volume game,” she said.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Water, Water Everywhere
both domestically and in emerging markets, looks favorable. "This is a business that has been primarily government-controlled without significant economies of scale," Mark said. "The ownership and operation of assets to improve operating View Details
- 28 Oct 2024
- Op-Ed
Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
electorate projected to double to 15 percent by November from 7.4 percent in 2000, according to Pew Research Center. “A new New York Times/Siena College Poll showed a steady narrowing in Democrats’ margin within this important group for... View Details
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Faculty Spotlight: HBS Racial Equity Fellow Professor Ivuoma N. Onyeador - Blog: RGE Report
marginalized groups, such as Black Americans, immigrants, and women, have access to fewer opportunities than dominant groups, namely straight men and white people. However, members of dominant groups believe that discrimination has... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Media, VC Discussed at WSA Conference
The media and entertainment business can be a bit of a roller-coaster ride — particularly in today’s climate of tight margins and consolidation. But that state of flux creates opportunity, agreed panelists at the Women’s Student... View Details