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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
2003) was looking for more options. Their path: Readers suggested everything from upfront payment models to partnering with employers looking to offer the centers as a benefit, but ultimately, one of the funding doors opened: The success of Sweet Kiddles’ second... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
threatening to organizations—or entire industries—that they are best described as “wicked.” Wicked Strategies offers a comprehensive framework for identifying, responding to and profiting from wicked problems. Aston Martin DB4GT by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
At a crossroads in February 2001, the shareholders of Zansar Technologies were waiting for a maiden dividend, and profit margins were sliding. A new leadership team took charge and turned Zensar around into one of the most successful... View Details
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice
Farzad: You have to imagine—we talk about gross margins and profit margins. And in a business, you're happy to clear double digit margins. If you had a connection in Colombia or Peru or Bolivia and you could get your mitts on a hook up of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
necessary capital to launch and expand the business, with the first (raised during the Internet’s heyday) coming much more easily than the second. “When we launched the product, we were operating at a negative gross profit margin,”... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
profitable into their value chain.” The firm has certified supply chains in Thailand and Indonesia, which are among the worst contributors of plastic ocean debris, and plans to expand into other parts of Asia and Latin America soon.... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
profit margins, so getting rid of that problem can mean retailers make their profit, or even double it. “It’s been motivating to create something out of nothing, and make a step change in things, as opposed to just optimizing what’s... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
“it was extremely difficult to make a profit on early-stage investments,” says Cohen. In 1989, he opted for a “balanced” strategy, adding corporate buyouts to the firm’s early-stage investments. It’s a strategy that distinguishes Apax... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard The private sector holds the key to reform in Latin America — but the task of inspiring and involving business at a time when profits all over the region are plummeting is more... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
There will be a tax to long-term shareholder value, but the trade-off is that it might elevate our societies. In India, for instance, the Companies Act requires Indian companies to spend 2 percent of their profits on corporate social... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
ambitious, creative, and having a great idea that looks promising in terms of making a profit is not enough in China. There are 87 million members of the Communist Party in China. If you have more than 50 employees in your company, you... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
most profitable telco ever in Europe. JH: How did you do that? Was it just inspiring people? How did you get everyone to work 300 percent of what they could do? VC: I think it was a combination of two things. On one hand, people need to... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
exert pressure on Washington to support reform, and educating the public for new laws to increase disclosure and accountability, as well as ending the pay-to-play culture in DC. J.B. Lyon (MBA 1996), founding board member New Profit is a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
was one of Tierney's first lessons in compartmentalizing his dual interests — that of running a highly profitable enterprise and that of helping those less fortunate than himself. After some experimentation with combining the two, he... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
Clairol in 2001 for $5 billion and Germany's Wella in 2003 for $7 billion—P&G's largest acquisitions ever—are already paying off by making the company's beauty-care division one of the most profitable beauty-care operations in the world.... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
infrastructure protection. “In BGIE, we saw the corrosive societal impacts of self-dealing, within industries and within government bodies,” Popik observes. The Resilient Societies mission statement states that the profit incentive alone,... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
have 50 Rupees (75 cents in today’s US dollars, about $1 at the time) for her monthly rent. Following her I Create training, and with 500 Rupees in capital in her pocket, Parmar started a small security agency in Vadodara that today employs 60 people and makes an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
understand how best to utilize their talents to make a difference. We help companies find ways to become more profitable in socially responsible ways. If a company is seeking ways to invest in a community it operates in, we can find... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
should become “global” by standardizing the production, distribution, and marketing of their products across all countries. Sameness meant efficiency and would be more profitable than difference. From economies of scale would flow... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
advantage of China’s strengths, and for Chinese entrepreneurs to reciprocate, something that has taken root. Annual trade between the two countries has raced from near zero several years ago to more than $20 billion last year. For their part, multinationals can View Details