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- 19 Jan 2021
- Cold Call Podcast
Engaging Community to Create Proactive, Equitable Public Safety
- September 2018
- Case
Granite Equity Partners
By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
This case follows Rick Bauerly, CEO of Minnesota-based Granite Equity Partners, a private equity firm that specialized in buying out retiring business owners in the Minnesota community. In 2007, Granite Equity was considering an investment in Tyrell Corp. (name... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity Exit; Investing; Fund Exit; Fund Management; Wealth Management; Liquidity; Buyout; Exit Strategy; Preferred Shares; Convertible Notes; Finance; Private Equity; Investment; Asset Management; Wealth; Management; Financial Liquidity
Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Granite Equity Partners." Harvard Business School Case 219-040, September 2018.
- February 2009 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
In his role as Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Minneapolis Fed), Art Rolnick and his colleague, Rob Grunewald, had written "Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return." The... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Early Childhood Education; Investment Return; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Performance Effectiveness; Nonprofit Organizations; Minneapolis; Saint Paul
Childress, Stacey M., and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank." Harvard Business School Case 309-090, February 2009. (Revised September 2009.)
- April 2009
- Case
Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community
By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
Invest Early was an early childhood development partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to... View Details
Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Rural Scope; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks
Childress, Stacey M., and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community." Harvard Business School Case 309-089, April 2009.
Ray A. Goldberg
A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Corporation, 1975–2000 Edward G. Budd E. G. Budd Company, 1912–1946 Ralph Budd Great Northern Railroad, 1919–1932 Herbert P. Buetow Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1953–1963 Warren E. Buffett Berkshire Hathaway, 1969–Present Morgan G.... View Details
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Partners - Case Method Project
Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Lousiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri... View Details
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
Williams College. This fellowship will support MBA students from Minnesota and Utah. Andrew C. (MBA 2003) and Elizabeth S. (MBA 2003) Right Fellowship for US Armed Forces Members The Andrew C. and Elizabeth S. Right Fellowship for US... View Details
- March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales. These results were in marked contrast... View Details
Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Reinventing Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 716-455, March 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
mission in broad terms, “We’re bankers, and it’s our role to get into the community and give back." Davis walks his talk. In Minnesota, he has chaired the Minnesota Business Partnership, the Minnesota... View Details
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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Cluster (2012) Miami, Florida Marine Transportation Cluster (2012) South Carolina Automotive Sector (2012) Tennessee Music Cluster (2012) California Solar Energy (2011) Silicon Valley (California) Internet-Based Services (2011) Minnesota... View Details
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NVC Regions - Alumni
MBA 2002 Central US States Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
W. Hall Wendel, Jr.
vehicles and personal watercraft. Next spring, Polaris will add "Victory" motorcycles to its product line. Polaris has also earned a reputation as a solid corporate citizen; last spring, for example, it provided utility vehicles to flood-stricken towns in View Details
- 03 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business
rituals associated with food, we next explored whether rituals could even make food taste better," Norton says. “With consumption, rituals seem to work because they increase your involvement in the experience.” In a series of experiments conducted along with... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
States The Institute has developed research-based economic agendas for all 50 United States. Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
“I suppose my hope for YALP is that it will have played some tiny role in that progress.” Multiplier Effect In November, the University of Minnesota hosted the Minnesota Young American Leaders Program... View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
Minnesota Eden Prairie, MN NJ Anthony Schimbeno Plainfield High School Plainfield, NJ NE Michaela Schleicher Lincoln East High School Lincoln, NE Subjects: Civics, Government NY Brian Schmidt Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Performing... View Details
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Ludcke House | About
relationship between competition and society. About the Name Dean John McArthur (1980-1995) with Eleanor & Gipp L. Ludcke (MBA 1925) Gipp L. Ludcke (1900-1995) was a highly regarded figure in the evolution of the mutual fund industry. After graduation from HBS, the... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Gender Changes the Negotiation
of Stanford University, and Aldo Rustichini of the University of Minnesota have shown that women and men are equally competent in "piece-rate" situations, in which individuals work to maximize their own payoff without regard for... View Details
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
South resulted in increased academic abilities across the board, from spatial analysis to mathematics scores to reasoning. In 2003, William Bart and Michael Atherton of the University of Minnesota wrote a paper that discussed the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon