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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
University Press) Walter Friedman’s Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America documents the history of salesmanship, from the days of peddlers to the creation of modern sales forces at companies like National Cash... View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
expectations; helping us understand impact at the restaurant level of initiatives we are rolling out; and developing a pipeline of talent for the company. What have you seen as the largest growth drivers in the past 12 months? It all... View Details
- 18 Mar 2020
- News
Leading Change
Feldman (MBA 1967), and Club President Higor Sales (MBA 2011). “Each event has been tailored to the specific focus of the alumni in each club. In D.C., policy is a central focus of the discussion around climate change.” Guided by Toffel,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Records an “Excellent” Year
$9 million on the strength of higher circulation and foreign edition royalties for Harvard Business Review; growth in sales of cases, teaching materials, and HBS Press books; and expansion of HBSP’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
School’s Financial Picture Brighter than Expected
million to $132 million. Although Harvard Business Publishing experienced planned increases for expenses to boost its technology platform and expand its sales organization, revenue grew by $17 million to $152 million. Together, Executive... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) In early March 2020, DreamBox Learning CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) could point proudly to the growth of the online math company. In the last nine years, since the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
A BETTER MOUSETRAP: At a Magazine Luiza virtual showroom, sales staff use computers to help customers make their purchases. Photo COURTESY MAGAZINE LUIZA The inspiration for a new case can strike at any time. For HBS associate professor... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
structuring and M&A transactions, it was obvious that the focus was not on building shareholder value but on reporting predictable, double-digit earnings growth to achieve temporarily high stock market valuations. The truth has been... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) (Portfolio) The founders of Gilt Groupe reveal how they built the web’s most famous fusion of high tech and high fashion. Sample View Details
- 30 Jan 2021
- News
Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
items, is about $35. Simon’s troops clean more than 100,000 pieces a year,” Heath writes. These higher volumes and higher prices helped Parkway reach almost $4 million in annual revenue before the pandemic hit last March. “Simon said most dry cleaners consider $1... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Promoting a Deeper Understanding
Cynthiana, Kentucky, with sales offices in Europe and Asia. Supporting the School’s efforts to continue to deepen the global knowledge of HBS’s faculty and students has been a priority for Bullard and his wife, Sherri. They initially... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
developers that couldn’t play by the discounters’ strict rules had fewer sales channels. With all the fun that toys bring to kids, the business is characterized by copycats, empty piggy banks, and aggressive competition that might make a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
go-to-market strategies in parallel: The students represent an audience that is familiar with Confi, so market acceptance and credibility is already there. The universities are able to roll out the program, so Confi will achieve critical mass, but it is a longer View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
levels of productivity. At 5.4 percent, 2002 saw the biggest annual gain in productivity growth since 1950. Like many consumers, companies are tightening their belts and doing more with less in an effort to survive, and thrive, at a time... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Carl M. Plochman III: A Savory Success
Mustard Mills. The Plochman recipe for stone-ground mustard, for example, hasn't changed much in the last one hundred years, but the technology involved in making it demonstrates 21st-century expertise. "Things happen much more quickly," says Plochman succinctly.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Issues Upbeat 2006 Annual Report
As a business, HBS had a banner year in fiscal 2006. Demand for the School’s Executive Education programs was up, sales of cases and other print products grew, the MBA Program attained a 91 percent admissions yield, and total revenue... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
Cornell works for Blue Origin, where she is head of astronaut strategy and sales and supports engine sales for the space exploration company. Along with a few dozen fellow employees, all dressed in royal... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
ruling radical left-wing SYRIZA party. During the campaign, Mitsotakis pledged to bulldoze the barriers that have long made Greece a difficult place to do business and set spinning a virtuous cycle of foreign and domestic investment, job creation, and View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
like a win-win for both parties. [An HBS Bulletin article in 2007 gave a detailed accounting of GoLite’s founding and eventual trademark sale to Timberland.] Yet it was not to be. The following year, as the Great Recession began to take... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
Hoffman-Senn. The founders have questions about a leap like this: How would they adapt to the sales cycles? How or when would larger clients affect their staffing structure and self-service platform? Are these worries even warranted?... View Details