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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
when people of goodwill take a leap of faith and give others the support they need to be successful." As she sizes up the task at hand, Thomas-Graham is realistic, yet upbeat. "This is a very challenging time for CNBC. I'm responsible for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
large should initial innovation teams be? (Just a few people, but include seasoned members.) Should new projects be kept close to the core organization or set up shop on the periphery? (Depends if the innovation builds on core products or... View Details
- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
being paranoid. But the costs of deception are high. It pays to develop a close team of colleagues you absolutely trust and would go to war with. A complicated stew in our culture is creating a deception epidemic. Social media, for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
consumer finance? The household sector in America is huge, representing approximately $61 trillion of assets. And consumer finance businesses are the touch points between the financial system and millions of consumers. Despite its size... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
Ballast Point built a new brewery in 2014, featuring a copper brew house three times the size of its previous system. (Courtesy Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits) Ballast Point built a new brewery in 2014, featuring a copper brew house... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
sometimes overlooked when not in the Valley, and they often solve problems more applicable to a broader population base. King [LeBron] James: “I don’t think we’ve seen a basketball player of his size and agility. He’s getting up there,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Porter Course Goes Abroad
competitiveness and economic development,” states Porter, “yet many universities lack the size and resources to develop teaching materials and mount courses in this area.” While participants concur that this hightech, long-distance... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
two CEOs agreeing early on about who will run the merged company. Members of the new top management team, he notes, should also ideally come from both sides if a spirit of partnership is to develop. "Immediately after the merger," Beer says, "the new senior management... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
also be — and, given the large size of some companies, sometimes had to be — performed by teams of people. Meanwhile, the continual infusion of energy by the kinds of startup companies Schumpeter himself... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
manufacturer for eyewear companies. It grew over the years. Ultimately, the company would realize that it had a “diamond” in its own backyard, a core business that had been in the picture all along. Focusing on that core, the Hilsinger View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
Coup says. “Timberland’s on two orders of magnitude larger than us in terms of people, in terms of sales, in terms of complexity of operations, and in terms of the number of countries it operates in.” But size has its advantages. As a... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
sexy. He has called in plenty of favors from friends and staffed up by cobbling together a team of freelancers spread across Turkey, India, Greece, the United States, and the Philippines. But like Unger and Lin, he believes it can lay the... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
companies they will be visiting, and what makes them interesting case studies: Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, Montana). USA-made work clothes designed to fit women, including 70 sizes of pants. Founded in 2006 by Montana... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
moved from Morgan Stanley to HSBC, the team sizes went from a few hundred people to 12,000 and then to 35,000 when I became chair. Diversity and inclusivity were still relatively new concepts then, and it... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
years to the day after his 1977 victory in the Kentucky Derby — Seattle Slew commanded a stud fee of $300,000. “The stallion business is a little like owning an NBA franchise,” Clay reflects. “When we lost Seattle Slew, it was like losing Michael Jordan. We need to... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
Steve Easterbrook, was named president and CEO, and the turnaround was on. Chris Kempczinski (MBA 1997) had left Kraft Foods in September 2015, when he connected with Easterbrook, who was looking for someone to help him fine-tune his strategy. Kempczinski joined the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
limited? Do you seek new avenues for expansion? Is the timing opportune to consider such a quest? Fenno includes a broad range of diversification options supported by numerous practical examples of companies of all sizes that have... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
diverse product mix with limited funds. Unlike some of our competitors, who only offer a limited selection, it was very important for us to provide a wide range of sizes (from petite to curvy) and styles (from sweet and romantic to a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
began to meet the officials and advisers who were attached to my first ministry, and I discovered the varying qualities of those people. Before I went back to Iraq, I spent a lot of time reading about the occupations of Germany and Japan so that I could compare and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96
strengthen the whole class," says Senior Associate Dean and MBA Program Chair Steven C. Wheelwright. In addition, a team of MBA staff, faculty, and students has begun to expand the program's marketing outreach. The aim, says Wheelwright,... View Details