by John Macomber - Publications - Faculty & Research

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John Smith-Ricco

offered him an unusual amount of responsibility for profit and loss. Over his four-year tenure there, John helped manage familiar brands such as PopSecret popcorn, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Roll-Ups, and... View Details

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John Clayton

John Clayton speaks French, Italian, Chinese, and Spanish, and his resume looks less like a CV than an atlas: He has studied in Bologna, Italy, and Shanghai, China, and worked on the sustainable-development portfolio of the World Bank on... View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

John Read

With a background in government service, truck-parts manufacturing, and private equity, John C. Read (MBA ’71) might seem an unlikely person to run the world’s largest adventure-based educational organization. But about a decade ago, Read... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Outward Bound; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

Unit at Harvard Business School. "For example, procurement policies could serve a demonstration role that would stimulate private demand by making people more aware of green buildings. They might also cover the start-up costs of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

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John Rogers

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? As a non-business person by prior education and work experience and as someone with a specific career interest, I wanted to join a program that would significantly stretch my understanding... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Manufacturing

John Stuart

of diversification, purchasing pet foods companies and other household brands, the most notable of which is the Aunt Jemima line. In 1918, the firm had sales of $123 million, but by the end of Stuart’s tenure, sales reached $277 million... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

John Merrick

Merrick began his professional life as a barber, at one time owning five shops. However, by 1905, he devoted himself fully to his insurance company, and by 1919, the premium income was $1.2 million with... View Details

Keywords: Finance

John C. Mulliken

Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor. Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.

John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details

25 Apr 2023
Op-Ed

How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

information technology to directly match consumer demand to dispersed production by a collection of factories in China. This method of reaching customers should inspire any business that provides products or services that come from many... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

and corporate temperament.— John Deighton In November 2000, shortly after Triarc sold Snapple to Cadbury Schweppes, I posed those questions to Triarc's top executives: chairman and majority owner Nelson Peltz, CEO Mike Weinstein, and... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

25 Feb 2013
News

Among millions, a blank slate

Keywords: Professors Tarun Khanna, John D. Macomber; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance; Information; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

John P. Thompson

Continuing the expansion begun by this father, John Thompson, aided by his brother Jere, grew 7-Eleven into the national business it is today. Despite a failed venture into the... View Details

Keywords: Retail

16 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. When driving these days, do you look at the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

John T. Chambers

Chambers grew Cisco from a company with $1.2 billion in sales to $10 billion in sales by 1998. Chambers has grown Cisco through both acquisitions and internal development. He capitalized on the data-intensive internet revolution and... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

John E. Swearingen

Swearingen took over the inefficient Standard Oil of Indiana in 1960. He streamlined its operations and aligned its business units while expanding Standard’s exploration of both domestic and foreign oil. By the end of his tenure, he had... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

January 2011
Supplement

Interview with John Smith, CEO, BBC Worldwide

By: John A. Quelch

In an interview conducted by Professor John Quelch, Harvard Business School, October, 2007, BBC Worldwide CEO, John Smith, discusses formation of BBC Worldwide's Global Strategy Plans. View Details

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Global Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry

Citation

Purchase

01 Mar 2010
News

John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures

FAMILY PORTRAIT: John and Aileen Crowley with Megan, John Jr., and Patrick. When John Crowley (MBA ’97) flew to Portland, Oregon, last spring to watch the filming of a movie... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

11 Apr 2023
Op-Ed

The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

headhunters will have tempted away your best executives. 7 steps to a successful start Here are seven recommendations newly appointed leaders should consider following—and it would be best to get all of this work done by the end of their... View Details