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- 12 Jan 2015
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Good Investments
will allow that?” There is a natural backlash to profiting from the poor and low-income populations, Rangan adds. It should be good enough to make a decent return, but not more—the investor has to factor in the social return. Rodríguez... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
to, because it has to be addressed,' " says Williams. Reserved and soft-spoken, Williams grows animated when he talks about DART, his arms flying out in front of him, accentuating his points. The way he sees it, Big Pharma is against a wall. The classic blockbuster... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
much of the money in this large and rapidly growing market? It doesn’t seem like the drug companies, physicians, or hospitals are seeing big profit increases. Is it research labs? Drug distribution? Insurance? Where is all this additional... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
operators exist in the countries where Roshan is staking its claim. But it will focus in part on the rural areas that have the lowest service penetration and the fewest social services, a strategy that fits well with the company’s dual mission of View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
profitable and sustainable airline if we don't have a very slim and efficient cost structure," she says. "And it's a challenge for the region because there are a lot of regulations that make our cost bar much higher than our competitors... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
event” and “radical change” for the company, Marvel has secured $525 million of nonrecourse debt (its film characters serve as collateral) to produce ten motion pictures. With Paramount as its distributor, Marvel will oversee all other aspects of the films and enjoy... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
a horrible constraint for investment,” Cummings says of Detroit’s financial chaos prior to the bankruptcy. “Now the uncertainty has been removed.” This certainly wasn’t the largest or most profitable project Cummings had ever undertaken,... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
absence of investment opportunities or from indecision among corporate executives. Once such indecision becomes widespread, it can quickly become self-reinforcing. Recent record corporate profits will only exacerbate this situation. If... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
profits to publishers and royalties to authors. Olson predicts print books won’t go away anytime soon — at least not until the baby boomers are gone. He owns a Kindle but doesn’t use it much. “Readers are creatures of habit. I love my... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
Nations hadn’t weighed in: Seventy percent of all the 200 types of forests in the Great Bear region would be protected from logging. As negotiations began, the parties fell along their expected lines: Forestry wanted to mitigate profit... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
Gleason (MBA '97) is finding a way to make both a profit and a difference. Last fall, as a part of HBS associate professor Marco Iansiti's Managing Product Development course, Gleason created a model for a company that would employ... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
battling it out over the issues of the day.” The Atlantic has been profitable for five years now, with advertising revenue up 40 percent over last year. For now, at least, all online content is free, including full articles from the print... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
School of Hard Knocks
engagement were more than three times as profitable as firms with average engagement. Fostering a diverse culture is the right thing for a firm to do; it can also lead to a stronger bottom line, especially in today's world where virtually... View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
age. Combining this market opportunity with the huge waste of returned goods from e-commerce, we saw the business case—and from there it was all execution.” What short- and long-term goals do you have for the company? Momchil:“The short-term goal is to create a View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
Luiza Helena initiated a reorganization that replaced family members with professional management and launched a campaign to reinforce the company’s mission to serve customers and employees. Despite the volatile nature of the Brazilian economy, Magazine Luiza posted a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
fellow at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Working in the nonprofit art world is “far more complex than I thought it would be,” says Dimas, a former planner at Sotheby's who holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in art history from Columbia University.... View Details
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
experience with innovative products they feel good about buying. europe Our ambition is to help farmers become more profitable via a platform that gives them tools and access to information and insights about farming practices, markets,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
and CEO of Best Buy and HBS senior lecturer Hubert Joly shares leadership principles that underpinned the remarkable resurgence of Best Buy, which he believes are at the heart of business: pursue a noble purpose, put people at the center, embrace all stakeholders, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
inculcate a higher sense of ethics in the national and international leaders it anoints. There must be a countervailing force to compensate for the all-too-often glorified notion of profit at all costs — now. Growing the pie for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
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Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
options; as a result, about 20 percent of his work force became millionaires when the company went public. "We shared the profits with everyone and gave those staying on an excellent opportunity," Hawes proudly noted. Hawes, who grew up... View Details