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Howard Schultz
Not only did Schultz foresee that a large-scale coffee shop chain was a lucrative business, but he maintained Starbucks lead through a combination of customer and employee satisfaction plans. Schultz’s plan to offer part-time employees... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
James D. Sinegal
40 million members, Sinegal is best known for his progressive management practices which have enabled Costco to benefit from low employee turnover and high productivity. View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
lateral career move. There are benefits to being a working parent, of course—not only for family income and personal fulfillment but also potentially for children’s choices as adults. Research by Kathleen... View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
day face this dilemma: How do you deal with developments that are utterly and wholly…ambiguous? Living Up To Your Standards When you get right down to it, what choice do you have? You've made a commitment to openness View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future
conference a success. "In just its second year, the conference has grown to be the largest event of its kind in the United States," said Everett. "We've really benefited from the work of some amazing classmates, as well as fantastic... View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
Harvard and beyond. The initiative’s interdisciplinary approach has benefited from the input of some 30 faculty experts from the participating Harvard schools, with dozens of graduate students pitching in as... View Details
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Expanding Perspectives Across Board Leadership - Alumni
Promoting and identifying programming and educational offerings, leveraging HBS resources and access; Activating the HBS network for board opportunities that can View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Career Services Shifts into High Gear
benefit from additional career coaches, increased program offerings, and extended walk-in hours. “One thing we learned from the last downturn in 2001 and 2002 is that the... View Details
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Alex Roth
For four years, Alex Roth studied chemistry at Oxford. But instead of following the traditional path to the PhD, Alex took a position with Procter & Gamble where held positions in Finance and Marketing. "I want to marry science... View Details
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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog
partners? How do different relational roles contribute to differential costs and benefits to firms? How does a consumer-brand relationship form and evolve over time? Why do... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
function that made it clear the CEO could carry the new firm forward. An affiliation with a previous employer, which suggested skills and connections that could benefit the young firm. Other people on the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Alumni Board Wraps Up Year
the groundwork for committee recommendations. Among them: enhance outreach efforts to promote the benefits of membership, especially among two groups not currently well represented — Executive Education alumni View Details
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
Summing Up Does Social Equality Improve Productivity? Inequality in our society is an important and growing issue. It prompted a debate among respondents to this month's column about the causes, specifically the role played by innovation... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
programming open to both alumni and the general public. Funds also support scholarships to attend the MBA and Executive Education programs at HBS, as well as summer fellowships, View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
Robert D. Stuart, Jr.
that this and other acquisitions cost Quaker Oats a good deal of cash, the company benefited greatly from the expansion with sales growing from $500 million in 1968 to $2 billion in 1979. View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
Photos by Webb Chappell Related Links Who Was George F. Baker? Priscilla Anderson demonstrating photo conservation techniques. Stepping into the workaday world of Priscilla Anderson is like taking a step back in time. While most professionals spend their days tethered... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
our ultimate goal of bringing benefits to all our constituents through good management, high technology, and, of course, creativity," she concludes. "It's very important for us to set an example in Asia as a company that can be both... View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award. All five of these exemplary alumni once sat in the same place as this year’s graduating class before going on to make a difference in the world. With the benefit of time View Details
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
the International Space Station! We have learned that almost any technical challenge can benefit from having an open innovation approach. The key is to develop a problem statement that can be accessible and... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
SEAS Complex Reaches for a New Frontier
ensure the strength of engineering and applied sciences at Harvard for the benefit of generations to come,” said Harvard President Drew Faust, when she announced the gift. SEAS Dean Frank Doyle SEAS Dean... View Details