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- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
the ‘I-am-helping-you’ element is always somewhere in the transaction,” he says. “You, the recipient, are being given something and that affects the nature of the relationship. Now, with our approach, you are an important part of the economy—a customer—and this... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
coordinates elective field studies in information technology and has developed case modules on electronic commerce and emerging Internet-based business opportunities. Applegate has worked with a number of HBS alumni who are launching their own Internet companies, View Details
- 04 Dec 2014
- News
Hacking Health Care
what they told their own children: ‘Why don’t you bloom where you were planted? Contribute to the community where you were raised. Markets are international. You can build from anywhere. You can sell anywhere,’” Sirois recalls. Sirois... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
Mahindra in 1991. Anand Mahindra has been leading M&M’s charge into the ranks of the world’s global corporations ever since. Established in 1945, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), named after one of India’s best-known business families, got its start View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
pro-consumerism a good thing? The answer, at least in relation to Wal-Mart, depends on the identity of these “consumers” — the ones getting most of the benefits from the company’s low prices. Wal-Mart operates two-and-a-half times as much View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
Yusuf Keshavjee Some years ago, Yusuf Keshavjee (OPM 17, 1991) was driving near Lake Victoria in Kenya when he noticed vendors by the roadside selling honey. Not an unusual sight in Africa, but it got Keshavjee to thinking about issues... View Details
- 02 Dec 2016
- News
The Story Behind the Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) is a journalist and author of two New York Times best selling books. She was a political reporter and a TV producer in DC before coming to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
Hsieh, and Lyft founder John Zimmer, centers around a team-based curriculum. To date, DU has nearly 500 alumni from 50 countries, with more than 250 startups created, including a medical device company, an apartment listings app, and an exchange for users to View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
audiences to the theater than selling toys and other consumer product tie-ins, which is a significant revenue stream for studios. At Roadside Attractions, Eric d’Arbeloff (MBA 1993) has found a niche as a distributor of independent films... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
worthwhile. Sadly, the publisher is now out of business, but used copies of our book are now selling at a premium. DID YOU FIND ANSWERS? Over several years my entire spare time was spent curled up with "Westmoreland." There were numerous... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
products. OXO's Grips are ideal for older adults who might have dexterity problems, the way that you can manipulate their products. But they weren't selling to older. They sell to everybody. And it happens... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
received multiple bids when she put it on the market in early June, selling within three days. “I had no idea of the true market demand for this type of product,” says Harper. “I’m very encouraged that home buyers are educating themselves... View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
of unknowns when you begin," Anquetil says. "A start-up entrepreneur has to be very comfortable with that uncertainty. But even if you solve the problem, you still need to sell your idea. You have to demonstrate that you have the right... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
30, 1975). “In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer — the best attributes and the best price sells the product. From that day on I focused my attention on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
for a larger screen, more storage, and other improvements over the Kindle 2, which sells for $299). “I’m 100 percent committed to making this deal close and making it a successful deal,” Wilcox told the Boston Globe in a June 13 article... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
Companies also are becoming more aware of the need to capture what data they can through first-party cookies, by creating value through content. He offers the example of the website Glossier, whose strategy is focused on serving its audience useful beauty tips without... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
relationships with employees: make it personal, get it done, and understand why it matters. The Kim Kardashian Principle: Why Shameless Sells (and How to Do It Right) by Jeetendr Sehdev (MBA 2004) (St. Martin’s Press) Sehdev shows why... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
Actually, we're still busy at ACOG, dismantling our operation: outprocessing tens of thousands of employees, selling or returning materiel, closing the books, writing a final report, and so forth. In a matter of weeks, this Fortune... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
[PageNet], now the world's largest wireless messaging company), GTCR now manages some $1.2 billion in five funds, with excellent results. Over the past decade, it has reaped returns of roughly 30 percent on companies it retains in its portfolio for an average of eight... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
economy and brings food to the table through microenterprise - selling oranges, repairing shoes, making utensils out of scrap metal. We provide access to credit that those people can't otherwise get. Over the last five years, we've... View Details