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Abe Plough
In 1908, with $125 borrowed from his father, Plough formed Plough, Incorporated by selling Antiseptic Heating Oil door to door. Over the next 65 years, Plough transformed his company from a small manufacturer of toiletries to a... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)
times, and I had given the finest presentation he had ever heard,” recalls Murphy. “That cold call—and HBS—set me on a path to building my self-confidence and developing the skills to succeed in business.” After graduating as a Baker Scholar, Murphy worked in View Details
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
brands. He describes four different ad types and explains how each can influence multitasking consumers. To create an effective media mix, he recommends that companies take advantage of lean advertising... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
King C. Gillette
Gillette invented the safety razor, creating a new U.S. industry. In 1903, Gillette sold 51 of his razors and 168 blades. He increased these numbers dramatically so that by the end of the next year, he had sold 90,000 razors and 12.4 million blades. Gillette grew his... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Robert E. (Ted) Turner
Taking over his father’s outdoor advertising company in 1963, he immediately began expanding it beyond its core billboard business, acquiring Atlanta television’s Channel 17. Securing programming from... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
programming, so you have to give me your attention. The reality is that you don’t have to give me your attention anymore. I have to earn it. What makes CP+B different? We don’t think of ourselves as an advertising agency in the typical... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Weaving Success in India
Photographs and advertisements from Nalli’s nearly nine decades in business. (Courtesy Lavanya Nalli) Photographs and advertisements from Nalli’s nearly nine decades in business. (Courtesy Lavanya Nalli)... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
conducted, and developing platforms to promote digital reading. “It’s stunning that we still read so much on paper,” said Ballmer. In addition, the company will push forward with major efforts to build its online search and View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
reacting to similar challenges. As trendy financial dot-coms with huge technology and advertising budgets emerge offering everyone an equal—and inexpensive—chance to trade stock, apply for a loan, buy insurance, or pay a bill, traditional... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
industry is reacting to similar challenges. As trendy financial dot-coms with huge technology and advertising budgets emerge offering everyone an equal - and inexpensive - chance to trade stock, apply for a loan, buy insurance, or pay a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 09 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads
the viewers’ attention and held it, with the right mix of attention to both the products and the company behind them. Quick quiz: Which advertiser had the most commercials? Answer: NBC. The host network used... View Details
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
In 2002, we carried out a two-stage research project in partnership with the market research company Research International/USA to find out how consumers in different countries value global brands. First, we conducted a qualitative study... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
with is how to make the in-stadium experience as valuable, or more valuable, than that of someone sitting at home in front of the television,” says Mariner, senior advisor for Imagination Park, a company focused on augmented reality... View Details
Ernest Gallo
cooler, a new wine product, selling 2 million cases, and helping the company to exceed an estimated $1 billion in sales that same year. The commercial characters Gallo created to pitch his new wine cooler to the public, Frank Bartles... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
New Exhibit Highlights Turning Point for American Business
on display in Morgan Hall, titled "The Emergence of Modern American Business." The exhibit features large black-and-white photographs, colorful advertising cards, informative broadsides, and other memorabilia selected from the Baker... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Reinventing Radio Days
COO—he followed his passion for music and took the helm at Savage Beast Technologies (SBT), a cash-strapped San Francisco start-up. How bad were things at SBT? “The company wasn’t running on fumes,” Kennedy recalls. “The fumes were gone.”... View Details
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Collection Highlights | Baker Library
partner of Venrock Associates, a venture capital company founded by members of the Rockefeller family. Advertising Ephemera More than 8,000 trade cards representing the full range of products and businesses... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
Internet-connected televisions, social media, and the power of simplicity were all cited as launch pads for future innovation in technology, according to a panel of experts that convened at Harvard Business School as part of the HBS Centennial Business Summit in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
and suggests that corporate diversification can serve an important insurance function for investors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-101.pdf The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Strategic Compensation Authors:Ian... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne