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Lillian M. Vernon (Katz)
Katz took some of her family savings to place a small ad in Seventeen magazine for small handbags and belts in 1951. Within a few weeks, she had received $16,000 worth of orders, and sales have skyrocketed ever since. She began expanding her View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
when a market participant or network of participants is able to leverage capabilities and infrastructure to increase revenues and profitability within a single product line or market. Economies of scope are... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
undergraduate background with limited exposure to business, I began my career as an Associate Consultant at one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services, business services, telecommunications, and consumer products.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
says. To that end, Clean Line has committed to buying from suppliers located near the lines and to building converter stations, the pickup points for the energy, in order to create jobs locally. — SA Window... View Details
Frederick C. Crawford
Inheriting a struggling firm in 1933, Crawford set upon a path to rebuild and diversify Thompson Products. He expanded the traditional auto parts product line to include key applications for the aircraft and... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
diffused into the market. The debate was this: Did Microsoft win because its Internet Explorer was the technologically superior product to Netscape Navigator, or was Microsoft just more successful at the distribution end by convincing... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- News
Face Value
As a teenager in Houston, Texas, and one of the few Asian students in her high school, Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) recognized that didn’t fit the accepted beauty standard. She was more drawn to the Western luxury skincare brands her mother sold in her beauty View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Stacey Lawson (MBA '96)
drawings," says Lawson, who worked on a prototype for the product and a business plan as part of a field study with Associate Professor David M. Upton. She then spent five months lining up venture capital... View Details
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Special Collections & Archives Use and Publication Form | Baker Library
most materials in the collections and, therefore, cannot grant permission to use specific materials. Reference staff will provide copyright information when known. If your publication or product cites, quotes, or uses information from the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do!
Sahlman Investing in HBS The Personal Touch Donor Spotlight Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices FAQ My pitch for giving is simple. HBS is a human capital–intensive business. Our product is knowledge that informs... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
Spear focused on the company's approach to solving problems and noticed the conscious way Toyota's managers involve employees in this process, even to the point of leaving a production line at suboptimal... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
users can vote on the projects they want Uncharted Play to help bring to life. The app will work hand in hand with Uncharted Play’s newest line of smart-sports products. Referred to as its “+” line, these will be the first and only View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
black plumber. Some brochures included a line that TrapGuard was certified by the International Plumbing Code, a set of standards developed by the International Code Council. Others did not. A month later, the research team followed up... View Details
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Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
watch lines in development. The firm went bankrupt, but the new manager-owner, Royal Robbins, embarked on a disciplined new strategy that transformed Dennison’s vision into a profitable company. First, Robbins dedicated the factory to a... View Details
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Patricia Barron
our approach to China, saying he could jeopardize our negotiations. I was often the lone voice pushing for line jobs for talented women for whom staff moves were the norm. Business is more productive if one... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
"We remained profitable," notes Bajaj, "because we quickly realized we needed to restructure our product line and increase the productivity of our workforce." Through a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the landscape of agriculture in Nigeria
explains Nwuneli. AACE’s product line includes spices, spreads, sauces, and other foods grown in Nigeria. The company is one of two ventures managed by the couple’s investment firm, Sahel Capital. The other... View Details
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
arrangements from the perspective of the "elephants"? A: Most successful large companies excel at business planning, allocation of capital, and execution. Many are also good at product innovation in the small, continuous... View Details
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
Arnott put it, "Entrepreneurship is the motor that gets technology to market." According to Kamal Gupta, "Scientific research and technological innovations create new products, but the top line and bottom View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Electric Mobility in India
its expanded production capacity of over 400,000 units. With 1,600 employees, the facility hosts two vehicle lines and three battery lines. Ather's success in the market, amid customer uncertainty, can be... View Details