London - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Mar 2020
News

Green Light

between ideas and then visualizing and building maps to explain those correlations. These cartography skills have proved vital to her career. In the late 1990s, Lo was working on innovation and ventures for a media company in London when... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

is lost money." Sam Johnson (MBA '52) loves to tell the story about how his grandfather once sold the family's famed floor wax to a London shopkeeper. One presumably foggy day in 1913, the elder Johnson entered a hardware store and... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

important distinction between the two entrepreneurs was that Field created an experience for consumers in his department store, while Heinz made products-processed foods. Of course, there were aspects of 'experience' to Wedgwood's strategy. For example, he created... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2008
News

One-on-One with Jim Breyer

first venture capital firms to go global with partners in London and Beijing. In a recent interview at his Palo Alto, California, office, Breyer talked about tech investing, Chinese entrepreneurs, and Washington politics. Accel closed a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

19 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at HBS in discussions of leadership, entrepreneurial marketing, finance, and ethics. I also spent some time at Lehman Brothers in View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

of the First World War form the backdrop for Loyd's epic trilogy, The Great War Won. The trilogy ranges from the corridors of power in London to the front lines of the Allied forces in the field. In the final book, A Power of Recognized... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

September 11: A Community Reflects

Red Cross, 231 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich, Connecticut 06830. Waleed J. Iskandar (MBA '93) Waleed J. Iskandar (MBA '93) of Boston and London was a consultant with the Monitor Group. He was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 on... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

25 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

Pentagram (A) Harvard Business School Case 408-127 This case focuses on Kit Hinrichs, a 65-year-old partner at Pentagram, a privately owned multidisciplinary design firm. One of the world's most prestigious design firms, Pentagram was founded by five designers from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

public role in ensuring the industry's survival. Indeed, governments from London to New Delhi have announced venture initiatives in the past few months. Q: Why is there a need for government encouragement of entrepreneurship and VC?... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

01 Jun 2008
News

Team MBA

Long-standing obsession: cricket. (He supports Pakistan’s national team.) Amyn helped organize the first trek to Pakistan and also participated in the Alpha Fund, a student-run hedge fund affiliated with the HBS Investment Club. What’s next: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
News

Ready for Takeoff

challenge will be the extremely concentrated demand, as more than 3 million visitors travel to Cup matches spread over a country that is the world's fifth largest by geographical area. "The dimension of Brazil poses a bigger challenge than what Germany or South Africa... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

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Media

This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

Mitsotakis coming to power,” Arhodidis says. Meanwhile, one of his former Greek private-banking clients at Eurobank swings by the table with a greeting. The real estate developer has worked primarily in London for the last half-dozen... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint