Oil And Gas Production - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

(the company that invented voicemail); Jane Fonda’s Workout; and Playboy TV/Video, my most instructive failure was during my year as product manager of Tostitos. Top management had decided that we would... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

HBS Centennial Event Confronts Present and Future Challenges Rising to the challenge: Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust and Dean Jay Light shared a vision of closer collaboration between HBS View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

benefactor and main trading partner, entering what is referred to as “the Special Period,” which would last until the mid-1990s. Gas shortages led to farming and distribution... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work

company. Finally, in 1990, my wife and I purchased a controlling interest in a middle-market manufacturing company with a successful, proprietary product line. I served as president for the first 10 years,... View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

Your Life. NOVEMBER 4 Rod Harl (MBA 2000), president and CEO of Alene Candles, led the pivot of his company from candlemaking to the production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in response to the... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

Beyond Accommodation Jim Gibbons Blazes a Trail Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer Practicing What HBR Preaches Complete Table of Contents February 2001 Drilling Down Beyond the headline-making mergers of corporate conglomerates, small, specialized oil... View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

Term Quarter Credits IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production Technology & Operations Management Willy Shih , Michael Toffel January 2025 J 3.0 IFC: Ghana; Africa Rising General Management... View Details

13 Feb 2020
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Not Throwing Away My Shot

product in this period. Now suddenly, we're so good at those two things that by the 1950s and 60s we start to overwhelm the environment. So we're making good stuff, we're making lots of customers View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life

home life. "Most of the time I end up sacrificing a fair bit on the family side," admits Weber, who in August resigned as president of Vickers Inc., a manufacturer of hydraulic pumps and motors in Toledo, Ohio, View Details

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