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  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

Toy Story

In 2005, a year after the venerable toy retailer FAO Schwartz emerged from bankruptcy, Ed Schmults (MBA ’89) became its CEO. “The company was relying on its glorious past but was without a clear brand direction,” Schmults explained to the New York Times (March 9,... View Details
Keywords: toys; Retail Trade
  • 01 Sep 2017
  • News

A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry

Illustration by Jonathan Bartlett In an era of artisanal coffee bars blossoming in neighborhoods worldwide, how could a producer of award-winning beans be struggling to stay afloat? That was the puzzle confronting Chijioke Dozie (MBA 2008) when he cofounded Kaizen... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; cafe; Cafe Neo; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
  • 26 Jul 2016
  • News

Alumni Capture the Essence of Pokemon GO Craze

The Pokemon GO craze swept across the HBS campus in the last few weeks and it’s also gotten the attention of HBS alumni around the world. Beyond sharing the fun of capturing the game’s many little monsters, alumni also are taking note of its rapid spread and... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
  • 02 Aug 2015
  • News

Global CEO of CBRE Pops Into Dublin

Keywords: property management; real estate; markets; Ireland; Real Estate
  • 01 Jan 2013
  • News

Five Receive 2013 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

Video Embed The mission of Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Every day more than 78,000 HBS graduates strive to make these words a reality in a wide array of organizations that affect the lives of millions of people... View Details
Keywords: awards; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Retail Trade
  • 14 Apr 2010
  • News

The Huffington Post Goes to HBS

Keywords: Professor Tom Eisenmann; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

    J. Bruce Llewellyn

    Llewellyn was involved in a wide variety of business ventures, almost all of which were extremely profitable. He excelled at leveraged buy-outs, and two years after accomplishing a buy-out of the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, he had increased business by 300... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
    • November 1998 (Revised July 1999)
    • Case

    Merrill Lynch's Acquisition of Mercury Asset Management

    By: Andre F. Perold, Imran Ahmed and Randolph B Altschuler
    In the Spring of 1998, Merrill Lynch faced an array of challenges and opportunities related to its global asset management business. The firm had recently completed its $5.3 billion cash acquisition of U.K.-based Mercury Asset Management, a transaction that made it one... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Asset Management; Currency; Financial Strategy; Global Strategy; Brands and Branding; Distribution; Production; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Retirement; Japan; Europe; United Kingdom
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    • December 2014
    • Supplement

    Aspen Skiing Company Video Supplement

    By: Michael W. Toffel
    Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities... View Details
    Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Climate Change; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Aspen
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    • 01 Jun 2010
    • News

    How Culture Drives Results

    Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
    • 21 Apr 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

    toward gunfire, where they certainly would be needed. Southwest Airlines famously provides structure to staff built on culture and an aligned operating model. In the field, staff members know what levers they can pull to respond to... View Details
    Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
    • 01 Dec 2009
    • News

    Alumni Books

    CIOs Create and Communicate Value by Richard Hunter and George Westerman (DBA ’03) (Harvard Business Press) The authors recommend that to combat the IT-as-cost mindset, CIOs use IT to create three kinds of value — value for the money (the IT department View Details
    • April 2021
    • Teaching Note

    Drinkworks: Home Bar by Keurig

    By: Sunil Gupta and Jonathan Levav
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 521-010. In the summer of 2018, Drinkworks CEO Nathaniel Davis needed to make a number of go-to-market decisions ahead of his company’s upcoming product launch. Formed through a joint venture between Keurig Dr. Pepper and Anheuser-Busch... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Markets; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Market Design; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Product; Product Design; Product Development; Business Model; Customers; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Making; Decisions; Goods and Commodities; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Research; Research and Development; Strategy; Adoption; Competitive Advantage; Segmentation; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Value; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; North and Central America; United States
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      Rudina Seseri

      Directors roles at ChaosSearch, CloudTruth, inrupt, Navigant (acquired by Veritas), Plannuh, Talla, Verusen, Zylotech, Celtra, CrowdTwist (acquired by Oracle), and SocialFlow. Rudina has 17 years of investing and operational experience in... View Details
      Keywords: Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital
      • Portrait Project

      Sylvie Tran

      helped me boil down how I want to make a difference in the world and keeping it front and center brings me back to the essence of where I am today. I am in the oil and gas industry and I am making a difference in how we operate in... View Details
      • Student-Profile

      Jaylon Sherrell

      physical space isn’t where your ideal sense of self is attainable?” she ponders. “What kind of impact could shifting digital identities have on the operations of an organization?” View Details
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      Community | Research Associates

      Organizational Behavior Columbia Business School Management; Marketing Cornell University Statistics Fuqua School of Business (Duke University) Finance Harvard Business School Accounting & Management; Organizational Behavior; Strategy; Technology View Details
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      HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows

      Occupancy 82 73 64 Supplies & Equipment 14 10 10 Professional Services 77 53 46 Fellowships 66 57 53 University Assessments 28 27 21 Debt Service 4 2 2 Depreciation 43 45 46 Other Expenses 136 124 73 Total Expenses $1,003 $908 $779 Cash from View Details
      • 01 Mar 2006
      • News

      Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders

      way in one sector, you can move to the other rather easily. You’ve learned a style and a way of operating that is very useful in the other sector.” Whitehead concluded by saying, “The world cries out for leadership. In business, politics,... View Details
      • 01 Mar 2004
      • News

      A Case for Coffee

      Dixon, who is director of TechnoServe’s operations in Tanzania, explained the bigger picture. Noting that completely eradicating poverty is not a feasible goal for TechnoServe, Dixon observed that “if you are going to be poor, it is... View Details
      Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services