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Ernest T. Weir

Having formed National Steel through the consolidation of three small steel firms and a furnace company, Weir managed his enterprise in a somewhat hard-line manner, implementing whatever profit-generating... View Details

Keywords: Metals

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Management Consulting: Build a List

style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Includes several rankings on topics ranging from "Top 25 Consultants," "Best Firms to Work For," Small Jewels," and "Women in... View Details

Richard S. Fuld, Jr.

Fuld took the helm of Lehman Brothers when it was spun-off by American Express in 1994. Over the next ten years, he transformed the small bond trading firm into one of the most respected full service... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Henry Taub

Taub took a back-office, manual operation and turned it into a successful business proposition. In starting ADP, he concentrated on providing payroll services for small businesses and for financial service View Details

Keywords: Services

Arthur E. Andersen

Andersen built a small auditing firm into one of the largest accounting consultancy operations in the world. Andersen capitalized on the passage of federal income tax laws in the early decades of the... View Details

Keywords: Services

05 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2006

and scientists has caused the extended social networks of inventors to become increasingly connected. As a result, invention increasingly occurs within small worlds (or social networks) that straddle firm... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2014
Blog Post

Preparing for a career in investment banking

on evaluating a firm to name a few. The majority of people I met were people that I found from searching class cards. I am infinitely grateful for all the people who spared me their precious time. By the time actual company presentations... View Details

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Philip Hendrickson | Baker Library

International, a small furniture business in his home state of Wisconsin. Under his leadership, the firm grew rapidly and gained widespread recognition for its innovative designs. Phil went on to launch or... View Details

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

Parasitic integration often occurs when only two or three firms exist in a small industry. In many of the negotiation simulations used in value-creation training seminars, students represent View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

08 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

and its efforts to establish Humanitarian Assistance for Neglected Diseases (HAND), a corporate social responsibility program focused on treatments for diseases that typically affect too small a population to warrant the attention of drug... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

11 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

shareholders didn’t meet the 1-percent-minimum holding requirement. At the same time, the researchers found that firms had sought to exclude proposals from small and large investors alike. So it wasn’t as if... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2005
News

Making History, Starting Over

At age 26, Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69) planted the seed of a great idea in inhospitable British soil. With three HBS classmates, he cofounded a consulting firm to advise entrepreneurial businesses. Admittedly, it was a risk. Entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

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Ian Blasco

I want to build a successful career. For me that means success with a small firm where I am able either to run the firm or otherwise gain autonomy over an area within the... View Details

27 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 27

to the maximum size in the first year. The magnitude of these effects was small compared to the much larger changes in entry rates of small firms following the reforms. Our... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Arthur J. Decio

Decio transformed his family’s company from a small coach firm in a garage in Indiana into one of the three largest builders of manufactured homes in the United States. Under his leadership, Skyline grew to... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

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Strategy and Technology - Course Catalog

What are the key strategies for creating successful MSPs? Tactics—Judo & Sumo Strategy: Many of the critical challenges in fast-moving technology businesses are tactical in nature: how and when do firms cooperate and compete with View Details

Juan Leungli

Growing up, Juan watched his family transition from being farmers in a small village in rural China to becoming restaurateurs in Mexico City – Juan loves working with equally passionate and driven entrepreneurs. Juan is a Co-founder and... View Details

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

Six degrees of separation seems to work well for B-list actors—but does it have anything to say about innovation and business? HBS associate professor Lee Fleming believes it does, and his work looks specifically at how ideas and innovation flow across company... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

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Howard E. Cox | Baker Library

Howard E. Cox MBA 1969, Greylock Play Video duration: 1:18:38 Howard Cox, HBS 1969. Interview conducted in July 2001 Howard Cox, HBS 1969, started his career in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the summer of 1968 and continued there through 1971. Part of a... View Details

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Dan Lufkin | Baker Library

Dan Lufkin MBA 1957, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Play Video duration: 1:05:11 Dan Lufkin, HBS 1957. Interview conducted in April 2002 Dan Lufkin, HBS 1957, was a cofounder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). Among his early contributions to DLJ’s success was the... View Details

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