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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
found the prices so reasonable that he returned to consider — and, eventually, purchase — something in the ten-carat range. Birnbaum notes that this particular client first made contact with the firm five years earlier. In a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
that the most important issue facing the world at this time is whether our two countries will connect as friends or as adversaries. I'm thrilled to have a chance to influence that effort." After more than two decades with T. Rowe Price... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
a baseline cost was right around $400 per ton. For reference, we’re trying to get below $100, because that’s the price where we think we can have real impact. We would’ve had to pull some significant levers to get it to that range, and... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
reusable, highly safe, and can make many repeated dives to anywhere on the bottom of the ocean,” Vescovo says. “There’s no restriction anymore.” (He won’t discuss the total costs of this expedition, but the announced price tag of the... View Details
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
distribution business, and when steel prices generally go down, this company will start selling everything in their inventory at a loss, and the company will go bankrupt. So the way I chose to resolve this problem, like a complete... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
information-systems management. "The right time is during due diligence. At this point, the IT assets should not only influence the 'go/no-go' decision to merge but also the price of the merger or acquisition. After the merger, the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
team. At the time, it was the highest price paid for a sports franchise, in any sport, anywhere in the world. In time, what appeared to be a very risky decision proved to be a winning business move. Kraft’s bold bets over the years have... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
end of the day, it’s the people that give me hope, that they’re there for the right reasons. Pharma nowadays gets a lot of negative press at pricing and things like that. It’s tough to say, but I don’t think that’s characteristic of the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- News
Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
"Hey, we're gonna take the team over," and just kinda kicked their asses. And we did that, and by our sophomore year, we won a championship, we went on to be the winningest class in a generation, and we paid the price for it. A lot of us... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
a.m. with the Mayor. You should wear: Black blazer (Banana Republic).” Different screens in the prototype show a photo of the suggested outfit for the day; shopping suggestions with prices and store information; a photo inventory of all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
distribute products, this is how you price them, this is how you brand them, this is how leadership is optimized, this is how you design organizations, and this is how you motivate people. Take any subject, they were all grounded in... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
will give them the $50,000. They will lose it. Then George will go back to teaching at MIT, and my son will concentrate on the family shipping business. They will both benefit, and it will be a small price to pay for an important... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
Leonard M. Harlan (MBA '61, DBA '65), president of Castle Harlan, Inc., who has been a guest lecturer in Poorvu's class several times over the years. Part of this understanding is learning how to make deals in a fragmented industry where nonstandard View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
of big money in the world of sports seems to have aggravated public disenchantment with many aspects of the professional game, from high ticket prices to athletes' personal behavior. That does not bode well long term for an industry that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
athenahealth "Patients' health information is either on paper and isolated or electronic and isolated," Bush tells the assembled crowd, his voice rising. That this little thing remains so difficult in the Internet age, often because many providers are loath to share... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
as its discount prices and large selection of merchandise. As Sprint and Walgreens have shown, Porter notes, companies that invest in the inner city and entrepreneurs who start businesses there are well positioned to take advantage of a... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
achieve price parity with diesel trucks in 2023, five years sooner than previously forecasted. This is leading to big investments by EV battery manufacturers in the US, as well as fleet electrification investment opportunities. While most... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
markets in bulk and get better prices for everyone. But such entrepreneurs seemed to figure only vaguely in the Rwandan government’s plans, and I couldn’t figure out why. Why take the riskier co-op approach? My mind started to wander. As... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
perspective. Many companies abroad have been very smart about importing the U.S. dot-com model — without all the hype — and are really looking at what works and what doesn’t. China knows it has a huge price advantage in terms of... View Details