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- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
of the largest camshaft manufacturers in the world, serving marquee customers like GM, Ford, Daimler, Porsche, Toyota, and others. “In the two years that I have been at PCL—first as a business development executive and now as executive... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
entrepreneurial culture relative to its Wall Street counterparts, but competition in the investment banking industry is intensifying in 1997 due to a wave of mega-mergers. The new combined banking entities are able to offer customers a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Counter Intelligence
When Pano Christou (AMP 195, 2018) was hired at Pret A Manger in 2000, the idea that he would one day run the entire company could not have been further from his mind. At the chain’s Carnaby Street shop, in London’s Soho district, the 22-year-old had enough work just... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
The Ritual Effect
socks in your drawer sideways, just so, like so many toppled snails, can spark joy; why French children aren’t picky eaters; why brands like Starbucks benefit from encouraging their customers to “Take Comfort in Your Rituals”; why a... View Details
Keywords: rituals
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
their boards of directors. It's a tribute to his years of experience as a corporate and community leader and to his stature as one of Canada's most distinguished executives. Barford graduated from the University of Toronto at the age of... View Details
- 20 Oct 2023
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
On the evening of Wednesday, October 11, Alumni Board members joined with current HBS students in the Spangler Center for "A Conversation about Life Lessons", which was led by Leslie Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership. This October, more than 75... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)
organization more customer responsive and attuned to the needs of smaller businesses, as well as for shifting the bank's focus away from dealings with foreign governments and toward more private transactions. In 1996, President Clinton... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
these customer-friendly terms: “Let’s make this experience first. The explanation can come later. Or never,” Fung says. For sports media brand Bleacher Report and the basketball fans who watch the cable channel TNT, that Web3-enabled... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Research Brief: Staying in the Game
Illustration by Peter Hoey In Monopoly, declaring bankruptcy has a very permanent consequence. Game over; you lose. In the paper “Life After Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy,” HBS professor Shai Bernstein... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
ApnaKlub—which leases warehouse space and trucks—sources the requested products from brand-name manufacturers and distributes them to the wholesalers, who deliver within a reliable time frame. “We leverage technology to bring our View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
take leaders by surprise. Drawing on his extensive experience building high-performance organizations, Bier has created 20 foundational rituals that make your organization as frictionless as possible, allowing you to scale faster and more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
million a year, and which critics argue is both financially and environmentally unsustainable. In the early 1970s, the city switched from metal trash cans to plastic bags, thereby establishing what Cohen has called a “rat nutrition program.” In the modern era, modest... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thai Lee, MBA 1985
While her native country was not a friendly environment for a budding female entrepreneur, she made the best of the situation in order to meet her goal of saving enough money to attend business school. Similarly, when Lee applied to HBS, she set forth several ambitious... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor
dirt roads. His excellence on the field was due to his preparation in the off-season.” First job: An independent video store. “I loved that job because I love the power of storytelling. I always wanted to tell customers about an amazing... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Larry Murphy
managed and which customers rate as a top Disney offering. “We considered joint ventures with established cruise lines, but to do it the Disney way, we realized we had to own and run it ourselves.” Murphy, a Beverly Hills resident, has... View Details
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
this? How deep is this going to be? And how disruptive will this be?" There is no playbook for the pandemic. But I'll tell you what. I, in some ways, felt inspired. And maybe it is the experiences that I had with my daughters and dealing... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Photography by Jared Leeds "Our students use traditional academic theory to take on problems that have fundamental relevance in today's business world," says Janice McCormick, executive director of the HBS Doctoral Programs. "Many come in with practical business View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
Music, a retailer based in the Midwest. “Its biggest profit drivers were rap and hip-hop,” he remarks. “I remember thinking that there was a real opportunity to cater more directly to that customer base.” To learn more about the business,... View Details