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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
question was, do we get out of it or increase our stake? In view of the long-term trends that we are seeing, generics is a field that is here to stay. And if we want to be in that field, we need to be able to compete with the best. The generics business is less... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
in horrifying slow motion. A nation mourns. Families grieve. Even though it’s my movie, it always ends the same way. I feel helpless, powerless, and lost. It’s a far cry from the way I felt twelve years ago when I first moved here. Back... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
give the nation’s schools a grade of C or below. That mix of approval locally and misgivings nationally translates into an attitude of “Let’s work to improve the model we’re used to,” according to a September Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
Stephen Johnston (photo by Gary Laufman) For a mobile-focused business entrepreneur, Stephen Johnston (MBA 2002) is more than a bit of a contrarian. Unlike many of his peers, Johnston, 41, has his sights set not on emerging nations but on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
(MBA 1995) Local newspapers need to rethink what they are. Gone are the days of newspaper bundles where you cover all kinds of topics—some of which are now covered better in other places, whether it’s sports on ESPN or national and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
strategy sessions and throughout the halls of academe. They have always sounded with particular resonance at HBS, where, at a two-day colloquium last May, some sixty academics and practitioners gathered to assess the status of globalization and of global corporations,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
from the MBA Class of 1998: Marc Cenedella, founder of the Internet job search site TheLadders; Marla Malcolm Beck, cofounder of national cosmetics retailer bluemercury; and Chris Michel, cofounder of early professional social networks... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
standardized experience, especially in terms of cleaning? MD: It’s true that Airbnb’s model is really being challenged now. It’s harder to establish a sense of trust and safety with an independent host you’ve never met before, versus a View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
but realized after college that such a turnabout was unlikely. “When you’re going blind, there’s plenty of denial. But you’ve ultimately got to get comfortable with it and deal with it.” Today, Gibbons has gone far beyond mere accommodation with his blindness. The... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
On Purpose
our purpose?” Cohen had spent 23 years at the happiest place on earth, most recently as a senior VP of brand, franchise, and customer relationship management, a role that gave her a bird’s eye view across the company’s vast commercial acreage of theme parks, streaming... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
position. The job has taken me to some forty countries around the world, usually accompanying the prime minister on official visits while presenting the investment opportunities in the country, or meeting directly with potential investors. Invest Macedonia’s role... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
around the country to vie for the title of Space Invaders national champion. Thousands had played the video game, released that year in the United States by Warner brand Atari, in regional tournaments in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
Assassinations, Aravind Adiga because I loved his Booker Prize–winning debut novel, The White Tiger. The Soul of Leadership, Deepak Chopra because he spoke about it when I was interviewing him for a case on the branding of yoga. Let My... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
level of accomplishment aren’t eager for others to know. Few women, and few women of color, have created multimillion-dollar brands in senior corporate positions, legendary entrepreneurial environments, and startups. Hilliard’s fearless... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
globalized, it’s been Americanized.” If you wanted to build a global brand or service, you had to dominate the U.S. market, he explained. That is rapidly changing with the rise of multinationals in China, India, and even Korea.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
chaos, damage to customer relations, and harm to the brand that swirl around any product recall. Nope. By five o’clock that afternoon, the SmartPak customers who had purchased the batch of the product in question had received either a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
from the Class of 1977 interviewed for this article, Fox came to the restaurant industry by an indirect path, but now finds himself completely immersed in its unique complexities and rewards. The National Restaurant Association projects... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, an advocacy group that promotes the sport. He’s also involved in an effort to preserve 50,000 acres of farmland and open space from the steady pace of development. “It’s a signature View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
actually going to a physical locale. "A lot of our MBAs are taking a good shot at the entry barriers set up by establishments that have spent twenty years and a lot of money building brand equity in retail locations," he notes. As... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
myself as a quarterback. I try to figure out where the receiver will be before I release the ball. I knew we had a phenomenal opportunity to build a significant brand in Panera Bread, but years of experience also taught me how difficult... View Details