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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
firms that are American household names—Disney, Stride Rite, Procter & Gamble— and then applied her multifaceted talents to a fledgling start-up auction site. During her ten years at the helm, eBay grew from a small operation where collectors sold Beanie Babies to an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
humor I understand. How do you become one of those brands that people want to wear on a T-shirt? There’s no one commercial that’s going to make me want to wear an Apple or a Nike T-shirt. It’s a succession... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Action Plan: Finding Fluency
Circle the globe. Duolingo has users worldwide, but awareness of the brand is low in many countries. “There’s a lot of opportunity in markets where people haven’t been exposed to the product.” Court the influencers. Social media mavens... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
science’s greatest race amidst the chaos of World War I, and a love story as epic as the railways crossing Russia. Kellogg on Branding in a Hyper-Connected World edited by Alice Tybout and Tim Calkins (MBA 1991) Wiley Kellogg on View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
kid-pleasing category of electronic toy. The LeapPad took the dusty, flash-card connotations out of the term “educational toy” and launched a new, highly successful product line of “smart toys.” LeapFrog did what no other new player in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
More Alumni Books
Growing Up with Harry: Stories of Character by Sherman Baldwin (MBA ’97) (iUniverse) How You( ) Are Like Shampoo for Job Seekers: The Proven Personal Branding System to Help You Succeed in Any Interview and Secure the Job of Your Dreams... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
maintain that in order to survive, traditional multinationals must stop playing yesterday's global game — essentially creating a homegrown strategy and then projecting it around the world — and start competing the metanational way. The Infinite Asset: Managing View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
A Match Made in Heaven
Adams Boston Lager, the first successful U.S. “craft beer” and the impetus for the microbrewery revolution. Koch, who is chairman of The Boston Beer Company, was similarly unconventional in assessing the talents of one of his executive... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
thriving “pure DTC” brands due to rising customer-acquisition costs, the continued importance of retail, and the reality of Amazon Prime. Few customers purchase in a single channel long-term but rather purchase across channels as needed.... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
working-capital needs of the business, we have to be careful to manage supply and demand." What one piece of advice would you give fellow alumni and current HBS students when it comes to startup life? "Keep going and stay positive. View Details
- 05 May 2011
- News
Blazing a Trail for Glenn Beck
to be a successful media executive and leader in the digital media space, and her unique perspective and experiences will be valuable in building The Blaze as a vibrant, impactful community,” Beck said in a news release. Morgan served as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Retail: Voice-Activated, One-Hour-Delivery Shopping
Walmart and Amazon are in the middle of an epic competition that is going to be thrilling to watch. The startups that have been most successful have targeted a specific category—Peloton in exercise, Casper in mattresses, Warby Parker in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
support a coherent business strategy. The successful execution of this strategy has made KFC China the industry leader in growth, profitability, market share, and brand recognition in the world’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
better. To this end, they offer a set of management tools drawn from best practices in successful companies, the military, and government agencies. After showing why the federal personnel system needs reform, the book presents specific... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
website is a public good provided by HBS,” says Jones, “and its success will be measured by the extent to which diverse researchers make use of it.” He credits the project with showing how successful... View Details
Keywords: faculty research
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
cliff. A common response is to circle the wagons; to anchor down on the core values that have defined your products; and to become very inward focused. And while this sometimes makes sense, my research finds that successful leaders... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
2018, Keller left his position as global president of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to become CEO of Peet’s Coffee; in January, he was named CEO of JDE Peet’s, a merger that added a portfolio of coffee and tea brands represented in more... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
Video Embed The Esquel Group has reduced water consumption at its factories by more than 50 percent in the last nine years. Asia–based Esquel Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-end cotton shirts, producing about 100 million shirts a year for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
thinking, translating his insights into practice and correcting the most common misconceptions about them. Guide to Managing Growth: Turning Success into Even Bigger Success by Rupert Merson (PMD 71, 1996)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Father of Modern Advertising
“creative,” and suddenly agencies could bill much more for their newly developed writing and marketing services. Brands that Lasker’s agency helped make or reinvent included Goodyear, Kleenex, Palmolive, and Pepso-dent. His skill wasn’t... View Details