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John Paul Andree
teamwork pushes out denial and fear. Thinking the fuel may be freezing, we intentionally overheat the engines in a last-ditch gamble to survive. Our bet pays off and two and half nerve-wracking hours later we limp into Greenland, landing safely. Surrounded View Details
- October 2008
- Supplement
John and Andrea Rice: Entrepreneurship and Life
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley M. Spence
Video of an interview conducted by Professor Howard Stevenson with John and Andrea Rice. It presents their views on their notions of career success, finding happiness in life, managing their competitiveness, their goals for the next ten years, and the pursuit of... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Success; Personal Development and Career; Opportunities; Happiness; Competitive Strategy
Stevenson, Howard H., and Shirley M. Spence. "John and Andrea Rice: Entrepreneurship and Life." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 509-715, October 2008.
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John R. Davis
In many ways, John Davis is a typical businessman. He works long hours, keeps excellent records, and focuses on using resources wisely. He often brings work home, and his trade is ruled by the laws of supply... View Details
- 27 Mar 2025
- HBS Seminar
John Horton, MIT Sloan
John W. Marriott
Marriott built the fastest growing, most diversified and most profitable lodging company in the United States. By 1964, it had approximately $85 million in annual sales with 122 units in 14 states. Its business lines included 73... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
John W. Brown
by 2004, and the number of employees increased from 325 to 15,000 during the same time period. Brown steadfastly expanded the company’s product lines and introduced an effective decentralized management structure as the company grew. View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
John M. Hiebert
a period of international expansion, building plants across Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa. When Hiebert became president in 1955, net sales were at a level of $167 million with earnings of $30 million, and had risen to levels of $720 and $69 million,... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
headhunters will have tempted away your best executives. 7 steps to a successful start Here are seven recommendations newly appointed leaders should consider following—and it would be best to get all of this work done by the end of their... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
and corporate temperament.— John Deighton In November 2000, shortly after Triarc sold Snapple to Cadbury Schweppes, I posed those questions to Triarc's top executives: chairman and majority owner Nelson Peltz, CEO Mike Weinstein, and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
crisis is the most urgent problem facing our planet. It is critical that we accelerate the flow of investment into green technology.” As one of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture capitalists, John Doerr thinks big. Working side... View Details
- June 1987 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
John Deere Component Works (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Having installed an activity-based system, the division is now exploring the insight provided by that system. In particular, it is studying the economics of lot-size process planning and product mix management. View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Production; Business or Company Management; Planning; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Product Marketing; Management Practices and Processes; Consumer Products Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "John Deere Component Works (B)." Harvard Business School Case 187-108, June 1987. (Revised May 1990.)
- 12 Nov 2010
- News
All your big ideas being shot down by disbelievers?
- 23 Mar 2023
- HBS Seminar
Tinglong Dai, Johns Hopkins
John A. Hartford
Under John Hartford’s management, A&P became a large integrated business empire. In 1937, he switched A&P to a supermarket operation from its base as a delivery store, which enabled him to offer even lower prices. View Details
Keywords: Retail
- June 2009
- Supplement
Economic Value of the Advertising Supported Internet Ecosystem, presented by Professor John Quelch, Harvard Business School
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Economic Value of the Advertising Supported Internet Ecosystem, presented by Professor John Quelch, Harvard Business School." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 509-732, June 2009.
- June 2002 (Revised November 2004)
- Compilation
John Maynard Keynes: His Life, Times, and Writings
By: Huw Pill and Ingrid Vogel
Discusses the life, times, and writings of John Maynard Keynes. Consists of three parts. First, it summarizes Keynes' life by reproducing his 1946 obituary from The Times of London. Second, it recalls the dramatic economic events of the times in which he lived by... View Details
Pill, Huw, and Ingrid Vogel. "John Maynard Keynes: His Life, Times, and Writings." Harvard Business School Compilation 702-092, June 2002. (Revised November 2004.)
- 13 Mar 2023
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Should Leave
will you gain by resigning, and what will you give up? Are your skills in such strong demand that you are already being approached by recruiters? Meet with the boss. No one likes a surprise exit, so don’t... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S. government. The company was so successful... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 17 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet
The fight was lost as consumers voted for free information supported by advertising over subscription services. Ironically, online advertising and the commercialization of the Web achieved important goals of the resisters: to preserve the... View Details