Business Growth And Maturation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
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A Message from Dean Clark

that are yielding substantial results. Our extensive investment in information technology (IT) has been particularly effective, enhancing our ability to teach, conduct research, and serve our diverse and... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981

Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business, by David Mamet “My penchant is for building brands that find a place in the customer’s mind and for developing businesses... View Details

04 Dec 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

the day, it comes down to money. And that's where we just need more women to step up on that regard. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Books

proposes a mindset that will help executives to expand and grow their businesses in the new international economy and describes strategies that come to terms with the realities... View Details

07 May 2019
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How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal

Its forecasted revenue growth rate is more than 90 percent, and its pre-tax margins run between 80 and 90 percent of sales. The problem is that John is seriously considering... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2020
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AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

long business manifesto, which is my silver bullet to unlock potential growth across Africa through a holistic, long-term plan,” she explains. Tantawy also credits HBS’s Global Opportunity Fellowship (GO:... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Oct 1999
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New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

curriculum? In the past two years we have seen an exponential growth in the number of field studies. Last year there were over two hundred different field study groups of between three and five students.... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

says Porter, who will teach in the program that is designed to provide the necessary tools to CEOs of rapidly growing companies. "Urban areas are becoming a new arena for innovation, transformation, and View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup

put it mildly, this was an overly rich valuation—Parker’s entire investment up to that point had been an Apple II and 10 used diskettes. With Parker’s enthusiastic assent, Sahlman used the TDC business plan... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

01 Jan 2002
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Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

among the many essential ingredients for success in a business where product life cycles are measured in months and where "new-and-improved" is a mantra. Dubbed by Fortune magazine last year as one of the... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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The Class of 1977

former president of both the Harvard Club and the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago. When asked why he works so hard for the School, Wong responds, “There's an old Chinese proverb that says, ‘Drink... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

22 Nov 2017
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How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team

games. It was all part of a long term strategy to improve the franchise by getting better draft picks. And it necessitated a short term strategy of losing. Throughout, though, the 76er CEO Scott O’Neil (MBA 1998) says his front office... View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Realizing a Dream

Ted Ferrara (MBA 1990) “I give back to express my gratitude,” says Ted Ferrara (MBA 1990). “The School is in the business of changing lives and it certainly changed mine.” Before coming to HBS, Ferrara had... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Mary Callahan Erdoes

questions early and often. Are bonds a good bet for those who want to reduce their reliance on equities? I have a lot of sympathy for those who are just getting into bonds now, but I still believe they should have a position in investors'... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Feb 2018
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HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

Hugo Uyterhoeven Hugo Uyterhoeven Hugo E.R. Uyterhoeven (MBA 1957, DBA 1963), an expert on general management and a member of the Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty for more than 50 years who maintained a... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur

Emeritus—died on August 20, 2019, outside Boston. His energy and leadership kept HBS at the forefront of business education and laid a foundation of intellectual View Details

Keywords: Dean

20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow

for a way to bring his Harvard business skills to bear on a cause he believed in. That led to a post as the CFO of New Hampshire Audubon, where he “quickly fixed some problems due to lack of financial controls” View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2017
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Swimming with the Stream

worked,” she says. “But that extra time helped us build a show that will just be extraordinary.” From Baker Library: The US isn't the only region witnessing growth of music streaming services—China and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jan 2004
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Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

only to New York but to London, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., where his perfect English and cosmopolitan outlook helped make him a very effective representative of Mitsubishi abroad. The significance of... View Details

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