Business Growth and Maturation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

management practice has evolved since the "benevolent, high-growth environment" following World War II. That era provided fertile ground for the growth of Alfred Sloan's "strategy, structure, systems" model of the divisional corporation... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Mar 2017
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Case Study: Moment in the Sun

business development in the medical field, which is much more complicated, does not mean that Brian should take his focus away from hospitality. One should make use of the opportunities one is getting and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2016
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Case Study: Sweat the Technique

Above: Meridith Unger (left) and Nix’s business development director Sara Weber (MBA 2016) inspect a prototype (photo by Susan Young) Boston-based Nix is developing a disposable biosensor that gives users a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Mar 2023
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Case Study: Power Nappy

New Venture Competition. Parents are lining up. “We sold our inventory nine months faster than we’d expected,” Saigal says. The Question: Kudos has been selling directly to consumers through its website, in keeping with other eco-friendly diaper startups, View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

native English speaker, and I have carried those learnings and me into my new role. I'm CEO of Sodexo's US business for one of their lines of activity. So, I think it has made... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

that enabled programmers to more easily simulate other applications and to create new prototypes. Continuing to design software over the next several years, Bricklin addressed diverse needs such as repetitive laser printing View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Jun 2009
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Inside the Partnership

Weinberg this was an opportunity to go the other way and reach out to be helpful to the president, and he took it. In 1933 the president had him organizing the Business... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)

who play critically important roles, in ensuring we are able to do our work, do not report directly to us, so I have to rely on influence strategies to accomplish a great deal of my job. I work with many great, dedicated people who are also View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

time we gathered here in 1996." Hosted by the Harvard Business School and the HBS Association of Northern California, this year's global alumni conference was the largest and, by all accounts, among the most... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

06 Dec 2021
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Rescue & Recovery

for Humanity. Before that, she had worked in the public sector (at USAID), philanthropy (at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), and the business world (with roles at... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

05 May 2022
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Lesson Plans

growth mindset, they’re building their grit, their perseverance, they’re taking agency over their learning. And all sorts of beautiful things can start to happen in the actual classroom. Instead of it being... 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