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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
related to distribution and market segmentation, two very important issues in marketing,” Shapiro continues. “The Cumberland case is timely because the situation and the product are easy to understand, but... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
Before he launched Harley-Davidson in India, Anoop Prakash (MBA 2001) held business development roles in technology and was a consultant at McKinsey. He also had experience in the public sector and in the US Marine Corps. But he hadn’t spent much View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
some of the latest computer-aided tools, managers can dramatically lower the time and cost of changes. Second, they should review management processes. Many companies cannot exploit these new technologies because their management... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
headlines and rack up revenues in the billions, a number of smaller U.S. companies — some publicly traded, others privately owned — refuse to be overshadowed. However modest their comparative size, their market share still reaches into... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
In the beginning there was the microprocessor. The mass market availability in the early 1980s of this revolutionary piece of technology — which shrank the computer from an unwieldy Goliath of a machine to a compact unit that could fit on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
while BOP individuals may only have tens of dollars a year to spend, that disposable income, multiplied several billion times over, represents significant purchasing power. With this realization have come some dramatic shifts in business... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
Once they placed their order, customers had to wait ten years to receive it. Finally, Bajaj, whose grandfather had been known as the "fifth son" of Mahatma Gandhi and whose parents and grandparents had spent time in British prisons for... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
Partners: “The list came out at 9 a.m. on the East Coast. I live in LA and so at 6 a.m. my time I woke up to congratulatory calls and text. This was way better than my usual alarm.” Anish Pathipati, founding director, North Island: “I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Where the Jobs Are
facilitating commerce and learns that the country is in the midst of a “rail renaissance” that will boost competitiveness in global markets (see article). While individual company successes abound, not all the news is good on the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
spend the money and its impact on their businesses and their livelihoods.” How are these findings shaping your work? Roth: There are two strands of research that form the basis of our conviction about how microfinance could do better. One is about the View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33): "'We don't have time to be average. We've got to fly high where it's not as crowded.'" Hong Kong Focus of Asia Pacific Conference at HBS Hong Kong's future under China's sovereignty was the central topic of the... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
also call it an audaciously big bet on an unproven format in an ever-crowded market of streaming content. With an April 6, 2020, launch, Whitman and Katzenberg have 20 months and $1 billion to build the whole thing from scratch—from a... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
time in every dimension," and last year she invited Wood to take on the nonprofit's COO position. Wood came to the not-for-profit agency with decades of management experience in finance and publishing. "I was very excited for her vision,"... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Angie Hicks, MBA 2000
Excellence in Entrepreneurship 2011 Angie’s List IPO 2011 Joins DePauw University Board of Visitors 2014 Joins Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Board 2017 Angie’s List has more than 5 million members Cofounder and Chief Marketing Officer,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1999
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Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
before I arrived. The Gap, Inc., our parent company, was struggling to find a niche for Banana Republic. They knew that the original safari theme was no longer working, and they were aware that they needed to make serious changes. When I got here we did some classical... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
market is still the most efficient in the world,” he says. “Over the longer term, one can buy and hold investments and be confident that price disparities will smooth out with time and be reflective of real... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
now the largest entrepreneurial training center in New England, with offices in Boston, Providence, and Worcester. While Silbert admits she spends more time on raising funds — from individual donors, foundations, and government agencies —... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
room. You will never regret it, and you'll build a strong reputation." Linda Rossetti (MBA 1991), managing director, Golden Seeds; blogger, Novofemina.com, Boston, Massachusetts I'd offer three ideas to female MBAs. First, take the time... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
worlds. Even before that, I’d been upset with the gradual erosion of ethics in some of our best companies. This is not unheard of in ebullient market times when everything’s booming and people get sloppy in... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
Founder, Co-CIO, and Chairman, Bridgewater Associates I always had little jobs. I had a paper route. I would shovel driveways. And then I started caddying. This was the 1960s, when everyone was talking about the stock market, and the View Details