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Describes Jack Welch's tenure as CEO from 1981 to 1989 through excerpts of speeches and presentations. Sections include summary of GE's strategy, Welch's quantum leap approach to change, the restructuring of GE, how GE operates (the "GE Growth Engine"), and managing GE... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Policy; Business or Company Management; Change Management; Business Strategy; Restructuring; Operations; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Electronics Industry

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October 1984 (Revised January 1986)
Background Note

World Television Industry in 1979

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Electronics Industry

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01 Apr 1998
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The Cole Room: A Wealth of Resources for Job-Seekers

The Cole Room in Baker Library offers an extensive range of useful information for alumni conducting a job search. Resources include a database of more than twenty thousand alumni career advisors, printed and electronic files with... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Cash flow struggles can take down a company or spark ideas that transform an industry

hospitals, and patients were hurting athenahealth’s bottom line. Bush shifted the company’s focus from clinical care to Internet billing and information processing, and athenahealth now provides cloud-based practice management, billing, and View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Elevator Pitch: Common Knowledge

receive free access to their data and control how it is shared. The Why: Patient data is often fragmented across electronic medical record systems, providers, and categories. But recent changes to the laws governing medical records have... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; healthcare; data; technology; Blavatnik Fellowship

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Mutual Fund BETA Morningstar Mutual Funds Ref. HG4530 .M85 in the Stamps Reading Room. Updated every 20 weeks. Also available electronically on Morningstar Direct at Baker Library. View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Award-Winning Article Urges Companies to Loosen Ties that Bind

expenses associated with everyday activities such as management meetings, conferences, phone conversations, sales calls, reports, and memos. Hagel and Singer maintain that by dramatically reducing interaction costs, the Internet and other View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Betting big on star power can be a winning strategy in business—not just show business

to subsidize less popular offerings. And now these strategies are pervading other industries from consumer electronics to fashion. “Although risky, betting heavily on the most likely blockbusters and spending considerably less on the... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Slam Dunk

the 17 million American males who play basketball and have access to the Net -- you know, the electronic one. As its slogan suggests, the company is serious about its game: "If basketball is your religion, HoopsTV.com is your church."... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Gibson Hits a High Note

patented computer chip in the instrument detects and processes the sound, sending it to a digital amplifier. To purists who protest, Juszkiewicz stands firm: “The electronics of the guitar are actually pretty bad by today’s standards.... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

there are some managers who don't want to take the time to fill out a simple form," he says, "but it really doesn't take that much effort." The electronic reports get to customers up to two weeks faster and save Aetna... View Details

Keywords: by Theodore Kinni

01 Feb 2001
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HBSi Combines HBS Content with State-of-the-Art Technology

will add many new dimensions and capabilities to the School's already extensive portfolio of custom Executive Education programs," added Robert Fogel, the former executive director of Executive Education who will serve as president and CEO of the new venture. "It will... View Details

Keywords: HBSi; HBS Interactive; e-learning; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2013
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Delivering the Power to Dream Big

lightweight, transparent solar panels, which can be integrated seamlessly into everyday objects, like windows or electronic displays. The technology's promise could lead to widespread adoption of solar power and reduce its cost by... View Details

Keywords: solar power; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

January 1992
Teaching Note

Tandy Corporation (A) TN

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry

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February 1984
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Systems Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Abridged)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry

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June 2015 (Revised August 2016)
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Qualcomm Inc., 2009-2015

By: David B. Yoffie

In the years after 2009, Qualcomm navigated the wireless industry's transition from 3G to 4G, retaining its technological leadership and experiencing dramatic growth in revenue and profit. In March 2014, Qualcomm appointed a new CEO, Steve Mollenkopf, who had to... View Details