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- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
challenge and relationship challenge that I don't see it ever getting boring because there's always something new to learn. DM: You have this incredible passion, and that passion drives you to do exemplary work. Is that passion, that real dedication, a View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
customers and the community, and differentiates us from our competitors," explains Jackson. "It's all part of our business strategy for leading BankBoston into the 21st century and is consistent with the philosophy of managing with values... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
international banking, I am familiar with “the old shell game” of tax evasion via the transfer pricing mechanism. Differentiating between tax avoidance and tax evasion in this area is often very difficult indeed. But very big money is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
this perspective. While the fashion business was not an unknown concept, it was new to India, and early Indian high-end designers sought legitimacy and acceptance by avoiding avant-garde styles, instead creating luxurious, opulent fabrics that View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
differentiated product in a commoditized business, even if it’s becoming less so through competition. Some of the stuff we do is fun, and whimsical, so it makes good copy. The media reports on our tall beds for tall people, our “Guppy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
currently spending the bulk of their money outside the Internet media market. WPP's Sorrell notes that "in the last twelve months, branding has become more important than ever, because it provides a way to differentiate all the new... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
Culture by Dee Ann Turner (AMP 176, 2009) (Elevate) Businesses are built by growing relationships with customers, and culture is created by the stories those relationships tell. Two of a business’s most important differentiators are its... View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
Silicon Valley’s name is dominant in the history of entrepreneurship. So where does that leave other cities that want to get in on the action? On April 13 in Spangler Auditorium, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a panel of area business leaders discussed what View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
granted. Morrell: Alex Lazarow says this focus on deep impact differentiates frontier startups from their California counterparts. Lazarow: In Silicon Valley, less than 20% of unicorns are in industries like financial services, health... View Details
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
experience. Rather than using the data from standardized tests (which are unpopular with both parents and teachers), and applying it to a school or grade or classroom en masse, Intrinsic employs it to individualize student learning. “You’ve got to figure out how you... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
sweet spot; designing the offer to create customer value and secure differential advantage; integrating to serve the customer; and measuring what matters. Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me about Management by Gordon... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
If you are selling “efficiency” you should not go with the 100 basis points (1 percent) pricing. You’ll lose your differentiation from traditional advisors, and worse, you’ll be grossly out of step with the competition. —Francine... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Digital Deck
guiding HBX's offerings were established early on," notes Dean Nitin Nohria. "HBX should offer a differentiated product. It should complement rather than compete with current programs and Harvard Business Publishing offerings. It should... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
you have to put on your own oxygen mask first, but then you really do need to lead from the front. Last year, I think it was quite a differentiator for leaders. Because if you did not have compassion, you did not have empathy, how were... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
question for Bulletin readers in 2016 went to the issue of pricing: Eldercare and EAP benefit offerings tend to charge according to a per-employee, per-month (PEPM) pricing, often $0.30 or less. Should Wellthy adopt this standard structure—or View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
be leaving money on the table not just in the short term but permanently,” he says. Should Ario stick to hospitality and own the market, or shine its light on new ground? The Answers: If a land grab is expected, then owning a segment or niche with strong attachment... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
mature brands such as Tide, which was developed in 1946 as the country's first synthetic laundry detergent. Today, Tide is available in dozens of differentiated product offerings around the world, including Tide with Bleach, Clean Rinse... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
planet." "There are certain images that come up with five-star service that I just don't like: telephones, swimming pools, valet service," Evanson says from his 500-acre island. "It's a way of differentiating our product, which is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
that of Kentucky’s established breeding farms, some of which managed over forty stallions. Clay adopted a boutique approach to guarantee personal service for both the owners and their horses, and serve as a point of differentiation to... View Details