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- 25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner
and wealth creation. Though prohibited by the Fair Housing Act of 1968, redlining had lasting implications—as did related real estate practices such as blockbusting, which encouraged white flight by playing on fears of racial integration,... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
carbon costs were paid for by the producers. MT: Right. It strikes me that perhaps the closest analogy to what you're doing in the marketplace in the US are these opt up electricity deals that in many places around the country you can opt... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
to the freestanding book superstores, which offered vast selection, including CDs and DVDs, and discounted prices: Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Crown Books, the last of which smartly forsook its original 3,000-square-foot stores with... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
information technology and management, or organizational behavior. That broad range of choices, coupled with the satisfaction of conducting research in the field, generates an extraordinary demand for the handful of available places each... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
the attention of consumers on the go, fresh bread fans, and people looking for a place to relax with a cup of coffee in the afternoon. Expected to top $1 billion in sales this year, the publicly held Panera has also satisfied the... View Details
- 19 Nov 2020
- News
How Panera’s CEO Learned to Go Against the Grain
took the helm last year after positions at Yum Brands Inc. and Krispy Kreme. He attributes this sense of compassion to the loss of his daughter, who died of pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 18. “Seeing her suffer so much up close deepened... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- News
Managing McDonald’s Makeover
that the iconic brand is “keeping pace with changing tastes and habits.” The move was reportedly unexpected, given McDonald’s history of promoting from internal ranks. (Kempczinski was brought on last year.) In quickly tapping a relative... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
supply, which means there could be new consumers up for grabs. MK: As of April 24, data I have seen show that Starbucks’ weekly revenue was down by about 74 percent versus last year, and at Dunkin’s by close to 28 percent. But Keurig is... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry
his success last year, when Friendly’s owner Sun Capital Partners put him in charge of the Johnny Rockets retro burger-and-shakes chain. Maguire said Shaich kept the Panera team laser-focused on three goals: hiring great people, offering... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
start seeing the strategic benefits of remote work? Prashanth Chandrasekar: There’s actually been, in some ways, a rise in productivity because people are able to focus and be very efficient with their time. We have not seen any kind of drop in output. The only View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
ventilators beeping Terrible as it was, it forced us to innovate. As an example, the standard protocol for putting a patient on a ventilator involves first bringing oxygen levels up as close to 100 percent as possible before gently View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
In 2010, Maria Gotsch (MBA 1989) called a meeting with the chief information and technology officers at five of the largest banks headquartered in Manhattan. The session would last for three hours, but as Gotsch recalls, the executives in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Porter Ranks Competitiveness
moved up four places to No. 27. The index is part of the research contributing to The Global Competitiveness Report 2006–2007, released last September by the World Economic Forum. For more information, visit... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Acing Reality
e26ab6ec3e322e740f082ee4c18d618b Reality television is not exactly the place you’d picture catching a glimpse of a former classmate, but those in the HBS Class of 1997 were treated to a reunion last summer... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
Food Lab “The cronut is not the last of its type. We’ll continue to see a lot of excitement and hype around crazy food things, usually something that is fat-on-fat-on-sugar-on-more-fat. But in 2015 we’ll also see more of the grassroots... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
China Dominates HBS Business Plan Contest
The economic power and emerging opportunities in China inspired winners in the tenth annual HBS Business Plan Contest last April. Tingting Zhong (MBA ’06) won first place in the traditional track for... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
focused on the phenomenon of bankruptcy. A consultant to or board member of numerous corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies over the years, Hayes expressed his aversion to Chapter 11 proceedings for companies trying... View Details
- 24 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach
Emeritus Bill Sahlman (MBA 1975). During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that place the School at the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring
turnarounds, Gilson uses intensively researched case studies of thirteen corporations that tackled some of the most controversial and innovative restructuring efforts of the last decade. Each case reveals the multitude of decisions that... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Africa on the Move
In February, nearly 1,200 participants from twenty countries gathered at HBS for the Africa Business Club’s 11th annual conference, “Africa on the Move: Transforming Quick Wins into Lasting Change.” With some countries experiencing growth... View Details