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- 01 Jun 2012
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What Industrial Policy?
generously subsidized (largely through the tax deductibility of mortgage interest, which stimulates demand for homes as well as loans from banks). Private equity, which enjoys a 15 percent tax rate on carried interest. (If the tax rate on View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
HBS students worked on their project with representatives of the bakery chain Benjamin in São Paulo. (photo by Cintia Farago) In the United States, brand loyalty is often a powerful motivator—consumers will drive miles in search of a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
According to venture capitalist Jeffrey Harris (MBA 1981), there are entrepreneurs, and then there are transformative entrepreneurs. The former group includes Richard Branson, who has created many great products and services but not one... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
A dozen budding social entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for innovative products and services during the annual Social Enterprise Conference in February, and four came away with top honors. The sold-out event marked the 13th year of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
order-fulfillment process at Amazon, which acquired the company for $775 million in 2012. Aguerrevere, who had founded a small-format grocery store chain in his native Venezuela, discussed the talk with Max Pedró (MBA 2002), his close... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
based upon cost, customization, or convenience, and they can start winning business at the lower end." Profit is maximized, the authors suggest, in situations where product quality is not yet meeting customer requirements. Here, products... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
aerospace sector, proposed a different approach for Aero, one that took its cues from other profitable airlines that own their fleets: “We’re a low-cost carrier on the back end and a premium service on the... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Walking the TalkTalk
challenges.” She embraced a formidable task in 2010 when, with years of experience at supermarket chains Sainsbury’s and Tesco but none in telecom, she became CEO of TalkTalk, which supplies telephone and broadband View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
announced that those three correct answers would earn a C. Then he asked who in the section had worked out the answers to two more questions: When did the company start making a profit and when did the company recoup its investment?... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
computing and mobility. That has the potential to change the economics of the Internet business and to redistribute profits yet again.” — HBS professor David Yoffie talking about the potential economic effects of people increasingly... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Where Are They Now?
HBS faculty in 1980 and teaching organizational behavior, in 1985 he decamped to Au Bon Pain, the chain of bakery cafés, serving as COO for several years before returning to HBS. At the School again until 1998, he taught, wrote books, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
Brightstar and Encore, which act as trade-in white labels for large retail chains and mobile carriers. Sure, these competitors lack Gazelle's brand in the eyes of consumers and Gazelle's website has a great NPS score, but I worry that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Fostering a Supportive Community
services and resources for them, including advising and counseling, one-on-one tutoring, workshops, and specialized career coaching. Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) These offerings have been informed by the work of a task... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
business can get a loan.” Small Businesses Strengthen US Supply Chains The current global supply chain back-up underscores the importance of valuing and fostering small manufacturers and View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Zanzibar: Something for Everyone
and spice market, and the former slave market. Here we saw the dungeon-like quarters where slaves were kept, chained together, for up to three weeks. Many of them died; those who lived proved their strength and were auctioned off. The... View Details
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
public in 1991. In 1993, the pair acquired St. Louis Bread Company, a 19-store chain of eat-in cafés based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving freshly baked artisanal bread, sandwiches, soups, and salads. By this point, Au Bon Pain had 250... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
Curriculum. "The private sector is increasingly welcome in fields that were long considered the provenance of government and social service organizations, and that is exciting news for the next generation of business leaders." Gilmartin... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
has invested over $1 billion in laying 2,000 miles of water lines and building 33 wastewater treatment plants while returning strong profits for shareholders. Equally important, the company has emerged as a model for integrating financial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
pounds of food that had been prepared for customers in the catering, hotel, travel, and restaurant industries got stuck in the supply chain when the world seized up. That’s when Philip Behn (MBA 2005), CEO of Imperfect Foods, jumped into... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
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Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs
Birchbox, a beauty product subscription box service that has grown to more than 1 million subscribers. “We started raising funds and suddenly we were in rooms where there were no people who looked like us,” said Barna, now the first... View Details