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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Getting Personal
marketing themselves? Many mature service industries are in a service “arms race” in which they keep adding more and more services cumulatively over time. But consumers don’t always want “more and more” — what they’re looking for are unique combinations of attributes.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
thinking, translating his insights into practice and correcting the most common misconceptions about them. Guide to Managing Growth: Turning Success into Even Bigger Success by Rupert Merson (PMD 71, 1996)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
Chicago, after completing a successful capital campaign, the MCA built a new home for its collection. Given that it is located in the center of a city known for its affinity for architecture, it is not surprising that the MCA's 1996... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
Video Embed The Esquel Group has reduced water consumption at its factories by more than 50 percent in the last nine years. Asia–based Esquel Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-end cotton shirts, producing about 100 million shirts a year for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
CHARAN: Drawing on his global consulting experience. LAFLEY: Customers are “the boss.” Photo courtesy Proctor & Gamble What does it take to delight low-income Mexican buyers of sanitary pads? The answer is not a punch line to a poor joke; instead it’s a View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
2018, Keller left his position as global president of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to become CEO of Peet’s Coffee; in January, he was named CEO of JDE Peet’s, a merger that added a portfolio of coffee and tea brands represented in more... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
cliff. A common response is to circle the wagons; to anchor down on the core values that have defined your products; and to become very inward focused. And while this sometimes makes sense, my research finds that successful leaders... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Advance Racial Equity in the Office
Rice (MBA 1992), CEO and founder of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT). Unlike the in-your-face brand of first-degree racism, that of the third degree occurs when organizations and institutions fail to weed out the practices that... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney
right set of experiences." One such item on Romney's résumé was his successful turnaround of the Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Company. Romney joined Bain in 1977, then left in 1984 to become CEO of its venture capital spin-off,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Father of Modern Advertising
“creative,” and suddenly agencies could bill much more for their newly developed writing and marketing services. Brands that Lasker’s agency helped make or reinvent included Goodyear, Kleenex, Palmolive, and Pepso-dent. His skill wasn’t... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
world," he says. "It shows that our strategies are working, that we're leveraging our core strengths, and that our leadership is focused." According to Lafley, this triangle of success at P&G—strategy, core capability, and leadership—is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
Considering integrated reporting’s current state of play, Professor of Management Practice Eccles and his coauthor provide guidance to ensure wider adoption of the practice and success of the movement, starting with how companies can... View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
and ranked. In February 2018, tronc, the company formerly known as Tribune Publishing, purchased a majority stake in BestReviews.com. What inspired you to launch BestReviews.com? Ben:“We both grew up reading Consumer Reports regularly and realized this View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jen Wong (MBA 2004)
all the elements that are necessary to be successful in the digital media world.” Back to her roots: “The early part of my career was doing quantitative work, but I had always had a personal passion for media and creative businesses. I... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
accessible travel easy to find and up to date for people with all kinds of physical challenges.” Help Brehm spread the word Previous Next Supporting African vineyards Selena (MBA 2003) and Khary Cuffe (MBA 2006) Founders, Heritage Link View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
recruits the guest CEOs and serves as moderator for an evening of unscripted, entertaining dialogue about building and championing successful brands. “Our goal each year is to deliver the unexpected, and we do,“ says Gulko, co-host of the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
power and shale gas are on the right side of the fight against climate change, and why markets have a better shot at winning the fight than governments do. Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation Clear communication is critical for a View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Taking Tailoring High Tech
year, topping $60 billion. But these newly fashion-conscious men didn’t want to spend lots of time and money on shopping and tailoring. Motlagh’s solution: use technology to update and brand traditional bespoke tailoring and create a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
consumers in each market . The incorporation of local ideals concerning skin lightness into global brands provides one example of challenges arising from incorporating local identities into brands. In India, Hindustan Lever’s Fair &... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Playing to Win
I think CEOs should not stay too long at any company." Louis-Dreyfus believes that successful global enterprises must be decentralized. While Adidas's corporate headquarters maintains authority over the company's mission, vision, and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons