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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
us to re-engineer and re-architect organizations and consider innovative ways to create and capture value. Technology is helping us amass more data, faster and cheaper, so that we can make better decisions in real time and micro-targeted to a View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence
Joseph L. Bower. Relatively new to her position as vice president and general manager of North Carolina/South Carolina Consumer Services at BellSouth Telecommunications, Gloria R. Cockerham enrolled in TGM last spring, because she wanted... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Consumers across Boundaries," and "The Long-Term Impact of E-Commerce." This conference, like its predecessors, offers a unique opportunity. Where else can you hear from the best and brightest among the HBS faculty, network with fellow... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Releases
based on actual consumer expenditures. Lean retailing allows department stores, mass merchandisers, and other retail outlets to capitalize on information, allowing them to minimize their exposure to demand uncertainty." Given this new... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic
diversified the company’s interests by adding investments in energy and infrastructure to supplement Sintesa’s holdings in consumer and industrial products as well as property and development. Ten years on, Kamdani notes that implementing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
someone who never would have thought of pursuing an advanced degree in business," says Kim, now a PRIMO mentor and a DBA candidate in Marketing at HBS, with a focus on consumer empowerment and firm transparency. "That summer really... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
environmental sustainability, health and wellness, natural and organic consumer products, and business services. He was also a member of the founding team of Upstart, which is pioneering crowdfunding for recent graduates. Wu credits HBS... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
traffic retail locations, that will help consumers trial, discover, and ultimately make more informed choices about their most important purchase decisions in health, wellness, beauty, and household—and now we are taking steps to bring... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
change that. Going forward, we need to view diagnostics, devices, and drugs in terms of the objective value that each creates. What about patient attitudes? Do you think most health-care consumers are ready to place their faith in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
forth as a solution. But HBS assistant professor Daniel Snow, who studies the application of new technology, offers a caveat. Snow, who has worked with both Honda and Ford, points out that technological advances are a plus only if View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
on the front. But the actual shea-butter content can be less than 10 percent—in some cases less than one percent—relative to 64 percent for Mother’s Shea and more than 80 percent for Eu’Genia.” Consumers and retailers have noted the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
developing world, and they must take the special needs of small-scale producers and malnourished consumers into account. They see how to adapt the developed world’s technology to the developing world. They see a new kind of cooperation... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
based on their best efforts to forecast customer needs. With new technologies such as online grocery scanners, companies can better monitor consumer behavior, allowing them to anticipate needs more accurately and even create new products... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
facilitated by the Internet." In addition to the evolving corporate conscience, many companies are seeing human rights as an issue that affects their bottom line. They see consumers balk when news hits the street that a product is made at... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
(MBA 1981) I wouldn’t say there’s a big focus on “media speculation” per se, but Fed officials have to be attuned to market sentiment, and they consume a great deal of information. Fed policies work through financial markets. Sometimes it... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
differences between consumers in the United States and Europe was just one of the topics covered at the fourth annual European Business Conference, presented November 21 and 22 by students of the HBS European Club. Other panels considered... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
moving.” Oishi had watched it all unfold as she built a career as a partner in McKinsey’s consumer goods practice in Tokyo—an almost ideal match for the sort of person who can’t not solve problems. Where some people solve crossword... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
contain no preservatives. Its first pre-order sold out in December, and the team has since launched a few dozen retail and restaurant partnerships and an online retail shop as well. Because Tilden is a consumer product, Wood says the pair... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley