Growth And Scaling - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track

through the business world is a great advantage. The IPO went well? Yes, we raised nearly $190 million, which enabled us to retire debt and go in some new directions. My main challenge now is managing growth... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio accessories; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores

24 Apr 2014
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Private capital, public good

only pays for results, and investors benefit only if society benefits. Successful SIB partnerships yield multiple winners: government gains accountability for taxpayer funds; high-performing nonprofits reap View Details

01 Oct 2002
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People Watching

million readers worldwide, Time Inc. has posted ten consecutive years of earnings growth and accounts for almost 10 percent of corporate profits for AOL Time Warner, where Moore is now the highest-ranking... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout

The US automotive industry collapse was one of the most important business stories to come out of the 2008 financial crisis—and like so many events of that time, it was big on headlines but short on nuance. To address that shortfall, sectionmates View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

22 Feb 2022
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An Rx for Small Business Recovery

collaboration between small suppliers and large businesses. Cluster research shows that this, in turn, creates resilience during economic ups and downs. “Everyone benefits when large businesses treat their... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

03 Apr 2019
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Finding Common Ground

analytics-focused consulting firm made sense at a time when technology breakthroughs were fueling exponential growth in data generation and consumption. His three former employers—Answerthink, Bain, View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2004
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Alumni Bookshelf

America by Alan Rabinowitz (MBA 1950) (M.E. Sharpe) Covering the growth of American cities and suburbs during the 20th century, Rabinowitz chronicles the influences that led to the American landscape of... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

17 Nov 2022
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Planning the Future for Harlem’s Beloved Sylvia’s Restaurant

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

understand that our connected style can help us win all the deals we want and get all the business results our shareholders want, that’s really the broad concept here.” Nor has growth stymied the Vision... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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Books

firms. And state ownership constrains growth and investment options for domestic firms more than it does for foreign enterprises. While FDI does bring benefits such as the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2009
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Letters to the Editor

further in the near term and/or increase domestic borrowing vastly. An expanded federal role in the economy will crowd out financing available for productive private investment and diminish growth View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

24 Apr 2014
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Understanding how trust impacts delivering superior performance

relational contracts—a practice its rival Toyota successfully deployed—which are essential to all modern design and manufacturing. A focus on relational contracts could lead to superior performance. “Public support for economic View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

If you're saving for your child's college education, you're probably putting money in growth funds, hoping that the returns a decade or more down the line will be enough to pay for tuition. But what if your returns fall short? It's a... View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

09 Mar 2021
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Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

Island Promise. The state legislature approved it in 2017, making Rhode Island one of some 20 states that have adopted similar programs. Sara Enright (MBA 2004), vice president of student affairs and chief outcomes officer at the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 2015
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In My Humble Opinion: Priya Paul (OPM 28, 1999)

When Priya Paul (OPM 28, 1999) returned home to India after graduating from Wellesley College in 1988, her father suggested she try working at one of the family holding company’s three hotels. Two years later, when her father died unexpectedly, Paul, her mother, View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Aug 2001
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Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)

In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of a... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Educational Services

01 Oct 2000
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Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney

will address the challenges facing organizations in attracting, developing, and retaining outstanding talent. He calls the approach required today "constellation leadership." What impact has the Internet's rapid View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

01 Sep 2013
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Beantown as a Beacon

Image by C.J. Burton While the US economy is showing signs of recovery, don't pop the champagne just yet, say HBS professors Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter. Onstage at Spangler Auditorium in May, the pair laid out the deeper challenges the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2000
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Looking to the East

fluent Japanese. Commenting on the meeting in the Times of India (August 22, 2000), Kulkarni said, "India is looking for a strategy that will help it achieve rapid economic growth — qualitatively in terms of upgrading its economy View Details

01 Apr 1999
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Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities

described President Clinton's Partnership for Economic Growth and Opportunity in Africa, a plan to stimulate trade with the continent, spur greater private-sector investment, View Details

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