(General) Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

practices, which resulted in an offer to teach at Howard University. There, Fitzhugh created a marketing program and organized the school’s Small Business Center, in addition to introducing generations of black students—including HBS’s... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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Riding It Out

of hundreds and perhaps thousands of dogs and cats (the numbers remain unclear, as there is no centralized database of such information). While the situation was uncertain, there was some concern that a production run of SmartPak’s LiveSmart Weight View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

25 Feb 2020
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Ink: Your Best Self

+LISTEN Su talks more about her book on the Skydeck podcast +LISTEN Su talks more about her book on the Skydeck podcast Amy Jen Su (MBA 1997) wrote her new book, The Leader You Want to Be, in part because she realized she wasn’t always the leader she wanted to be. As... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2010
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Eric Schiffer

time. Yes, that’s right — we have to sell a huge number of items to generate that figure. Our average price works out to be about 80 cents because we also price many items at well under a buck, so we sell around 1.5 billion items... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2000
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Books

have implemented balanced scorecards, the performance management system that the pair developed in 1992. In The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment, the authors delve into... View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

marketing, were as follows: Africa Angus Rowe, OPM 38 2009 LifeQube mobile clinic management Watch their pitch. Asia-Pacific Oliver Segovia, MBA '10 Jennifer Kelly, MBA '10 AVA invitation-only shopping platform Watch their pitch. Canada... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 2000
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Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

fields of management control and health care. Her latest book, Market-Driven Health Care, won the 1998 Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives. Herzlinger opened the conference by reporting on the forces... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Losing Our Competitive Edge

Business Review, how the United States has lost or is in the process of losing the ability to manufacture many of the cutting-edge products it invented. These include the batteries that power electric and hybrid cars, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for the next View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Manufacturing

20 Apr 2020
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To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual

organizations face in designing and implementing effective digital platforms that support a range of functions and stakeholders. “We talked about what it really means to transition to digital operations,” says Carrolo, the General View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Sep 2019
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The School that Donham Built

government, became his mentor and continued to support his studies through law school. Donham specialized in corporate restructuring as a vice president at Boston’s Old Colony Trust Company and won wide praise from both labor and View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

21 Jan 2014
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Climbing to New Heights

appreciative of warmth, shelter, a shower—all those things you generally take for granted." But, Petzel adds, he also feels an obligation to give back. Based in London, where he works for Goldman Sachs, he became acquainted with Community... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Mar 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider

native knew an icon—and a challenge—when he saw one. In 2009 he stepped into the role of managing director, Harley-Davidson India. Entering the Indian market had plenty of challenges related to tariffs, accessibility, and brand... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Apr 1999
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Time to Vote in University Elections

India. Managing Director, McKinsey & Co., Chicago, Ill. Margaret A. Hamburg, AB '77, magna cum laude, MD '83. Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. Roland A. Hernandez,... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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Michael Depatie

deals that are available out there, and right now we have about $140 million left. Very few properties have come on the market, however, so as much as we’ve been looking, we haven’t found much to buy. To tell the truth, I don’t know what to wish for, because we own or... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality

12 Nov 2019
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Seismic Shift

diversity at the executive and board levels, and changing the conversation by going beyond simply filling a pipeline with diverse applicants. Instead, Culture Shift is creating an ecosystem of people who have the power to make real change. ** Tyson Clark (MBA 2009),... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

experienced," says Smith. "It's important to establish the fundamentals of general management early in one's career, but sometimes there aren't any precedents to follow. You're simply trying to meet... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Covering All Corners

Riad Armanious (MBA 2008) regards the pandemic as the greatest professional challenge he has faced as managing director of family-owned Eva Group and CEO of Eva Pharma, a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Egypt. The... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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Q&A: John Quelch

management problems that business leaders will face in the future. How do the HBS research centers in Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, and elsewhere fit into this effort? The research centers you mentioned — along with a new European Research... View Details