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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
desk drawer the crucial report — which explained the risk of depending on one single person, even one as remarkably effective as Sidney Weinberg — until after his formal admission to the partnership. Whitehead says knowingly, “Rocking the boat did not View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
the balance is always between volume and exclusivity. “Luxury is defined differently by people depending on what they value,” she says. “That’s what people pay more for — goods that are really special, as well as brands and experiences... View Details
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
out their arguments, and I would, like King Solomon, pick the right argument. Which is exactly what we did, except I ended up picking the wrong argument. We made the investment, and within three months we couldn't pay our interest. And we... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
out and I’ve lost the plot on where we’re going in the case. I’ve got two choices now. I can either say, sorry I wasn’t listening, or I wasn’t paying attention. Or, I’ve got a 50-50 choice. I go for the 50-50 choice. I say, “Oh, I think... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
attractive to alumni who want to do more in their communities, have an impact, and pay it forward. “What they lack is a clear path on how to make that happen inside a hectic life of work and personal commitments,” he says. “Community... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
Communications Group) has secured $37 million in financing to support wireless communication programs in underdeveloped regions, including sub-Saharan Africa. "We are currently setting up voicemail through wireless public pay phones at... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
customers only know they will pay less for something tomorrow than they do today.” There will continue to be niches in U.S. manufacturing for low-volume production, notes Sharpe, where investment is high, turnaround is important, and... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
focus their energy based on how people’s spending is changing. Also, it's forcing us to think more about the non-spending aspects of someone's carbon footprint. Right now, we ask people for some survey information to tell us about their home energy use, because many of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
pay the faculty. Dean Baker told me, “We can hire you for one year, but you’ll need to raise half your salary.” The idea was to get INCAE up and running, with support from the Kennedy administration and USAID. I would be half-time in... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
the customer service representative at T-Mobile. “I love this.” “It’s actually really cool,” she can be heard saying to a coworker as the team leaves the store. “Did you hear that?” Foalea asks Behrens. They high five. Bolstered by the positive feedback—the majority of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
a variety of measures, including tolls, to shelter local enterprises from competition. They are motivated by the need to protect the local tax base. Without it, local officials stand to lose a major source of revenue needed to pay their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
wasn’t an easy decision to make, given the financial implications, but as Fenton recalls, “It still felt like the right timing. It was the height of the dot-com boom, so lots of people in my class were taking risks.” Eleven years later, that bet is more than View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Turley (PMD 43, 1982) The Brier Patch Petroleum engineering professor Tony Zanatelli signs a summer-job contract to manage the drilling of a 20,000-foot-deep exploration well in the Gulf of Mexico. Energy company MillPet owns the lease and the well and View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
will give them the $50,000. They will lose it. Then George will go back to teaching at MIT, and my son will concentrate on the family shipping business. They will both benefit, and it will be a small price to pay for an important... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Michael Ward (MBA ’76) grew up in blue-collar Baltimore. As a kid, he racked balls and collected customers’ money at Club Ritchie Billiards, his father’s pool hall; when he was older, he took summer jobs in an asphalt factory to pay for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
status-symbol luxuries, like expensive watches or designer jeans. Why do consumers pay so much for products whose ingredients are well known to represent only a small proportion of the retail price? Beauty is certainly, as one recent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
a practical tour through the steps required to find, evaluate, negotiate, and pay for a smaller firm. They tell the stories of a number of entrepreneurs-through-acquisition to highlight particular tasks or challenges and introduce readers... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
a lot [laughing]. DM: [laughs] JI: Yeah, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks a lot. But, you know, I needed the cash. There's just so much gibberish. You know, we live in a world without nuance. You know, what could a prospective leader learn by reading the book? It's not to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
the third of five children. The family placed a heavy emphasis on the value of good, honest labor; at 18, he became a firefighter to help pay his university expenses. The occupying workers also came from large families, and many had... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
interest that Minto is researching is the matter of club financing. Clubs currently rely mainly on members' dues and fundraising events to pay for their operations. "The career, social, and recreational services, information, and... View Details