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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
pioneers a new supplier-retailer partnership between P&G and Wal-Mart. Built on proximity (Muccio relocated to Wal-Mart’s turf in Arkansas) and growing trust (both sides eventually eliminated elaborate legal contracts in favor of Letters... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Sleight of Hand
Camirand Academy of Magic, a magic-products supplier in Quebec. “I use this lotion at least twice a week, minimum, and I probably go through an ounce, an ounce and a half a year,” he told the New York Times (February 19, 2006). “For most... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
that its legality and limited occurrence underline crucial new developments in markets for anatomical goods. While the international organ trade is almost unanimously condemned, human cadavers can legally... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
goals, they are less likely to engage in such frenetic trading. Instead, the Internet's real impact, according to Jay Light, will not be as an electronic trading mechanism but as a powerful new distribution... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
Twitter soared high on its first day of trading on Nov. 7, with its shares closing the day at $45 for a value of $25 billion. Even though TWTR has yet to make money, investors flocked to the stock in droves, eager to own a part of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
some very innovative leaders who are emerging into our senior executive ranks," says Moore, "so it's a welcoming place for new ideas." All of which makes dual careers working on the railroad, and living in Omaha, seem unsurprising—even... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
tents, and other gear for maximum performance, comfort, and enjoyment. And now, shoes. Last year the Timberland Company, a heavyweight in the footwear business, acquired the GoLite brand for its new line of strong but super-lightweight... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
with the United States’ main trading partners--the European Union, China, and Japan. So far, however, the markets don’t seem very concerned about that, perhaps because the power of the president has limitations or perhaps because the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- Web
Alumni-Authored Books | Baker Library
Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth . Carter, Sandy: Get Bold: Using Social Media to Create a New Type of Social Business , The New Language of Business: SOA & Web 2. Fiske, Neil:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
a universal experience of status diminution when people compare their native language to this new language,” Neeley remarks. “So no matter how fluent some people are in English, they believe they’ll never be as sophisticated, influential,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Keeping an iron grip on Nigeria's financial markets
market is emerging, new products have been introduced, new trading platforms have been launched, institutions participating in the market have been strengthened, and there is... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sonali Duggal
On the last day of class, a professor left our section with the following words: "Unpack your bags." My grandmother moved from a village to New Delhi, sixty miles away. My mother traded a small... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Silver Lining
Dabhol power-plant project in India. As Enron began to emphasize energy trading over hard assets such as power projects and pipelines, the two independently decided to leave the company in 2000. They later reconnected in View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Leading the Charge
was David (“Bull”) Gurfein (MBA 2000), whose picture appeared on television sets and in newspapers around the world. According to the New York Daily News (March 22, 2003), Gurfein wanted the gesture to... View Details
- 21 Jul 2022
- News
How Sumner Feldberg Helped Transform Retail
overly dependent on downtown locations that were losing shoppers to suburban malls. Some New England rivals were opening discount stores in abandoned textile mills, which came with cheap rents and plenty of parking space. Mr. Feldberg,... View Details
- Feb 2013
- Survey
Competitiveness at a Crossroads
infrastructure, address distortions of the international trading system and craft a responsible framework for developing new energy sources. The competitiveness of the United States is at a crossroads. Can... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Peter W. Olson: By the Book
trade publishing divisions —which include Bantam Dell, Knopf, Doubleday Broadway, Ballantine, Crown, and Random House —published over 3,500 titles; 169 landed on the New York Times bestseller list; 28 sold... View Details
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
ideas, and one of these ideas was figuring out how [the Soconusco] could leverage Mexico's competitive advantage in export agriculture. So why not try coffee? Coffee for the masses had been a thing for a couple of decades at that point, but there was a View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
far from clear. Brexit proponents continue to argue that getting out from under the yoke of the EU will solve all its problems through better trade deals, fewer regulations, and curtailed immigration. But an objective strategic assessment... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Bottom-Line Beauty
The dollars-and-cents reality of outfitting a new venture may not be the most glamorous topic, but Inc. Technology's special "CEO's Start-Up Toolkit" issue (Summer 2000) showcased both style and substance by featuring Marla Malcolm (MBA... View Details