Growth And Scaling - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2001
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Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

At first glance, not many would figure the bookish president and CEO of telecommunications carrier China Netcom Corporation for a revolutionary. But Edward Tian Suning is certainly making waves as head of one of the country’s new brand of... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

01 Dec 2020
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Kill Groupthink

Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong If you’re not paying attention, groupthink can turn up like a cancer in the boardroom, hampering growth View Details

04 Dec 2014
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Hacking Health Care

and growth to build new organizations.” Equally life-changing were the guest lectures taught by the likes of Jeff Bezos, who, at the time, was merely the founder of an online used bookstore. “To have those... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2013
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Alumni Books

achieve personal growth and success, details strategies for embracing struggle, and offers tools and practices to help implement them. Own the... View Details

05 May 2020
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“Walking a Tightrope”

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “Who's actually putting those groceries on the shelves still and who's driving the truck to get that food that gets put on those grocery shelves? It's the working class. We... View Details

15 Jan 2020
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The Business of Access

take Lisle’s business know-how—she had led revenue generation and growth opportunities in the private sector at companies like Oracle, Zefer, and Wellbourne International—and... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2014
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Innovation: Frozen Assets

and Derek Jeter at the launch of the Luvo food truck this summer in New York City. (Courtesy of Luvo) Growth for the three-year-old Luvo, though, requires overcoming a few cultural hurdles. While frozen-food... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

01 Dec 2003
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An Authentic Leader

everything telescoped down to the short-term earnings. So CEOs became obsessed with the short-term results? We shifted from looking at business fundamentals, like growth in earnings per share, revenue generation, gains in market share,... View Details

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

06 Dec 2021
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Turning Point: Makeover

rebuilt our team, held space for my people during a wave of AAPI hate, and tripled our growth rate. I will never again doubt my ability to lead and am committed to helping... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; leadership; purpose; Asian American; beauty industry; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

25 Apr 2014
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Entrepreneurship flourishes in the Bayou

Kevin Wilkins (MBA 1992) is helping to make New Orleans one of the country's vibrant centers for entrepreneurship. The founder of New Orleans–based trepwise, Wilkins works with emerging entrepreneurial companies across all sectors and... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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A bold experiment in education

college acceptance rate and sent the highest percentage of its graduates to college in the city, excluding selective-admissions schools. Most recently, in 2013, NOCP took over the operation of the lowest-performing elementary school in... View Details

09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

and fund them generously. JOHN ALFORD (MBA 2001) Chief network growth officer, KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Foundation, the largest nonprofit network of college-preparatory charter schools in the United... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Nov 2017
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Making Friends with Mother Nature

his expertise in building successful business teams, and the result was the Wild Center, an immensely popular 54,000-square-foot, interactive museum experience in the heart of the pristine upstate region. Clifford, a former McKinsey &... View Details

23 May 2019
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Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998

Group invests in Bluemercury 2012 M-61 skincare launched 2014 Appointed Entrepreneur-in-Residence, HBS 2015 Lune+Aster cosmetics launched 2015 Macy’s acquires Bluemercury 2019 Bluemercury opens its 195th store CEO and Cofounder... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

early-stage challenges with an eye toward scaling operations after graduation. “The cases in Globalization and Emerging Markets were about business realities I’ve been living every day,” he notes. “Finance... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

19 Mar 2014
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Canada Names New Finance Minister

Keywords: Canada; finance minister; natural resources; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

06 Dec 2021
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Truth Be Told

things, they can resolve it internally more quickly and in a more efficient way than if it goes to regulators. Although we don’t study this I think it could also empower employees to feel ownership of the company because they’re helping... View Details

Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices

16 May 2017
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Facing the Board

began with a review of the case, which was focused on two decisions facing asset management firm BlackRock, Inc.: Should the company license its Aladdin operating system? And should it acquire Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM)?... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photos by Susan Young; Blackrock; The Boardroom

01 Sep 2008
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Building a Better MBA

“These skills lie much more on the ‘doing’ side of the scale than the ‘knowing’ side,” says Datar. Such soft-skills development by its very nature involves labor-intensive small groups and requires... View Details