Bids and Bidding - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1998
News

Deals For Sale

purchase goods from distributors. "A retail chain store with several outlets might bid on these items, for example," he says. Auctions are held daily and are done in real time. "You go to the site, see what... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

05 Mar 2020
News

Green Light

to the larger-scale model in the back left corner of the facility. In June 2018, Crop One won a bid to provide leafy greens to Emirates Airlines’ flight catering company, and it is in the midst of building a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

01 Mar 2011
News

Local Hero

Baer and Magowan’s efforts to put together a bid to keep the team in San Francisco kicked into high gear. With financial promises from a stellar list of Northern California investors that included Arthur... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

01 Mar 2005
News

In the Blood

become a complete horseman,” he says, sounding pleased by the prospect of dedicating himself to this daunting task. “It takes forever.” The Little Horse That Could While his 2004 bid for the Triple Crown ended at the Belmont Stakes, where... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; horse racing; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Animal Production and Aquaculture

01 Apr 1999
News

An Eye to the East

Beyond Hong Kong's towering skyline and ship-filled harbor, the Kowloon Peninsula gives way to the verdant hills and peaks of the Chinese mainland. The bustling international business center is a natural... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

08 May 2019
News

Lessons from the Ashes

critical opinions about the company’s management and wary of a corporate takeover, 26-year-old Warwick launched a successful takeover bid that was worth about $1.5 billion in US dollars. Just three years... View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

Who Are We?

The Bulletin staff set out to answer a question they hear all the time: Who ARE the HBS alumni? Digging into the alumni database,* they found a network that ranged from farmers to financiers, and just about everything in between. Here, a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Dan Morrell; social media,; Twitter; SodaStream; consulting; consultant; CEO; farming; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

17 Jun 2020
News

Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

frontline health workers. In the bidding war for scarcely available protective gear around the world, we never had a chance. We had to find a local solution.” Maria Carolina Dominguez (AMP 182) President and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2018
News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

encouragement. Entrepreneurship is like an intellectual onion, one of his Finance advisors told him. You peel it and peel it, it makes you cry, and there’s nothing in the middle. There were some exceptions... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

01 Mar 2018
News

Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?

and negotiate deals. If a tender or bid goes through and both parties sign a contract and deliver the material, they pay Open Mineral a fee per... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres

01 Dec 2016
News

Vive la Madeleine!

executive with 25 years of experience, Viana (PGL 4, 2001) was tired of implementing strategies focused on short-term profit. He had been looking for a small technology company to purchase and run on his own terms. Curiosity had brought... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

01 Feb 1998
News

Running Up the Score

players. And cities without franchises seek to gain the coveted "major-league" status that they perceive goes along with landing a big-league sports team. Such cities - often bidding against each other -... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2018
News

The Long Run

siblings. His father, educated as a lawyer, had a storied career in the Georgia state legislature in the 1970s and ’80s; a stretch of US Highway 41 that runs near Calhoun is named in his honor. Langford’s father also advised Jimmy Carter... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

their reliability, previous business experience, and bid amount. The duo then went about improving the business, which had three on-campus stores that offered laundry, dry cleaning, View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Banishing Balkan Ghosts

for freedom?” Djelic asked himself. That autumn, he resigned from McKinsey and bid farewell to his wife, Marie-Laure, and two young daughters, who stayed behind in Paris. He... View Details