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- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
Witwatersrand and then earned a master’s degree in finance from the University of Pretoria. From there he took on a series of positions in financial services, including head of trading, head of sales and marketing, and vice president,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
times. Rigby ex-plains how to craft an action plan tailored to the specific situation, providing tools for cutting costs intelligently, sustaining margins and the brand, boosting revenue by refocusing the sales View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
bringing it back to profitability in 100 days. His next stop was Burger King, where he helped relaunch the brand and turnaround same store sales. Lopdrup first joined Red Lobster as president in 2004, and led a company that was facing slowing View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
technology company that they planned to start. “Having to submit the plan formally and knowing it would be scrutinized forced us to spend a lot more time making sure all the details — especially the financials — were perfect,” says Bang... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
restaurants, stores, gyms, and airplanes. For kids, this looks very different. By the time they graduate from high school, they will have spent 15,600 hours inside a school. (Incidentally, as Harvard professor Jack Spengler likes to point out, schools are one of two... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
grounding in every aspect of the business. “I like to tell people that I rose up the ranks through the sheer force of nepotism,” he deadpans with self-deprecating humor. He made HBS his last training stop before taking over as president... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Paulson did when faced with the Bear Stearns crisis in March 2008. “Maybe they were right, and maybe they were wrong to force Bear’s sale to JPMorgan Chase,” says Moss. “But they looked at Bear Stearns and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
million sale to Florida investors and impending departure from San Francisco. “That’s my ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ headline,” declares Baer, for whom keeping the Giants in San Francisco is one of the remarkable business accomplishments he... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
trillion to date in worldwide government revenues through increased efficiencies in the sale of essential but difficult-to-auction entities ranging from radio wave frequencies to mineral and timber rights. Before the introduction of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
percent. “In 2004 and 2005, as these subprime loans started to emerge, it really wasn’t a particular problem because of the lag effect. People who couldn’t pay off these mortgages with toxic terms and exploding payment schedules figured, ‘If I cannot pay off my... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
of its quagmire. "The event at the School is fascinating not only because it exposes students to complex social sector issues, but also because it forces up-and-coming Cleveland leaders who attend to engage in the same core content,"... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
“Extortion is when government officials force you to pay them to do their job, such as issue permits or sign documents — although, it should be noted, bribes are sometimes offered proactively, before any ‘extortion’ by the official.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
1986) (Brick Tower Press) This book offers tested solutions to a variety of problems from a multitude of expert sources. The problems discussed are ones most frequently asked about by readers of the Small Business Digest (SBD) during the past 15-plus years. Topics... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
edge of the most dramatic changes in our history. After earning an engineering degree, he served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force with the Strategic Air Command, America ’s first line of defense during the Cold War against Soviet... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
really good sales force to crack certain accounts,” such as large dealers of outdoor gear. The Timberland deal has given GoLite room and money to grow. “Both Timberland and we are committed to GoLite’s... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
I fell in love again. Three months later they called and invited me to come run sales in Latin America. I had never in sales. I needed to speak Spanish and Portuguese. I spoke in neither language, but we packed up our bags. My husband... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
Add the renewed growth of the US auto industry, which set all-time sales records in 2015 and helped Detroit’s unemployment rate drop to its lowest in 15 years; add the phenomenon that is Dan Gilbert, the billionaire businessman who made... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
Life Green Day Related Links What businesses can do to make a difference Takeaways: Preparing for the population boom Case study: Slum for sale Conference report: Investing in Cities of the 21st Century Making a Difference in the World -... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
coated with chemicals to make analog film. Sales of materials for flat panel displays were ¥140 billion in 2006 (approximately $1.2 billion), with the market expected to double in size by 2009. The company is also expanding into cosmetics... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
between "hand-made" and "machine-made." When Westmoreland finally closed down in the 1980s, it had outlasted all but one major hand-glassware company. Last year, that company finally fell victim to a market force it couldn't control: the... View Details