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- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
The panelists found themselves in separate camps when the discussion turned to the reality of the truly global brand. Wagner, who headed Estée Lauder International for twelve years, noted that while her company's seventeen products take... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
and implement our idea for a kids’ menu,” says Jiang. “But we discovered that the consumer preferences and concepts of a bakery were completely different in Brazil. It challenged us to understand the... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
How does an entrepreneur make the switch from inspiring a tiny group of followers in a metaphorical garage to leading what eventually becomes a multibillion-dollar business? The ability to translate individual creativity into sustained organizational capabilities is a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Maliha Khan
In college, Maliha Khan kept her family's textile business at arm's length, preferring to follow a path that would lead to a PhD in political science. But as she approached graduation, the business changed dramatically. "Pakistan... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)
CFO, Gary Crittenden, asked me to become CFO for Citi Holdings right at the beginning of the financial crisis. He told me: “Careers are defined in times of crisis.” I said, “You want me to be CFO of a bad bank?” and he said, “I View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
The HBSAA Board of Directors has been hard at work this year, and I am delighted to report progress on a number of initiatives that will benefit alumni. After welcoming twelve new members and inaugurating the committees for 1999-2000 last... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 02 Nov 2010
- News
Commanding Officers
to students about public service, is the assistant secretary for the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) at the U.S. Department of Labor. His agency, which he is notably reinventing and recharging, helps former military... View Details
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
suppliers to rescue surplus fresh food and redistribute it to local charities and nonprofits that run food programs to support people in need in their communities. Before the pandemic, SecondBite was providing food View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
business teams experience. “We pursued the idea for the case,” he says, “after Scott, who is a West Point grad and former teacher there, told me about his friend, the Army crew coach, Stas Preczewski. One season, Coach P, as he’s... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
From the Classroom to the Workplace: How I Applied Learnings to my Internship
The way Norwegians may want to buy clothes is very different to the way Spaniards are going to buy clothes, not only for the fashion but also for their preferred mode of... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
reflecting on my research and writing, I became absorbed in extensive reading in the social sciences, notably anthropology and above all psychoanalysis. I suppose I could be accused of hero worship when I read intensively and extensively the writings of Sigmund Freud,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Jakurski Chair Supports Research in Global Finance
given were expressed in a citation presented at the dinner by Dean Clark. In its concluding paragraph, the citation read, "The André R. Jakurski Professorship was created 'to support a senior faculty member whose primary area of study is in global finance, with a View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
include whether high-performance Asian companies can provide a business model for success in the region, the role of accounting infrastructure in transitional economies, restructuring diversified businesses in emerging markets, and... View Details
- Profile
Sarah Zia
cultural norms for how to work in groups. My leadership style constantly flexed based on whom I was teaching or working with. While some people were more nervous and preferred gentle coaching, others... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
will give you the money it now spends on buying your health insurance. You will be required to use the money to buy insurance for yourself. People like me who prefer HMOs could still buy them. Insurers will... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
counselor at a children's center confirmed her interest in family care but also made her realize that she preferred to approach the field "from a business angle." In 1988, she left Leo Burnett to follow her heart. Small soon discovered... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
contracts model of vertical integration choices into a standard perfectly-competitive international trade framework. Integration decisions are driven by a trade-off between the pecuniary benefits of coordinating production decisions and the managers' private benefits... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change
about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million nonprofit organizations. Foundation Directory Online - information and funding history for 140,000+ foundations, corporations, and federal agencies. Yearbook of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Calling the Tune: Negotiation as an Improvisational Dance
taken." Valley concluded, "I can't teach you a best strategy for negotiation. But I can teach you how to react to the other party: how to recognize what they're doing, how to think about the impact of that action on your outcome, and how... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Carl M. Plochman III: A Savory Success
daughter and two stepchildren, he prefers to keep the question open-ended for now and focus on the company's continued growth and stability —a goal that's sure to keep fans of the classic hotdog-and-mustard... View Details