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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Perspective: The Morning After 9/11
the well-worn paths to tenure. On this morning of mourning, Frances was vintage Frances. “We had a faculty meeting this morning to discuss the importance of class. I just didn't buy it. This week, do whatever you need to do. Leave now.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
Linda Katz (both MBA 1994) considered thirty different companies before buying Molded Dimensions, Inc., a manufacturer of rubber and polyurethane products located outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since purchasing the company in April 2001,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
a building not far from the White House. To the young receptionist who buzzes in a visitor, he’s “Mr. Mac,” best known, perhaps, as the restless, elderly gentleman down the hall. To those of an older generation, he is, of course, much... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
will always be people who want personal interaction with a broker." Much attention recently has centered on the Internet-enabled activities of online "day-traders"-do-it-yourselfers who buy and sell individual stocks daily, often holding... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
in the network and security log management space, valued in the public markets at $13 billion. The lesson for me was to look for the best opportunities when the markets have become their worst—and to resist letting your recent experiences... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
shoppers deliberating over a luxury goods purchase. “Marketers can convince consumers that buying their product is actually a farsighted behavior,” she observes. “In that sense, consumers are investing in future memories.” —JH Tsedal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Buckley (Profile Books) Beginning in the mid-1990s, Sabis, a private, for-profit education provider, transformed the Alfred Glickman School from a failing school in one of America’s most violent cities into a silver medalist in U.S. News & World Report’s annual... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
Resources for the Future, a Washington, D.C., think tank dedicated to providing research and policy analysis for environmental decision makers. "And even if returns on environmental investments were always positive, that does not mean these returns are necessarily the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
cooperation among divisions, more innovative fashions, more effective business strategies, and sales and profit growth. "We're also striving to foster a more creative environment for our associates," Charron continues. "Our designers, in particular, must have the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
where people want to buy their cars,” Thomke says. “The companies can’t simply restructure their way out of their difficulties.” Thomke, an authority on the management of technology and product innovation, senses that “the culture within... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
2013. Target was a big Fortune 50 company. They had all the best products; they had good engineers, good policies, good practices. Yet they got hacked in a very big, public way. They lost 40 million records. That was a tipping point for... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
women who only wanted to try on shoes. There was a lot of box-carrying. There was a lot of different sizes, colors, heel height, and very little buying going on. So it did teach me to be persistent and responsible with regard to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
three days straight, but it was the best three days of my life—much better than flying to Europe and dealing with labor unions in France." Wolf Creek Farm produces 30 tons of beef a year for the local market, selling directly to consumers... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
And no one really ventured out. And I didn't quite like that as a teenager. And then what's next? The slow lifestyle-- it's in the mountains. And I remember my father used to walk to the market every day. And he would buy a little bit... View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
directors do, but the role of a producer is a little more mysterious. I just wonder if you could talk a little bit about what you do as a producer and why it's so fundamental to producing a successful film. Dan Lin: I think the best way... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
Iannuccillo) continued the campaign, and the contest was off and running. “We had some reluctance in the beginning, partly because we were concerned that it might become more about writing the best plan and making the View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
result," says Mariner, "today in every professional league, every team must scramble to increase revenues because the best players command the highest salaries. Without sufficient revenues to pay top players, it's more difficult to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
the best can be fairly hermaphroditic creatures, one minute exhibiting a professor’s passion for the great clarifying concept, the next displaying sales skills worthy of a street hustler. Among my contentions is that it was this very... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
and children. But part of the transition, which continues into our own time, has been political and social. From the Boston Tea Party to the civil rights boycotts, consumers have used their buying power to express dissatisfaction with the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
says. “Now manufacturing is back. We can compete with the best in the world because we tightened our belts during a difficult time.” “The economy has truly opened up,” Mittal remarks. “The main challenge of operating in India today is to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna