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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Passing the Torch
Jeffrey Immelt In the closest thing to a royal succession business has had in many a year, last September Chairman Jack doffed his crown, bid farewell to his subjects, and ceded rulership of the kingdom of GE to his handpicked successor, Jeffrey Immelt (MBA '82). As... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
the Haitian Ministry of Commerce and Trade. “We’ve given a team of 30 farmers a crash course in strategy based on the HBS case method, and we’ve accompanied them on trips to meet potential customers—from coffee dealers in Seattle to mango... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
Issue Focus: The Global Manager Perkowski Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World Think Locally, Act Globally Bringing Global Back Home On Wall Street, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) channeled capital to growing companies. In China, he set out to build one, and... View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
China, planned to use its network of 5,000 dealers to sell the laptops." It wasn't just PC makers that were attracted to this new market. Chip giant Intel did not want to relinquish a potentially lucrative market to its key rival... View Details
- Web
From Concept to Product | Baker Library
eye-catching advertisements and easy-to-read user manuals, and the company distributed cameras and films through dealers and in exhibitions, trade shows, conventions, and theme parks. Polaroid demonstrations took place where cameras were... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Taking That Hill
Niekamp “Honestly I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about being a woman in a male industry,” Cynthia Niekamp (MBA 1983) told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 27, 2011). “It’s just my life; it’s been my life.” Niekamp, who as a student worked during summer... View Details
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
and was left permanently disabled—required background checks on handgun purchases from licensed dealers and created a five-day waiting period to allow enough time for the checks. The researchers found the same 17 percent reduction in gun... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
co-working/accelerator space Grand Central Tech in Manhattan. Three teams made the final cut to advance to the Global Rounds. George Hessler (MBA 1985) was named the regional winner with Magma Trading, “a trading platform that allows View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
from a lack of information (about the negotiation process, about the other side's reservation price, etc.). In recent years, however, a large number of Web sites (e.g., www.cartalk.com) have sprung up that reveal the exact dealer cost of... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Can’t Forget the Motor City
In a flurry of activity in Detroit in March, the acronym “HBS” was almost as much in evidence as “GM.” It wasn’t just the departure of GM chief Rick Wagoner (MBA ’77) and the accession of his replacement, Fritz Henderson (MBA ’84). Also on the scene were Diana Farrell... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
Good luck with that. Industry fundamentals are corroding so rapidly that they will eat through even the noblest of cross-financing oblige. Newspapers, for one, are seeing the wholesale kneecapping of each ad driver, from classifieds to inserts to department store and... View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
manufacturer like Ford Motor Company. Ford cooperates with its suppliers to design new vehicles even as it negotiates vigorously with them over the terms on which parts will be supplied. By cooperating to develop new cars, Ford and its View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
demand information that the dealer obtains through the initial assessment and subsequent learning in the selling process. With the dealer's average net profit per car in the estimation sample being around $1150, the initial assessment is... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
Two Great Men of Goldman Sachs In his book The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs (Penguin Press, 2008), Charles D. Ellis (MBA ’63) explores the growth of Wall Street’s most celebrated firm, from its humble origins in 1869 as a View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
multiple ways and installing reward and recognition programs. It also establishes new programs to align the extensive networks of suppliers and dealers to the strategy. But after a sharp decline in sales triggered by the global financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
may have to be reinvented, perhaps with a bit more public responsibility." But Kanter says work she did on turnarounds for her recent book Confidence suggests there is hope. "The U.S. companies have great assets: brands; loyal, long-term employees; View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
reversed, he says. The next scene shows the plant's general manager. Maybe we can't save the plant, he declares, but we can make them feel really stupid for deciding to close it. That's exactly what plant workers did. With nothing to gain, they built cars so well that... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
Alumni Books Live the Art by Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978) (Rizzoli) A chronicle of Deitch’s career as an art dealer and producer of memorable installations and art happenings that transcended the idea of a mere “exhibition,” this book... View Details