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- 01 Sep 2008
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Farming for Fuel
with senior researchers James Weber and Mary Louise Shelman, examines the complex political and economic underpinnings of the ethanol industry and the dilemma facing the farmers of Mid-Missouri Energy (MME). The farmers must make major decisions about View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
The first thing Linda Hill noticed when she walked into Pixar Animation Studios was the energy. Pixar’s cavernous office in Emeryville, California, is totally open and organized around a huge central atrium, allowing a diverse group of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
Technologies for Innovation, Thomke argues that many companies are not yet making the best use of breakthrough technologies for experimentation — including simulation and computer modeling — to generate and test new product possibilities.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
backgrounds or experience levels of the top management team -- the CEO, CFO, and chief scientific officer, in particular -- aren't really the deciding factors for investment bankers," explains HBS associate professor Monica C. Higgins,... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund
Nine HBS student-led teams received grants in March averaging $5,000 to $7,000 to launch and test their start-up business ideas. A total of $50,000 was made available through the pilot Minimum Viable Product... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 01 Mar 2009
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HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
centers. The intellectual capital generated by this research is transformed into programs and products offered in a competitive marketplace by Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing (HBP). The income generated by these twin... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
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Kelp Is on the Way
then we transform it into a series of different outputs,” Perkins explains. “For every package, we know exactly what farm the product came from, how it was processed, and how it got to the customer. That’s the value proposition: an... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
success in managing new product launches. A particular highlight was overseeing the rollout of Colgate Total toothpaste, whose launch was the biggest for the company in thirty years. After graduation, Minto... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
factors matter for the Fed’s outlook on spending, employment, and inflation, I would imagine that they could influence the timing and pace of the Fed’s interest rate policies. Let me stress that within the Fed there is tremendous focus on... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
fan support. Nobody puts out a more exciting product or showcases more talented and skilled athletes than the major American professional leagues. But have the beauty, fun, and thrills of games - which once far outdistanced the commercial... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
better than the risk for getting into the Internet." Startup Smarts Previous work experience is often the critical factor in helping an aspiring entrepreneur make the judgment calls necessary to spot and develop a good business... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Skullcandy products are currently distributed in over 70 countries, a number that expands every month. So a major challenge for us is how to establish our brand in each local market. Good brands are globally consistent, but they’re... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
they took in this guy who didn’t know much about retail at all and were quite patient in showing me the ropes. I’ve been very fortunate in that sense. Your annual revenues for fiscal 2009 totaled $1.3 billion. It’s so interesting to think... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
New Venture Winner an Undercover Success
winner of the Alumni New Venture Contest and its $50,000 grand prize at an April awards ceremony at HBS. “I like to think of our product as the software that protects your hardware,” said Newnam, whose husband, Todd Newnam (MBA 1996)... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
schools. We started talking about the kids that actually weren't coming to school. It was something I was totally unaware of. “We started investigating and talking about why that was. Everyone was required to have a school uniform, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
annual sales total $436 million—a number Birnbaum projects will climb to $1 billion by 2016. So how did the company get its fizz back? First, Birnbaum invested in product innovation, something the previous... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Levitt Brand
it gets assigned all the time.” Commenting on the status of globalization today, Levitt views overseas reaction against some American products as validating the notion of globalized markets. “To some people, it looks like a foreign... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
and fire” companies don’t. So what factors in the family and work environments foster the creation of leaders who share the founders’ entrepreneurial fire? How do some firms manage to bypass or work through family conflicts, disparate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
Mahindra (MBA ’81), vice chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, a $3.2 billion manufacturer of cars and farm equipment with divisions in IT, infrastructure, auto components, and finance. He cites a confluence of factors... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna