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09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

It’s not like we made our earnings estimate because of it, so it hurt them a lot more than it helped the company financially overall,” Cote said. While the executives did not receive a bonus that year, they did keep a bonus pool for... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

01 Oct 2001
News

Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus

shifting sense of priorities. Born in India, he went to boarding school in England and earned a degree in mechanical engineering at Manchester University. After graduating from HBS with distinction, he worked as a consultant with McKinsey... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

07 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Insurance

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

77 percent of its profits from outside North America. But Goizueta's strategy soon ran into trouble, due in large part to the Asian currency crisis. By the end of 1999, when Douglas Daft took the reins, earnings had slumped, and Coke's... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

01 Jun 2004
News

Working the Street

recalls. “I worked hard — with the help of excellent training officers — to catch up. Earning your colleagues’ respect here is a little more salient than in most workplaces — they’re depending on you with their lives.” Probably because of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; tattoo; removal; program; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

18 Jun 2024
Cold Call Podcast

How Natural Winemaker Frank Cornelissen Innovated While Staying True to His Brand

Keywords: Re: Tiona W. Zuzul; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

when I was three years old. Not wanting me to struggle with them as they built a new life in a foreign land, they left me with my grandparents back home. Even though my mom had an engineering degree and years of work experience under her belt, she washed dishes and... View Details

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CORe Undergraduate Credit | HBS Online

earn eight undergraduate credits from Harvard Extension School (January or September CORe cohorts) or Harvard Summer School (May CORe cohort). Harvard Extension School and Harvard Summer School are fully accredited by the New England... View Details

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Harvard Business School

spans more than thirty years. Upon earning an MBA from HBS, Simons joined CBS New York, where he held several managerial positions. He concluded his 13-year run with the network as vice president of Sales and Marketing for the CBS... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

One Man Crime Wave

deemed important was Business Problem Analysis, which required frequent written reports; MacDonald earned only a Pass, the third grade below Distinction and High Pass. With his bookishness, intensified course load, and married life, his... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

cumulative loss of $12.7 million.21 While the radial investment served the interests of long-standing customers, it could hardly be expected to earn an acceptable return. The investment in radials also supported Firestone's relationships... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

01 Oct 2000
News

Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch

Bullard, who has clearly earned both the respect and the affection of his employees. The manufacturing plant in Cynthiana is a world away from Marin County, California -- "unreal USA," as Bullard describes it -- where he grew up, but he... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

corridor of Southwest Baltimore. Factories and warehouses supplied the city with everything from furniture to gelato, and people flocked to the strip’s shops, theaters, and saloons. Just to the south, a series of elegant row houses earned... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

refreshing their product lines and extending their brand to more affordable items. Pressure to innovate is intense, says HBS professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

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Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online

enrollment. The application will ask participants to provide a scanned document that verifies their current or prior military status. Examples of supporting documentation are Military Leave and Earning Statements, Discharge Certificate,... View Details

January 2016
Case

Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey

This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the... View Details

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01 Oct 1997
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High Fives

selective about where you do business. For private equity, Latin America is favorable now because inflation has dramatically declined, savings rates have improved, and there's not a large pool of surplus capital to finance its growth, so external capital can View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

Bluestockings, a nonprofit feminist bookstore in Manhattan that sold hard-to-find books from small publishers and self-published zines. Without a marketing budget to place an ad in the Village Voice, Grantham decided to host an event at the store every single night to... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

case read, and skip out on that section event to spend a date night with your partner. You will be happier and less stressed out! Jennifer Schultz | Class of 2021 Little(s): Emerson (11 months) Pre-HBS Industry: Apparel Proudest Accomplishment: Supporting my husband... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

world. Why Startups Fail Professor Tom Eisenmann + More Info - Slides – Less Info - Slides Most startups fail. About two-thirds of venture capital investments do not earn a positive return. Professor Eisenmann will discuss patterns that... View Details

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