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- 31 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World
suggests that at least some online content creators, namely bloggers, respond to the arrival of advertising revenue by changing what they cover, drifting toward subjects of broad interest—money, sex, and celebrities—to the detriment of... View Details
Lester M. Alberthal, Jr.
Under Alberthal's leadership, EDS regained its prominence as the leader in information technology services. He is credited with tripling revenues and lessening the firm’s dependence on General Motors as a major client. In 1996, Alberthal... View Details
Keywords: Services
Robert A. Pinkerton II
Pinkerton grew his grandfather's private investigating firm into a large security services company, providing such new services as event security, jewel thief investigation, and industrial building security. Such expansion allowed the company’s View Details
Keywords: Services
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
Mushroom Pillow. So despite selling record numbers of individual songs on online services such as Apple's iTunes, the labels are in an era of declining revenues and consolidation. What happens next? “When consumers start buying music... View Details
Louis K. Liggett
Liggett developed the name “Rexall” for a wide variety of his products (patent medicines, spices, toilet soap, etc.). He also used it as the name of “franchise stores,” making it into a household name. By 1928 the annual revenue of United... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Stephen M. Case
Case, the founder, has built America Online into the world’s largest online service provider with over 20 million members, and services which include commerce, e-mail, chat, and Internet access. In 1998, America Online’s revenues were... View Details
Keywords: Communications
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
MBAs mobilize to assist small business owners
tripled his monthly revenue and secured a $100,000 no-equity investment. Now Baker and his team have recruited an inaugural class of 32 MBAs, from five schools, to hit the road for their own journeys in the summer of 2014, and are seeking... View Details
Warren H. Phillips
Phillips presided over Dow Jones & Company’s most successful financial performance – generating a sevenfold increase in revenue and a fivefold increase in profitability. He greatly expanded the Wall Street Journal’s Asia-Pacific... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- December 2003
- Case
Fox Bids for the NFL-1993
By: Bharat N. Anand and Catherine M. Conneely
The Fox television network, launched in 1987 by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. was in a precarious position in 1993. Although it had met its business plan targets, its ratings in the recently concluded November "sweeps" were indifferent, several of its newly launched... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Competitive Strategy; Financial Reporting; Bids and Bidding; Revenue; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Anand, Bharat N., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Fox Bids for the NFL-1993." Harvard Business School Case 704-443, December 2003.
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 409036 and 411085. View Details
- February 2010
- Teaching Note
Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success (TN)
By: Mukti Khaire
Teaching Note for [808027]. View Details
- August 1999
- Teaching Note
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: Development Strategy, The (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-599-104). View Details
Lawrence A. Bossidy
Through a number of sweeping initiatives including the introduction of a total quality management program, Six Sigma, and the reduction of the workforce by 20%, Bossidy turned AlliedSignal around. When Bossidy took over AlliedSignal, the company had $12 billion in... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
James C. Penney
Having worked his entire life in retail, Penney bought out his two business partners in 1907, forming the entity that would eventually become the J.C. Penney Company. Under Penney’s leadership the chain expanded rapidly throughout the U.S., eventually coming to have... View Details
Keywords: Retail
William E. LaMothe
LaMothe enabled Kellogg to capitalize on the health food consciousness of the 80’s by introducing new products, and, in so doing, he continued Kellogg’s 41-year run of increased sales. He is credited with dramatically expanding Kellogg’s international operations –... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Ralph A. Hart
Hart was instrumental in taking the newly public company, Heublein, to new heights. He grew revenues five-fold (from $100 million to $500 million) and dramatically expanded Heublein’s international footprint with production facilities in... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
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HBS - Financials | Financial Highlights
Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financial Highlights Operating revenues increased 11 percent $1.1 billion, while operating expenses increased 11 percent to $1.0 billion. The most significant View Details
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Matt Spielman
the globe. To complement his training as a certified executive coach, Matt draws upon his operating experience working as a Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, SVP Strategy & Innovation and Chief People Officer. Matt... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
a limited time. Many of its products sell out the first time they’re offered, and a majority of the revenues come from first sales. So the question of how to price new products is an important one, but there’s no historical sales... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
Japan.” A family-controlled but publicly traded company, Sumida was founded in 1956 by Ichiro Yawata, Shiggi’s father. The company reported revenues of 14 billion yen ($112 million) and had 5,200 employees when Shiggi Yawata was appointed... View Details