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- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems and associated components, some... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
James E. Preston
Preston re-focused Avon on its core product offerings growing revenues from $3 billion to $5 billion, and more than doubling the number of sales representatives to 2.6 million. Preston produced 10 years of consecutive increases in... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
William Steere, Jr.
Steere was strongly devoted to making Pfizer the number one pharmaceutical company in the United States. His first task at the pharmaceutical company was to cut the 40% of its business that was unrelated to what was considered its core... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
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Frequently Asked Questions | MBA
Frequently Asked Questions JD / MBA What are the benefits of the JD/MBA program? How is the program structured? How do I apply for the joint degree program? Are there advantages to starting the JD/MBA program at one school or the other? What are the View Details
- 17 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
My Summer as a Venture Capitalist
the sidelines to see how they would run towards the goal. Another way I saw Underscore support entrepreneurs, is by providing access to a group of mentors who can provide connections, advice, and expertise called the Core Partners. An... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
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some of the highlights: 2014 : Our course platform launches, along with our first two programs: CORe and Disruptive Strategy 2015 : CORe becomes the program Harvard Business School offers to incoming... View Details
Anthony J. F. O'Reilly
When he took the helm of Heinz in 1979, O’Reilly pursued an aggressive expansion plan including a reinvestment in core brands, a slashing of expenses, and an international acquisition program. The plan produced stellar financial returns... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
separate the wheat from the chaff, figuring out which ones are truly fundamental, or disruptive, changes versus more complementary changes to be incorporated into our current business model." It's one thing, he said, to separate new business ideas from the View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Summing Up the New Students
Ave. that it sunk in.” Levana Sani Jakarta, Indonesia CV: Research officer, Genome Institute of Singapore “My background is in biochemistry, so I took the HBX CORe course over the summer to build my finance skills. I imagined myself... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
Amory Houghton, Jr.
biotechnology, medical instruments and fiber optics, which were somewhat young, risky ventures at the time, but now form the profitable core of Corning’s business. Houghton’s strategic vision brought Corning out of several years of... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Can't Knock the Hustle
scavenger hunt—was repeated at HBS in November, with clues left around campus to draw attention to the case and its creators. This so-called HBS Showcase initiative will periodically spotlight new cases by dramatizing some of their central elements, just as the HBS... View Details
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Intensive - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Intensive Course Number 1507 Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice Willy Shih Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits 14 sessions Paper This short version of BSSE will focus on View Details
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Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Power of Many
Every Gift Matters Annual gifts from alumni and friends to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation are vital to the School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. HBS puts these gifts to use immediately to sustain View Details
William T. Kerr
Kerr expanded Meredith Corporation by focusing on its core business and directly managing its financial performance. Over the last few years, the company compounded its earnings per share at 33% per year and tripled its profit margin to... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
reassess the importance of entrepreneurs for not only the continuation of the family company, but for the continued success of the family itself. Managers inside your core business who think like entrepreneurs (we call them intrapreneurs)... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
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Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
coupled with an established venture capital community and a vast pool of potential customers in the form of major financial firms hungry for fresh tech. “Large financial institutions are technology companies that happen to move money,” Gotsch says. “Technology is View Details
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Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details
Michael A. Volkema
Volkema was devoted to turning the office furniture company into a profitable enterprise. Developing an extensive 12 person Executive Leadership team, Volkema redesigned HM’s core value system, launching the Blueprint for Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods