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13 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

MaterialsFurman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions Harvard Business School Case 905-066 Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration challenges present in acquisition... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Selling Luxury to Everyone

now," she said. "The consumer really wants highly designed garments at an affordable price." Tyler Morse, president of Bliss, an upscale spa and beauty company purchased by Starwood Resorts and Hotels in 2004, said that... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products

20 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

serving as a representative on the Cherokee National Council. During a meeting of its Environmental Resources Group, Senior Director Pat Gwin showed the group a photo of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault—a meticulously cataloged collection... View Details

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and California. To plan for the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities

01 Jan 2012
News

Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952

1967 Founds Asset Management Company 1980 Provides early capital for Amgen, joins board 1998 Appointed chairman, San Francisco Opera Association 1999 Funds BUILD, nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youth 2002 Receives... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Alumni Books

collapse, reveal how botched policy responses made a bad situation worse, and focus on lessons that the practice of finance must learn to avoid a repeat in the future. How to Be a Fierce Competitor: What Winning Companies and Great... View Details

23 Mar 2021
Blog Post

A Lifelong Friendship: From Classmates in Cameroon to Roommates at HBS

chair of my section at HBS. I grew up with two working parents. My dad is a civil servant and my mom is an entrepreneur and small business owner. One of her businesses is a vegetable oil production business that is still operating 20... View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

Domingo, managing director of O&V Associates, said established Latin American companies face a situation in which their markets are no longer protected by national interests and suddenly face competition... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

Web

Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details

04 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water

impacted.” The dangers of PFAS became even more real in March, 2024. The Canadian Broadcasting Company reported that North Bay, Ontario and Canada’s Department of National Defense (DND) are launching a... View Details

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

the discouraging trends she sees are political and religious attacks that stifle science and innovation; growing unease and pressure in the workplace; too few companies recognizing obligations to their communities as well as to their... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

of all sorts—black, Latino, Muslim,” she says. “We won’t make the returns we want unless our firms and our portfolio companies’ makeup are in line with the world’s makeup.” Good deal: Zylo, an Indianapolis-based company that helps... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 2013
News

Banking on Africa's Future

bank accounts are held in Equity Bank. It has the largest ATM network in the country and the best mobile banking service, reaching a large and geographically dispersed customer base. We believe Equity is an example of an investment that has had a meaningful impact on a... View Details

24 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

axemanship, compass, mapping, and knots. During summers in college, I worked in various roles: at a National Forest in Idaho, conducting an aerial/ground oak wilt survey in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and with Weyerhaeuser’s Forest... View Details

18 May 2015
News

The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)

Yahoo, the challenge is to catalyze growth at an Internet company with tremendous assets. I’m learning every day how to inspire people to challenge conventional wisdom, use data to drive decisions, and tackle roadblocks proactively. I’ve... View Details

Keywords: Google; Yahoo; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

"Competitiveness drives America to heights that, quite frankly, other nations will never be able to achieve. I believe it is this same competitive drive that gets in the way of an individual being able to identify with its... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Dec 2017
News

Helping HBS Make Big Bets

of American Ballet Theatre (ABT). “After studying ballet from toddler years through my late teens in North Carolina, it was an honor to take the helm of America’s National Ballet Company,” she says. In her new role Barnett is striving to... View Details

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

adviser to the International Finance Corporation, institutions directly intersect with issues of culture and national identity and, therefore, ownership. When Africans walk on a path that they themselves define, they will move much... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Marketing Your Way Through a Recession

weakening both consumer confidence and the consumer spending—much of it on credit—that has been buoying the U.S. economy. Companies should bear eight factors in mind when making their marketing plans for 2008 and 2009: 1. Research the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

27 Mar 2023
News

A Sporting Chance

development company amid today's roller-coaster economic cycles is a challenge, he says, but challenges are something understands. "You need to say, ‘I'm going to do what's best for the company,' and do what you think is right," he says.... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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