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- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
says Shelman. "He's quintessentially Italian but also travels widely to see what is happening in other markets. It was clear that unlike many small companies that are insular he was always looking outside... View Details
- 10 Jan 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management
pathways and standardization. Successful lean operations at Wipro involved a small rollout, reducing hierarchies, continuous improvement, sharing mistakes, and specialized tools. How Can A Company's Order Management Cycle Impact Costs And... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
"I tend to think that small and focused is the name of the game," agrees Matthew R. Simmons (MBA '67), president and chairman of Simmons & Company International. Established in 1974 as a specialized... View Details
- Portrait Project
Alok Sanghvi
I want to stop for those who need help. I'll take heed of my sister's dedication to our society's vulnerable. I want to have the courage to take new routes. Someday soon, I'd like to be part of a company View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Online Fashionistas
only a day or two) of a single designer’s clothing line or a small group of brands, all at discounts of up to 70 percent. Having “revolutionized the fashion world” (Forbes.com, June 15, 2010), the company is... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
in decades. “If you and I wanted to start a weather company today, within two or three days we’d probably be just as good as anyone else. And why is that? Because we’d be using the same public sources everyone uses,” says ClimaCell’s CTO,... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Bridging the Success Gap
he says. After HBS, Navarro worked at Hewlett-Packard, where he designed computer systems. Later, he moved to a small high-tech start-up, where he repositioned the company to product development. After he... View Details
- 11 Apr 2014
- Blog Post
HBS in San Francisco: Get a Recap on West Coast Recruiting
of the Boston area. CPD provided all logistical support for the 93 interviews that took place on March 17th and 18th in San Francisco easing the interview process for both recruiters and students. Our office also facilitated networking opportunities for students to... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ade' Lawal
Gutenberg and C. J. Walker took the risks necessary to enhance our daily lives. Therefore, two to three years from now, I would like to be doing what I am passionate about: investing. I want to start a fund or buy small View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
Case Study: Mind the Gap
engine that ensures an optimal fit down to the level of soft skills. Berendt came to Talent Alpha after 18 years in the tech industry, most recently at the global IT service provider Luxoft. There he observed that the 25,000 small IT... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Tech Trekker
Radcliffe in 1965, the Chicago native began her career as a technical writer for several Boston-area computer consulting companies before deciding to pursue business school. Her entrepreneurial streak emerged the summer after her first... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Manuscript Collections
library’s collections. Briggs Motor Sales Company Records, 1925-1946 Collection Guide The Briggs Motor Sales collection offers a relatively rare glimpse into the way an early twentieth-century car dealership helped its customers find... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Back from the Brink
high-tech consultants, software developers, and help-desk professionals. Yet it wasn’t so long ago that Mills, brought in by ZeroChaos’s holding company to build up the firm, realized one day that “no one was buying our services, and we... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- News
Defining Flex Work
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the workplace has been seismic, causing many companies to completely rethink their strategies and models. It was especially disruptive, says Anna Auerbach (MBA 2010), because View Details
- 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT, 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Alumni Events
Alumnae Circles Open House: Palo Alto
Women's groups are launching- are you interested?
Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details
- Profile
Ruzwana Bashir
Ruzwana Bashir is one of those talented people who could have taken a variety of paths to success. But Bashir, who grew up in North Yorkshire town in a small community of British-Pakistani families, knew from a young age that she wanted... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
and as a member of a small group that helps run its $8 billion endowment. My work at HBS on the Visiting Committee and in other capacities has also been fulfilling. Currently reading Business plans. Biggest disappointment When a View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
customers can help identify the developments to which a company might not respond. Companies tend not to go after opportunities in markets that are too small to meet their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)
to New England. Industry observers thought his proposal for an LNG plant there, small by industry standards, was “totally harebrained,” Shearer recalled, but Trinidadian officials liked it. Three years of contentious negotiations with... View Details