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- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
system. In France and Germany, the university systems create a lot of inventions but not necessarily innovations. The third difference is the varying tolerance for income disparity across cultures. While that tolerance is very high in the U.S., in many other countries,... View Details
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Frank A. Munsey
Frank Munsey revolutionized the publishing industry by bringing financial rigor to the business. Munsey was a pioneer in connecting advertising prices to circulation volume making large-scale magazine... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
Paul R. Andrews
Starting as a college textbook salesman in 1935, Andrews rose through the ranks of Prentice-Hall to become its CEO in 1965. During his tenure, the company produced exceptional financial returns and its distribution operations were... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
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Max Reichel
says. Max did so during his years with McKinsey & Co. where he fulfilled assignments all over Germany, Sweden, and Russia. "Consulting was an excellent way to learn about various aspects of business by industry and by... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
500,000 listings and counting. (By way of comparison, hotel industry giant Marriott offers around 530,000 rooms worldwide.) Airbnb, which has been valued at roughly $2.5 billion, recently closed a $200 million round of financing,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
investment strategy. Stolen Memories: A Journey Through Alzheimer’s By Maria L. Ellis (OPM 32, 2003) Independently Published Stolen Memories: A Journey Through Alzheimer’s is a deeply moving and insightful exploration of one of the most... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Eye in the Storm
abuse,” the New Yorker magazine wrote (February 28, 2011). Of his family-owned (since 1935) enterprise, Schocken said, “The ability to publish a newspaper that does not serve any outside agenda, except what... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
encounter with the 78-year-old business magazine. Wetlaufer joined HBR as a senior editor in 1996 and was named editor last October. She has worked with many of the world’s experts on leadership and organization to publish groundbreaking... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
An engine of innovation in public education
graduate school of education, and operates a publishing and consulting arm that distributes the results of its work in large school districts. “The goal in our schools is to break through to a situation where we can truly prepare kids for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
illustration by Peter Arkle When Professor Paul Gompers began studying the venture capital industry in the late 1980s, colleagues often wondered why. “They’d say that it’s such a backwater and unimportant industry,” he recalls. With more... View Details
Keywords: April White
- January 2011 (Revised November 2015)
- Case
The National Geographic Society (A)
By: David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Information Publishing; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Internet; Publishing Industry
Garvin, David A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "The National Geographic Society (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-002, January 2011. (Revised November 2015.)
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
into public stock offerings capitalizing on the boom, only to experience financial heartache when the bubble burst. Sound like the Internet revolution of the 1990s? Try the radio revolution of the 1920s. In a presentation to alumni at a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Using storytelling to transform the retail experience
stories about the exceptional artisans who craft the jewelry, accessories, items for babies and children, paper goods, and home decor. “The world isn’t about just selling stuff anymore, it’s about knowing your customer really well and... View Details
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Using the Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile View Details
- 30 Apr 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management
writer James Patterson, who determines what his customers wants to read, then systematically churns it out in volume. Key concepts include: Patterson regularly outsells other "brand-name authors" such as Stephen King by simply publishing... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Emerging Information
IT WAS A CRITICAL demonstration that, if all went well, would likely land a big-time client for Gary Mueller, president and CEO of Internet Securities (www.securities.com), an online service designed to provide news and data about the... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
New York Club Focuses on Entrepreneurship
accomplishments of those companies that are transforming old industries and creating new ones," said Club President Ron Gerber (MBA '86). As an example, Gerber cited Steve Nicol, cofounder of this year's winning company, Puma Technology.... View Details
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
invitation-only conferences are convened every few years (the one before this one was in 1995); the idea is to bring together a critical mass of the best thinkers in these industries for an intense session of discussion and debate.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
the barricades against it. Navasky, who stepped down last month as publisher of The Nation magazine, is an unapologetic gadfly and afflicter of the comfortable. But that doesn’t mean he’s obnoxious or cranky. Indeed, this genial,... View Details
- 09 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!
David Collis Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation Adjunct Professor of Business Administration The joke used to be that you could only make a million dollars in the airline industry if you started with a hundred million dollars. With the... View Details