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- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
into a major multinational marketing services organization. The firm Sorrell bought a stake in was Wire and Plastics Products plc (soon to be renamed WPP Group), a maker of wire shopping baskets. In 1986 he became chief executive of WPP, which started View Details
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Zayed Muhammed Yasin
Zayed Yasin spent his summer internship in a location most people would envy: Mayaguana, a small island in the Bahamas. Unfortunately, he was too absorbed in constructing an emergency services site—a project that combined his... View Details
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Andrew Pratt
the ninety percent of businesses who couldn’t have afforded it. One of things that’s been fascinating is watching the interest in this evolve. It’s the small real-estate agency that wants to show off property, or the golf course designer... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 15 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk
set of investors who previously had limited access to complex derivative products. These include insurance companies and public and private pension funds. They see the products as a way to earn higher yield. The growing purchase by such... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
special attention paid to the look and feel of small details such as the “sari guard”—a regulatory requirement that ensures the long, flowing garment doesn’t get entangled in the bike’s rear wheel. “Bringing Harley-Davidson to India was a... View Details
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
compete for a $50,000 grand prize and a $25,000 second prize—plus meet this year's Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. The contest, designed to support promising alumni ventures, is hosted by HBS’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Alumni Relations. Preview the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Reunion Snapshots
her husband, Charlie, started a small excavation company in Jacksonville, Florida. As the company grew, Charlie Barco enrolled in OPM to better understand the economic changes... View Details
- 24 Feb 2016
- News
Did William Alden Invent the Car of the Future in the 1960s?
Alden envisioned a hybrid system he called the StaRRcar—a “car-like train” with small pods that a passenger could call like a taxi and would ride on rails directly to the desired destination. It was an idea ahead of its time, Adi... View Details
- 08 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career
‘Genuine Leadership Styles – their True North.’” The recollection helped Kloeblen define two dimensions to his search: that the right role for him would involve collaboration, and that it would be driven by a desire to turn companies into... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
fight the allegations—at a total loss of $250,000. “When you win, you’re still minus $250,000,” said Cohen—which is exactly why many companies targeted with patent lawsuits decide to take a smaller hit by settling out of court early.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
that had synergies with the company's businesses, and formed a small venture capital fund for exploratory investments. Komori also initiated a reorganization that created six new divisions within the company... View Details
- 12 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?
sizes because companies are not required to report that level of detail. As a result, a survey is the only way to collect the data. Corporate headquarters need to be carefully designed to fit with the strategy. We were really trying to do... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jun 2019
- Book
These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway
says Tarun Khanna, is that startups must create their own trust. Fintech, Small Business, & the American Dream Karen Mills describes how technology is opening up new capital for entrepreneurs. Creative Construction: The DNA of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
investment bank has a real interest in a company in some fashion; but this information tends to be buried in very small print in the back of the materials provided by investment bankers rather than up front.... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
at HBS, the conference will focus on the tools used by both large and small companies to identify and pursue opportunities in the marketplace. I thought I would give you a preview of what to expect in the... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- News
Smarter Farming
of a company that's making a difference to a small nation. PAMU means to farm in Te Reo, which is the indigenous language of New Zealand, of the Maori people. One of the key concepts that Maori have... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)
Orchestra in January, Cerny’s experience included stints with the opera companies of Calgary, Dallas, and San Francisco. In Dallas, Cerny helped create the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors. He also commissioned three... View Details
- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
someplace similar is the obvious exception.” “How do I eat and drink at company presentations and receptions?” “Don’t,” Smith advised. “Eat in advance, or afterward.” Your drink is a prop that you hold in your non-dominant hand.” Yes, do... View Details
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
for development, both companies develop the data they need to make a decision. Then each company separately decides if they want to work on it as a joint compound or not at all. "If we both say yes, it... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
leave big business in 1970 to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity with SABO, a small manufacturer of lawn-mower machinery with a market value of some 6 million deutsche marks. "I was particularly interested in SABO because of its... View Details