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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do!
rely on revenue from Executive Education, Publishing, and our endowment to supplement the cost of delivering the program. This revenue covers the basics, but in many cases, the work that ensures the School’s... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market
revenue for companies with an established foothold in the sector. "This is not a short-term game," agreed Cleverley. "It's a long-term situation that is still unfolding and will become clearer with time." The Homeland... View Details
Vincent A. Gierer, Jr.
Gierer has presided over 8 years of consecutive growth in both revenues and earnings despite intense government-imposed new excise taxes. Gierer has been instrumental in expanding the market for smokeless tobacco, generating volume growth... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Staying Afloat
With revenues of $600 million in 1998, the Szczecin shipyard in Poland is one of that country's most notable post-Cold War economic successes, according to an article in USA Today (November 8, 1999). The yard's turnaround is all the more... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Consolidated Balance Sheet
Deposits, Advances & Other $90 $94 $69 Deferred Revenue 184 194 206 Other Debt Owed to University 83 83 79 Building Debt 22 28 33 Total Liabilities $379 $399 $387 Net Assets 2023 2022 2021 Current Use Reserves $247 $227 $211 Endowment... View Details
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
in proposals for territorial regimes. Some proposals, including those with an alternative minimum tax on foreign profits, are tantamount to a backdoor worldwide regime with even more complexity than today's system. Revenue considerations... View Details
- February 2002 (Revised May 2002)
- Background Note
That's a Wrap: The Dynamics of the Video Rental Industry
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
The history, current dynamics, and future trends of the $10 billion home video rental industry provides a platform to discuss revenue-sharing contracts between suppliers of home videocassettes and retailers. View Details
Keywords: Contracts; Motivation and Incentives; Supply Chain Management; Revenue; Financial Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "That's a Wrap: The Dynamics of the Video Rental Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 102-051, February 2002. (Revised May 2002.)
Garner A. Beckett
Through a series of four mergers, Beckett transformed his small Riverside Cement Company into the American Cement Corporation, one of the largest providers in the United States. During his tenure, the company’s revenues increased... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Scott G. McNealy
McLeod presided over a period of infrastructure investment and development for Moore. During his tenure, Moore became one of the premier providers of business forms and printing services in the United States and Canada. When he stepped down as CEO, Moore’s assets,... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Robert A. Pritzker
A talented engineer, Pritzker's best asset was his ability to take an ailing industrial company and turn into a highly profitable enterprise. Throughout his career, Pritzker revived about 60 companies, all of which were purchased by his brother Jay. These businesses... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Conde M. Nast
Nast transformed his first magazine, Vogue, from a low revenue and low readership publication into a premier fashion magazine that generated millions in revenues. Such turnarounds were typical of most Nast publications, including Glamour... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- June 1991 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Takeover of the Norton Co., The
By: Thomas R. Piper
After a decade of mediocre performance, the Norton Co. enters 1990 with the prospect of increased sales in the next few years. Yet Norton is pursuing slow growth industries, and a lower than expected earnings announcement at the beginning of 1990 has depressed earnings... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Goals and Objectives; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance Evaluation; Revenue; Bids and Bidding; Business Processes; Ownership Stake
Piper, Thomas R. "Takeover of the Norton Co., The ." Harvard Business School Case 291-002, June 1991. (Revised December 1997.)
- June 2008
- Teaching Note
Transparent Value LLC (TN)
By: Sharon P. Katz and Krishna G. Palepu
Teaching Note for [108098]. View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Venture: A Welcome Assist
Illustration: Chris Gash Illustration: Chris Gash The internet grew up inordinately fast. It all happened so quickly, in fact, that it blew right by the accessibility guidelines that would’ve made digital tools available to everyone, regardless of their age or ability,... View Details
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.
After working in financial management for the Kennedy administration, Pratt worked his way up the executive ladder at Pfizer to become CEO. Pratt focused the company on research and development, eventually expanding Pfizer into 140 countries. During his tenure, he... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- Fast Answer
Companies: small or private
Where can I find information on small and/or private companies? Information on private companies in the U.S. is hard to come by, particularly financial information, and many sources that provide revenue data are unreliable for particular... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Wheels Up
immediate concerns: the safety and mental health of daa’s 8,000-odd employees and the organization’s liquidity. “We’re a very high fixed-cost industry, so when revenues tank, you run into issues quickly,” he notes. Philips credits the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 Jul 2018
- News
How a Passion for Travel Built a $43 Million Fashion Brand
things out of my garage. Because all the moms were crazy for it,” she said. Today, Tea is even more familiar, bringing in over $43 million of revenue in 2017. And it continues to look for ways to build connections and benefit the... View Details
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Craig Husa
As the founder or CEO, Craig (HBS ’90, USNA ’83) has grown and sold four technology-enabled companies to leading public companies. He attributes most of his success (the rest is luck) to building and leading high performing teams who can grow companies and View Details
Henry W. Gadsden
Gadsden presided over a massive period of growth for Merck & Company. A strong believer in the power of research and development, he increased spending in this area four fold during his tenure – from $32 million to $125 million. Under his leadership, Merck’s View Details
Keywords: Healthcare