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- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
Consulta uses production line best practices to deliver fast, reliable, affordable and standardized medical appointments to low income families that are uninsured and underserved by the public system, in the poorest districts of Brazil’s... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
"Lots of companies were buying the same products for different prices, and we were trying to make it more transparent. The problem was that the product users did not want transparency. We approached it like consultants, but I learned that... View Details
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
people to buy into a new vision or better way of doing things is my favorite kind of challenge.” Today, as CEO of the Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), a Massachusetts-based tech-intensive company focused on data management, strategic... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
regulations, in part by helping producers secure public guarantees for financing a $17 million water treatment plant. “That was a success story that saved and created jobs and became the basis of an HBS case,” notes Duch. “Today everyone View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
have in starting and growing their own business is education and training,” says Silbert, who focused more on capital and loans with her clients in Brazil. “In developing countries, the informal sector often comprises up to 80 percent of the economy, so you can get a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
have to tear down the highways. That might happen, but it’ll happen because they’re no longer needed.” Dediu says he envisions “unbundling the car,” much like Steve Jobs “famously unbundled the album. So instead of buying 10 songs, you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
Anomalie offers brides a new way to buy a wedding dress—custom designed, online, and at a reasonable price. That makes the company, well, an anomaly in the $55 billion United States wedding industry, which is well known for its opaque... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
options were woefully underdeveloped. Amira thought—correctly—that the region’s consumers, who were already active on platforms like Facebook and YouTube, would be quick to embrace online retailers. But BulkWhiz did have to convince shoppers to change their View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
musician, entrepreneur: “I was buying some bananas from a 7/11 in Seoul, South Korea, when the email appeared in my inbox. I was with a dear friend of mine, Elliott Davis, who graduated from HBS in 2016. He gave me a huge hug and hearty... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
to be better way.’ But you’ve got to buy into the whole philosophy, and most people don’t buy that way.” Still, the nimble little company with big ideas began to attract suitors searching for growing niches... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
years I worked at Parthenon Capital. I had a great start of a career there. It was a continuation of my private equity career from prior to school. And I got the idea that I would go out and find a company to buy and run, move to Atlanta... View Details
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Lights! Camera... Market!
independent filmmakers and distributors could find a mutually beneficial way to work together, to make it a win-win collaboration,” says Pullapilly. After some research, Elberse’s students suggested the filmmakers approach Terra Chips as a potential partner, since it... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
Layton and Parag Shah served on the founding board. The business-minded nonprofit has evolved mightily in its short life, shifting focus from individuals’ involvement to company-wide efforts. “Originally we were sending people out to projects and then it was, ‘See you... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
outsourcing, and integration services company that he founded in 1965. First in a Wall Street Journal ranking of one thousand companies listed according to best stock performance from 1987 to 1997, Keane Inc is considered among the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
fatigue syndrome (CFS), which for a long time went undiagnosed; battling CFS for some ten years, she could no longer work and therefore lost her health insurance. Her prescription bills alone were $600 a month, and she sometimes had to choose between View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Maurice Pinto, MBA 1960
so glad I listened to him. It was the best educational experience I've ever had." After earning his MBA and working on Wall Street, Pinto joined the family investment business and eventually cofounded Sea Containers, a container leasing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
private equity firm AEA Investors, which expanded Burt’s into stores like CVS, Walgreens, and Target. Burt’s subsequent acquisition by Clorox raised eyebrows. After all, Clorox is best known for making household bleach. “We did not want... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
kitchen, how it’s designed and how it flows is to help us achieve those really high throughputs. And some of the customer engagement you were talking about is really designed to help people understand and appreciate all the new things on the menu. Because the way a lot... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Marketing Muscle
marketing experience. Branding, Edwards believes, is the best defense against competition. "It's not technology, because you can leapfrog that or acquire it," she said. "At the end of the day, consumers are loyal to brands, not feature... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
best people you can find and then let them do their job." CURRENT READING Political Education: National Policy Comes of Age, by Christopher T. Cross As head of Hazleton, which he turned into the largest independent contract laboratory in... View Details