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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
can obscure the amount of pay actually being given to executives. In most cases where we see big excesses, it has to do with compensation committees not holding the line, as Jay noted. They granted packages that ensured their executives... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Respond to a Worthy Cause
two thousand copies of the twenty thousand print run were sold, enough to cover production costs. Since then, sales have been strong. “By wrapping the anti-violence message in a package of beautiful songs by great female artists, we were... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
within a year of the crisis, thanks to decisions by Burke and his team to recall millions of bottles and replace them in a matter of weeks with pioneering tamper-resistant packaging while keeping the media and public well informed, the... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
job. It shouldn’t matter that it’s not packaged in a degree of four years,” says Rewane, who was recently named a Social Impact Fellow by Gerson Lehrman Group Inc. Her enthusiasm for the project began in earnest at HBS, where she met her... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
the scenes for a while. Almost everyone I know in the food packaging and grocery industry is a health nut. People are becoming more aware of their health and have a growing desire to find a way to eat and feel better. That will change... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
recap by the authors follows each account, noting the important principles it illustrates. Exercises are also included to spur creative thinking. The Heart of Change is a helpful package of fresh ideas for those looking to break new... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
governments often do, which is to throw money at entrepreneurs without creating an environment that is hospitable to entrepreneurship. You’ve written that government stimulus packages sometimes fail because they are directed by a “herd... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
service outlets. "When Gerry was hired, it was the company's first deliberate action to view consumer packaged goods as an important growth platform for Starbucks," says Barry Beeninga, a 16-year veteran of the company who worked with... View Details
- 26 Jun 2025
- News
The Vinyl Revival
went through the roof. It also was really the only economic engine for musicians at that time really, besides putting out new music. You couldn't be in studios, so people were at home recording. You couldn't be on the road. Merchandise and finding new ways to View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Business Firsthand in South Korea
expensive—one cake sells for the same price as a package of 12 original cakes. The biggest challenge was how to differentiate the new version. While interviewing consumers in Seoul about their snack preferences, the team gained insights... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
evaluating new packaged goods, and a paper he cowrote on this topic received the 1983 William O'Dell Award for the most significant article published by the Journal of Marketing Research. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
packaged food, thermal blankets, hygiene and medical products, and two trucks of animal feed were provided in Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, and Hatay. "Support poured in from all of FIBA's subsidiaries, including those in the wind power plant... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
Courtesy Argos Pictures; iStock “Because Congress failed to make funds available for these loans, the plan I’m announcing today will be drawn from the financial rescue package Congress approved earlier this fall. The terms of the loans... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
severance package when her company, MediaOne, was bought by AT&T Broadband. "Frankly, having worked full-time except for two short maternity leaves -including moving, traveling, and working long hours -when someone offers you a chance... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
product that didn’t do well, or it could be something that the new product replaced. Or maybe it’s just a package or labeling change. These special buys, or closeouts, are about 50 percent of our products. Around 95 percent of what we buy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
economic stagnation of the middle class? The labor movement supports the agenda that Barack Obama has skillfully outlined for revitalizing our economy and rebuilding the middle class. First, we have to have a real economic recovery View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
taught me great discipline in how to study, how to prepare, how to think,” he says. Upon graduation he joined the paper and packaging company Rand-Whitney. From there, he and his sons created The Kraft Group, which controls holdings in... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
and I started to learn what it takes to manage an unwieldy production process and to please the fickle consumer. Business school made sense to me because I liked to hatch ideas and make them happen. After HBS I went to work in consumer View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
graduates from working-class families. I helped my parents deliver packages and clean college dorms in Philadelphia. Christine helped her immigrant parents run a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles. It was impossible for us to experience... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
companies in the consumer electronics, branded packaged goods, and telecommunications industries. They describe how the transnational model has taken shape over the past decade and address management issues that have arisen as the model... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry