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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Extra! Extra! Newspapers Miss the Story
Newspapers are missing an opportunity to boost revenues by barely tapping the online market, according to a new study by Assistant Professor Clark Gilbert and Borrell Associates Inc. In “Newspapers Miss Out on $300 Million in Online... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Transforming the IRS
Rossotti Courtesy HBS Press When Charles O. Rossotti (MBA ’64) was appointed commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in 1997, it was the most feared and loathed of all federal government agencies. People told him that he was taking... View Details
- 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
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
into an operation that now boasts 135 employees and anticipated 2003 revenues of $45 million. As Boston’s Big Dig, a prime revenue source, winds down, City Lights is expanding to other parts of the country.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
revenues were less than $750 million. In short order, he became CEO and chairman. When he retired at age 59 in 2001, the company employed 28,000 and revenues exceeded $6.7 billion. George attributes the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
School’s Financial Picture Brighter than Expected
HBS finished fiscal year 2011 with a stronger financial performance than expected despite the lingering effects of the recent recession. Revenue for the year July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, exceeded the budget by nearly 9 percent,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
All in Good Time
picked up steam after a nationwide franchise program launched in 2009. Revenues for that year were $2 million; in 2011, they’re projected to hit $10 million. The company charges employers a percentage of a worker’s hourly rate or salary;... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Cardiac Kid
has more than 1,000 workers and expects revenues of about $280 million this year. “The company was founded basically to prevent heart attacks,” Huennekens told the San Diego Union-Tribune (January 25, 2010). To that end, Volcano makes... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
geographic: Japanese stars who come to US cities with a large Japanese population—Los Angeles and New York, for example—can convert those populations into increased ticket and merchandise sales. (All major league teams share national TV View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
the entire IRS database of almost 700,000 nonprofits. Its leaders believe this strategy helps “democratize” the giving process. Others, such as Working Assets, include a much smaller number of organizations. How to capture revenue is the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Investing FAQ
peer institutions, and the public view participation as an important indicator of alumni commitment to the School’s mission and future. And gifts of all sizes add up. In fiscal 2011: Median gift = $250 Gifts under $1,000 = $2 million Gifts & endowment distribution =... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
HBS Contributors Report
Support from alumni and friends accounted for almost one-quarter of the School’s revenue in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011, according to the HBS Contributors Report, which was mailed to some 12,000 donors in November. All told,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
Named the 45th Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 1997, Charles O. Rossotti (MBA '64) heads the Internal Revenue Service, which has 102,000 employees, a $7.8 billion budget, and annual View Details
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
1960), former chief economist, Royal Bank of Canada, Canada The United States has the worst of all worlds: a relatively high marginal tax rate that influences behavior negatively, but a considerably lower average tax rate that precludes the View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note
HBS entered fiscal 2010 with an aggressive plan to reduce costs in anticipation of a prolonged period of diminished revenue in the wake of the global financial crisis. But when the books closed last June, the School’s financial... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: No Reservations
around the world. Blue Apron Cofounder and CEO Matt Salzberg (MBA 2010) Founded 2012 This meal-kit company delivers all the ingredients you need to make a home-cooked dinner. Reports say that the company is on track to surpass $1 billion in View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
A Canadian Hero
revenues of $15 billion, ONEX is involved with over one hundred companies spanning two dozen industries on six continents. In addition to his success in business, Schwartz was praised for his work as a philanthropist and a Canadian... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Meg's World
full-fledged powerhouse, with revenue on track to top $2 billion this year. With more than 28 million active users, eBay dominates the online auction marketplace. Whitman came straight to HBS after graduating from Princeton with a degree... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Online Entrepreneur
growth of social media as an important business tool, “Communispace offers the only social-networking model with a proven track record of providing real business value and competitive advantage to businesses.” The firm, based in Watertown, Massachusetts, has 210... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
A Better Way to Go on Strike
normal operations but to put some or all of their revenues and salaries into an escrow account controlled by a trusted outside party. In the American Airlines case, planes would continue flying, but a large fraction of the company's View Details