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- 24 Apr 2014
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Driving the family business onto a global stage
equipment. “We decided that we weren’t going to be in any business that wasn’t global. You can’t compete in a small pool anymore,” he observes. M&M’s single largest product investment has been the Scorpio, which gave the corporation a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
make performance reviews more productive and less distasteful. Should they be disengaged from the determination of compensation and, if so, how? Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5563.html. Grooming Next-Generation Leaders Professors Earl... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
because they came easily to me. So, in RC Marketing, I was especially paying attention because I knew I had lots to learn! One simple lesson that I certainly did not appreciate before I took Marketing centered on how to price a product. When you price a View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
competitors. An exploration and production company founded in 1967, CMS employs 180 workers in the United States, South America, and Africa. "Some of these mergers facilitate the purchase of properties that are no longer strategic to the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
set itself apart from the pack with uncompromising integrity and accuracy, especially in the rating of structured finance products such as asset-backed securities. Although Becker never spoke with Kroll directly while writing the case,... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
research and development centers fostered more patents than those who had not crossed borders. Since then, the geography of work and innovation has been the focus of his research. These days, Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ink: Q&A with Kathy Wang (MBA 2011)
Kathy Wang (MBA 2011) can pinpoint the very moment she started drafting her first novel, Family Trust. It was January 1, 2017, as soon as her son went down for his nap. Wang was on hiatus from her career as a product manager at Seagate... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
pursuing a strategy for the Washlet were “gung ho” and suggested a variety of tactics. Students liked TOTO’s “Clean is Happy” advertising campaign but generally agreed that the company needs to start by simply getting as many people to try the View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Beyond the Numbers
movement, in the mid-1970s Robinson was a strategic financial manager for General Foods' (GF) domestic grocery products. After scanning a decade's worth of data and analyzing GF's investments in new product development, Robinson says he... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
on the spot, then processed, packed, and distributed the honey and related products for sale in supermarket chains. To date, the company has helped more than 9,000 small-scale beekeepers (over 45 percent of them women) and its business... View Details
- 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
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
When a Rainy Day Comes: The Economics of Happiness
attempting to mitigate or stave off recessions. In addition to enjoying a more satisfying life, which presumably is every government’s goal for its people, a “happy” population is likely to be more productive than a disgruntled one — also... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Haven for the Homeless
his cell phone industry product development position in 2002 to become the shelter’s executive director. During the winter months, the shelter houses an average of one hundred people a night, and demand has grown in recent years. “When... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
successfully in global markets while also supporting high and rising living standards for Americans. America is not more competitive if businesses succeed by paying lower wages. Actually, the need to cut wages reflects a lack of View Details
- 31 May 2023
- News
How to Take Better Breaks at Work
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
multi-generational products. And what's the phrase too? There's a stealth. Is it a stealth- SWG: Yeah. DM: ... product as well? Can you talk about that idea? SWG: So I profiled companies that have done this very well. And a couple of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
Earth. This book is an invitation to live in another story, the story of sustainable abundance. Cleantech Sell: The Essential Guide to Selling Resource Efficient Products in the B2B Market by Tony McDonald (MBA 1989) Cleantech Sell... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
Venture Incubation Program. Fast forward several months and much web development later, and now LS offers a B2B SaaS product that can transform any website from a static display of content into an interactive experience, fully... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
product categories the frantic effort to keep up with the competition by adding features and gimmicks can paradoxically result in a “sea of sameness.” In a personal narrative voice, and drawing extensively on the experiences of family and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
Many products are sold for just one selling season. It’s extremely difficult to predict demand—sometimes demand actually increases as the price goes up due to perceived quality and popularity. These factors make selling fashion View Details