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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
they see three options: First, they could double down on the D2C side, which helps get the brand out there quickly, although it is subject to more competition and acquisition costs. The second option is to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Remembering Dick Spangler
of North Carolina (now Bank of America), where he served as chair during the 1980s and played a key role in the firm’s merger with the North Carolina National Bank Corporation. With a lifelong passion for... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Global Conference Set for Berlin in June
moderate discussions among prominent business leaders from around the world. The topics to be considered -- such as "The Future of the European Welfare State," "Entrepreneurship in Europe," "Corporate Governance: Converging toward a Global Standard?," View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
(both MBA 1992) have written, produced, and directed Live Another Day, a documentary in the spirit of Inside Job that delves into the government bailout of General Motors and the Chrysler-Fiat View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Faculty Books
what it might look like in the future. Challenges in Managing Large Projects by J. Ronald Fox and Donn B. Miller (Defense Acquisition University Press) How do the challenges of managing multibillion-dollar... View Details
- 12 Feb 2020
- News
Culture Shift at Big Blue
unassailable, Jono Bacon writes in Forbes. The company’s revenues grew consistently throughout his tenure, up to and beyond Red Hat’s acquisition by IBM in 2018. “What is really interesting though is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990)
As CEO of the London-based telecom Vodafone Group, Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990) has led a series of headline-grabbing acquisitions and divestitures, from the company’s $1.7 billion purchase of British... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- News
A corporate leader’s legacy in India
simple one—that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing,” says Tata, who served as chairman of the Tata Group from 1991 until his retirement in 2012. The Mumbai-based firm now operates in 80 countries and... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
startup than an asset management firm. BlackRock, she said, was about “performance and collaboration in a real way.” Bill Gluck (MBA 1970), managing director of the Farmington Group, countered, saying BlackRock could use the View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
industry is to reduce complexity and simplify ease of use. As communications capabilities and options expand, all of us who provide aspects of communications networks (including devices) must keep reduced... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
market capitalization. The book examines how misguided investment and acquisition strategies have created the paradox that, in media, the faster revenues grow, the worse their stocks perform. The Elements of... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building business for a better Brazil
consumer goods, jobs, and global markets. Since selling the company to Credit Suisse First Boston in 1998, Lemann and his partners, Carlos A. Sicupira (OPM 9, 1984) and Marcel... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
houses are designed, built, and marketed.” A graduate of MIT, Stuntz launched Green-tech in 1998 following the acquisition of his former firm, Acorn Structures, a custom-home builder. “The new owners didn’t... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Passing the Torch
17, 2001), which described Immelt as being so popular and well-liked at GE that, if it were put to a company-wide ballot, he would have been voted "Mr. Congeniality at the very least." Immelt revealed that he intends to increase the use... View Details
- 29 Oct 2019
- News
Is This Disney’s Next CEO?
the company should focus on franchises. “After that, Mayer began working on acquisition candidates, including comic-book publisher Marvel and Lucasfilm, the home of ‘Star Wars’,” the article notes, also... View Details
- 23 Jan 2017
- News
The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee
piece goes on to detail some of Burwick’s recent moves, including a new $58 million roasting facility, acquisition of smaller coffee roastersto build capacity, and pushing sales to retailers. The Times notes... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Rust Belt Turns ‘Sun Belt’ with Solar
true for the “green economy” movement: aged or unused factories in the Midwest being refurbished and turned into solar energy manufacturing plants. But Tom Tiller (MBA ’91) is really making it happen, the Indianapolis Star reported... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
with a recruiter in an HBS corridor in 1969 led Hawes to a small Connecticut company that focused on insurance company mergers and acquisitions. In 1972, he ventured out on his own View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
additional costs, we don't look at what we've gained from it. AW: Throughout your career, you thought about growth mostly through acquisitions and mergers, some very successful, some thwarted repeatedly. Why... View Details