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- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
software. So when a family friend suggested that Marietta use talent from eastern Kentucky instead, he promptly set up a pilot office in Letcher County, just northeast of Harlan, and hired four recent high school graduates who had completed a media View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
every day. In addition to coffee, Starbucks offers tea, pastries, and gift packages; distributes coffee-flavored ice cream and beverages to supermarkets; and maintains the retail Web site starbucks.com. Smith oversaw the company's IPO in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
reverberate through a supply chain, causing huge swings of inventory and production levels. That's a difficult idea for a faculty member to convey at the blackboard. This year, we used our wireless network to run a simulation exercise,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
for, back into sole stewardship of a brand new 2nd year MBA course in Channels of Distribution at HBS, heavily over-subscribed (DANGER, DANGER) while consulting for Coca Cola and finishing my PhD thesis on the side. It should perhaps be... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
American economic system.” Castaldo's own path to the industry began in brand management for Clairol; in 1980, he was recruited by Burger King Corporation and left five years later as vice president of advertising. Explaining the leap from hair View Details
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- 01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money
subsidiary, his leftist kidnappers have demanded that you run a newspaper ad detailing the group’s criticisms of the government; provide $100,000 worth of food to be distributed to the poor; and pay a $1 million ransom, which would be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
differentiated product in a commoditized business, even if it’s becoming less so through competition. Some of the stuff we do is fun, and whimsical, so it makes good copy. The media reports on our tall beds for tall people, our “Guppy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
of hundreds and perhaps thousands of dogs and cats (the numbers remain unclear, as there is no centralized database of such information). While the situation was uncertain, there was some concern that a production run of SmartPak’s... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
magazines than Time cofounder Henry R. Luce. In 2004 alone, she introduced four new publications, including a revitalized version of Life magazine, which is now distributed on weekends in leading U.S. newspapers. In 1991, she was named... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
for example — we are working to influence the environmental choices global companies make in the large-scale production of commodities such as palm oil, pulp, livestock, and soy.” The Power of Serendipity What’s your next career move when... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
worked one week on, one week off, and in the case of our poultry farm, slept on the farm for days at a stretch to improve biosecurity. It took quite a bit of commitment to distribute food and products across... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
experience working with a Ukrainian supplier named Rolin Kostya, who continues to make his products under great duress. “The week I spoke to them, there had been a half dozen air raid warnings—and indeed one interrupted the Zoom call—and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
promoting the sector at home and abroad. The following year, the country’s Financial Conduct Authority built a “regulatory sandbox” where fintech startups can test new products and services on real consumers without fear of regulatory... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
capitalism remains a major challenge. “When you don’t have the marketplace slapping you in the face, telling you your product is no good, you can really get confused,” Gates acknowledged. In health care, the foundation simply looks at the... View Details