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Robert A. Pinkerton II
Pinkerton grew his grandfather's private investigating firm into a large security services company, providing such new services as event security, jewel thief investigation, and industrial building security. Such expansion allowed the... View Details
Keywords: Services
Herman Cone II
Cone consolidated all of the Cone companies under one corporation. The new Cone Mills Corporation had 18 plants, including the huge White Oak plant in Greensboro, the largest denim manufacturer in the world. In 1950, Cone Mills had $163... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Maurice R. Greenberg
Greenberg helped grow American International Group into one of the world-wide leaders in insurance and financial services. Greenberg grew American International Group almost entirely internally, using his own, in-house trained managers to exploit View Details
Keywords: Finance
William E. LaMothe
LaMothe enabled Kellogg to capitalize on the health food consciousness of the 80’s by introducing new products, and, in so doing, he continued Kellogg’s 41-year run of increased sales. He is credited with dramatically expanding Kellogg’s... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Estee Lauder
Lauder built one of the most successful and exclusive cosmetic companies in the world. She was the pioneer of the “free sample” strategy, which marked a new era of salesmanship. To retain their aura of exclusivity, her products were sold... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Alvin G. Brush
In 1935, American Home Products purchased Brush’s company, Affiliated Products, Incorporated and installed Brush as AHP’s new CEO. Over the next thirty years, Brush presided over a massive growth and diversification plan, purchasing... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
David J. Stern
Stern led the transformation of the National Basketball Association into a world class organization. He forged new labor agreements, established a model anti-drug program, and ensured the stable growth of the organization through... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Richard M. Furlaud
Furlaud focused on Squibb's pharmaceuticals, investing in research and development that ultimately led to the introduction of several new drugs. Furlaud's streamlining and consistent support of the company's cardiovascular drugs paid off... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Edward Bausch
In 1882, Bausch, working at his father’s Bausch and Lomb Optical factory, secured his first patent on a Trichnoscope, a microscope designed for use in detecting contaminated meat. He also supplied the lens for the first Kodak camera in 1888. Bausch became president of... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 15 May 2009
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Diminished Returns
Philip Lehman
Lehman was responsible for forming a profitable alliance with Goldman, Sachs that marked the beginning of a new type of investment house. Together they managed 114 negotiated offerings for 56 issuers. Their premiere interest was on the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Russell Simmons
overall popularity. He signed such noted artists as LL Cool J, Run-DMC, and Public Enemy. Simmons parlayed his success in music to films and other business enterprises including a new line of clothing under the Phat Farm label. View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Generoso P. Pope, Jr.
Pope transformed a small New York-based newspaper called the Enquirer into the second largest publication in the United States. In 1972, Pope radically altered the publication's format and content to highlight sensational and... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016
entity (PE) intellectual property (IP) litigation, nor of non-IP litigation against publicly traded firms. The empirical evidence suggests, however, that not all NPEs exhibit trolling behavior—the cash-targeting observed in the data is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
The summer months have been productive ones for the HBSAA Board of Directors. The Executive Committee met in New York in July and discussed assignments for the upcoming year. The following committees were... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
Designed around the course at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a multinational as the typical decision maker. Illustrated with examples... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
Leonard A. Lauder
stellar financial results while successfully launching a series of new products. His attention to detail, focus on quality, and personal service have become standards for the company and its employees. View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Earl G. Graves
After careers in the Army’s Green Berets and in politics, Graves started Black Enterprise to be a news source for and about the growing community of black professionals and to serve as a vehicle for promoting business and economic... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
Fred DeLuca
expanded his operation. By the mid-nineties, there were tens of thousands of Subway shops in the world, far outpacing any competitor. DeLuca designed a new bread making machine to enable his franchises to offer fresh sandwiches everyday... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8
examples such as TripAdvisor, Wikipedia, and the New York Times, the authors offer strategies for competing in markets with network effects. New entrants should focus on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne