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05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

different perspective on everything I knew and didn’t know. “HBS taught me to make a point and defend it against 90 other people who were much smarter than me! I don’t think there will be another time in my View Details

February 2023
Supplement

Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A) Courseware

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield

In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Value Creation; Supply and Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North America

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01 Sep 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Scott Kyle (MBA 1993) and Patrick Fischer LIV MAS Press The Compound Code reveals insider secrets, effective tools, and strategies you need to manage your investments in good times and bad. In this straightforward and accessible guide,... View Details

10 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Combining an Interest in Music and Business

my promise to myself was to actively maintain music as a core part of my life, as I was afraid the “MBA life” would be too time consuming to be able to do any music. Although I did continue to sing, I am a little embarrassed to admit that... View Details

03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

fail this test. They actively discourage providers from delivering value to their patients. We believe that reimbursement through bundled payments is the only approach that aligns providers, payers, and suppliers in a healthy competition... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Ahmed Alimi

Advisory Services, FBN Capital, and Helios Investment Partners. "At Helios," Ahmed says, "I had a unique opportunity to work on deals as well as support value creation efforts at our portfolio companies. I worked closely... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services

Portrait Project

Edo Bedzra

and achieved it. If that be my mountaintop, then, so help me God, it is time to fly. I will spread my wings and take to the sky with boldness, determination, maybe even fear, but always a daring to overcome. This is the View Details

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

expected to generate social value in addition to profit. As a result, they also increasingly face the distinct challenge of pursuing social and financial goals at the same time. Social enterprises have a great deal of experience dealing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Feb 2021
What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

Shutterstock/Thomas Barrat Twenty years ago in this column we discussed whether the economic activity of that time actually represented the New Economy that Time magazine first touted in a 1983 cover... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 25

Almost all CEO and executive bonus plans have serious design flaws that limit their benefits dramatically. Such poorly designed executive bonus plans destroy value by providing incentives to manipulate the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

characterized quite often by turbulent situations. When you are negotiating in a turbulent environment, you feel reassured if the entity you are transacting with is likely to be around tomorrow. Otherwise, what’s the point of investing View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

at an impasse. The impasse experience has features that are common to all of us, and in time each of us has a unique experience of impasse. For most people the recognition that we're at an impasse, whether it's a career situation or a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 May 2019
Blog Post

Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA

section (for example: without loud music and in accessible places/times). I partnered with our amazing president Greg and with the social life representatives Annie and Karan to coordinate those events. When my baby was born, my dear... View Details

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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Russell Aikins. 21 Aikins, who had worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Times , opened a studio in New York City and took on assignments with Time and Life .... View Details

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has hit many companies hard—some to the point of considering bankruptcy—Antill’s research findings may help business leaders make important decisions to avoid the high price of liquidation and choose a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

reader engagement. For the professionals, our story of Jim Barton often mirrors their own life experience, and has prompted many real CIOs to say to us "this is my life," "this book is about me," even (from one)... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

the effects of the drought every day,” Leni confirmed. “Many Mexico City neighborhoods are grappling with worsening water shortages, enduring longer periods without access day by day. This feels as if our way of life is at risk.” She... View Details

February 2023 (Revised March 2025)
Case

Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield