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- 23 Jan 2017
- News
The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee
In a profile of Peet’s Coffee CEO David Burwick (MBA 1989), the East Bay Times details the company’s growth under his watch: Since 2013, annual sales have jumped from $395 million to almost $800 million, 70 new locations have been added, and the company began View Details
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
products offered to customers—has recently been used as a competitive advantage for both brick-and-mortar and online retailers. Fast-fashion retailers have differentiated themselves by rotating their assortment multiple times throughout a standard View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Lighting It Up
interest in lights, especially since 2002, when he acquired American Lighting, a specialty lighting company in Denver, Colorado. The firm sells its products to lighting showrooms, restaurants, amusement parks, and casinos as well as to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Research Brief: Lost in Translation
linguistic imprecision can lead investors to feel less confident about their own interpretations of the information presented—and to become less likely to react by buying or selling the company’s stock. The effect of murky language was... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
Spago-devotee Johnny Carson take stacks of pizzas home to freeze, Puck decided to branch out and sell his frozen pizzas to the grocery-buying public. Puck—the man and the brand—was suddenly everywhere. The 1990s brought still more... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
she herself is an organic farmer, Reade is not here to sell the blueberries, asparagus, beef, or lamb she raises at Neptune Farm. She’s here to support the other farmers, and they are here, in large part, because of her. Reade organized... View Details
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
Information for Euro Elektrische Keramische Vorrichtungen (Euro EKV), GmbH Harvard Business School Exercise 908-033 In a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell the Elcer Products Division to one of four potential... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements - Course Catalog
current performance and its future sustainability; making forecasts of future profitability and risk; and valuing businesses using earnings and book value data. The second half of the course applies the above framework to various contexts including equity-investment... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
According to Forbes, the region’s annual loss in food supplies represents 6 percent of the global total. Diferente rescues organic food seen as "imperfect" by the traditional market and sells food baskets at a fraction of the cost of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
New Releases
is run more like a partnership. Bradach quotes a popular industry adage, "You can tell company people, but you have to sell franchisees." These two units have often been viewed as operational opposites, with academics and managers trying,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
Yu has only a tiny stake in Goldbank — “too embarrassingly small to mention,” he jokes. He is selling off most of the company’s 25 subsidiaries to leave just 3 business units. “We were a first-generation Internet venture that tried, but... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
on average, firms' self-reported anticorruption efforts reflect real efforts to combat corruption and are not merely cheap talk. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2229039 When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
evaluate business development opportunities. Driven by cash needs, they may call this "experimentation," but in effect they tell salespeople to "go forth and multiply!" By selling to anyone, though, ventures fragment... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Leading a Family Business (LFB) - Course Catalog
business, even if you don’t intend to work there Serve as a board member of a family business Explore the option of being the non-family leader of a family business Plan to start a business that you may decide to keep rather than sell... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
sell these products online, in the store, or both, and how? Take lighting as an example. Home Depot asked: How do we best help customers with their lighting needs? What knowledge, products, and services do they need and in what form? What... View Details
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Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms - Course Catalog
small firms, leading “A” players 5. Sales and building sales organizations in small firms 6. Growth through acquisition 7. CEO prioritization and Culture 8. Capital allocation 9. Selling your company and life post exit Grading / Course... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Networked Computers behind IT Payoff
nor is it the question around which many IT vendors design and sell their products. Instead, functionality continues to be king." IT decisions, however, should not be based on functionality, says McAfee, who takes an example from the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Len Schlesinger Returns
Limited Brands, I had to transition from a knockoff design and speed-sourcing model to building brands and coming to grips with what that meant to our portfolio of businesses. There is nothing more dramatic in a company called Limited Brands than View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Bringing Up Baby
task for even the most capable, accomplished women. So in 1997, McCartney made the leap into e-commerce with eStyle, Inc., a dot-com backed with some $60 million in funding that sells clothing and accessories to expecting mothers. Last... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Using storytelling to transform the retail experience
stories about the exceptional artisans who craft the jewelry, accessories, items for babies and children, paper goods, and home decor. “The world isn’t about just selling stuff anymore, it’s about knowing your customer really well and... View Details