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- 01 Dec 2023
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A More Accommodating Approach
the asynchronous online courses Executive Education includes in its programs are drawn from Harvard Business School Online’s portfolio created for learners at all stages of their careers. The platform’s offerings are evolving as new... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
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The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
John Gourville and Alex MacKay (Image by John Ritter) Rising inflation and pandemic-related supply-chain challenges are driving up prices at the grocery store. While some manufacturers, like Procter & Gamble, have come forward to announce price hikes across their View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News
for—titles and papers, revenue mix, staff strength, audience strength, and brand strengths—to be able to identify promising opportunities. “And at the intersection between the two—impact and investment—our aspiration is to build a pooled... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
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High Honors
after it was reconfigured following a merger, Barford then took up the reins of Valleydene Corporation Limited, a family-run holding company that has a majority interest in GSW and also oversees warehouse facilities, oil and gas businesses, and a View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
He Begs to Differentiate
operate. As a result, branding becomes more and more important - differentiating what they do and what they sell. That's good for us, because we're in the differentiation business." WPP is one of the world's largest advertising and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
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Innovation as P&G’s Key
every level, and effectively manage risk. At Honeywell, for example, the Automation and Control Solutions business relies on a homegrown Velocity Portfolio Manager software program for managers. At a glance the user sees a list of current... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
developed high-volume brands in its other consumer products, became one of the most important examples of this strategy .P&G’s acquisitions of Cover Girl and Max Factor had given the company a portfolio of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
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Daniel Vasella
portfolio of product lines, setting Novartis apart from its global competitors. Although initially regarded by critics as too inexperienced to lead a multinational pharmaceutical company, Vasella has triumphed. Three years ago he was... View Details
- 16 Feb 2022
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Holding Business to Account
Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer In the early 1990s, company leaders for Albertsons, a rapidly expanding supermarket chain, flew to Boston to meet with Geeta Aiyer (MBA 1985),a young analyst and portfolio manager at the United States Trust... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
2018, Keller left his position as global president of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to become CEO of Peet’s Coffee; in January, he was named CEO of JDE Peet’s, a merger that added a portfolio of coffee and tea View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times by Scott D. Anthony (MBA ’01) (Harvard Business Press) In today’s economy, executives must slash costs while planting seeds for tomorrow’s growth. Anthony explains how: by pruning your business View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
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Holding Business to Account
Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer In the early 1990s, Geeta Aiyer (MBA 1985) was an analyst and portfolio manager at the United States Trust Company of Boston. Among her investments was Albertsons, a rapidly expanding... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
new brands, revitalizing existing brands, and managing brand portfolios in the rapidly evolving modern marketplace. Integrating academic theories with practical experience, this book covers fundamental View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
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HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
Knowledge More Broadly In addition to offering digital innovation and data courses and programs to MBA students and Executive Education participants, HBS shares its pedagogy with lifelong learners around the world through HBS Online. Within its View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era
as well as a positive brand image, good relationships with key customers, and some $250 million cash (and no debt). "For me," Charron notes, "it was simply a question of how to deploy those assets and how to take advantage of the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
Holdings, a $300 million fund with investments in several restaurant concepts including Tatte Bakery, CAVA, Life Alive, BJ’s Restaurants and Clover Food Labs. Christian, can you walk me through how the management team at Inspire Brands... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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In the Blood
having a portfolio of venture-capital companies. Three or four horses will hit big, three or four won’t make it, and three or four will pay their way.” Clay’s window-filled office looks out on the farm’s rolling green paddocks and neat... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
workplace relationships, sharpen their communication skills, improve their personal brands and, ultimately, make an impact. The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: 10 Facts in 10 Minutes about CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael... View Details