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- 01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away
Madison Dearborn sold Fieldglass to SAP for four times what they had paid us—$1 billion. What a miss! In retrospect, the company had just begun its growth trajectory and market dominance. Moral of the story: If you have the opportunity to...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
for the test with speedy release to market that would appeal to investors. The logic is that you need a win. Once you establish a good foundation, you will have the opportunity to expand to what feels morally correct. —Muthanna Al-Mumin...
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- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
that decision? So when I became convinced that climate change is this moral challenge of our generation, I figured that the best way to address this issue at scale is to change the rules of the game. To work on the policies and...
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- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
was ready to go, and who was just saying they were ready to go, because in the end, that was going to directly affect how successful we were. And number two, I had to figure out how do we respond. We've gotten an emboldened enemy on the ground. We've got a decrease in...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
demonstrates the benefits of affiliating a business with charities and nonprofits. They include an increase in the bottom line and employee morale as well as a boost to the company’s brand and reputation. Plugged In: The Generation Y...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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A CEO Goes Undercover
about John Briggs as he adapted to his new, unfamiliar job. In fact, I was eager for the undercover experience because I’d never worked the frontline jobs in the theme-park industry and didn’t want any CEO-type special treatment. Plus, I thought it would be good for...
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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
problematic. Far larger than Intel, it was a proud company with a rich history. Worst of all, the microprocessor it had positioned against the 8086, its 16-bit 68000, was believed by many to be a technically superior product. The 8086 sales team at Intel was stricken,...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
were made with oil and industrial egg product “so pale you could hardly tell the yolk from the white,” says Viana. The factory manufactured madeleines for generic store brands—the product could end up anywhere, under any label. Morale and...
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- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
of the most technologically advanced and cost-effective equipment, and the ever-present internal requirements of running a well-disciplined organization all help contribute to greater competitiveness. "The resulting enhancement of pride and View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
own. I also married an entrepreneur, and his encouragement and moral support have been pivotal, as have contacts with my HBS classmates." Since 1992, Benton has been with a Florida-based company founded by her husband, Malcolm Bund. The...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
the moral and military ambiguity of profits and power as well as the often-jealous interactions between different solutions to the problem of empire. The book presents a mosaic of imperial theories and practices contributing to the...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
alumni have told me, the reason for us to be engaged with business and society is not just because it's a moral issue or a social issue (though it is both), but also because neglecting to address it will affect economic growth and...
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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
advanced’ approaches to corporate strategy, company organization, worker morale and productivity, and so on. I wanted to find a successful, well-established manufacturing company with a single product line and a clear, consistent approach...
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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
technologically innovative company away from specialty glass, television tubes, and fiberglass production into newer, faster-growing profit-making areas. At the time, the economy is plagued by recession, worker morale is flagging, and the...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
The Business World: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry Through Literature, adds, "What we're seeing is an increasingly felt need for people to integrate the spiritual dimension of their lives into what they do for most of the day. People are...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
doubt that [America] will bounce back rapidly from the calamity that has befallen it, on the strength of the moral values and the democratic character of its people." Nearer to home, many graduates who live in New York offered their...
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Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
via a variety of literary, cinematic, and historical references. His unexpected insight, humor, and irony offer a new perspective on the true moral foundation of finance. Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming...
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- 01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill
school that would address the many problems afflicting the region—including lack of education, alcohol abuse, and moral decay. Pine Mountain owes its name to the late 19th-century settlement movement to improve the lives of poor, urban...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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The Fight Beyond
Green cabled his superiors at an Allied air base in Bari, Italy. His visits to the front had been, he said, “great fun.” Morale was high, and Green was optimistic about the mission, as was his nature. To everyone’s surprise, a four-man...
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