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Richard R. Deupree
In 1930, Deupree was the first individual not of the Procter or Gamble names to head the company. Under Deupree’s leadership, the company became the country’s leading seller of consumer products. Deupree...
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Personal Care & Home Products
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Londoners, many of whom live around the corner from the Olympic Park. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510039-PDF-ENG Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (A): Becoming Truly...
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Martha Lagace
Edward G. Harness
Under Harness’ leadership, Procter and Gamble doubled its sales and tripled its earnings, becoming the world’s largest consumer products manufacturer. He was credited with the successful introduction of...
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- 25 Apr 2014
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To create breakthrough strategies, harness creativity to the scientific method
strategies. Procter & Gamble employed this model when it wanted to become a major player in the global beauty-care sector. It transformed the down-market Oil of Olay into a world-class brand and proved that...
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John G. Smale
Known for his patient managerial style, Smale worked at Procter & Gamble for 38 years. Under Smale's leadership as CEO, P&G's earnings and stock price doubled while the company expanded abroad and...
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Clayton L. Mathile
Mathile bought the struggling pet food company from the founder when it had only one main product. Over the next decade, Mathile increased the company’s revenues by tenfold and introduced a full line of pet food and other pet-related products. In so doing, Mathile...
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Agriculture & Mining
Thomas J. Burrell
Burrell created his agency to capitalize on the untapped potential of the black market in America, and in the process, he became a pioneer of target marketing and built the largest black-owned advertising agency in the United States. He developed breakthrough...
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Services
- 01 Jan 2004
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A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
Chairman, President & Chief Executive, The Procter & Gamble Company Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Hamilton College, 1969 A.B., History LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The case...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Book by Its Cover
Courtesy Harlequin Packaging and branding fantasy as though it were detergent, one-time self-described Procter & Gamble “soap salesman” Larry Heisey (MBA ’54) “turned Harlequin from a niche purveyor of...
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- 01 Jun 2010
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Just Extraordinary
foster care and orphanages to help raise international awareness about orphan issues. Turner, herself adopted out of Washington’s foster care system, worked at Procter & Gamble and BET Networks before...
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Paola Lara
Procter & Gamble by a friend, Paola quickly established herself as a talented manager in the company’s Venezuelan and Chilean offices, assuming significant responsibilities for leading brands such as...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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Noted & Quoted
Record, July 4, 2010) “You may be Procter & Gamble and selling soap, but if you are in India you may also have to do housing.” — HBS professor Tarun Khanna talking about why Western companies should consider...
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- 01 Jun 1998
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HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
John Pepper of Procter & Gamble, Raymond Smith of Bell Atlantic, and Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson. (photograph by Richard Chase) For thirteen years, John Pepper has been involved with a variety of View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
decade, however, influential manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble and Campbell Soup initiated such partnerships to help smooth production cycles and improve profits. Retailers were wooed by the potential...
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Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 01 Mar 2013
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Celebrating Women at HBS
focusing on "Success Redefined." Nancy Barry (MBA 1975), founder and president of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty, and Melanie Healey of Procter & Gamble were among the speakers. The Baker Library |...
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- 01 Jun 1998
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Mark Tatum
vice president of the university's Black Alumni Association. Working at Procter & Gamble after graduation, he was promoted four times in four years, eventually becoming an award-winning corporate account...
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Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
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Sebastian Vargas
Why did you choose this path at this point? Before coming to HBS, I worked for five years as an R&D engineer at Procter and Gamble (P&G). I loved my time at P&G because I worked in teams that...
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Ricardo De Armas
Ricardo De Armas leapt into business at an early age, cofounding a computer-hardware retail operation in his second year of college. After graduation, he sold his stake in the business and worked full-time for Procter & View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
CHARAN: Drawing on his global consulting experience. LAFLEY: Customers are “the boss.” Photo courtesy Proctor & Gamble What does it take to delight low-income Mexican buyers of sanitary pads? The answer is not a punch line to a poor joke;...
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Alex Roth
For four years, Alex Roth studied chemistry at Oxford. But instead of following the traditional path to the PhD, Alex took a position with Procter & Gamble where held positions in Finance and Marketing....
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