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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Disney Company, 1929–1966 Leland I. DoanDow Chemical Corporation, 1947–1962 Ronald W. DollensGuidant Corporation, 1994–2004 James C. DonnellOhio Oil Company, 1911–1927 Otto D. DonnellOhio Oil Company, 1927–1948 Frederic G. DonnerGeneral...
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
differentiation, better margins, and avoid disruption. Highlights The Jobs to be Done Pyramid Disney California Adventure Minute Clinic Building Around the Job to be Done ShowHide Details Concepts Understand Jobs to be Done Case Practice...
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- 26 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Want to Leave a Lasting Impression on Customers? Don't Forget the (Proverbial) Fireworks
Thousands of visitors flock to Disney World every day to immerse themselves in all kinds of exciting experiences—a cruise on the Pirates of the Caribbean; a visit to the China pavilion at EPCOT; a meet-and-greet with a favorite princess....
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- 02 Jan 2024
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Do Boomerang CEOs Get a Bad Rap?
(AdobeStock/Vincent) The return of Robert Iger as CEO of Walt Disney followed by a poorer-than-expected company performance has rekindled the debate about whether the decision to bring back formerly successful CEOs to revitalize an...
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by James Heskett
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Corporate Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
of business units. More about business unit strategy Creating Corporate Value Added In diversified companies, corporate leaders can enhance competitive advantage by capturing synergies and harnessing fit across the value chains of business units within the corporate...
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
strategic alliances with PepsiCo and Starbucks and partnerships with The Walt Disney Company and the NBA in China. Wei earned a bachelor's degree from Imperial College London and a master's degree from Waseda University, Japan. G...
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Leadership Initiative - Leadership
Building a Culture of Innovation”. Ann brings to this role, three decades of senior leadership both at Disney Animation and Wētā FX, focused on creative talent and designing the most effective, innovative environments for them. As a...
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- 06 Jul 2023
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Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Back in 2014, When Chris Marinak (MBA 2008) was in the process of rolling out the instant replay system as a Senior Vice President at Major League Baseball, he...
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Working at HBS - Employment
offerings running the spectrum from Disney classics to documentaries. These are open to the entire community. Documentary & Move Nights The school offers special evening activities on campus, including movie nights with offerings running...
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- 02 Jun 2022
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Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
Owning that and being ready is something they’re really interested in. Morrell: Some of these lessons seem so obvious. This idea that the hedonic treadmill will never lead to happiness—this is the theme of every Disney movie I watched as...
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by Dan Morrell
- 10 Feb 2020
- In Practice
6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy
testing, and agile strategies. 6. Cloud computing is lowering barriers to entry “Competition will intensify in many digitally enabled industries as the cloud makes it ever easier for competitors to enter a market, which we’ve seen with View Details
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by Danielle Kost
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Partners - Case Method Project
Joshua Burmeister Partners For SuccessAddison, IL IL 4 of 34 Casey Campe Disney II Magnet High SchoolChicago, IL Subjects:Civics IL 5 of 34 Andrew Cavedo CICS Northtown AcademyChicago, IL Subjects:US History, AP US History, AP US...
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- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
movie industry resides. Alcácer says that when Disney bought Pixar in 2006, Pixar executives asked to remain based in Northern California because they didn't want the company's culture to be negatively affected by the culture in Southern...
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by Dina Gerdeman
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
robotic tuna fish at MIT, undersea remotely operated vehicles at Deep Sea Systems, and full-size walking dinosaurs at Walt Disney Imagineering R&D. Scott joined iRobot early in their life cycle and spent 10 years progressing from a Sr....
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How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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Thomas Murphy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
longtime friend Warren Buffett, and the company became Cap Cities/ABC. Ten years later, Tom sold Cap Cities/ABC to Disney for about $19 billion. He talked about his prolific career in an interview from his Manhattan office at ABC in...
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- 02 May 2022
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Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage. Your feedback to last month’s column As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding ‘Don’t Say Gay’? By the time cases are discussed at HBS and elsewhere, we...
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
High SchoolSouth Milwaukee, WI TX Stephanie Calvert East Early College High SchoolHouston, TX FL Jimmy Camp Immokalee High SchoolImmokalee, FL IL Casey Campe Disney II Magnet High SchoolChicago, IL Subjects:Civics TX Eleanor Cannon St....
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- 01 Sep 2003
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Larry Murphy
It was reading a Life magazine article (Ann Moore, take note) about Eastern colleges that helped propel Lawrence P. Murphy from a small town in Missouri to Williams College, followed by HBS. In 1985, after positions at Citibank, Bain, and Marriott, Murphy was hired by...
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- 20 Dec 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
How to Design a Better Customer Experience
purse. Tickets, money, and IDs were all gone. A Disney employee gave me food vouchers for the family, park tickets for the following days, and helped with any inconveniences that we faced. While we enjoyed the rest of the day in the park,...
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