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- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
In the world of family business, the entrepreneurs we celebrate are usually founders of companies. These clever, hardworking individuals identify a good business opportunity, scrape together some money and loyal employees, and start a...
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by Michael J. Roberts
- 17 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future
increase over a year earlier. The company’s executives credit their determination to “do good and do great.” For example, in FY22, the Deckers UGG brand transitioned their standard Classic outsole to a “sugarcane EVA” composition...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
structures and systems as well as reconciling the varying speeds at which divisions within a company may develop. Merson explores these different aspects of growth and outlines strategies and tactics to enable businesses to move forward...
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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
growth rate. Clearly eBay was doing something right.” At the time, Whitman was a general manager of the Preschool Division of the Rhode Island–based toy company Hasbro, overseeing brands like Mr. Potato Head and Teletubbies. eBay’s ability to link View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
on 4,000 screens and try to recoup everything as fast as you can with a blitz of advertising over the first weekend.” Clearly, there are easier ways to earn a living than to produce movies — but few other businesses create a product for...
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- 13 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
There's No Quick Shortcut to Success: Zorpads Takes Off
terminology and the product itself – plus, knowing a good deal when they saw one, the web domain was $12 a year. Partnerships take Zorpads to the stars Since graduating from HBS in 2017, Wiegele and Smith continued growing Zorpads,...
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- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
The so-called chicken-and-egg problem is arguably the most discussed and most obvious business dilemma in the sharing economy. Platform providers–like Uber, Airbnb, or Etsy–rely on both consumers and producers to create and sustain a...
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- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
that he can increase revenues or increase profits by raising membership fees from $600 to $700, it may not be able to tell him anything about the effect on revenues and profits by moving from an annual payment scheme to a monthly payment...
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by Manda Mahoney
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Bonnie Kintzer (MBA 1987)
the turnaround. I knew the brands were still very strong in the mind of the consumer and, with the right team, that we could rebuild the company. I was very clear in the interview process that the name of the company had to change. If...
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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
determine if the brand involved had been destroyed in the eyes of consumers. If not, there was a good chance of recovery. In consumer products, you usually aren’t threatened by some radical new technology...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
Review Press) We're moving beyond the information age into the quantitative information age. To be successful these days, managers need to be better informed consumers of data, more conversant with...
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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
department and we agree to move them." In an arrangement with Federal Express, the modems are shipped to a warehouse in Memphis, Tennessee, and inspected. FairMarket then posts a description of the merchandise online for the next...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
Africa, consumer spending is estimated to reach US$1.4 trillion by that date. Maybe that global big picture is another good reason why the irrepressible Mittal is smiling these days.
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James Reinhart
One of the toughest challenges for young entrepreneurs is figuring out the most effective strategy to turn a good idea into a great venture. A bad decision early in the game, such as sticking to an original concept despite evidence that...
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Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
terrorism. Bremer, who has also worked as a special or executive assistant to six secretaries of state, entered the private sector in 1989, becoming managing director of Kissinger Associates, a strategic consulting firm. In 2000, he moved...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
From left: Scott Duke Kominers and Charles C.Y. Wang (Image by John Ritter) Cryptocurrencies have been edging their way out of the periphery for the last decade and proliferating as they go: About 18,000 digital currencies currently exist and hit a total market cap of...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Double Vision
novice, peppering a Best Buy sales associate with a series of rapid-fire product questions, including "What's LTE—is it contagious?" AD TYPE: Product focus. This is also an attempt to move viewers to act, but sans the heavy sell. "Instead...
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Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Before she had a baby of her own, Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014) kept hearing from friends that the “natural” diapers on the market didn’t hold up as well as the old standards, like Pampers. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Saigal knew her...
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Matthew Mariner
Negotiation has always been a part of Matthew Mariner's life — including his home life. "Growing up, my dad and I always made deals," Matthew says. "If I got good grades, I could get rewards." Ultimately, many of these...
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