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- October 2022 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Framebridge (A): Reimagining Custom Framing
By: Rembrand Koning and Alicia Dadlani
In December 2018, Susan Tynan, founder and CEO of Framebridge, a four-year-old venture-backed startup that sold online custom framing, formulated plans for the future. Her vision was to revolutionize the $4 billion industry by making custom framing easy, transparent,...
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Business Startups;
Business Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Operations;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
District of Columbia;
Kentucky
Koning, Rembrand, and Alicia Dadlani. "Framebridge (A): Reimagining Custom Framing." Harvard Business School Case 723-352, October 2022. (Revised November 2023.)
Jeffrey F. Rayport
Jeffrey F Rayport is a faculty member in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the School’s MBA and Executive Education Programs and on HBS Online. His primary focus in teaching and research is growth-stage technology... View Details
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Partners - Case Method Project
Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Lousiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri...
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- September 1992 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.
On May 1, 1992, Doug Friesen, manager of assembly for Toyota's Georgetown, Kentucky, plant, faces a problem with the seats installed in the plant's sole product--Camrys. A growing number of cars are sitting off-line with defective seats or are missing them entirely....
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Mishina, Kazuhiro. "Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 693-019, September 1992. (Revised September 1995.)
Robert C. Merton
Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of...
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Skydeck - Alumni
eventually finding a path to successful recovery. Now, as a recovery coach, she wants to let people know that they are not alone—and they have other treatment options. How to Win the Kentucky Derby West Point Thoroughbred President and...
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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Cluster (2016) IT Hardware Cluster in Cambridge, UK (2012) UK Competitiveness and the International Financial Services Cluster in London (2007) United States Massachusetts Clean Energy Cluster (2017) Ohio Automotive Cluster (2017) Chicago Biotech Cluster (2016) San...
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NVC Regions - Alumni
and Associations Region Breakouts (Click each region to view States/Countries) Central US/Atlanta Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North...
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- 17 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
KFC’s Explosive Growth in China
have picked," says Shelman, a Kentucky native with more than a passing interest in Colonel Sanders. "Not only is this the story of a successful entry into China by a Western company, this case provides a glimpse of how quickly...
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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
States The Institute has developed research-based economic agendas for all 50 United States. Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana...
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John Y. Brown, Jr.
Brown, along with a group of investors, purchased Kentucky Fried Chicken from its founder, Colonel Harland Sanders, for $2 million in 1964. Brown grew Kentucky Fried Chicken from 600 to 3,500 franchises....
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Restaurants & Lodging
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
understand who I truly am. Aaron Edwards (he/him/his), Class of 2024 Throughout my childhood living in a small Kentucky town my parents raised me to do three things: ask questions, be happy, and help others. While the first lesson came...
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Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know - Blog - Business & Environment
Department of Energy announced a conditional $9.2 billion loan for BlueOval SK, a subsidiary of Ford and SK On, to build three battery manufacturing plants.[62] Two of these plants will be built in Kentucky and the third will be in...
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HBS Fund Council - Alumni
Section H San Francisco, CA Emily Smith Magruder MBA 2012, Section J Wellesley, MA Members Edward D. Bullard MBA 1975, Section G Cynthiana, Kentucky Kelsey DeBriyn MBA 2013, Section F Amagansett, NY Christine Rae DeYoung MBA 1990, Section...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
like a local newsroom but are actually pumping out politically motivated material. It is also incredibly difficult to build a digital brand in this environment, and the platforms with the biggest audiences, like Facebook, are so polluted. So when I hear from publishers...
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- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
number one, Kentucky Fried Chicken number two, and we were number three. And before I knew it, I was sitting on top of a company that was worth in public market terms in 1968, 1969 dollars, something like $150 million for a business that...
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brands;
leadership;
management;
strategy;
operations;
career;
Food and Beverage Stores;
Retail Trade
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Part Ownership of a Dream
Terry Finley (OPM 45, 2014) has been in the winner’s circle of more than a few race tracks. Founder and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds, Finley even won the 2017 Kentucky Derby with his partial ownership of Always Dreaming (an experience...
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George A. Schaefer
A trained accountant, Schaefer’s first task as CEO was to dramatically cut costs. Caterpillar’s large, earth-moving products were no longer in high demand as in earlier years, so Schaefer decided to invest in making smaller machines for urban construction projects and...
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Construction & Real Estate
- 20 Jun 2008
- News
Risk and Reward
Like many horse racing fans, I was disappointed when Big Brown met defeat at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 7. After the bay colt’s impressive wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, railbirds were hopeful that he would be the...
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Joseph A. Boyd
An academic engineer by training, Boyd was instrumental in leading Harris Corporation’s renewed focus on research and development. Under his tenure, Harris introduced a variety of new products including super-minicomputers, integrated work-group systems, and networked...
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Keywords:
Computers & Electronics