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- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
calling for using city investments in energy efficiency to generate savings that would be reinvested in solar power. Inspired by their success, Dawe took an 80 percent pay cut and moved to Colorado to work on green-power initiatives...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Gene Markowski (MBA 1973)
in 2013. I was stationed in a tank unit out in Colorado Springs when the Vietnam War started up. I didn’t think I wanted to be in a tank in Vietnam, so I volunteered to go to flight school. Six months later, I was in combat. I was a...
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- Profile
Kelly Carson
opportunity to explore many of these skills through El Pomar Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Colorado Springs, which provides grants to support the arts, education, and health and human services. As a participant in the...
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Jeremy King
time," Jeremy says. Additional journeys included the Tribal Enterprise Group visit to the Mohegan Sun casino, "where we met leaders of the Mohegan tribe and operators of the casino business," and a ski trip to Steamboat, View Details
- 2018
- Teaching Note
Denver Public Schools: Innovation and Performance?
By: Michael Tushman, Kerry Herman and James Barnett
- June 2003 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Highlands' Garden Village
By: Arthur I Segel, Eve Bould and Hank Midgley
It was March 2003 and Chuck Perry was awaiting the arrival of his New York-based business partner, Jonathan Rose. He and Rose had begun Highlands' Garden Village, their latest mixed-use, mixed-income development project. In 1996, they had optioned the unused Elitch...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Urban Development;
Housing;
Society;
Construction Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Colorado
Segel, Arthur I., Eve Bould, and Hank Midgley. "Highlands' Garden Village." Harvard Business School Case 803-193, June 2003. (Revised June 2006.)
- November 1994 (Revised November 1995)
- Case
SweetWater
By: H. Kent Bowen and Thomas D. Everett
Focuses on developing a promising idea into a viable product design by considering customer needs early in the design process. Following an Alaskan fishing trip, Sandy Platter, a computer peripherals engineer, has a new idea for a portable water-filter device for use...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Product Design;
Customers;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Colorado
Bowen, H. Kent, and Thomas D. Everett. "SweetWater." Harvard Business School Case 695-026, November 1994. (Revised November 1995.)
- October 1987 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
National Demographics & Lifestyles (A)
Describes National Demographics and Lifestyles (NDL), a Colorado-based company that compiles a database from product "warranty registration cards" and sells mailing lists from this database. The company has burned through more rounds of financing than ever intended,...
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Keywords:
Demographics;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Management;
Marketing;
Information Industry;
Colorado
Roberts, Michael J. "National Demographics & Lifestyles (A)." Harvard Business School Case 388-043, October 1987. (Revised May 1993.)
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
fixation of broken bones had been produced in Switzerland by a separate manufacturing company and distributed in the United States. Wyss undertook a vigorous change of direction, first building a manufacturing plant in Colorado to...
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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
interrupted by service in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 but after his discharge, he resumed his studies there, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1947 and a master's in 1948, both in economics. He earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence
Hewlett-Packard in Colorado Springs, Colorado, notes, "I came back with specific tools for doing my job, but it's learning from the experiences of others that broadened my own awareness as a manager." Following TGM's final session,...
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Nancy O. Perry
- September 2010 (Revised November 2013)
- Supplement
Aspen Skiing Company (B)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities...
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Keywords:
Environmental Sustainability;
Supply Chain;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Sports Industry;
Aspen
Toffel, Michael W., and Stephanie van Sice. "Aspen Skiing Company (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 611-003, September 2010. (Revised November 2013.)
- July 1991 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Retail Promotional Pricing: When Is a Sale Really a Sale? (A)
Addresses the controversy that surrounds highly promotional retail pricing referred to as "high-low pricing" by the trade. High-low pricing involves setting prices at an initially high level for a brief period of time, then discounting off the so-called "regular" or...
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Keywords:
Courts and Trials;
Price;
Ethics;
Consumer Behavior;
Product Marketing;
Retail Industry;
Colorado
Ortmeyer, Gwendolyn K. "Retail Promotional Pricing: When Is a Sale Really a Sale? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 591-111, July 1991. (Revised June 1992.)
- 2004
- Teaching Note
Compensation Reform at Denver Public Schools, Teaching Note
By: Allen Grossman and Jennifer Suesse
- Web
VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Current VBHCD project sites include: The Alfred Hospital Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Children’s Hospital Brigham & Women’s Hospital Cedars-Sinai Chicago Prostate Center Children's Hospital View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
monthlong hike in the Colorado wilderness. Musing on the connections between his business and writing careers, Barron observes: "The people I know who have done best in business pay attention to the subtleties of human relations and...
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Thomas Frick
- 30 Apr 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management
Personality? Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement Million-dollar endorsement deals were made and broken by how baseball players on the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies performed in the 2007 World Series. HBS professor...
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- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
base. “They have cheaper energy, cleaner energy, local energy,” Riley notes. “It’s a huge success story.” Guzman Energy has seen other such successes across the American West, where the company—which has offices in Colorado and...
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- 21 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Didn't Know About HBS Faculty
Khalid Alghimlas earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical and biological engineering from Colorado State University in 2011 and is a strategist and business development consultant. Khalid was born and raised in the eastern province of...
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- September 2010 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Aspen Skiing Company (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Supply Chain Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Climate Change;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Aspen
Toffel, Michael W., and Stephanie van Sice. "Aspen Skiing Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 611-002, September 2010. (Revised April 2017.)