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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
giving every employee a financial stake in a company, something KKR has completed with eight of its investments, with more in the works. Stavros’s model for broad-based ownership begins with equity grants: stocks, which vest over time,...
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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
time for vacations. What was your first job? I was a paperboy in Hartsdale, New York, for a few years, delivering the Reporter Dispatch. In high school, I sold sporting goods at E.J. Korvettes, a New York metropolitan area discount chain....
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
bookstore; small, privately owned shops were the predominant model for bookselling throughout the United States in the early 1970s. That was the original model for Borders, which also opened in 1971 with a...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
groups such as Boko Haram, which at least promise something to eat. Kola Masha Managing Director, Doreo Partners Masha's Babban Gona system turns subsistence farmers into commercial growers using a franchise model that provides everything...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
numbers one never thinks about, even though they play a crucial role in most aspects of life. Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal by Mark W. Johnson (MBA ’96) (Harvard Business Press) Johnson...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Books
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance by Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman (Harvard Business Press) Professor Raman and his coauthor explain how to use analytics to better manage inventory for faster...
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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
own successful family companies. Making Order Out of Chaos A Model for Family Business HBS professor emeritus Renato Tagiuri and senior lecturer John Davis have developed a useful tool for understanding the source of conflicts and...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
supporting gay and lesbian rights, and saving the rainforest. I'd like to see more companies copy our business model and become advocates for social change." Working Assets' charitable-donation model, thought to be the first of its kind,...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
offers a powerful alternative for identifying value-price gaps. The authors provide everything the reader needs to utilize the discounted cash flow model successfully. And they add an important twist: They...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Make Plans for Washington GLF
alumni and their guests will experience a “State Dinner,” modeled on those hosted by U.S. presidents for foreign dignitaries. As always, the Alumni Board strives to ensure a great event at an affordable price. To encourage greater...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
itself from a competitive perspective to continue its growth and stand out from the other industry players?" The Answers: "I would suggest looking at the business model and trying to extend the brand by extending the offering. Cellphones...
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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Alumni Board Wraps Up Year
development of a sustainable model for Executive Education reunions. The committee also suggested creating more opportunities for Executive Education participants to interact with MBA students. Additional recommendations may result from...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
discounted services or brand association might benefit the local lender. Finally, given the business strategy of no long-term commitments, I wonder if the centers could be sold to or subsidized by local large employers that would want the...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
dividends and compounding matter; explains options-trading techniques that will be beneficial no matter what the market does; analyzes real-life examples of investing opportunities; and provides tips on how to construct a portfolio, value...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
Technologies for Innovation, Thomke argues that many companies are not yet making the best use of breakthrough technologies for experimentation — including simulation and computer modeling — to generate and test new product possibilities....
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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
business model that in many respects mirrors Go-Jek’s, down to the green helmets and jackets that its drivers wear. In a city short on a transportation infrastructure, the companies are also competing as delivery services. Both have...
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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
well as access to other financial services such as credit cards, mortgages, mutual funds, insurance, and discount brokers, all conducted online. Because Internet-only banks have lower overhead costs, they can pass savings on to consumers,...
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Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
up front, given people a discount for paying a year’s worth of services in advance, and employed a number of other innovative tactics, the company turned cash-flow positive in its third week of operations and thereafter simply coined...
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Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
(MBA 2009) “Space companies are starting to look like tech companies, and that’s huge.” ——Sunil Nagaraj (MBA 2009) While SpaceX is a relatively august entrant into the market, it wasn’t until three years ago that it shook up the industry by offering very aggressive,...
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Robert S. Benchley