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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
pounds of food that had been prepared for customers in the catering, hotel, travel, and restaurant industries got stuck in the supply chain when the world seized up. That’s when Philip Behn (MBA 2005), CEO of Imperfect Foods, jumped into...
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- 30 Oct 2013
- News
Make Big Bets: How Blockbuster Strategies Work
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
the days before institutionalized tutoring schools, he explains—today a $20 billion industry in Korea. “My father had a strict military background and told me to learn English by reading books,” he recalls. When Kim reported that he could...
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- 16 Jun 2023
- News
On the Move: Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016)
Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here we speak with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), who was announced as EVP of International Strategy & Business Operations for the Professional Fighters League (PFL) MENA region...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Michael F. Cronin
under management. Given Cronin's background, it's not surprising that the WP portfolio favors traditional industrial and service companies that are strong on business fundamentals. Examples include Herald Media (publisher of the newspaper...
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- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
oil industry. I came full circle with both of those cases, having spent my career in the oil industry and as CEO of a company involved in the Macondo well disaster in 2010. Going through the Macondo crisis and looking back on the...
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- 11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony
billion industry in Korea. “My father had a strict military background and told me to learn English by reading books,” he recalls. When Kim reported that he could read but was having difficulty speaking, the solution was simple: read out...
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- 01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)
Wasserman. "They have a lot of senior people at the top and very few junior people below them. Several other industries that started out that way - such as investment banking and consulting - have evolved into big, pyramid-shaped...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
indeed created a market for babies. Parents can choose the traits they want, clinics advertise for customers, and specialized providers are getting rich — it’s a $3 billion business in the United States alone. And that figure doesn’t include what’s paid for View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
portfolio of companies. Some go great and some don't. But the individual entrepreneur has all his or her eggs in one basket. They are the real actors; we're just the stagehands. Where the new economy is going We've clearly had our...
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- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
the massive increase in eggs orders. “That had prevented it from really even being seriously considered before,” she says. But 2015 was a good time for revenue-generating ideas at McDonald’s. “Part of the mantra we were pushing was, if...
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- 01 Dec 2004
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The Future of Stem Cells
intense, markets tend to form, with supply responding to demand, in spite of controversy. Thus, with the potentially huge, lucrative, and beneficial industry that could emerge from embryonic stem-cell research, the question seemingly...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Vive la Madeleine!
while showing off an industrial refrigerator stacked with free-range eggs and 25-kilo blocks of Normandy butter. Trays of madeleines cool on racks. A few feet away, workers monitor a machine that wraps the...
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