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- 12 Apr 2016
- News
How Disney’s Alan Horn Manages the Movies
franchises (foregoing the combining of the Harry Potter books to limit the number of films). And while Horn had the good fortune of running already-successful companies under the Disney umbrella, colleagues note that his View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
He recalls this moment in his new book, Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts. “Up until that point,” he writes, “the only thing I had managed were a couple of donut shops—replacing View Details
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brands;
leadership;
management;
strategy;
operations;
career;
Food and Beverage Stores;
Retail Trade
- 10 Sep 2013
- News
Ferguson’s Formula
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Action Plan: Tapping into a Legacy
As the new managing director of Hall & Woodhouse, one of England’s leading regional breweries, Matt Kearsey (AMP 193, 2017) knows that the best-tasting beer requires more than premium hops and pure spring water. “We give the process the...
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- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
smart enough to let him do that experimentation. Eight years elapsed before that became a commercial product. It’s amazing that Nestle, that had two big existing franchises in coffee—instant and stove top—was willing to risk those View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
top-flight amenities? “Trust me, it’s cheaper,” McCarthy says. “There are people out there saying they’ll have 500 pickleball franchise locations around the country, and you can get caught up in all that. They won’t have to worry about...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
that more and more cities may zone or franchise waste collection, restricting the number of operators (and emissions) while improving safety in designated areas—as Los Angeles has done, with New York soon to follow. Every landfill is at a...
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Waste Management and Remediation Services;
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- 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...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
country riven by tribal factions and lacking roads, electricity, and a well-functioning government—required the mindset of a manager who half-jokingly refers to himself as a “lovable dictator.” Khoja below a billboard on Bibi Mahru Hill,...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
New Releases
practical solutions some have developed in response. Bradach explains that traditional chain enterprises comprise two organizational units: company and franchise. The company-owned unit is run on a military model - the superior exercises authority, the View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
the first location, McCann leaves the baking to her staff while she manages a growing enterprise. “I love people, and franchising is basically about relationships with people,” she explains. McCann is well...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
teams; the worst-performing franchises have the first picks in the league's annual draft of college players; and salary caps help ensure that wealthier teams can't just buy up all the best players. A congressional partial exemption from...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
All in Good Time
image of a hard-driving entrepreneur who is on call around the clock doesn’t mesh well with the nonstop demands of family life. But that didn’t stop Allison O’Kelly (MBA ’99) from leaving a fast-track management position at Toys “R” Us...
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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
The Next Big Swing
his simulation game in 2006 but credits it with providing lasting insight. “It was the perfect marriage of sports and numbers,” he says. “It forced me to study baseball at a very detailed level. I had to learn as much as I could, such as studying how View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
franchises remains fierce. RELATED PROFILES Touching All the Bases: Stephen A. Greyser Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96) Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87) A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98) RELATED PROFILES...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
1948. After selling the Browns in 1951 (the franchise eventually became the Baltimore Orioles), Bill DeWitt worked for the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers before the Cincinnati Reds hired him as general View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)
- a strategy, marketing, and athlete representation firm she founded - has been selected by the league's seed investors to create and manage the new league. The league's marketing strategy is "a hybrid of the ABL and WNBA women's...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
succeeded in business. “I've really had two careers,” he observes, “one as a for-profit financial entrepreneur and one as a crusader for economic development.” As a managing partner in his own investment firm, Tierney has the freedom to...
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
Hayes, for advice on how “to think like a businessman.” Hayes encouraged Navasky to consider the Owner/President Management Program (OPM), an HBS Executive Education offering for family- and small-business executives. Navasky was an...
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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
design and development for the Girls Division of Mattel, Ross set out in 2001 to create a new hit toy for preteen girls. The project took on heightened importance as the company watched its lucrative Barbie franchise plateau in revenue....
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