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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
billion market, I would go vertical for the next year or two. I would go deep and learn along the way to master the business fundamentals and identify parallel/complementary markets you can expand into. This will prepare the firm to go...
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- 01 Jun 2016
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Case Study: On the Table
furniture design but in a warehouse, a fleet of trucks, and a staff of drivers—the type of capital-intensive vertical integration he planned for later on, after Gaia Design had established its reputation as a source for well-designed, good-quality furniture. The...
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- 01 Sep 2015
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Ink
Book Review: Mix Master by Sean Silverthorne In contemporary culture, a remix is the bringing together of assets in new ways—a song that combines recording samples from Otis Redding or Brenda Lee, say, placed in a new Kanye West wrapper....
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- 15 Nov 2021
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Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
father, who felt responsibility for these companies, for shepherding them through both the good times and the bad.” Waite explained this innovative model of partnership in the book Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories edited...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Amy S. Langer
knows the subject all too well: Langer herself is a breast cancer survivor whose own bout with the disease seventeen years ago led her to leave a successful career at Lehman Brothers to fight cancer on behalf of other women, including those with View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
found her work in the field to be the most important and satisfying aspect of her job. "If my interactions with clients were limited to studying their financial statements on paper, I would not have fully understood their operations,...
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- 01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Books
a Chaotic World by Michael Wheeler (Simon & Schuster) Wheeler, the MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice, retired, shows how master negotiators thrive in the face of chaos and uncertainty. They understand negotiation as a...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
Resisting the impulse for drastic change, Bhidé offers a blueprint for correcting the historic misalignment between the numbers-driven financial sector and the innovation-driven “real economy.” He advocates tough, straightforward limits...
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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
called eVolution with venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and buyout specialists Texas Pacific Group. This new partnership focuses on traditional corporations that are interested in spinning off new Internet businesses. And we've...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Before she had a baby of her own, Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014) kept hearing from friends that the “natural” diapers on the market didn’t hold up as well as the old standards, like Pampers. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Saigal knew her...
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- 01 Apr 1999
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A Vibrant Brand
is what will keep it alive. While it seems an unlikely pairing when looking at content, Clinkscales admits that the similarities between Vibe/Spin Ventures and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia cannot be ignored. Just as the queen of home entertaining launched her own...
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Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
historians—not just modern business gurus—if you're interested in mastering the power of strategy and the power of execution in your job." CURRENT READING Bush at War, by Bob Woodward A.G. Lafley has been credited with turning around...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
limits innovation and efficiency. Stay tuned to the political debate to see whether the USPS will be allowed to improve. What complementary businesses need to be built? Let the market drive the answer to that question, whether it’s new...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 07 Nov 2014
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The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
product features, and partnerships with top-tier brands. “With our work on MOGUL being recognized by Business Insider, Forbes, Huffington Post, Yahoo!, and Cadillac, it is exciting to leverage the internal and external momentum we have...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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Case Study: Glass Half Full
Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres In classic engineer fashion, Ernesto Humpierres (MBA 2011) has always enjoyed building systems, whether it’s a Lego set with his twins or an e-commerce side hustle with their mother, Sarah Scott...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
honest." —Michael Horn (MBA 2006) Education Executive Director, The Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, San Mateo, California Carl Christopher (MBA 2006) Director of School Operations, Partnership for LA Schools...
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- 05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio
leadership positions that no one was looking at. Hunches aren't proof, however, so Dodi enlisted Dorsen, a former section mate and good friend, to figure out if this opportunity was real. Dorsen brought critical insights to the View Details
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
Clubs News Clubs News Alumni Angels Conference Tackles Post-Pandemic Investing and Entrepreneurship The global pandemic has reshaped the world, and investors and founders are full of questions about the future of startups. To find answers, the HBS Alumni Angels...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
opportunity to grow and engage its user base by tapping into data and analytics and could add value to Nix in the eyes of prospective acquirers. Should Nix stay the analog course, make the transition to digital, or split limited resources...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions
day-to-day management responsibility. "So far," he reports, "I've been fortunate enough to work that out." An active investor in limited partnerships and private companies, Mathias is a special View Details
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Deborah E. Blagg