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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
appearing in major news magazines. Then came a state visit from U.S. President George W. Bush (MBA ’75) in March, the same month HBS inaugurated its global research center in Mumbai (see sidebar, page 29). “Everything you hear about India...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
Finale’s original lead investors acquired a majority ownership in the business, folding it into a Rhode Island–based holding company where Conforti now serves as managing partner of the restaurant group. “When I started Finale, I...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
"Harvard 'B' for Peace." It was an extraordinary introduction to student life at the B-School, and as events such as the student killings at Kent State and Jackson State, the U.S. invasion of Cambodia, and the trial of the Chicago Seven...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
annual sales total $436 million—a number Birnbaum projects will climb to $1 billion by 2016. So how did the company get its fizz back? First, Birnbaum invested in product innovation, something the previous ownership hadn't touched in a...
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- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
closely held businesses. And they want to grow them right where they are. The firm was founded by a group of 12 family business owners who were interested in creating a local ownership vehicle for retiring business owners. Generally,...
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Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
Above: “Mainstream media is read by less than half of the people in the United States and Western Europe,” Edelman (MBA 1978) says. “The opportunity is to build your own communities, create your own content, and go direct to the end...
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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
firms. And state ownership constrains growth and investment options for domestic firms more than it does for foreign enterprises. While FDI does bring benefits such as the stimulation of privatization...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
An expert on competition in telecommunications and new technologies, Patrick S. Moreton (MBA ’91) takes the long view. Despite congressional efforts to tighten controls over media ownership and the current public outcry against media...
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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)
distinguished thirty-year career at HBS. An Arkansas native who began his education in a two-room schoolhouse, Stobaugh entered Louisiana State University at 15 and earned his bachelor's degree in 1947. He then spent eighteen years...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
pipelines in Ukraine, to Europe. Abdelal’s case examines the history of Gazprom, the recent return of the state to ownership (with 50.002 percent), and Gazprom’s strategy for becoming a global energy...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
elections, yet the new owners had promised to find a way to finance and build a new home for the team. That Baer was able to help the ownership group keep that promise has to do, in no small part, with a well-honed instinct for marketing...
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- 01 Feb 2015
- News
Jonathan Kraft is Prepared for Next Step
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
has distinguished itself over the years through its industry knowledge, lending contacts, controlling ownership positions, and focus on proprietary deals that don’t involve bidding against other firms in a competitive auction process....
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
2001). “The state of the market has made for a more serious tone on campus, and that was reflected in this year’s conference. MBAs are never afraid to ask tough questions, and the Cyberposium provided a forum for students and industry...
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- 06 Jan 2020
- News
Home Grown
Bauerly (MBA 1996, MPA 1996) and his team know that investing in their own state will only make the state—and Granite Equity, in turn—stronger by contributing to quality jobs, community commitment, and the bottom line. Granite Equity...
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- 01 Sep 2012
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Who Owns Yoga?
people,” Deshpandé says. The enterprising Bikram, born in 1946 in Calcutta and known worldwide by his first name, began studying yoga as a four-year-old. He arrived in the United States in 1971, opening his first studio in Los Angeles and...
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- 10 Jul 2014
- News
Harpoon Brewery CEO Steps Aside, Turns Stake over to Employees
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
privatize certain state concerns while maintaining efficiency in management. Another session brought together leaders of state-owned enterprises. Several Asian countries offer varied models of state View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
advice on how to own and run a business, find the right deal, negotiate, determine when to get in and get out, and much more. Dubai & Co.: Global Strategies for Doing Business in the Gulf States by Aamir A. Rehman (MBA ’04) (McGraw-Hill)...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Changing the way the world sees Africa
Teresa Clarke (AB 1984, JD 1987, MBA 1988) wants to reveal the real Africa. The chairman and CEO of Africa.com, the fastest growing Africa-related website, is working to change preconceptions about the world’s second-largest continent with over a billion people. “I...
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