• 2013
• Case

Hindustan Unilever Limited: Meeting Employee Expectations

By: Shashank Shah, Ajith Sankar and David Sharpe

Keywords: Human Resource Management; Employee Empowerment; Employee Engagement; Employee Compensation; Consumer Products Industry; India; United Kingdom

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Shah, Shashank, Ajith Sankar, and David Sharpe. "Hindustan Unilever Limited: Meeting Employee Expectations." Canada: University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business Case 9B13C036, 2013.

Consumers, Corporations and Public Health (Oxford University Press, 2016)

The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under increased scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare.

Consumers, Corporations, and Public... View Details

• 17 May 2016
• First Look

May 17, 2016

industries and geographies, this collection provides students with an appreciation for the importance of consumer empowerment and consumer behavior in shaping both health and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 14 Aug 2018
• First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

and healthy innovation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54851 in press Management Science Procedural Justice and the Risks of Consumer Voting By: Kim, Tami, Leslie John, Todd Rogers, and Michael I. Norton... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• March 1997 (Revised March 1997)
• Case

Business Teams at Rubbermaid, Inc.

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Dean Whitney

Rubbermaid, a consumer-products company widely praised for its innovation, has instituted a company-wide experiment to stimulate innovation even further. The experiment consists of creating small cross-functional business teams within each division, with each team... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Innovation Strategy; Groups and Teams; Innovation and Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products Industry; United States

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Amabile, Teresa M., and Dean Whitney. "Business Teams at Rubbermaid, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 897-165, March 1997. (Revised March 1997.)

• 14 May 2013
• First Look

First Look: May 14

relationship in practice. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=38678 Exclusive Preferential Placement as Search Diversion: Evidence from Flight Search By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—We analyze the incentives for a two-sided... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 17 Mar 2009
• First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

consumer surplus by making the gray market less competitive domestically. Under certain circumstances, the domestic welfare destruction arising from this erosion dominates the domestic welfare gains that accompany a shift to arm's length... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

• 01 Dec 2023
• News

Endless Possibilities

Faye Iosotaluno (MBA 2008) met her husband through friends when she was only 19 years old. It was 1999, and the mobile-first app Tinder—which launched in 2012 and where Iosotaluno is currently COO—was not even a distant glimmer on the dating horizon. While the app... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

• Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Professor Rob Huckman (PhDBE 2001) + More Info – Less Info Amidst calls to increase consumerism in health care, large tech companies and retailers are making bold moves into the industry. These health care “entrants” aim to leverage their general skills in serving... View Details

• Web

2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

technologies have dramatically changed consumer behavior and allowed many new entrants to challenge established firms. How should incumbents respond, and more broadly, what should be their roadmap for digital transformation? In this... View Details

• 16 Mar 2020
• Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

consumer brands that rely on traditional retailing for the bulk of their sales—have already been demonstrably affected. So will industries that revolve around large gatherings, such as many forms of popular entertainment—sports, cinema,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

• 15 Dec 2003
• Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

competitive by integrating activities and coordinating resources across national borders. At the same time, they also need to be sensitive and responsive to national differences in consumer tastes and government requirements, for example.... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

• 01 Dec 2015
• Blog Post

What is the HBS FIELD Program?

is structured around “Design Thinking” and teachings based off IDEO - deep customer observations, brainstorming, prototyping and testing.  You are given multiple opportunities to put the consumer first through in-depth interviews and data... View Details

• 06 Aug 2019
• Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

entitled, Super Bowl Storytelling. I'm your host, Brian Kenny, and you're listening to Cold Call, recorded live at the 2019 Evanta CMO Executive Summit. Shelle Santana is an expert in consumer behavior, particularly in relation to... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

• 17 Sep 2001
• Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

What is consumer empowerment and what does it mean for you as an executive? HBS professor Luc Wathieu outlined his views in the following e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace