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  • March 21, 2022
  • Article

Are the Risks of Global Supply Chains Starting to Outweigh the Rewards?

By: Willy C. Shih
The conflict in Ukraine is only the latest jolt to global supply chains. Disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, climate-related events, and geopolitical tensions were already undermining their rationale. As companies rethink sourcing, they will have to consider... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Distribution; Globalization; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Asia; Europe
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  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

Contending with that value maximization approach is "stakeholder theory" which says that managers should make decisions so as to take into account all of the interests View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • 02 Mar 2007
  • What Do You Think?

What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

Summing Up This month's exchange of ideas regarding U.S. healthcare reform ranged far and wide. Some of us were interested primarily in the issue View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

    John A. Deighton

    John Deighton is The Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is an authority on consumer behavior and marketing, with a focus on digital and direct marketing. He teaches in the area of Big Data in Marketing,... View Details

    Keywords: consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products
    • 2010
    • Other Unpublished Work

    God, Government and Outsiders: The Influence of Religious Beliefs on Depositor Behavior in an Emerging Market.

    By: Ayesha K. Khan and Tarun Khanna
    This paper provides evidence that religious beliefs can have a significant impact on individual financial choices. Using proprietary panel data on the distribution of bank deposits across all commercial banks in Pakistan over a 33-month period, I find that Islamic... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Commercial Banking; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Consumer Behavior; Emerging Markets; Religion; Banking Industry; Pakistan
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    • 05 Jun 2018
    • News

    Campbell Soup needs a rule-breaker CEO

    • 21 Jul 2020

    Life at HBS Chat Series: MBA Students in the Business of Sports

    Hear straight from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. Students will share their backgrounds and how they have cultivated their personal and professional interests while at HBS through club associations. View Details
    • Web

    Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent - Course Catalog

    investment; a middle class of consumers continues to rapidly expand; and information-technology empires unfold at a rapid pace. On the other hand, Africa represents some of the... View Details
    • 2009
    • Other Unpublished Work

    Steering Monetary Policy Through Unprecedented Crises

    By: David Moss and Cole Bolton
    In early April 2008, economic conditions in Europe appeared to be deteriorating on almost all fronts: sales figures were falling, business and consumer confidence were slumping, forecasts for European growth were being revised downward, and inflation was rising. In... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Inflation and Deflation; Central Banking; Interest Rates; International Finance; Policy; Crisis Management; Europe
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    • October 2016
    • Case

    La-Z-Boy (A)

    By: Joseph B. Fuller and Natalie Kindred
    Kurt Darrow, CEO of La-Z-Boy furniture, must decide whether to continue an overhaul of the company's strategy in the face of a collapse in demand during the great recession. Having pared back La-Z-Boy's portfolio of brands and manufacturing network, he intends to... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Manufacturing; Organizational Transformations; Reorganization; Furniture Industry; Corporate Strategy; Home Fashion; Turnaround; Portfolio Rationalization; Globalization Of Supply Chain; Brand Repositioning; Business Growth and Maturation; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Vertical Integration; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    • July 2010
    • Case

    Metabical: Positioning and Communications Strategy for a New Weight Loss Drug

    By: John A. Quelch and Heather Beckham
    Cambridge Sciences Pharmaceuticals (CSP) expects final approval for its revolutionary weight loss drug, Metabical. Metabical will be the only weight loss drug with FDA approval that is also clinically proven to be effective for moderately overweight people. Barbara... View Details
    Keywords: Product Positioning; Marketing Communications; Product Launch; Consumer Behavior; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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    TDABC Cost Analysis of Ocular Disorders in an Ophthalmology Emergency Department versus Urgent Care: Clinical Experience at Massachusetts Eye and Ear

    By: Robert S. Kaplan, Jonathan Chou, Mahek Shah, Amy Watts, Matthew Gardiner, Joan Miller and John I. Lowenstein
    Purpose  To perform a cost analysis comparison for managing common ocular disorders in an eye emergency department (ED) versus an urgent care setting using a time-driven activity-based cost model (TDABC) to assist physicians and staff in appropriate allocation of... View Details
    Keywords: Time-driven Activity-based Cost Model; Emergency Room; Urgent Care Clinic; Cost; Analysis; Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment
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    • 22 May 2024
    • HBS Case

    Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

    Businesses that dismiss TikTok as merely a platform for teenagers looking to create and consume cat and dance videos do so at their own peril. That’s the message of a Harvard Business School case study... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology

      Dafna Bearson

      Dafna Bearson is a doctoral candidate in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research interests lie at the intersection of strategy and innovation. Specifically, her research focuses on intellectual property commercialization strategy in startups... View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; pharmaceuticals; high technology
      • 16 Jul 2007
      • Research & Ideas

      Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

      should purchase the used Toyota Camry. How consumers weigh those decisions is crucial information for retailers, and is the subject of recent research by Harvard Business School doctoral candidates Todd... View Details
      Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation
      • August 2022 (Revised October 2022)
      • Case

      Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea?

      By: Willy C. Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Pippa Tubman Armerding
      The setting for this case is the Sian Flowers, a company headquartered in Kitengela, Kenya that exports roses to predominantly Europe. Because cut flowers have a limited shelf life and consumers want them to retain their appearance for as long as possible, Sian or its... View Details
      Keywords: Supply Chain; Supply Chains; Sustainability; Sustainable Agriculture; Sustainability Reporting; Carbon Emissions; Supply Chain Management; Quality; Ship Transportation; Cost Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa; Kenya; Netherlands; Europe
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      • 01 Feb 2000
      • News

      Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders

      Laura A. Liswood (MBA '76) is cofounder and secretary-general of the Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL), an independent, international organization based at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School View Details
      Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
      • 11 Oct 2017
      • Research & Ideas

      The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

      Source: iStock In June 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act, a 589-page bill designed to repeal many of the regulations in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • Web

      The Power of DEI: Harnessing Talent and Opportunity for Enduring Success - Course Catalog

      and systems interact to achieve collective ends and, in some cases, to make the impossible possible. Additionally, we will increase our knowledge of the critical role that courageous, resilient leadership plays in these companies and... View Details
      • Web

      Women’s health is more than female anatomy and our reproductive system—it’s about unraveling centuries of inequities due to living in a patriarchal healthcare system. - Blog: Health Supplement

      cost of simply being a woman in our society, and certainly in our healthcare system, is high. Women pay more for the same consumer products and services men also use in what is called the Pink Tax ,... View Details