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- June 1999
- Case
Wegman's Food Markets: Lehigh Valley Grand Opening (Video)
By: David E. Bell
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
Bell, David E. "Wegman's Food Markets: Lehigh Valley Grand Opening (Video)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 599-501, June 1999.
- May 1999 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Victory Supermarkets: Expansion Strategy?
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Jay DiGeronimo, president of a 16-store supermarket chain, is trying to decide the timing and method for expanding his chain. The family-owned company could continue in a maintenance mode, with each family member running one store. It could expand slowly using a new...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Cost vs Benefits;
Trade;
Investment;
Market Entry and Exit;
Supply Chain Management;
Private Ownership;
Competition;
Expansion;
Retail Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Victory Supermarkets: Expansion Strategy?" Harvard Business School Case 599-054, May 1999. (Revised August 1999.)
- April 1999 (Revised September 1999)
- Case
Compaq Computer: Consumer Notebook Group
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Presents the background for a video of a focus group on Compaq Computer's new consumer notebook. Engineers, manufacturers, and retailers had collaborated on the product design, which has been approved by the executive committee. A launch is scheduled for nine months...
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Keywords:
Human Resources;
Product Launch;
Product Design;
Outcome or Result;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Corporate Strategy;
Computer Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Compaq Computer: Consumer Notebook Group." Harvard Business School Case 599-053, April 1999. (Revised September 1999.)
- April 1999 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Compaq Computer: Focus Groups
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Gives the final report, both results and methodology, of the focus group on Compaq Computer's new consumer notebook. Describes the groups, selection method, and methodology in detail. Should Compaq base its product design on the opinions of 64 people? Must be used with...
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Keywords:
Selection and Staffing;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Product Design;
Outcome or Result;
Corporate Strategy;
Computer Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Compaq Computer: Focus Groups." Harvard Business School Case 599-092, April 1999. (Revised August 2000.)
- April 1999 (Revised May 2000)
- Case
Compaq Computer: Intel Inside?
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Presents the results of quantitative and qualitative market research on the possible acceptance of a non-Intel processor in Compaq Computer's consumer notebook line. If the low-priced, non-Intel notebook is a success, the company will maintain or increase its 45% share...
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Keywords:
Distribution;
Production;
Success;
Performance Evaluation;
Mathematical Methods;
Competition;
Computer Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Compaq Computer: Intel Inside?" Harvard Business School Case 599-061, April 1999. (Revised May 2000.)
- 1999
- Working Paper
Understanding the Influence of Environmental Standards on Judgements and Choices
By: Ann E. Tenbrunsel, Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni, David M. Messick and Max Bazerman
- February 1999
- Teaching Note
United Way of Massachusetts Bay TN
By: David E. Bell
Teaching Note for (9-599-042).
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Keywords:
Massachusetts
- February 1999
- Teaching Note
Wegmans Food Markets: Diabetes Counseling TN
By: David E. Bell
Teaching Note for (9-599-057).
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- January 1999
- Teaching Note
Costco Companies, Inc. TN
By: David E. Bell
Teaching Note for (9-599-041).
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Keywords:
Retail Industry
- January 1999
- Background Note
Note on the Drugstore Industry
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
In response to the twin pressures of cross-channel competition and the prevalence of third-party drug plans, drugstores have changed both how they go to market and what they offer once they get there. This note reviews the history of drugstores, presents the current...
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- November 1998
- Case
Wegmans Food Markets: Diabetes Counseling
By: Ray A. Goldberg, David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Danny Wegman, president of Wegmans Food Markets, is trying to decide how to evaluate the success of a nutrition-counseling program for diabetics, and whether and how to expand the program beyond the two stores currently involved. Wegmans, with 57 stores and $2.3...
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Keywords:
Performance Evaluation;
Expansion;
Programs;
Human Needs;
Financial Management;
Health Care and Treatment;
Nutrition;
Consumer Behavior;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., David E. Bell, and Ann Leamon. "Wegmans Food Markets: Diabetes Counseling." Harvard Business School Case 599-057, November 1998.
- October 1998 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
United Way of Massachusetts Bay
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
The United Way of Massachusetts Bay held the monopoly on workplace giving for 50 years. In the 1990s it has experienced a dramatic change in the workplace itself and in donor attitudes toward giving and toward the United Way organization. This case investigates the...
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Keywords:
Change;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Monopoly;
Relationships;
Attitudes;
Internet;
Massachusetts
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "United Way of Massachusetts Bay." Harvard Business School Case 599-042, October 1998. (Revised April 2001.)
- Book Review
Review of Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies, by David E. Nye
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "Review of Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies, by David E. Nye." Business History Review 72, no. 3 (Fall 1998): 485–488.
- September 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Costco Companies, Inc.
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Costco Companies, one of the major players in the wholesale club industry, has developed a new class of membership that offers discounted services--auto, health, and home insurance, business credit card processing, real estate services--in exchange for a higher annual...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Cost Management;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Supply and Industry;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Retail Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Costco Companies, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 599-041, September 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- May 1998
- Background Note
Note on the Retailing Industry
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Presents a survey discussion of retailing and current issues. Examines the impact of changing consumer attitudes on the industry and outlines the industry's response: consolidation, adoption of technology, use of brands and private labels, and changing relationships...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Debates;
Customers;
Surveys;
Partners and Partnerships;
Attitudes;
Adoption;
Consolidation;
Retail Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Note on the Retailing Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 598-148, May 1998.
- April 1998
- Teaching Note
Bronner Slosberg Humphrey TN
By: David E. Bell
Teaching Note for (9-598-136).
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Keywords:
Service Industry
- March 1998 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Bronner Slosberg Humphrey
By: David E. Bell and Donald M Leavitt
Bronner Slosberg Humphrey has succeeded by providing integrated direct marketing solutions for major service companies such as AT&T, American Express, and FedEx. A new CEO takes over from the company's founder and is wondering how to grow the company. Options include...
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Leading Change;
Global Strategy;
Service Operations;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Technology;
Salesforce Management;
Marketing Communications;
Service Industry
Bell, David E., and Donald M Leavitt. "Bronner Slosberg Humphrey." Harvard Business School Case 598-136, March 1998. (Revised December 1999.)
- January 1998 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Chemdex.com
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Laurence E. Katz
An Internet start-up company is developing an online marketplace for specialty chemicals and reagents. David Perry has been named a runner-up in the 1st annual HBS Business Plan contest and now faces seed-stage financing questions--how much money to raise, at what...
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Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Laurence E. Katz. "Chemdex.com." Harvard Business School Case 898-076, January 1998. (Revised June 1999.)
- 1997
- Chapter
Bank-Based versus Market-Based Financial Systems
By: Brian J. Hall and David E. Weinstein
- 1997
- Working Paper
A Methodology for Retailing Analysis
By: David E. Bell
Bell, David E. "A Methodology for Retailing Analysis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-030, October 1997.