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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
prices are significantly lower than its competitors. Assuming the company’s prices are 8 percent lower — at the low end of the estimates from various studies summarized in a recent report by Global Insight — and applying that to Wal-Mart’s domestic sales volume, U.S.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
Illustration by Istvan Banyai Since 2006, Gazelle has offered consumers an answer to the question of what to do with their old electronic devices when they upgrade: Sell them to us. Customers can go to Gazelle's website; get a price for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
sporting goods companies. But Kim and Coup weren’t interested in selling the company yet. Meanwhile, Timberland, based in Stratham, New Hampshire, had been assembling a collection of brands under the umbrella of its outdoor group to... View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
and ranked. In February 2018, tronc, the company formerly known as Tribune Publishing, purchased a majority stake in BestReviews.com. What inspired you to launch BestReviews.com? Ben:“We both grew up reading Consumer Reports regularly and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
When they returned to Hong Kong from the United States in the 1970s to work side by side with their father, the company’s future was uncertain. Under the brothers’ guidance, Li & Fung today is a global leader in consumer View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
Since cofounding the online product discovery platform The Grommet in 2008, Jules Pieri (MBA 1986) has enjoyed a front-row seat to the launch of 3,000 consumer products—including household names like Fitbit, SodaStream, and S’well. From... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Jacinto C. Gavino of the Asian Institute of Management in Manila suggested that, given such constraints, there should be an evaluation mechanism developed to help focus research on the most important issues. “In developing economies, we have to reexamine the... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The Maestro and the Market
learn about marketing from a business owner who says he doesn’t care whether or not customers like his product? HBS assistant professor Michael Norton’s interest in what motivates seemingly irrational consumer behavior has found a perfect... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
fruitfully partner in a global economy. Bhidé argues that high-level know-how developed in other countries benefits the United States because it is highly mobile and cheap: What is invented expensively in Taiwan, for example, can then be produced cheaply in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “I definitely don’t think that virtual will ever cannibalize the real thing. I genuinely don’t see that happening. That’s some people’s fear. But I do think the benefit is that we are educating the View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
for the marketing industry lies in developing transactional-based models that enable consumer and client to work together more closely." HBS professor John A. Deighton agrees, describing the Internet as a multidimensional "total... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96) Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87) A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98) As in any business, the sports industry's mounting costs are eventually passed on to the consumer - at the stadium, via... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
a successful business and doing the right thing for the planet is a source of immense innovation for Patagonia,” Thoren observes. Among the initiatives she’ll be involved with is the retailer’s long-standing work to convince consumers to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
Philippines to educate its 300,000 members about which government services customers shouldn’t be forced to pay for, such as health care and education. Bantay is also looking to widen its impact by reaching out to lower income people via SMS and creating a mobile app.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
the flowers are cultivated on easily accessible platforms. Porter's ideas, while inspiring to some, remain controversial. "Many people would argue that although pollution prevention is good business in some cases, it is not View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
fundamental decisions for any business: where to play, how to deliver, and how to win. Where to Play. Entrepreneurs must target downturn needs such as superior value relative to existing players or provide good substitutes for the... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
is that bad guys have so much data that they just haven’t gotten to yours,” says Thomas. It’s easy to steal your credit card. “The only hard part is using it without tipping anybody off.” There is evidence of the relative ease of these crimes in the prices that the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
Government, and the International Economy, making good use of his long-standing interest in international business. In 1981, for example, Crum started working to create the Nomura School of Advanced Management in Tokyo. Many of the one... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
different lender as a result?" the banker said. "I hope so." "If companies don't work on race relations," says Bob Haas, "we won't have enough qualified workers to run our businesses, and the purchasing power of a vast number of potential View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
the car—but with collective action, these small changes could have a big impact, Tiller says. The organization also wants consumers to understand the connection between food and fuel: nearly 50 percent of the country’s corn crop is turned... View Details