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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
customers abreast of issues according to their region," she notes. The company's customers generate approximately one hundred thousand phone calls and letters every month to support fast-moving progressive issues such as gun control,...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
industry. Buyer power appears to be higher in the Old World. Consumers are more sophisticated and somewhat more price sensitive in the Old World than in the New World. More sales occur through supermarkets and other off-premise locations...
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- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
financial officer of Grupo Elektra, Latin America's leading specialty retailer and consumer finance company. Global banks are decreasing their positions in Latin America. Last year alone, he said, major banks reduced investments in Latin...
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by Julie Jette
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
overseas backlash against U.S. goods? A: Long before the Iraq conflict, the triumphal tone of America's global march set off a backlash. Brands such as McDonald's, Starbucks, and The Gap have become targets for protesters in many parts of the world. But so far...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2020
- News
Bluemercury’s Marla Beck on How Covid-19 Is Changing the Beauty Business
Marla Beck (MBA 1998) Marla Beck (MBA 1998) Bluemercury cofounder and CEO Marla Beck (MBA 1998) recently spoke to the Wall Street Journal’s Secrets of Wealthy Women podcast about how her company has adapted during the pandemic. One of those changes has been reacting to...
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Marsha Faradina
Marsha has 8 years of experience in the energy industry (oil & gas/power generation) and was in consumer goods for her first job. She switched to consulting and moved from Asia to the US. Therefore, she...
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- 17 May 2017
- News
Nisa Godrej Takes Over
India, Deepika Warrier is the vice-president for the company’s nutrition category. Hindustan Unilever, the country’s largest consumer goods maker, has two women in its executive team. Geetu Verma heads its...
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Theodore G. Montague
Montague transformed Borden from a struggling dairy products-centered business into a diversified multinational consumer goods provider. Looking for a way to lessen Borden’s reliance on government...
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Food & Tobacco
- December 2007 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Queensland Sugar Limited
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Until industry deregulation in 2006, Queensland Sugar ran Australia's single desk marketing system for raw sugar exports. Since deregulation, eight of the ten Queensland sugar millers have elected to continue collective marketing through QSL. However, several millers...
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Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Goods and Commodities;
Trade;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Competition;
Marketing Strategy;
Supply Chain;
Network Effects;
Supply and Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Australia
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Queensland Sugar Limited." Harvard Business School Case 508-038, December 2007. (Revised March 2013.)
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
us to believe that we are at an inflection point is demographics. You have this new generation of digital natives who are used to operating online. Their default option for shopping is through a digital interface. These consumers do not...
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- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
strategies of companies within those industries. In particular, I focus on how an industry gets defined: how consumers and other industry players make sense of, or frame, the industry, and the way that framing in turn affects how the...
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
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- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
At first blush, the consumer appeal of a business like Groupon seems pretty obvious. The popular deal-of-the-day Internet start-up sells vouchers to restaurants, spas, and other local businesses at major markdowns--and who wouldn't want...
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by Carmen Nobel
Victor Emanuel
During World War II, Emanuel produced all types of military aircraft, including giant bombers, aircraft carriers, and cruisers. After the war, Emanuel led the conversion of AVCO from a producer of aircraft and heavy goods to a...
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Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
drove productivity in the IT sector. These entrepreneurs, and so many others, have fundamentally improved our economy by making goods and services better, cheaper, and more accessible. But can you name any innovators in our bloated,...
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- 24 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Internship In Action
different teams including Buyers, Seller Relationship Managers, Product Managers, and Developers. I now have a very good understanding of how much effort and resources go behind every single button we press on any website or mobile...
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Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Strike Up the Broad(band)
social utility -- the enjoyment of fulfillment people derive from consuming a good or utilizing a service." Beyond movies-on-demand and videoconferencing, the authors say "the most savvy service providers,...
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- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
we've seen suggests that this performance is typical: analysts and managers have trouble making forecasts in the kind of volatile economy that will probably be part of the new normal. Pay Attention to Product Availability Repeated studies in supermarkets and other...
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- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources...
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- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
magnetic resonance, but Giler knows it looks like magic to the general public. And, like any good performer, he's feeling the pressure to give his audience an unforgettable show—hence the nerves. "If the demo gods are willing," the screen...
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