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- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
School Case 718-010 Google in Europe: Competition Policy in the Digital Era (B) Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/718010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-055 Vietnam: Managing Global Value View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
case considers Nestlé’s creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had mounted since the 1990s to improve supply View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
committed. Even if they had wanted to sell in chain stores, the Lauders could not afford the large sales force necessary to service such outlets. Because she wanted to reach women who did not necessarily have much experience with makeup,... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
(e.g., email addresses) at the time of checkout. Index soon added automated marketing tools and payment/security tools (e.g., encryption) to its product portfolio. However, selling to large retail chains had proved challenging—many... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
118-082 Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both—Lessons from Retail & Service Chains This note explains how several retail and service organizations use a practice described here as “structured empowerment” to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—We collaborate with a Swedish retail chain to conduct a field experiment in which we change the sales force compensation scheme from a monthly to a daily quota plan. This intervention, along... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2021
- Teaching Note
Drinkworks: Home Bar by Keurig
By: Sunil Gupta and Jonathan Levav
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 521-010. In the summer of 2018, Drinkworks CEO Nathaniel Davis needed to make a number of go-to-market decisions ahead of his company’s upcoming product launch. Formed through a joint venture between Keurig Dr. Pepper and Anheuser-Busch... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Markets; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Market Design; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Product; Product Design; Product Development; Business Model; Customers; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Making; Decisions; Goods and Commodities; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Research; Research and Development; Strategy; Adoption; Competitive Advantage; Segmentation; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Value; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; North and Central America; United States
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
advantages, great employee and customer loyalty, and a smoother on-ramp in leadership succession. A book excerpt from The Ownership Quotient: Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage by HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-051.pdf Alignment in Cross-Functional and Cross-Firm Supply Chain Planning Authors:Santiago Kraiselburd and Noel Watson Abstract In this paper, we seek to use quantitative models to help appreciate the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- May 25, 2016
- Comment
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
By: John A. Quelch
Healthcare and education are two issues in which citizens around the world, rich and poor, are passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Consumer Power; Innovation In Healthcare Delivery; Mobile Healthcare; Transition; Transformation; Trends; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Value and Value Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Information; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Independent Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Management; Marketing; Markets; Planning; Problems and Challenges; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Fashion Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Public Administration Industry; South America; North and Central America; Middle East; Europe; Asia
Quelch, John A. "How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (May 25, 2016).
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
address the diverse values and interests of their companies' stakeholders. Publisher's link: http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=4059 May 2015 Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains Ignore, Avoid, Abandon,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
Fresh & Easy in the United States John A. QuelchHarvard Business School Case 511-009 Tesco, the world's third largest retailer, is facing problems with its launch of a new retail chain in the U.S Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
supposed to go to Qingdao, China, to help with a chain of beauty salons. Conversations were difficult given language barriers, leading to difficulties understanding the scope of the business until students were just about to leave.... View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
very large, important, and well-run organizations making significant commitments to sustainability. I would cite Wal-Mart, Cisco, IBM, Unilever, Duke Energy, and Marks & Spencer as organizations on the leading edge. For example, Wal-Mart is working to completely... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
intensifying as HTC faced big name players such as Nokia, Apple, and Samsung Electronics. Many companies were offering their own application stores. What did HTC have to do to become a more powerful global brand? Where should HTC participate in the value View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
Authors:Joseph Rhatigan, Sachin H. Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee, and Michael E. Porter Abstract The care delivery value chain is a framework that can help conceptualize the organization and structure of care delivery for medical conditions. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016
Retail Chain By: Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—This paper contributes to an emerging literature in management control that studies employee selection as a mechanism to align employees with corporate goals and values.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
hierarchy than the automotive sector due to the existence of numerous interfirm transaction cycles. Transaction cycles in turn can only arise if a subset of firms have two-way "vertically permeable boundaries." Such firms (1) participate in multiple stages of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
value chain and the motivation for the reuse of blocks of intellectual property in modern IC designs. It briefly examines ARM Limited as an example of an IP specialist supplier and looks at the evolution to complete Systems-on-Chip and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
Will Hurwitz. McDonald’s emerges from a slump With 40,000 mostly franchised restaurants across the world, McDonald’s serves some 63 million customers daily and employs more than 2 million workers. The brothers who founded the chain in... View Details