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Offline Showrooms in Omni-channel Retail: Demand and Operational Benefits

By: David R. Bell, Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno

Omnichannel environments where customers shop online and offline at the same retailer are ubiquitous and are deployed by online-first and traditional retailers alike. We focus on the relatively understudied domain of online-first retailers and the engagement of a key... View Details

Keywords: Experience Attributes; Marketing–operations Interface; Omnichannel Retailing; Quasi-experimental Methods; Retail Operations; Showrooms; Marketing Channels; Demand and Consumers; Performance Efficiency; Retail Industry

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16 Oct 2015
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HBS and the Arts

my time at the Metropolitan Museum as a teenager. At HBS, I am constantly learning from my classmates, who are eager to share their experiences across industries and from around the world. My first year gave me the confidence to approach... View Details

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

topics of the survey. 79% answered that they agreed somewhat or completely with the statement: "I have spent a great deal of time thinking about current risks to the economy." Similarly, 77% agreed somewhat or completely with the... View Details

22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015

co-creation of markets and value, multinationals without firm-specific advantages, and born-global firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50242 November 13, 2015 Harvard Business Review If CEOs Care About... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Where is Home for the Global Firm?

you share these ideas? A: Of course, once you write something like this, you come to see many things through these lenses. As reported in the Financial Times in October, several UK firms including Shire Pharmaceuticals and WPP Group have... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Jan 2007
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The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites

before and other researchers didn't know. In about 29 percent of the cases, the press is way out there before the SEC. And in some cases, people just ignore early warnings. Everybody says, "Where was the press?" It was just amazing to me to see how many View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News; Publishing

26 Jan 2022
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Making Peace with Anger

46 employees, and an estimated value of $25 million. Today, Walker & Dunlop is a publicly traded company with a market cap close to $5 billion. While Walker has led massive growth at the company, he realized several years ago that the way... View Details

23 Oct 2019
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How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

Alison Wood Brooks is the O’Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets Unit at HBS. Her research, course development, and teaching focus is on the psychology of conversation—why we... View Details

11 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

that’s essential for creativity and efficiency. Chopped-up schedules interrupt deep thinking, so people come to work early, stay late, or use weekends for quiet time to concentrate. And dysfunctional meeting behaviors are associated with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

secondary market in tokenized securities. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219057-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 219-056 Camber Creek & Measurabl Inc. In late 2017, Camber Creek, a real estate technology... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2023
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Engaging Students More Deeply

the smallest classroom details to enhance the student learning experience, professors Robin Greenwood, Richard Ruback, and Joshua Coval partnered with HBS’s Multimedia Development team to create media-enhanced cases for the course, Market... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

innovation Who Will Benefit Aspiring or Current Innovation Managers Entrepreneurs Product Managers, Developers, and Marketers Develop an innovation mindset and toolkit you can use to guide your team or organization’s strategy. "This... View Details

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

Perhaps no technology company outside of IBM has been able to keep on top of the industry as much as Microsoft. What's more, Bill Gates & Co. have achieved this success during times of incredible technological transformation, usually... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 May 2023
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Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

During his recent standing-room-only seminar about artificial intelligence (AI) and race at Harvard Business School recently, marketing professor Broderick Turner displayed a slide showing several white blob-like characters that resembled... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

30 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 30

PublicationsEmotion-induced Engagement in Internet Video Ads Authors:Thales S. Teixeira, Michel Wedel, and Rik Pieters Publication:Journal of Marketing Research (forthcoming) Abstract This study shows how advertisers can leverage... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Negotiating - Alumni

process, you might say "I'd like to get a better sense of my fit with the position and company before discussing finances." When it's time to talk, the offer should come from the hiring manager or your HR contact. Prioritizing &... View Details

05 Apr 2016
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April 5, 2016

earnings from uncertain to more certain times. We document that firms report more negative discretionary accruals when financial markets are less certain about their future prospects. Stock-price responses to earnings surprises are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

When Rory M. McDonald was working on his PhD at Stanford University in 2007, it was the heyday of the lean startup in Silicon Valley. “It seemed like pretty much every week there was some new market category being touted as the next big... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

11 Aug 2008
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Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

strategy and operations (or tactics) are both important but they are different. The normal course of events is for companies to focus on day-to-day operations and short-term problem solving. Management meetings focus on fighting fires and fixing problems. Often little... View Details