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  • February 1998 (Revised February 1999)
  • Case

FreeMarkets OnLine

By: V. Kasturi Rangan
Describes the marketing strategy of an entrepreneurial start-up engaged in electronic purchasing for large manufacturers. By creating an electronic bidding platform, the company has been able to cut down procurement costs by about 15%. The case question concerns how... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Bids and Bidding; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Production; Electronics Industry
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Rangan, V. Kasturi. "FreeMarkets OnLine." Harvard Business School Case 598-109, February 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
  • 18 Dec 2014
  • Video

The Impact of Layoffs

  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Just Keep My Money! Supporting Tax-time Savings with U.S. Savings Bonds

By: Peter Tufano
This paper reports the results of a 2007 experiment testing if specific process simplification can foster increased take-up rates for savings products, particularly by low-to-moderate income (LMI) households. Tax refund recipients at certain H&R Block tax preparation... View Details
Keywords: Household; Income; Bonds; Investment; Personal Finance; Saving; Taxation; United States
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Tufano, Peter. "Just Keep My Money! Supporting Tax-time Savings with U.S. Savings Bonds." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-059, October 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
  • January 2000 (Revised May 2001)
  • Case

kate spade

Kate Spade's founders try to finance and grow their luxury handbag and accessories business. As the case ends, the founding team must decide among four potential strategic partners offering to purchase different shares of Kate Spade at various valuations. Includes... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Partners and Partnerships; Business Growth and Maturation; Brands and Branding; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Cyr, Linda A., and Sarah S. Khetani. "kate spade." Harvard Business School Case 800-002, January 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
  • May 2016 (Revised January 2018)
  • Case

Improving Repurchase Rates at zulily

By: Thales Teixeira and Sarah McAra
In February 2015, zulily cofounder and CEO Darrell Cavens faced a major challenge in his business, a Seattle-based daily deals site that catered to moms. The more he spent to acquire new customers, the less he retained them in the form of repeat purchases. This was an... View Details
Keywords: Zulily; Repurchase; E-commerce; Online Shopping; Fashion; Customer Relationship Management; Internet and the Web; Digital Marketing; Customer Satisfaction; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Seattle
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Teixeira, Thales, and Sarah McAra. "Improving Repurchase Rates at zulily." Harvard Business School Case 516-083, May 2016. (Revised January 2018.)
  • 30 Jan 2018
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The erosion of worker compensation

  • May 2018 (Revised January 2019)
  • Teaching Note

Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Teaching Note for HBS No. 212-006. In 2008, Jay Davis (HBS’ 08) and Jason Pananos (HBS’ 08) formed Nashton Partners and raised $500,000 from investors to fund their search. After 30 months of searching, and exhausting the money they raised to fund their search, Davis... View Details
Keywords: Search Fund; Acquisition; Capital Structure; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Partners and Partnerships
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Ruback, Richard S., Royce Yudkoff, and Ahron Rosenfeld. "Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-120, May 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
  • August 2014 (Revised December 2015)
  • Case

Showrooming at Best Buy

By: Thales Teixeira and Elizabeth Anne Watkins
Best Buy is a consumer electronics retailer with nearly 2,000 stores worldwide. In 2012, the rising popularity of price-matching apps for mobile phones made price differences between retailers transparent, online and offline. Shoppers' desire to test electronics... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Price; Consumer Behavior; Applications and Software; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Retail Industry; Electronics Industry
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Teixeira, Thales, and Elizabeth Anne Watkins. "Showrooming at Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 515-019, August 2014. (Revised December 2015.)
  • September 2002 (Revised July 2003)
  • Case

Silhouette v. Hartlauer

Silhouette, an Austrian eyeglass frame manufacturer, sued Hartlauer, an Austrian retail discounter, for reselling Silhouette frames within the European Union (EU) that Hartlauer had purchased outside the EU. Does the EU follow the principle of exhaustion of trademarks? View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Trademarks; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; European Union
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Bagley, Constance E., and Claude Mosseri-Marlio. "Silhouette v. Hartlauer." Harvard Business School Case 803-055, September 2002. (Revised July 2003.)
  • August 1995 (Revised January 1997)
  • Exercise

Consumer Behavior Exercise (A)

By: John A. Deighton and Susan M. Fournier
Students are instructed to interview a recent purchaser of a low-involvement product or service in depth about his/her buying decision. The exercise provides students with first-hand understanding of important concepts in consumer choice domain (e.g., stages in the... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior
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Deighton, John A., and Susan M. Fournier. "Consumer Behavior Exercise (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 596-039, August 1995. (Revised January 1997.)
  • October 2000 (Revised October 2000)
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Off-Balance Sheet Leases in the Restaurant Industry

By: Amy P. Hutton, Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Amid mounting concern by credit agencies about off-balance sheet liabilities, an analyst for one of the leading credit-rating agencies has been asked to make a presentation about off-balance sheet liabilities, the strategic analysis behind leasing versus purchasing... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Property; Leasing; Financial Statements; Capital Structure; Credit; Financial Services Industry
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Hutton, Amy P., Paul M. Healy, and Jacob Cohen. "Off-Balance Sheet Leases in the Restaurant Industry." Harvard Business School Case 101-033, October 2000. (Revised October 2000.)
  • September 1999
  • Case

Sally Jameson - 1999

By: George C. Chacko, Henry B. Reiling, Peter Tufano and Matthew Bailey
Sally Jameson has a large block of appreciated stock, which she is contemplating selling to purchase a home. She is comparing an outright sale, borrowing against the stock, shorting against the box, and a stock loan proposed by a small financial services firm. View Details
Keywords: Asset Pricing; Asset Management; Financial Liquidity; Stocks; Stock Options; Financing and Loans; Financial Services Industry
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Chacko, George C., Henry B. Reiling, Peter Tufano, and Matthew Bailey. "Sally Jameson - 1999." Harvard Business School Case 200-006, September 1999.
  • 16 Nov 2010
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Seasonal prices are boosting retail sales

  • July 2007 (Revised November 2007)
  • Case

Leasing Computers at Persistent Learning

Newly public Persistent Learning is acquiring vital computer assets. They need to determine how the lease or purchase decision will impact their financial statements, and how the market will react given previously forecast earnings and competitor's accounting. View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Financial Statements; Leasing
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Shanthikumar, Devin M. "Leasing Computers at Persistent Learning." Harvard Business School Case 108-014, July 2007. (Revised November 2007.)

    Tomomichi Amano

    Tomomichi Amano is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit at HBS. He teaches the Marketing course in the MBA required curriculum.

    Professor Amano draws on economic theories to understand novel mechanisms by which new... View Details
    • February 1991 (Revised October 1991)
    • Case

    Fenchel Lampshade Co.

    By: William A. Sahlman
    Describes the proposed purchase of a lampshade manufacturer by Steven and Michele Rogers, recent graduates of the Harvard Business School. Focuses on their plans to raise the capital necessary to buy the company. Among the issues raised are how to structure the deal... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Negotiation Deal; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; Manufacturing Industry
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    Sahlman, William A. "Fenchel Lampshade Co." Harvard Business School Case 291-014, February 1991. (Revised October 1991.)
    • September 2010 (Revised February 2013)
    • Background Note

    The Cage-Free Egg Movement

    By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
    Describes the social movement confronting conventional egg production techniques (battery cages) based on animal welfare concerns, and some merits and drawbacks of cage-free alternatives. Highlights animal rights activist campaigns, political and regulatory responses,... View Details
    Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Rights; Supply Chain Management; Natural Environment; Social Issues; Competitive Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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    Toffel, Michael W., and Stephanie van Sice. "The Cage-Free Egg Movement." Harvard Business School Background Note 611-021, September 2010. (Revised February 2013.)
    • August 2018 (Revised April 2019)
    • Case

    Chateau Winery (A): Unsupervised Learning

    By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
    This case follows Bill Booth, marketing manager of a regional wine distributor, as he applies unsupervised learning on data about his customers’ purchases to better understand their preferences. Specifically, he uses the K-means clustering technique to identify groups... View Details
    Keywords: Clustering; Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Customers; Marketing; Analysis
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    Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Chateau Winery (A): Unsupervised Learning." Harvard Business School Case 119-023, August 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
    • August 2009
    • Article

    Mental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer

    By: John Beshears and Katherine L. Milkman
    We study the effect of small windfalls on consumer spending decisions by comparing the purchases online grocery customers make when redeeming $10-off coupons with the purchases they make without coupons. Controlling for customer fixed effects and other variables, we... View Details
    Keywords: Mental Accounting; Windfalls; Marginal Propensity To Consume; Coupons; Marketing Communications; Consumer Behavior; Accounting; Cognition and Thinking; Retail Industry
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    Beshears, John, and Katherine L. Milkman. "Mental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 71, no. 2 (August 2009): 384–394.
    • December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
    • Case

    Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund

    By: Victoria Ivashina and Andre F. Perold
    In December 2008, in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Rosetree Capital Management was evaluating the purchase of a pool of U.S. residential mortgages. The firm had formed an investment vehicle to acquire troubled residential mortgages... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Mortgages; Investment; Housing; Valuation; United States
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    Ivashina, Victoria, and Andre F. Perold. "Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund." Harvard Business School Case 209-088, December 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
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