Walmart - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2004
News

Toy Story

one was surprised. On the retail side, the large discount chains — WalMart and Target in particular — had steadily taken market share from specialty toy stores, in some cases using toys as a loss leader to pull in traffic. The ripple... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

“going to school” from their cars in Walmart parking lots. We’ve known that intellectually, but teachers and classmates are actually seeing students on Zoom in cars. Looking more globally, we know that as a result of the pandemic, in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

value-added products like yogurt. The entry of large multi-brand retailers like Walmart and Carrefour in the Indian market threatens to squeeze Amul's margins and undermine its low-cost distribution network. India's large young rural... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

made different decisions and it all ends up in court, the company loses. And companies, especially human resources functions, hate administering exceptions. Walmart employs a million people. If all of a sudden everything is customized,... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

are parked at all the Walmarts in the world, so hedge funds can [then] long or short the stock without waiting for the quarterly reports. It’s another way to monetize those images.” Balance sheets can take some of the romance out of... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

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One-Year Action Plan Update - Advancing Racial Equity

outside of campus? Srikant Datar: Our amazing colleague Jim Cash has helped me in setting up a racial equity advisory board. And through that, I've been fortunate to learn more about the efforts of people like Doug McMillon at Walmart and... View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

negotiates advantageous supplier deals for her tiny farm with a vindictive Walmart enroute to building an agricultural empire; Bruce Wasserstein negotiates to take Lazard public, etc. In diplomacy : Christiana Figueres guides the Paris... View Details

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