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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Avon CEO Jung on Leadership
leadership, the company introduced new lines and products, repackaged old standbys, invested heavily in research and development, and expanded overseas. Redubbed “the company for women,” Avon now operates in more than 100 countries, generating some $8 billion in annual... View Details
- 12 Mar 2014
- News
10 Harvard Business School Startups You Should Know
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
What I Do: Philippe Hellich (MBA 1996)
ever-present too, be it a customer tripping on a display or an entire country divorcing itself from established trading protocols. “The diversity of risks is what makes this job so exciting,” says the man whose task it is to prevent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
When HBS launched the US Competitiveness Project in 2011, the American economy was struggling to recover from the Great Recession, Washington was in gridlock, and the nation was caught in the hype of a presidential election. Against this backdrop, Dean Nitin Nohria and... View Details
- 03 Mar 2010
- News
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Books
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance by Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman (Harvard Business Press) Professor Raman and his coauthor explain how to use analytics to better manage inventory for faster... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
The company also made a big push into the retail market, making sure it got shelf space in its bid to gain mass appeal. President Gerard Meyer (MBA 1988) sums up the pitch to major retailers: Here's your chance to get a piece of a $260... View Details
- 14 Mar 2014
- News
Start-up Takes the Legwork out of Shopping
- 20 Mar 2012
- News
Robotics Warehouse Company Now Part of Amazon
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
passing motorists. Hustead acquired the T. rex, for example, to drive demand for the fossils, rocks, and dinosaur-related products for sale in the Wall Drug Mining Company, one of 21 separate retail departments that generate over $12... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- News
The Fastest Rowers Don't Always Make the Fastest Boat
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
from the MBA Class of 1998: Marc Cenedella, founder of the Internet job search site TheLadders; Marla Malcolm Beck, cofounder of national cosmetics retailer bluemercury; and Chris Michel, cofounder of early professional social networks... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Editor’s Letter
In 1984, I took my babysitting money to the Sam Goody store at the Short Hills Mall and purchased a copy of Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A., on LP. It was the best-selling album of the year and, for a kid growing up in New Jersey, not owning it was unthinkable.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
within the same companies and as these companies grew ever larger. Wholesalers, who had long been powerful players in the American economy, began to see their functions made obsolete as big companies started marketing directly to retailers. View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
Khare. Indeed, he came to business only after he added to his undergraduate engineering major at the University of Pennsylvania by enrolling in the Wharton School's five-year, dual-degree program in management and technology. "I saw technology, finance, and... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 14 Oct 2015
- News
Blue Apron's Got Big Plans For Dinner - But So Do Its Hungry Rivals
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, sold $315.6 billion worth of goods in 2006. With its single-minded focus on “EDLP” (everyday low prices) and the power to make or break suppliers, a partnership with Wal-Mart is either the Holy Grail or the kiss of death,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
Illustration by Robert Neubecker Sports injuries are a business concern for Clara Wu Tsai (MBA 1993). She and her husband, Joe Tsai, are owners of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets; the WNBA’s New York Liberty; and the men’s lacrosse team, the San Diego Seals. Sidelined athletes... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- News