Publications

February 2018 (Revised June 2019)
Case

Jaguar Capital S.A.S., Take the Money and Run?

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree

In January 2014, Tomas Uribe and Rodrigo Sanchez-Rios of Jaguar Capital S.A.S. (Jaguar or Jaguar Capital), were considering an offer from White Stone, the world’s largest private equity real estate investor. Jaguar Capital needed capital to fund its investment thesis,... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Investing; Private Equity Financing; Deal Structuring; Emerging Market; Emerging Economies; Emerging Market Finance; International Entrepreneurship; Finance; Entrepreneurship; Agreements and Arrangements; Emerging Markets; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Colombia; Latin America; United States

February 1985 (Revised July 1993)
Case

Puritan Drug Co.

David Thomas takes his first sales management assignment and is faced with a sales rep revolt because of a possible territory reorganization. In addition, his sales division is performing well below the national average. Rewritten version of a case by R.Z. Sorenson. View Details

Keywords: Salesforce Management; Conflict and Resolution; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

in the retail industry, some shareholders claimed that the price was "grossly inadequate," making the decision whether to approve the transaction a difficult one for shareholders generally. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

this month’s column. Like some other trends, these are traveling from West to East. As Scocimara put it, “companies are adapting, and often the ones that are most threatened are adapting fastest. Retail is a great example.” What’s “the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

largest organized chai retailer. It has missed its target for retail store openings by approximately 25%, goals that are very important to its investors who are also board members. However, it has developed an exciting new internet-based... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?

investors, which in turn is acquired thanks to the brokers’ ability to observe order flow before the rest of the market.” Stockbrokers are intermediaries who buy and sell stocks for retail and institutional clients, either for a fee or... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

10 Dec 2007
HBS Case

One Laptop per Child

Classmate PC, which retails at a price higher but in the same ballpark as the XO laptop. (Intel also joined the OLPC initiative in July 2007.) Lenovo and Intel are established players "who saw the initiative, understood its... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

than they are in China. Likewise, in the product market, if multinationals can invest in the retail industry, logistics providers will develop rapidly. This has been the case in China, where providers have taken hold more quickly than... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

By: Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Using retail chain data, we study the effects of a tournament incentive plan based primarily on objective performance, but incorporating managerial discretion in the selection of winners.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

produce markets. Run by CEO George Hongchoy, the company had evolved from managing retail spaces in public housing estates in Hong Kong into new property types such as offices as well as into new geographies such as Beijing and Shanghai... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-083 thredUP: Think Secondhand First In the fall of 2016, the management team at thredUP, the largest U.S. online retailer of second hand clothing, is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2020 (Revised March 2020)
Case

SmileDirectClub: Better Is Better

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Direct-to-consumer; Brands and Branding; Strategy; Expansion; Online Technology; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry

January 2018
Supplement

OldTown Berhad

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte

In December 2017, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE, a Dutch coffee company) made an offer to acquire OldTown Berhad (OTB), a Malaysian coffee company. Three large shareholders, representing more than half of the outstanding shares, have agreed to tender their shares and... View Details

December 2017
Supplement

Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle

In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business which included several leading consumer brands (Vegemite—the iconic Australian spread,... View Details

Article

The Upside to Large Competitors

By: Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan and Jill Avery

Large companies are often viewed as a major threat for startups and small companies; big companies have more financial resources and greater scale, market power, and brand awareness than small ones. However, our research finds that a smaller brand can actually benefit... View Details

Keywords: Brand Management; Competition; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; United States

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May 2000 (Revised August 2000)
Case

Service and Value in e-Commerce

This collection of readings illustrates the importance of service and logistics in e-commerce, focusing on e-Toys' disastrous 1999 holiday season. View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Internet and the Web; Service Operations; Logistics; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry