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12 Feb 2008
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land and outgrowers for production, the addition of value-added processing to obtain premium prices, and the introduction of global certification to ensure food safety and meet retailer and consumer requirements. The case also discusses... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Jul 2011
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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1590245 Cases & Course MaterialsBook Publishing in 2010 Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy BartlettHarvard Business School Note 711-419 Legacy book publishers wrangled with e-book View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

installations. Q: What are you working on next? A: These days, online shoppers face deceptive offers that promise discounts ("$10 off your next order") while they attempt to check out at ordinary retail Web sites. Because an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation

12 Mar 2013
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world. What was next for the family firm and brand leader from northern Italy's Emilia-Romagna region? How would the singularly focused, consensus-driven firm fare in an increasingly competitive, globalizing retail landscape? Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Aug 2004
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A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

sophisticated customers will not be good at working with mass-market retailing channels. The key then is to identify what processes a competitor has and what processes the company lacks. Processes are developed when companies solve the... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

16 Nov 2009
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The Times Captures History of American Business

chapter on consumption, for example, is by the late columnist William Safire, who wrote about how he came to own 38 shirts. His column is grouped with a reader's response and a set of stories about developments in the retail environment.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

May 2025
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On (B): The Cyclon Spins On

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karolin Frankenberger, Sascha Mader and Karen Elterman

A follow-up to the On case (723-430), this short case explores how the performance athletic shoe company On expanded its Cyclon subscription and recycling program through 2024, adding two new shoe models to the subscription and a one-time-purchase recyclable T-shirt. View Details

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16 May 2017
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Performance By: Li, Shelley Xin, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Many service organizations empower frontline employees to experiment with different ways to meet diverse customer needs across different locations. We conducted a field experiment in a View Details

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23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

competitive dynamics in 644 geographically isolated markets in which a nationwide retail bank conducted business over a five-year period. We find that customers defect at a higher rate from the incumbent following increased service... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Dec 2009
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Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

present systemic risks because they have limited sources of short-term liquidity: commercial paper and repurchase agreements. Banks with securities powers can also obtain short-term financing through Fed loans and retail deposits. Given... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

26 Jan 2004
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How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

venture money? A: The vast majority of venture capital is allocated to technology-driven businesses: software, hardware, Internet-related spaces. There is also significant investment in the life sciences and biotech. There is some portion of venture money that goes... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households: retail-structured products in Europe. We hypothesize that banks strategically use product complexity to cater to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

harming its own sales or those of its retail customers? Could Unilever encourage industry-wide changes to have a real impact on global environmental sustainability? Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Apr 2012
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and Kyle ArmbresterHarvard Business School Case 112-062 In 2007, under the leadership of CEO Stuart Rose, the iconic British retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S), with great fanfare, announced its "Plan A" initiative. Based on... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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By: Andy Wu

How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia

22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

pursuing an aggressive strategy of acquisitions over the last several years. End-market consolidation in the retail space has driven vertical integration in the extremely competitive fresh tomato business, where farm gate prices have not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2014
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Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

receive lower prices in return but also because, in some cases,firms provide better service. A: There are many examples of how firms exploit consumer personal information to improve online services. Retailers and travel agencies, for... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

and recovery to be associated with increases in orders from Hugo Boss's retailer customers Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-034.pdf A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity Authors:Robin... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2016
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Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business

By: John A. Quelch

The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under increased scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare.

Consumers, Corporations, and Public... View Details

Keywords: Consumer; Corporate Culture; Public Health; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Health; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Supply Chain Management; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Asia; Oceania; North and Central America; Middle East; Latin America; Europe

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Quelch, John A. Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.

06 Mar 2012

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benefits from racial diversity but that diversity is a liability when society's negative stereotypes about racial minorities' competence inhibit such interactions. We analyze two years of data from 496 retail bank branches to investigate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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