• 04 Nov 2011
• Working Paper Summaries

Multi-Sided Platforms

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Julian Wright

• 07 Jul 2019
• HBS Case

Walmart's Workforce of the Future

technological innovations such as robot workers and in-house incubators. Walmart fights a revenue drop The case details how the rise of ecommerce (and the success of Amazon in particular) affected Walmart’s discount stores (which sell general merchandise but limited... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Fidji Simo: Growing the Pie at Instacart By: Hubert Joly , Leonard A. Schlesinger and James Barnett May 2025 | Case | Faculty Research In January 2025, Instacart CEO Fidji Simo considers strategies for continuing to grow Instacart from a View Details

• 01 Jun 2023
• HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

grocery stores, restaurants, and manufacturing plants, with median annual earnings of about $10,000. Higher-paying, professional opportunities remain scarce. View VideoVideo: Hise Gibson shares why business leaders need to hear Larry... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories

• 14 May 2018
• Research & Ideas

Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

company is just acquiring the stores for their locations, and plans to phase out the Whole Foods brand. Assuming that Amazon wants Whole Foods to succeed, however, it might do well to consider the benefits of the grocery chain’s... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

• 18 Jun 2020
• Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

refugees were shamed on social media after being photographed with smartphones, and federal agencies have reprimanded how lower-income individuals spend relief funds after natural disasters. Even groceries aren't safe, Hagerty and Barasz... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

• 05 May 2022
• Research & Ideas

Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can

Grocery bills may be ridiculously high these days, but supply chain problems, energy costs, and inflation aren’t the only factors to blame. New research suggests that companies are raising prices simply because they can. In 2021, US... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

• 07 Mar 2011
• Research & Ideas

Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back

there was not enough customer demand for its grocery delivery service. Next, there's the matter of timing, a huge issue that can determine whether a company gets funding and whether it achieves the start-up's elusive measure of success:... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

• Web

Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

with reusable grocery bags has been strongly promoted as environmentally and socially conscious. In parallel, firms have joined policy makers in using a variety of initiatives to reduce the use of plastic bags. However, little is known... View Details

William A. Sahlman

William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

May 2025. Fidji Simo: Growing the Pie at Instacart By: Hubert Joly , Leonard A. Schlesinger and James Barnett May 2025 | Case | Faculty Research In January 2025, Instacart CEO Fidji Simo considers strategies for continuing to grow Instacart from a View Details

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

I’m diving deep into strategy at one of Europe’s fastest-growing, tech-powered grocery companies. I’ll be showing you around my life today. Fun fact: Picnic joined forces wtih PostNL and sponsored a Tour de France team, so now we deliver... View Details

• 12 Feb 2018
• Research & Ideas

Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?

to learn how being last affects consumer behavior. To get started, Buell and Harvard student Jay Chakraborty observed customers at a local grocery store with five checkout lanes—a total of 286 customers over a cumulative five hour span.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service

• 27 Feb 2023
• Research & Ideas

How One Late Employee Can Hurt Your Business: Data from 25 Million Timecards

doctoral student Caleb Kwon analyzed timesheet records of more than 25 million employee shifts over four years at a large US grocery chain. Controlling for a host of variables, they find that a 1 percent increase in lateness and... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Retail

• 24 Apr 2017
• Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

Nelson Peltz in 2012. He wanted to split Kraft’s global business by spinning off its North American grocery products unit, which Rosenfeld wound up leading as an international business renamed Mondelez. Without the ability to access... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage