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- November 1988 (Revised June 1991)
- Case
Lyndon Mall
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
Keywords: Retail Industry
- September 1988 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (A)
By: Ray A. Goldberg
- September 1988 (Revised November 1988)
- Supplement
Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (B)
By: Ray A. Goldberg
- August 1988 (Revised September 1995)
- Background Note
Case Teaching at Harvard Business School: Some Advice for New Faculty
- April 1988 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Home Depot, Inc., The
Home Depot, founded in 1978, pioneered the warehouse retailing concept in the home center industry. The company's niche strategy resulted in rapid growth in sales. By 1986, however, the company began experiencing deteriorating profitability. Students are asked to... View Details
- Article
Storytelling: A Method for Assessing Children's Creativity
By: B. A. Hennessey and T. M. Amabile
- October 1987 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Tiffany & Co.
This premier retail jewelry company was bought from its parent, Avon, by a group of investors led by its own management in 1984. The company was highly leveraged, financially, and had to scramble to meet the cash flow and earnings requirements laid down by its lenders.... View Details
- 1987
- Book
Changing Alliances: The Harvard Business School Project on the Auto Industry and the American Economy
By: Davis Dyer, Malcolm S. Salter and Alan M. Weber
- Article
Developing Models for Planning Retailer Sales Promotions: An Application to Automobile Dealerships
By: Anirudh Dhebar, Scott A. Neslin and John A. Quelch
- 1987
- Other Unpublished Work
Opening the Window: Needs Analysis and Long Term Effort to Pay for College
By: Dutch Leonard
- October 1986 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Karen Leary (A)
By: Linda A. Hill
Describes the evolution of the working relationship of Karen Leary, a new manager of a Merrill Lynch retail branch, and Ted Chung, a new financial consultant in the branch. Leary has some concerns about her working relationship with Chung and with his performance.... View Details
- October 1986 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
B-W Footwear
By: David B. Yoffie
As import penetration into the American footwear market reached 81% in 1986, B-W Footwear, along with all of its American competitors, was struggling. Supply lines were deteriorating, retailers and importers were gaining power, and the government had rejected two... View Details
- May 1986
- Case
U.S. Retail Coffee Market (A), Software Case
- September 1985
- Background Note
Finding a Job with a Small Company
Describes a process of self-evaluation for working in small companies, discusses small company issues, focuses on some basic search techniques, and ends with a little how-to section. The goal is to facilitate the process of securing a job in a small company and to show... View Details