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- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216078-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-426 The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988–2016 In October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3% to 4%... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
Working PapersTo Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts Authors:Benjamin Edelman, Sonia Jaffe, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract We examine the profitability and implications of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
drug business. They relied, however, on licensing rather than building their own in-house capabilities for drug discovery and commercialization. In the low-tech OTC [over-the-counter] sector, they consistently maintained a strong profit... View Details
- Mar 2012
- Article
A Jobs Compact for America's Future
Without a well-trained, well-paid, continuously improving workforce the United States cannot compete with other nations effectively—and won’t be able to sustain high and rising living standards. Yet at all levels of the economy, we behave as if we don’t believe that:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact
in the reduction of greenhouse gases, customers need to play a more significant role.” — Piersten Gaines (MBA 2018) Vail Ski Resort Data point: “The typical ski resort needs 100–105 days of skiing to secure the average industry profit... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Fıelds of Gold
profits are reinvested in the country’s agriculture sector? In the field Saffron crocuses are harvested by hand during a 21-day window in October and November. They are picked only in the morning, before the blooms open, to prevent damage... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Books
offerings, and fatter profit margins. Featuring case studies from around the world, this book shows how to mine sales data to identify “home-run” products, reinvent forecasting and pricing strategies, and extract maximum value from... View Details
- Web
Launch Lab/Capstone 1 - Course Catalog
hypotheses that capture how the new product/service will create value, including business model design, pricing, sales and marketing, operating model and profit formula. The Capstone is divided into two parts, the first of which is an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Steady as She Goes
for the community was a profitable strategy: The company saw a 7.1 percent year-over-year increase in retail profits for the fiscal year that ended in June. Weckert isn’t going to predict that the coming... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit
The following article is the sixth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. Why was Southwest Airlines the only U.S. airline to realize a profit in 1992? What has made crime in New York City... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- November 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Background Note
Online Content Providers
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alastair Brown
Describes the business model for online content providers, companies that distribute copyright content via the Internet. Focuses on their revenue and cost drivers and on the ways that online content providers create value for consumers. Also investigates the benefits... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Customers; Value Creation; Business Model; Internet and the Web; Cash Flow; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Decision Making; Profit; Information Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Alastair Brown. "Online Content Providers." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-261, November 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- January 1999
- Case
Prague Post, The
By: Paul A. Gompers
Lisa Frankenberg, co-founder of the Prague Post, is faced with several business and professional decisions. The English-language paper she founded is under pressure from competition and a Czech Republic recession. She must decide how to return the paper to... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Profit; Competition; Financial Crisis; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Czech Republic
Gompers, Paul A. "Prague Post, The ." Harvard Business School Case 299-033, January 1999.
- February 2010
- Teaching Note
Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd. (TN)
By: Mukti Khaire
Teaching Note for [807113]. View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
development opportunities, or proper rewards. Expanding on their previous books, The HR Scorecard and The Workforce Scorecard, the authors recommend that workforces be managed like portfolios, with more investments in the jobs that create the most wealth. View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
Dozens of blue-chip advertisers have flocked to the site; according to Carpenter, iVillage may be the only private content company with more than $1 million a month in revenue. Although the company is not yet operating in the black, she expects it to become View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- 15 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change
What do Chinese coal plants and the American legislative branch have in common? They are both major adversaries in the fight against climate change, according to former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón. "The most serious problem is in the United States... View Details
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An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Riding the WAVE Misan Rewane 2013 When describing the experience of running WAVE (West Africa Vocational Education), Misan Rewane (MBA 2013) is frank. “It’s been a wild ride. I’ve learned so much, both about myself and... Starting a For View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
and consulting for thousands of the world's top executives, investors, and venture capitalists, the authors explain the next phase of the Digital Revolution to a wider audience: how to position firms to profit in this new era of... View Details
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
establishing a new market-driven personnel system, improving cross-functional collaboration, and simplifying product development. Steve Bennet was hired in 2000 as CEO at Intuit in large part because of his reputation as a driver of growth. While at GE, he had... View Details
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?
sustainable basis? Should firms sacrifice profits for positive environmental impacts? And do firms at least sometimes behave this way? Striving to find authoritative insights into those questions, three Harvard faculty members hosted a... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls