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  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Case Study: Declawing the Competition

leadership position?” The Answers: Create an Etsy-like program for subscribers to sell and distribute their own cat products. After being vetted for quality and fit, independent producers receive View Details
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

Sizing Up Social Impact

Image by C.J. Burton As the aftereffects of the 2008 global economic crisis continue to be felt, nonprofit organizations are competing for fewer and fewer dollars. Donors, also feeling the squeeze of a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
  • 10 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

seasonal cycles, enhance the appeal for investors in the exit, and improve the valuation. However, while Çavuşoğlu was laying out the plans for his next move with movie distribution in 2014, Turkey’s Council View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

challenges of a platform landscape that includes significantly varying installed device base sizes, growth rates, application distribution models, and hardware device profiles. Focusing on Apple's market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2024
  • Supplement

Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (B)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Kenneth P. Pucker and Stacy Straaberg
The Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (B) case encourages students to assess Allbirds’ product development and go-to-market strategies now that Allbirds is a publicly listed company. The (B) case provides a 2024 update on Allbirds including its initial public offering,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets; Initial Public Offering; Global Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Distribution; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Going Public; Performance; Diversification; Stocks; Transformation; Fashion Industry; United States; San Francisco; California; Europe; Asia; New Zealand
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  • March 2011 (Revised August 2012)
  • Case

Groupon

By: Sunil Gupta, Ray Weaver and Dharmishta Rood
On November 4, 2011, Groupon, a marketing services company that promoted local businesses by selling deeply discounted vouchers for their products and services, completed its initial public offering that valued the company at $17 billion. Within a year Groupon's share... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Customers; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Marketing Channels; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation
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  • 26 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

behavior of U.S. politicians. We exploit a unique database linking politicians to other politicians, and linking politicians to firms, and find both channels to be influential. Networks based on alumni... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

This year the theme of Climate Week is highlighting what businesses and governments can do to meet their climate targets. In that spirit, we have reached out to recent alums working in the climate space and asked them the following, “What... View Details
  • 02 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

response by the Chinese authorities was extraordinary. They enacted of series of price-distorting measures that smacked of desperation. They stopped all IPOs; they asked... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

The way to measure success

people worldwide, with manufacturing and distribution facilities, executive office buildings, and sports stadiums located on four continents. Kraft’s commitment to philanthropy, with an emphasis in the areas View Details
  • August 2020 (Revised January 2021)
  • Supplement

Facelift at Olay (B)

By: Sunil Gupta, Rajiv Lal and Olivia Hull
This supplement to Facelift at Olay (A) explains the major steps Procter & Gamble’s skincare brand Olay took to reverse several years of declining sales. View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Demographics; Age; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Digital Marketing; Transformation; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States; Ohio
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  • 30 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

compression ratios on car engines. Or dual overhead camshafts. What does that mean in terms of what matters to me? Does it get me more gas mileage? In the same sense, what you're really worried about is your standard View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 07 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

three projects: Debian, a complete non-commercial distribution of Linux; the GNU Object Model Environment (GNOME), which is a graphical user interface for Linux-based operating systems; and Apache, a public... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

rights, and legal liability of companies and executives for violating human rights. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309097 DreamWorks SKG Inc.: To View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

similar to that of advertising. A major challenge is that privacy laws prevent us from observing information about the applicant pool. I overcome this challenge by using order statistic distribution to infer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

customer intimacy but product innovation; the CEO will need to spend time with his chief scientists, medical opinion leaders, government regulators, and CEOs of the companies distributing pharmaceuticals,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 24 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Debora L. Spar

In the long run, even the most fundamental innovations have a way of being influenced by government, says Harvard Business School professor Debora Spar. That's why business leaders need political skills, too. Silverthorne: In Next: The... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

Authors:Laura Alfaro and Eliza Hammel Periodical:Journal of International Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Studying the relation between equity market liberalization and imports of capital goods, we examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

VendQuest (A): The Business Idea

By: Dwight B. Crane and David Foster
A potential founder of a company is considering whether to start up a new enterprise that would link parts distributors with customers in the construction industries via the Internet. This case describes the industry and the potential advantages to distributors and... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Corporate Strategy; Business Model; Distribution; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Business Plan; Customer Relationship Management; Business Ventures; Construction Industry
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  • 27 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 27

partners. Receptivity denotes the extent to which the organization can access and channel network resources across interorganizational boundaries. Whereas reach specifies how wide-ranging and heterogeneous the organization's network... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne