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- 2018
- Working Paper
Opportunistic Returns and Dynamic Pricing: Empirical Evidence from Online Retailing in Emerging Markets
By: Chaithanya Bandi, Antonio Moreno, Donald Ngwe and Zhiji Xu
We investigate how dynamic pricing can lead to higher operational costs through more product returns in the online retail industry. Dynamic pricing has been widely applied by many online retailers. Research has shown that, in response to dynamic pricing, some customers... View Details
- October 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Pippa Tubman Amerding and Wale Lawal
Twiga is a leading agricultural produce supplier in Kenya offering services to mostly informal retailers. Under Peter Njonjo, a co-founder and Twiga’s new CEO, the company is considering multiple options for expanding its business, including offering packaged foods and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Retail Industry; Nairobi
Ghosh, Shikhar, Pippa Tubman Amerding, and Wale Lawal. "Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (A)." Harvard Business School Case 821-043, October 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
- 25 Feb 2025
- Video
Michael Horn on the future of education
- Web
Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Executive Education Courses Executive Education Courses Strategy for Health Care Delivery (Fall) November 16 -18, 2022 Summary Innovative health care organizations worldwide are moving toward better value... View Details
- 04 Apr 2014
- News
Increasing Access to Education
environment—and frequently within it—her top goals are to increase educational access and be a role model and mentor, which includes serving on the Alumnae Advisory Board of... View Details
- January–February 2000
- Article
Patterns of Disruption in Retailing
By: Clayton M. Christensen and R. S. Tedlow
Christensen, Clayton M., and R. S. Tedlow. "Patterns of Disruption in Retailing." Harvard Business Review 78, no. 1 (January–February 2000): 42–45.
- October 2015 (Revised November 2016)
- Background Note
'World-Class' Universities: Rankings and Reputation in Global Higher Education
By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
Discussions of "world-class" universities have become an academic cottage industry in the 21st century, and definitions of the term are complex and at times contradictory. This background note traces the origins of university ranking systems and their evolution from a... View Details
Keywords: Rankings; University Faculty; University Curriculum; University Administration; Higher Education; Education Industry
Kirby, William C., and Joycelyn W. Eby. "'World-Class' Universities: Rankings and Reputation in Global Higher Education." Harvard Business School Background Note 316-065, October 2015. (Revised November 2016.)
- Winter 2014
- Article
Retail Inventory: Managing the Canary in the Coal Mine!
By: Vishal Gaur, Saravanan Kesavan and Ananth Raman
Retail inventory is a statistic that is closely watched by retailers as well as their investors, lenders, and suppliers. Retailers not only benefit from inventory, but also bear the cost of excess inventory. Investors, lenders, and suppliers interpret this statistic... View Details
Gaur, Vishal, Saravanan Kesavan, and Ananth Raman. "Retail Inventory: Managing the Canary in the Coal Mine!" California Management Review 56, no. 2 (Winter 2014): 55–76.
- 23 Jun 2015
- News
Are America's Biggest Retailers Having A Wardrobe Malfunction?
- 2023
- Working Paper
El Dorado Lost: Local Elites, Real Estate and the Education Business in China
By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
This working paper examines the evolving, complex and multifaceted relationship between the real estate industry and the education sector in China. The current crises in the private education and real estate sectors caused by policy shifts reflect the inter-meshing of... View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Policy; Government and Politics; Economic Sectors; Education Industry; Education Industry; China
Jones, Geoffrey, and Yuhai Wu. "El Dorado Lost: Local Elites, Real Estate and the Education Business in China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-065, May 2023.
- 04 Aug 2022
- News
Is Ecommerce the Antidote to Ongoing Retailer Challenges?
- 03 Dec 2015
- Video
Planning Change: Lessons from the World of Retail
- fall 2007
- Article
Store Manager Incentive Design and Retail Performance: An Exploratory Investigation
By: Nicole DeHoratius and Ananth Raman
DeHoratius, Nicole, and Ananth Raman. "Store Manager Incentive Design and Retail Performance: An Exploratory Investigation." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007).
- 06 May 2015
- News
A passion for education
Susan Wolf Ditkoff (MBA 2001) brings her business know-how to the nonprofit sector as a partner at the Bridgespan Group and as chairman of her local school committee. (Published May 2015) View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Rebates in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Medicines Sold in Retail Pharmacies in the U.S.
- Web
Executive Education - Health Care
Executive Education Executive Education Expanding Thought Leadership in Health Care With virtual and in-person classrooms comprised of health care-executives from around the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
and then went to work in a factory and his mother, a homemaker, did not attend college because her father didn’t think education benefited women. Thinking Bigger In his... View Details
- 10 Aug 2021
- News
Moving Education Within Reach
children’s families sometimes needed medical assistance, and it certainly could get noisy in the house while Ramalingam and Scheel were also raising their own two children. But Scheel says her husband was... View Details
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Consumer Behavior, Retailer Power and Performance in Consumer Goods Industries
By: M. E. Porter
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Performance; Goods and Commodities; Supply and Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Porter, M. E. "Consumer Behavior, Retailer Power and Performance in Consumer Goods Industries." Review of Economics and Statistics 56, no. 4 (November 1974): 419–436.