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- April 2025
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Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion PowerPoint Supplement
By: Michael W. Toffel, Ken Pucker and Stacy Straaberg
The Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (A) case introduces Allbirds as a footwear startup not only focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials but on decarbonizing the wider fashion industry. Background material highlights the growing... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Climate Impact; Environmental Strategy; Innovation; Product Design; Supply Chain Management; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Product Development; Climate Change; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; United States; California
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Finance - Faculty & Research
Impact of U.S. Tariffs By: Alberto Cavallo , Paola Llamas and Franco Vazquez 2025 | Working Paper | Faculty Research This paper examines the short-run impact of the 2025 U.S. tariffs on consumer prices using a unique integration of high-frequency View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Keep or Cut Workers? How Companies Reacted to the COVID-19 Crisis
employ 27 million workers, representing 38 percent of the total workforce of publicly traded American companies. The team studied a wide range of industries, from manufacturing, wholesale, and retail to finance, insurance, and... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51341 Beyond Symbolic Responses to Private Politics: Examining Labor Standards Improvement in Global Supply Chains By: Hugill, Andrea R., Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Worker... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
With COVID-19 cases growing worldwide, business leaders are scrambling to deal with a wide variety of problems, from slumping sales and stalling supply chains to keeping employees healthy and making sure they can continue working. We... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
opportunities. He graduated from Kenyon College, has one daughter, and lives in Wellesley, MA. Marla Malcolm Beck (MBA 1998), Bluemercury Marla Malcolm Beck is the co-founder and CEO of Bluemercury Inc., a high-growth luxury beauty View Details
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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
M. Mazur and Myron Samuel. Principles of Organization Applied to Modern Retailing . New York: Harper & Bros., 1927. R. H. Macy & Co., Inc., Stock Certificate, October 1, 1926. Lehman Brothers Deal Books, Baker Library, Harvard Business... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
the owner of a French chain of fast food outlets is concerned about the impact on his company's balance sheets. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111063-PDF-ENG The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (A) Jay W. Lorsch... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Real Wal-Mart Effect
and Montgomery Ward seemingly threatened small-town retailers with extinction in the nineteenth century, those retailers mounted an energetic counterattack. The rise of chain... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
multiple business contexts, the field of operations and supply chain management have not yet explored the possibilities it offers in improving firms' operational decisions. This study attempts to do that by empirically studying whether... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
delivers food to victims CEO Takeshi Niinami of Lawson, a chain of convenience stores, watched out his Tokyo office window as skyscrapers swayed. Just minutes before the tsunami reached the Tohoku shore, he sent an order to employees:... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
Ray A. Goldberg
A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.
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Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy Shared value opens up new needs, new markets, new value chain configurations, and new ways of thinking about the business. This creates new opportunities for strategic positioning and new competitive... View Details
- 06 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Manage Customer Churn for Maximum Profit
the example of an online retailer who suddenly sees a monthly shopper stop buying for two months. “Customers just stop using the service but don’t have to tell the company.” In order to manage churn, companies typically use machine... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Helm Social Enterprise Track Winner A web-based solution that streamlines the transition of patients from the hospital to post-acute care facilities. XinfuGo (now Tang Mall) Ying Chen, HBS Yixin La, HBS Qiwei Shi, HBS Social Enterprise Track Runner-Up A disruptive... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
School, defines these multi-sided markets as platforms that serve two or more distinct groups of customers who value each other's participation. Examples: EBay provides markets for both buyers and sellers, dating club clients are both men and women, shopping malls... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
examines the operations strategy of Whole Foods, one of the largest natural grocery chains in the United States. In late 2013, Whole Foods was expanding rapidly, with a publicly stated goal of growing from 351 to 1,000 domestic stores by... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
beloved,” she says. But beloved didn’t pay the bills, and by 2015, after decades of pressure from big chains and the internet, the small, independent store was on the verge of closing. That’s when Brody, a New Yorker who spends her... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
the optimal rule. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50545 Who Should Select New Employees, the Head Office or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
de-centralized, currently untapped resources such as electronic waste domestically in the US, providing a step change to create a circular supply chain for EV batteries. Nth Cycle will be the first domestic producer of a critical... View Details