Dollar General - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

Levine, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and capabilities influence billions of dollars of "socially responsible" investments as well as some consumers, activists, and potential... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

the scope of work is so broad that the possibility of cross-infection is monumental. If you go into a general hospital, there's no way they can keep those walls and floors clean and free from all bacteria. Plus, the people who work in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

to do whatever was necessary to gain scale and capture market share. They discovered that they generally didn't have enough to fund all the businesses in which they were trying to compete. So they had to get out of some businesses or at... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

of dollars to one of the employees. There were also suggestions of a coverup: Easterbrook had allegedly deleted material from his phone. The board made the complicated decision to try to claw back Easterbrook’s severance, resulting in a... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

source software ("OSS"). What drives companies with large, proprietary software portfolios to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in OSS? We approach this question by grouping a sample of OSS projects into clusters and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

inductively generate a consumer (patient)-centric marketing model. The focal organizations are unique in that they all identify patient needs first, then work backwards to develop economically viable solutions. These solutions are not... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

decisions and ultimately impact observers' willingness to be influenced by them. Three studies suggest that observing others make more (versus less) thoughtful decisions generates more positive reactions when a choice is difficult but... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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