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- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
both online and in-store, which can reduce stores' ability to upsell, make complementary sales (recall the Best Buy example), and make impulse sales (think candy at the checkout), resulting in smaller... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
good. What's missing is the confirmation of a profit formula that turns volume into serious cash. Another theory we think about in new growth situations is something we call "good money/bad money." It asserts that in the early stages of... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
talent." Robert Latoff, a leader of the Growth and Business Building Center at McKinsey & Company, said big companies often have to rethink the way they do things when... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
continuing litigation, and (perhaps most important) damage to its reputation, which included bragging rights at Wolfsberg social events. Consider the parallels in just these two examples. Two relatively View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
Summing Up Respondents to my column about the tenets of new strategic marketing by and large projected the view that new strategic marketing, as propounded by the authors of the new book, Marketing Moves: A New Approach to Profits, View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Dec 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Under Pressure, Oxxo Rethinks the Convenience Store
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region today are caught up in a dizzying swirl of economic, cultural, political, technological, and social change. Enormous opportunities await managers who can harness these... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
having and what isn't." What do you think? Original Article Looking over one of my favorite weekly business magazines published a couple days before the September 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S., I am... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
the book along with Regina M. Abrami, a former HBS professor now at the Wharton School; and F. Warren McFarlan, the HBS Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. "We think the future... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
fines against doctors, consumers can visit sites like ZocDoc and RateMDs. ZocDoc.com, founded in 2007, claims 5 million patient appointments with doctors booked through its site. RateMDs.com, founded in 2004, claims only 2 million doctor... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
potential for ecommerce growth in the country which relies (on) a lot of machine learning and AI the growth rate through the new economy prospects is just starting to take off... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
firm, and by extension in the emergence of an industry, Higgins writes in her chapter, titled "Careers Creating Industries." "With a significant number of IPOs, what was previously simply a group of young organizations... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
(Image credit: Harvard Business School) Some years ago at Harvard Business School, on classroom and office walls we posted a motto: “We all teach, we all learn, for life.” It... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
in the canned goods aisle of a stateside supermarket? That's one of the questions Mary L. Shelman, director of Harvard Business School's Agribusiness Program, explores in the case study Mutti S.p.a., coauthored with colleagues Senior... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- What Do You Think?
Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?
Summing Up This month's column presented two views of the importance of customer loyalty management, one challenging its feasibility and long-term impact (Michael Treacy, Double Digit Growth) and one... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
given that they're exchanging what they hope is a boost in demand for sure losses on the logistics side," says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Donald Ngwe. Shipping Fees and Product... View Details
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
widespread distress: Corporate credit quality and growth, says Harvard Business School Professor Victoria Ivashina. “It's only in the US in 2007 and 2008 that we observed the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 05 Dec 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing
can be low growth and declining margins. The key challenge in aligning marketing activities with corporate strategy is to develop a set of metrics to be used by top executives View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
money service grew to about 400 million subscribers. Lesson 3: Get agents on board Mobile money operators need to treat their sales agents well, providing financial incentives and making them feel strongly invested in the success of the... View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
activism and unwillingness to compromise, however, makes him a divisive character among business leaders who share his principles but question the ultimate effectiveness of his approach. Is it in their... View Details