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- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
campaigns, and e-commerce in order to keep growing not just in China, but in other emerging markets as well. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/going-social-durex-in-china/an/714430-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Examines the type of security that is appropriate for an Internet company to have on its site. Focuses on a 20-person electronic e-commerce company trying to decide what parts of the information security product line they should acquire... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
future research, please consider the following questions, and share your thoughts in the comments section: What are the benefits and the pitfalls of a firm taking on the role of curator in its marketing functions? What are some e-commerce... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
near absence of strong processes for internal operations such as HR, accounting, credit, invoicing, and collections. During this financial crunch, Flipkart (India’s e-commerce unicorn) offered BlackBuck $20 million in convertible debt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
just in the technology. E-commerce was one tiny manifestation on the Web; it's another mail-order business that happens to go through the Internet. That's not a transforming phenomenon at all. What is transforming, however, is the way... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- May 2024
- Case
Naked Wines: The Profit vs. Growth Decision
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer
Nick Devlin faced a difficult strategic decision in October 2022. As the CEO of a UK-based subscription business connecting wine drinkers in the US, UK, and Australia with winemakers from around the world (which one journalist called the “Netflix of Wine”), he had to... View Details
Keywords: Profit Vs. Growth; Platform Business; Economies Of Scale; Subscription Business; Wine; Scaling; Racing; Value Creation; Network Effects; Business Startups; Small Business; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Profit; E-commerce; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Australia; United Kingdom
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
maximizing joint gain. Also important is how each transaction enhances—or compromises—one's reputation for treating other people. Reputation is relevant, of course, only when people are known and past relationships are remembered. Yet even in View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
for online retailers. Companies should use the data they collect from digital interactions to learn about these new customers: How do the new e-commerce customers compare to the pre-pandemic ones? Are they buying the same products at the... View Details
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806086 Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce Harvard Business School Case 505-016 BP's IR director has begun a program to use information regarding external views... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
MyTime Ethan Anderson, the CEO of San Francisco–based e-commerce company MyTime, must decide on the company's growth strategy. MyTime’s first product was a website and mobile app that offered consumers a convenient way to book... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
stay focused on the company's core competence, i.e., developing superior search solutions and monetizing them through targeted advertising. Another option is to branch into new arenas, for example, build Google into a portal like Yahoo or MSN; extend Google's role in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
516-013 Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics Vita is a Norwegian cosmetics retailer owned by FSN Capital, a Scandinavian private equity company. The company has a strong market position in Norway. The case focuses on two strategic issues: how to develop an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
strategic relationships with many service providers to help exploit new opportunities in online-to-offline (O2O) services and leverage its huge user base in e-commerce and search. However, there was no room for complacency. Competition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne