Impact On Consumers Of Mergers - Publications - Faculty & Research

David G. Fubini

David G. Fubini is a Senior Lecturer in the Organizational Behavior Unit and leader of the Leading Professional Services Firm and Mergers & Acquisitions Programs for Harvard Business School’s Executive Education. His MBA teaching has concentrated on teaching the... View Details

April 2008
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A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products

By: Larry E. Greiner and Elizabeth Collins

Alex Sander is a new product manager whose drive and talents are attractive to management, but whose intolerant style has alienated employees. This tension is presented against the backdrop of a 360° performance review process. Sander works in the Toiletries Division... View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Conflict Management; Behavior; Management Practices and Processes; Talent and Talent Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Problems and Challenges; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Europe

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01 Jun 2024
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Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI

at Harvard, a pioneering hub dedicated to the study of transformative technologies, numerous HBS faculty members have turned their attention to researching the impact of these... View Details

Keywords: April White

07 Dec 2016
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Marketing Reimagined: A Recap of the 2016 Marketing Innovation Conference

A highlight of the conference was the wide range of panels available. Each featured up to five industry experts speaking on a wide range of... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

engineers, for example, brought in anthropologists to help them design copiers that were more user-friendly. And Genzyme leavened the impact of the lawyers on its regulatory... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

16 Dec 2020
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A Creator in the Era of Disruption

granted. Morrell: Alex Lazarow says this focus on deep impact differentiates frontier startups from their California counterparts. Lazarow: In Silicon Valley, less than 20% of... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

Museum of Natural History, Chicago Strategy for the Field: "More. Faster. Better." Operating expenses FY '99: $60 million Square feet he oversees: Close to a million 33 Web site: www.fieldmuseum.org Best part View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

17 Sep 2001
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Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

Packaged good manufacturers were eager to create a direct-to-consumer link like the one Dell found to sell computers. Such a link would minimize wasteful and inefficient marketing practices, which to date have mostly focused View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

31 Aug 2020
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Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

organizations in the study are pulling away from the other two-thirds in diversity and inclusion, registering increasingly higher probabilities of being the most profitable. They are exhibiting progress in achieving greater gender and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

April 2013
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Information and Subsidies: Complements or Substitutes?

By: Nava Ashraf, B. Kelsey Jack and Emir Kamenica

Does providing information about a product affect the impact of price subsidies on purchases of new or unfamiliar products? This question is particularly relevant for the introduction of health products in developing countries where consumers may be uncertain about... View Details

Keywords: Subsidies; Information; Consumer Behavior; Health; Zambia

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23 Aug 2019
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A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia

Patagonia has been using 100% organic cotton in its products since 1996, it is now part of a pilot program to grow regenerative organic certified cotton and mango for its apparel and food. Patagonia has had a tremendous View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail

10 Nov 2021
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How the Pandemic has Affected the Economy, From Empty Shelves to Higher Prices

09 Nov 2009
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Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

found that the relationship was a coevolutionary one. The context of the industry impacts the type of leader or leader characteristics that are required for success. But this... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation

16 Dec 2011
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Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

of environmental damage and climate change over the last two centuries. The time has come for mainstream business history to incorporate the environmental impact of business in... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

05 May 2003
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How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories

primarily on its projected impact on customers but also taking into account its fit with the bank's strategy and goals and its funding requirements. In some cases, focus groups... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke; Banking; Financial Services

24 Sep 2007
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The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

and complicated than it is today. So I would say the primary impact of the FDA over the past century has been to make predictable the safety of food, drugs, cosmetics, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

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Innovation and Development in the Household Financial Sector

This research examines the sources of long-run innovations in consumer financial services. The topics of research include the changing background and motives of the founders of new firms, the role of policy in promoting innovation and/or stability, and the impact of... View Details

16 Jul 2021
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Staying Under the 1.5°C Threshold: The Role of Government, Business, and Society

On Earth Day 2021, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative and the AMP199 Energy Circle co-hosted a conversation between Joan MacNaughton, Chair of the Climate Group and of... View Details

24 Jul 2000
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Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications

If proof was needed that change is afoot in the worldwide media industry, it came in the form of late alterations to a panel on the subject at the HBS Global Alumni Conference. CEOs Jean-Marie Messier View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News; Media & Broadcasting

Krishna G. Palepu

KRISHNA G. PALEPU is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean at the... View Details

Keywords: accounting industry; banking; financial services; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; retailing

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