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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
the customer like about the brand? We found that they associated the brand with quality, a sense of adventure, and a pleasant store experience. Then we did some opportunity analyses on what people wished was out there. We found a gigantic... View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
that existing stores must participate in normal industry growth while the new stores experience targeted revenue growth. The corporate scorecard also measures the amount of... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
joining HBS. Cal Brooks (MBA 2022, Section A), Summer Internship: Commercialization Strategy Intern at Malta Malta is building a new type of electro-thermal energy storage system that can collect and store energy from any source (i.e.... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
with tools for identifying and solving these problems, engage their employees and suppliers in their improvement efforts. Q: Your book notes that typical stores experience staff turnover of 100 percent each... View Details
- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
distribution a daunting process. That's the problem Vaxess seeks to address. The company is developing a way to store vaccines at room temperature using silk proteins, eliminating the need for refrigerated storage and allowing for wider... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Where Are They Now?
The first in a series of occasional articles in which the Bulletin catches up with former HBS faculty members. SCHLESINGER: Now doing business at Limited Brands. Len Schlesinger (DBA ’79) certainly walks the talk, as he moves easily back and forth between business and... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Candy That Is Good for You
we knew there was room to really get in there and disrupt and innovate. “The response has been overwhelmingly positive. Consumers are thrilled to have finally found an alternative to the artificial gums they've been having up until now. They love the fact that our... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
source of competitive advantage. Field's brand was built on the appealing, elegant, retail experience or encounter in a department store defined by quality goods that have Field's name on them.—Nancy F.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Leading a Family Business - Course Catalog
global employment. They range in size from the corner store to the conglomerate, and include industry leaders in many sectors. Most family businesses begin as decisions made by founders to continue the legacy of what they have built by... View Details
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo
her back in Germany. My efforts paid off - she and I were married this past June in the Bavarian alps. When Duolingo visited campus last October, I figured this could be a good opportunity to get Product Manager (PM) experience (which I... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
bringing it back to profitability in 100 days. His next stop was Burger King, where he helped relaunch the brand and turnaround same store sales. Lopdrup first joined Red Lobster as president in 2004, and led a company that was facing... View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
Experiment of On-the-job Learning of Knowledge Production by Local Workers Reporting to Return Migrants By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj Abstract—I study whether return migrants facilitate knowledge production by local employees working for them... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: The Business of Burning Man
There are no trash cans, electricity, or running water.” Character study: “I have two costumes for each day stored in Ziploc bags. One year I dressed as Marie Antoinette in mourning, in head-to-toe 18th-century French rococo black silk... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
products, which is costly for retailers, and they may not buy from the retailer again. They might also be costlier to serve given their limited experience with online shopping. Making sense of apparel buying To learn about new online... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
As the holidays approach, we’ll all experience the temptation to overspend on gifts for our loved ones (and maybe a little on ourselves). When faced with difficult decisions like whether to spend $199 on a knife set or a tool set, we may... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Action Plan: Whole Sale
customer-facing voices, including marketing and store associates.” This is a moment of transformation, he says. “Omni-channel is a learning experience for all of us.” How to: Market to Gen Z (and beyond)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
(His long-term plan puts Faction brand sales somewhere in the middle of that first band of revenues.) User experience plays a key role in differentiating Faction’s product, with communication feeding directly into product design and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Services (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
themselves and the opportunity at hand, the contest is a terrific part of the MBA experience that has only gained strength over the years,” says HBS professor Bill Sahlman, a contest organizer with faculty members Michael Chu, Joe... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis suggests that total factor productivity (TFP) of multi-store retail chains fell after the introduction of the reform due to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne