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  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

Bottom-Line Beauty

cheap. If a product doesn't affect the customer, we don't care about it." Meanwhile, Bluemercury is reaping the benefits of Malcolm's thrift and savvy, with projected revenues of $8 million for 2000 and five new stores slated to open in... View Details
Keywords: Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade
  • March 1992 (Revised March 1998)
  • Case

Adam Opel AG (B)

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Should General Motors make a strategic manufacturing investment in East Germany after becoming number one in this market through an aggressive marketing strategy? The proposal, dependent on government assistance and based on a number of uncertain economic assumptions,... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Investment; Government and Politics; Leadership; Marketing Strategy; Production; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Germany
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  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

before beginning a new venture: What am I betting on? Do I know my economic model? Will I be able to formulate a sound strategy that seizes opportunity and combats threat? Will management be able to transform and reinvent the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library

basic community industries can be recycled as many as three or four times" (p. 32). The diagram is part of a larger proposed business strategy for Native American reservations to realize cash flow through vertical economic integration.... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

It's been a busy autumn at HBS. In September, the School successfully launched its first-ever capital campaign (see coverage). A few weeks later, the fall reunions were very well attended. The Alumni Board then held a productive meeting... View Details
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

of globalization, Porter said, is that people tend to think of the world as a giant shopping basket. Ironically, he continued, the world is in fact becoming increasingly specialized down geographical lines. And competitive advantage, he suggested, goes to companies... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • June 1982
  • Supplement

Hartmann Luggage, Video

By: John A. Quelch
The company president describes current strategy, and the decisions made in response to the problems. View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

relevant’ to our list of qualities, so that if you aren’t reading HBR, you are missing out.” Tell us about the recent changes at HBR and what inspired them. The house wasn’t on fire, that’s for sure — our numbers were excellent, and our readers were satisfied — but we... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • Web

Courses by Title - Course Catalog

Strategy Josh Baron Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 ^ back to top P Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Power and Influence for Positive Impact Organizational Behavior Julie Battilana Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 Private Equity Finance Finance Ted Berk Fall... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

"Why is it so costly to produce? It shouldn't be. Where's the inefficiency in our production by reinsurance companies? Why can't they produce enough of this coverage at a lower price? A lot of the research goes into trying to... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

by transforming" the existing business or creating a new one. An effective e-leader, Hargrove continues, must shift from "being a productivity and efficiency junkie to being an opportunity seeker and innovator who quests for... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
  • March 2005 (Revised December 2005)
  • Case

Morgan Stanley and TRAC-X: The Battle for the CDS Indexes Market

Morgan Stanley's credit derivatives business, specifically its collateralized debt obligation (CDO) business, has been hugely successful. One of its leading offerings is the TRAC-X product, jointly created and marketed by Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan. However, a new... View Details
Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Product; Competition; Capital Markets; Financial Services Industry
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  • 18 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 18

approximately welfare neutral. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-011.pdf Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity: Evidence from Software Development (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Abstract In knowledge-intensive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jul 2024
  • Cold Call Podcast

Transforming the Workplace for People with Disabilities

Keywords: Re: Lakshmi Ramarajan; Consulting
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • Cold Call Podcast

Behind Apple's Tax Situation, an Unprecedented Financial Policy

Keywords: Re: Mihir A. Desai; Consumer Products; Consumer Products
  • June 2012 (Revised November 2012)
  • Case

The Rise of Circuit City Stores, Inc.

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In fiscal 2000, Circuit City was at the top of its game. The world's leading consumer electronics retailer had delivered record sales and profits for the first year of the new millennium. It was a fitting moment for Richard Sharpe, the CEO of the last 14 years, to step... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Strategic Planning; Competition; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; North America
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  • 11 Jan 2019
  • News

Case Study: Beating Bias

school years and more recently at Nickelodeon’s strategy department, Patel realized he (like many others) had been consuming media that only confirmed his own political bias and, in so doing, had failed to get the full picture of the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 25 Aug 2014
  • News

Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987

razor-sharp focus on the future. Although the products have changed over the years—from the glass bulbs for Thomas Edison’s electric light to the cover glass in Apple’s iPhones—Weeks sees a steady pattern of innovation paired with an... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 14 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale

in the latter option as part of their sustainability commitments, but how can businesses reduce their use of non-recyclable plastics on a global scale? The CEM project has interviewed leaders of businesses and NGOs from emerging markets who outline their View Details
  • Web

Tracking Tariffs: Are Retailers Passing Costs to Consumers? | Working Knowledge

1.2 percentage points after March 4, when the US announced a 25 percent levy on imports from Canada and Mexico, along with an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese products (on top of the 10 percent imposed in February). Price increases... View Details