Perishability - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Mar 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!

must be prepared to act when the stakes are much greater than expected. What Signals Should Leaders Send During A Crisis? High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest On May 10, 1996, five mountaineers from two teams perished... View Details

17 Oct 2016
HBS Case

Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste

thing that irked him: Store food displays were too big, which meant a lot of food was wasted, particularly perishables including seafood, meat, and produce. “It was all about pile it high, make it look beautiful, and watch it fly out the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

10 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

single day. Based on what you've learned, do you think discount vouchers make sense for large retailers? A: Discount vouchers seem to be most compelling for merchants with a low cost of goods sold and with a highly perishable product.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

the winners of the past two decades, supercenters, will fail. This trend will continue to shrink the freedom supermarkets have to manage pricing, service, and product assortment. While beautiful perishables departments have been a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

06 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

innovations in transparent packaging, specifically cellophane in the mid-twentieth century United States, helped retailers create full self-service merchandising systems, including selling perishable food. While self-service stores began... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

Stockdale, former vice presidential candidate, naval officer, and prisoner of war, said leaders must balance both realism and optimism in their messaging. In a POW camp, Stockdale said, it was the optimists who perished first—those who... View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores

reported that impulse purchases were down by just 5% when customers shopped on-line. About the same amount of perishable products were purchased per order on-line as in the physical store. Lesson 7: Coordinate All Technologies That Touch... View Details

Keywords: by Raymond Burke; Retail

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

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

are perishable and you need to wait at home for them to be delivered. In that light, do you think there's a future for online grocery shopping? A: Home-delivered groceries? Never. Online communication, auto-replenishment services,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon’s bold move into brick and mortar assets offered transformational opportunities. Amazon could gain expertise in View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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