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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
Ferdinand Stockmann (MBA 2021) and James Theuerkauf (MBA 2021) Photo courtesy Syrup Tech Fashion is one of the most polluting industries in the world, says James Theuerkauf (MBA 2021), who worked in McKinsey’s retail sector before attending HBS. More than 8 percent of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- June 2024 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
Revlon India's Turnaround: Navigating Online-Offline Decisions Using a Balanced Scorecard
By: Tatiana Sandino and Samuel Grad
Revlon India was founded as a joint venture in 1995, pairing the industrial conglomerate UMG with the global beauty brand Revlon, Inc. to bring international color cosmetics to India. After growing rapidly and pioneering the Beauty Advisor (BA) model in India, the... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Restructuring; Training; Supply Chain Management; Distribution; E-commerce; Business Model; Business Plan; Decision Choices and Conditions; Marketing Strategy; Alignment; Brands and Branding; Negotiation; Joint Ventures; Strategic Planning; Salesforce Management; Competition; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; India
Sandino, Tatiana, and Samuel Grad. "Revlon India's Turnaround: Navigating Online-Offline Decisions Using a Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 124-107, June 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
- September 2017
- Case
Tencent
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking service provider with several of the... View Details
Keywords: Tencent; Tencent Holdings; WeChat; Social Networking; Social Networks; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Video Games; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Portals; Payments; Mobile Payments; O2O; Online-to-offline; E-commerce; Messaging; Subscription Model; Freemium; Mobile App Industry; Smartphone; PC; Monetization Strategy; Antitrust; Streaming; Cloud Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Alibaba; Facebook; JD.com; Tesla; Bundling; Synergies; Digital Strategy; Imitation; Licensing; Agility; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Communication; Communication Technology; Blogs; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Media; Distribution Channels; Product Development; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Opportunities; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Value Creation; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; Asia; China; Canton (province, China)
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Tencent." Harvard Business School Case 718-426, September 2017.
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
effectiveness has come the ability to do things truly differently. American Hospital Supply's distribution software and American Airlines' SABRE reservation system are examples of victories in past technologies. The firms were the first... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
net-zero emissions by 2040. In the interim, we are targeting absolute GHG reductions of more than 40 percent by 2030. From the way we source our crops to the energy we use in creating and distributing our products, we are taking... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
that decays over time, similar to that of advertising. A major challenge is that privacy laws prevent us from observing information about the applicant pool. I overcome this challenge by using order statistic distribution to infer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 19 Apr 2024
- News
Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception
Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing trends and challenges around the theme of “Energy Security and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
for growth for the company; what would consumers want to purchase online that would fit into a rapid response distribution model? Students rejected numerous options involving lower-value items such as dog food, which would require... View Details
- Web
Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
Markets Featured Exercises Identify value creation and decompose its distribution to illustrate how trade occurs Examine the competitive landscape by differentiating long- and short-run market outcomes and forces 12 hrs Module 5... View Details
- Web
Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
PublicationsSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcácer and Paul Ingram Publication:American Journal of Sociology (forthcoming). Abstract Global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
maximize their people's performance. Publisher's Link: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=79788&R=10106-HBK-ENG&conversationId=323988 Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
delivers down the road.” Video Embed Victor Williams on the personal meaning of his work with NBA Africa Forging local business partnerships also can offer the league singular insight into new markets that a global corporation might not... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
With global markets in turmoil over the last several weeks, leaders throughout the world are starting to think about how they should respond if confronted with an economic downturn. Yet what do we know about how leaders decide what to do... View Details
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
technology, operations, finance, etc.), different levels in the customer's organizational hierarchy, and different customer regional and line of business organizations. Customers are reached through complex overlapping means including View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
does that mean for business owners who are seeking protection? Stuart Gilson: The global economic impact of the pandemic has already been catastrophic in terms of lost output, employment, and financial wealth. But many expect this to be... View Details
- 08 Nov 2013
- HBS Seminar
Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School
- March 2009
- Case
Putting Sparkle Into Soda-Club's European Partnerships
Daniel Birnbaum, new CEO of Soda-Club, has taken charge of a company with significant market penetration, brand equity, and revenues in certain European markets. The company is also plagued with hostile relationships with major distributors. He needs to decide how to... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Crisis Management; Distribution Industry; Europe
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Putting Sparkle Into Soda-Club's European Partnerships." Harvard Business School Case 809-124, March 2009.
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
very lenient, "permissive" parents who demand little from their children and bestow too much freedom, analogous to the see-no-evil approach so prevalent with global outsourcing. The Authoritative Solution Baumrind's fourth... View Details