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- January 2025
- Teaching Note
Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service
By: George Serafeim, Michael W. Toffel and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-007. The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million, established a large network of restaurant partners, and prevented the use of... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Adoption; Strategy; Performance Productivity; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Germany; Europe
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
listed company and the largest telecom provider in New Zealand, was being divided into two publicly traded companies, Chorus, a telecom infrastructure company, and new Telecom, a telecom retail services provider. In connection with this... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
Publications The Role of Execution in Managing Product Availability Authors: Nicole DeHoratius and Zeynep Ton Publication: Chap. 4 in Retail Supply Chain Management, edited by Narendra Agarwal and Stephen A.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer DataUse It
more elusive than ever. A recent McKinsey study reveals that the annual churn in the wireless industry increased from 17 percent in 1995 to 32 percent in 2000. This trend holds true even in industries less susceptible to turnover. In core View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
Internet to market its products or services? Nolan: I do, albeit it's a different experience for the consumer to buy a book from Amazon.com, let's say, than it is from a retailer such as Barnes & Noble. The value added by the Internet... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
supply chain factories' adherence to the global labor standards embodied in codes of conduct imposed by multinational buyers. We find that suppliers are more likely to adhere when they are embedded in states that participate actively in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
chains lengthened by 20% following the collapse of a flagship dealer in 2008 and even more for institutions strongly connected to this dealer. Finally, dealers drastically reduced their inventory during the crisis. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
Can companies bet that a reunion would last? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/717035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-056 Amazon Buys Whole Foods The June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
Baldwin, and Christopher L. Magee Abstract Hierarchy is a generic structure in which levels are asymmetrically ordered. In an industry setting, classic supply chains display strict hierarchy, whereas clusters of firms have linkages going... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Working PapersAdding Bricks to Clicks: The Contingencies Driving Cannibalization and Complementarity in Multichannel Retailing (revised) Authors:Jill Avery, Thomas J. Steenburgh, John Deighton, and Mary Caravella Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
and the government stepped in with such programs as the TARP, BofA found itself tied to a financial anchor with a hard-line from the government that prevented BofA from abandoning ship. This case provides background on the financial crisis and the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
world. What was next for the family firm and brand leader from northern Italy's Emilia-Romagna region? How would the singularly focused, consensus-driven firm fare in an increasingly competitive, globalizing retail landscape? Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2015
- Teaching Note
CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence (515010). The case finds Helena Foulkes, Executive... View Details
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence (515010). The case finds Helena Foulkes, Executive... View Details
Keywords: Medication Adherence; Affordable Care Act (ACA); Marketing Strategy; Communication Strategy; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Health Care and Treatment; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Marketing Communications; Consumer Behavior; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Social Issues; Information Technology; Value Creation; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; United States
John, Leslie, John Quelch, and Robert Huckman. "CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 515-086, March 2015. (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311061-PDF-ENG Go Mobile: The Phirbol Franchise Rajiv Lal and Natalie KindredHarvard Business School Case 510-020 To grow Phirbol, a telecom retail franchise chain... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
retail industry depends extensively on store liquidation, not only as a means for investors to recover capital from failed ventures, but also to allow managers of going concerns to divest stores in efforts to enhance performance and to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
different operations to look beyond their silos to consolidate operations and share best practices to lower costs. Similarly, firms such as big-box retailers that centralize merchandising and distribution to deliver low prices must ensure... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households: retail-structured products in Europe. We hypothesize that banks strategically use product complexity to cater to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
benefits. The results suggest that the value retirees place on protection against longevity risk is an important caveat to the widespread enthusiasm for a switch to a slower-growing price index such as the chained CPI-U. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
of CP Group This case describes the megafarm model launched by the CP Group as part of their efforts to ensure the safety and quality of their supply chain of agricultural products (particularly eggs) in China while also promoting the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
failure in U.S. history. Faced with Wachovia’s impending bankruptcy, the FDIC intervened again, voting on Monday, September 29, to sell Wachovia’s retail bank to Citigroup for $1 a share. Three days later, Wells Fargo offered $7 a share... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne