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  • 15 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Kids Benefit From Having a Working Mom

what was being modeled for sons was the idea that you share the work at home," McGinn says. Women spent about the same amount of time caring for family members, regardless of whether their moms worked outside the home. However, "When we View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Apr 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Gray Markets and Multinational Transfer Pricing

Keywords: by Romana L. Autrey & Francesco Bova
  • July 2023
  • Case

Crocs: Using Community-Centric Marketing to Make Ugly Iconic

By: Ayelet Israeli and Anne V. Wilson
In 2022, the Crocs Classic Clog was the best-selling item of clothing on Amazon, the brand was one of the fastest growing brands in the U.S., and global net revenue had increased to approximately $3.6 billion. By most accounts, Crocs had become the “it” shoe. Crocs... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Development; Growth and Development; Customer Value and Value Chain; Digital Marketing; Digital Strategy; Segmentation; Advertising; Consumer Products Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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Simultaneous Distinction, Democratization and Omnivorism Effects: A Longitudinal Analysis of Dynamic Symbolic Boundaries in Counterfeit Consumption Networks

Sociologists have long examined the interactive relationship between social structure, taste and power.  This literature has overwhelmingly fallen into three, ostensibly competing, theoretical “camps”: Distinction, where high-status consumers use... View Details
  • 09 Nov 2023
  • News

A Third Act for Ron Shaich (MBA 1978)

Shaich continues to be involved in the fast casual segment as a lead investor in Tatte, Life Alive, and Cava. For Shaich, it comes down to doing the work he loves, a subject he touches on in his new book, Know What Matters: Lessons from a... View Details
  • Web

Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

segments and creating a staggering array of business opportunities and threats. The digitization of tasks and processes has become essential to competition. General Electric, for example, was at risk of losing many of its top customers to... View Details
  • Teaching Interest

Doing Business in Africa

By: John D. Macomber

This course introduces frameworks and models for smart and focused investing and operations across sectors, nations, industries, and time frames in Africa.   Students will learn tools and skills to help navigate the business landscape of Africa in terms of selection... View Details

Keywords: Africa
  • 11 Apr 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Pian Shu, Harvard Business School

  • Web

Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Uncertainty (36) SWOT Analysis (5) Safety (13) Salesforce Management (18) Sales (30) Satisfaction (11) Saving (5) Science-Based Business (7) Science (237) Search Technology (22) Segmentation (1) Selection and Staffing (10) Service... View Details
  • 18 May 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers

serve this less affluent segment of the market. How consumers can protect themselves For consumers, the message is clear: Make sure you know your bank’s policy on how—and when—overdraft fees are charged. “Community-based banks also do... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 16 Feb 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

Amazon, last decade Best Buy began with a comprehensive segmentation of its customers. As part of this initiative, the company realized that although 55 percent of its customers were women, most of these women did not enjoy their shopping... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products
  • December 2023 (Revised February 2024)
  • Case

21Seeds: Taking Shots at Breakout Growth

By: Elie Ofek, Julian De Freitas, Michael Moynihan and Nicole Tempest Keller
21Seeds, a female-founded flavor-infused tequila startup launched in 2019, had made inroads into the alcoholic beverage industry by focusing on an underserved consumer segment in spirits—women, primarily in their 30s and 40s, many of whom were moms—and by following a... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution Channels; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
  • Case

Focus Financial Partners and the U.S. RIA Industry in 2014

By: Luis Viceira and Emily A. Chien
In the Spring of 2014, Rudy Adolf, CEO and founder of Focus Financial, and the two other co-founders of the firm are considering alternative growth strategies to solidify Focus Financial's position as a leading aggregator of independent wealth management firms in the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Financial Services Industry
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    Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance

    Get to better, more effective strategy.

    In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In "Better, Simpler Strategy," Harvard... View Details
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    Student Research - Doctoral

    donors who give through a family foundation or donor-advised fund constitute the fastest growing segment of charitable giving in the United States. Using a novel database of foundation tax filings, I document facts about top donors,... View Details
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    Planning a Class Session - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

    the process side of the class discussion. This includes planning for the structure, sequencing, and timing of discussion segments ("pastures"), as well as the types of questions, organization of boards, transitions, and other discussion... View Details
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    Business History - Faculty & Research

    valuable segments using their lower cost base. This steady improvement over a half a century eventually leads to U.S. Steel acquiring a leading minimill producer, but then the proposed Nippon Steel acquisition raises questions around what... View Details
    • 29 Aug 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Patent Trolls

    Keywords: by Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun & Scott Duke Kominers
    • Web

    Confronting Climate Change - Business & Environment

    segments of the business community have opposed government action on climate change. More recently, some companies have begun advocating for government policies to address climate change. Electricity Shifting to sustainable electricity... View Details
    • 01 Oct 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

    notion that a large segment of consumers might prefer automobiles that were safe and fuel-efficient. Coca-Cola ignored evidence that "New Coke" would fizzle and launched it anyway. Companies in the mechanical-watch and... View Details
    Keywords: by Garry Emmons