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  • 21 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers

curbing spending habits just as the number of defaults on BNPL loans creep higher. Add in a potential recession and the authors question whether the model might prove to be riskier for consumers, investors, and retailers in the future. “The View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Financial Services; Technology
  • 06 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections By: Ibanez, Maria, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Many production processes are subject to inspection to ensure they meet quality, safety, and environmental standards imposed by companies... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Research Summary

Resource Relatedness and the Location Strategy of the Multi-Business Firm

We provide new insights into firm location decisions by disentangling and comparing location strategies of multibusiness firms and standalone firms in the same industries. We find that units of multibusiness firms exhibit internal agglomeration, which is stronger than... View Details
Keywords: Multibusiness Firm; Agglomeration; Resource Redeployment; Corporate Strategy
  • Research Summary

Research overview

The growth of consumer review websites over the past decade has revolutionized the way in which consumers learn about product quality. The centrality of information to consumer welfare has also been underscored in public policy debates, where quality disclosure has... View Details
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Environmental Policy and Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter
Michael E. Porter has been exploring (with Claas van der Linde of St. Gallen University, Switzerland) the relationship between environmental regulation, industry competition, and international competitiveness. He finds that many forms of environmental pollution... View Details
  • November 2011 (Revised August 2012)
  • Background Note

Customer Visits for Entrepreneurs

By: Frank V. Cespedes
Provides practical guidelines for conducting customer visits to explore and validate demand for an entrepreneurial offering. Reviews conditions under which visits will yield superior insights, compared to other research methods. Describes criteria for selecting visit... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Entrepreneurship
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  • July 1989 (Revised April 2001)
  • Case

Kanthal (A)

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Multinational company needs an improved cost system to determine the profitability of individual customer orders. Its strategy is to have significant sales and profitability growth without adding additional administrative and support people. The new cost system... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Earnings Management; Cost Management; Financial Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Business or Company Management; Customer Relationship Management; Sales; Business Strategy; Profit; Electronics Industry
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  • August 2005 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

Leitax (A)

By: Noel H. Watson, Rogelio Oliva and Laura Winig
Leitax, a young digital camera manufacturer selling its cameras mainly through retailers, experienced poor matching of inventory availability with demand for new and existing products in 2002. Describes the implementation and details of a consensus forecasting... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Supply and Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry
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  • May 1993 (Revised May 1994)
  • Case

Managing for Integrity: Three Vignettes

By: Lynn S. Paine
Three situations are described. A branch manager for a retail brokerage firm must decide whether to change the branch's cash management techniques to increase interest earnings. An auto mechanic must decide whether to oversell parts and repairs to meet sales and... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Ethics; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Financial Management; Sales; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • 12 Sep 2021
  • News

Life Kit: How To Make Hybrid Work Successful

    Working While Distancing

    Are you suddenly working from home? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of View Details
    • 21 Dec 2019
    • News

    Three Myths About Creativity That Are Probably Holding You Back

    • 28 Mar 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    What's a Boss Worth?

    quite a lot. “If you have a better boss on a team, you get more out of each individual worker” Academics and practitioners alike are interested in how to construct the best teams to get the most productivity out of people working... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service
    • 31 Aug 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage

    Keywords: by Alan MacCormack, Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks & Patrick Kalaher
    • Research Summary

    Research Questions

    By: Anita Elberse

    One overarching question drives my research: What are effective marketing strategies for managers in creative industries?

    I focus on three sub-questions:

    1. How can managers in creative industries effectively manage products and product... View Details
    • February 2023
    • Case

    Seemore Meats & Veggies

    By: Lou Shipley, Patricia Favreau and Mel Martin
    Cara Nicoletti was an emerging food entrepreneur that had recently launched her first product, a sustainably sourced, vegetable-infused meat sausage. Brooklyn, New York City-based Seemore Meats & Veggies had seen promising signs of success in local markets and pockets... View Details
    Keywords: Sales; Food; Logistics; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    • June 1995 (Revised September 2019)
    • Teaching Note

    Richardson Sheffield

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
    This note was prepared to aid instructors in the use of "Richardson Sheffield," HBS No. 392-089. The case traces Bryan Upton’s 20-plus years as managing director of a Sheffield-based cutlery company and describes the strategic and organizational actions he took to... View Details
    Keywords: Development; General Management; Human Resources; Management; Leadership; Strategy; United Kingdom
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      The a2 Milk Company

      The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) became the most valuable company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in 2018 by capitalizing on a biochemical discovery related to the protein composition of cow’s milk--cows naturally produce two types of beta casein proteins (A1 and... View Details
      • Web

      Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

      HBS alum and Care.com CEO Sheila Marcelo, demographic trends and the changing role of women in the workforce mean that employers must “do the math” when it comes to care. By not accounting for costs like reduced productivity and increased... View Details
      • 17 Jan 2023
      • In Practice

      8 Trends to Watch in 2023

      As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman