Education and Retail - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2019
What Do You Think?

What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?

ammunition in response to shootings in and around Company stores. None of those giving him low marks indicated they would stop shopping at Walmart. But if these same responses are any indication, efforts by Walmart View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

24 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 24

exercise:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511116-PDF-ENG ASAHI Net: Bringing Innovation to Education Hirotaka TakeuchiHarvard Business School Case 711-498 ASAHI Net developed a cloud-based platform for higher View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

taught the course. First introduced to HBS in the late 1980s by Harvard psychiatrist and educator Robert Coles, The Moral Leader uses literature to study moral decision-making View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

August 2009 (Revised August 2010)
Supplement

Eddie Bauer (B)

By: Paul M. Healy, Sharon P. Katz and Aldo Sesia

In February 2007, shareholders of Eddie Bauer, the specialty apparel retailer, were scheduled to vote on management's proposed sale of the company to two private equity firms. More than 50% of outstanding shares in Eddie Bauer needed to be voted in favor of the deal... View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Privatization; Valuation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States

Citation

Purchase

March 2014 (Revised September 2015)
Case

Clef Company: Turnover

By: Frank V. Cespedes

The Clef case focuses on the issue of turnover in a firm's sales force. Students must analyze the factors contributing to turnover as well as the role of the field sales force in Clef's profitable business strategy. Among other things, the Clef case illustrates that... View Details

Keywords: Sales; Marketing; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; United States

Citation

Educators

Purchase

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

often buttress the existing social contract. When the wrong minds meet. Sometimes problems arise not because of cultural differences but instead because the right people are not involved in negotiations. For example, when two CEOs negotiate a strategic partnership—say... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

22 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

Working PapersCartels and Competition: Neither Markets nor Hierarchies Author:Jeffrey Fear Abstract This article provides an overview on the rise and fall of cartels since the late 19th century when the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

iStock Even as President Donald Trump and Republican leaders seem set on a course to weaken Obama-administration consumer protection regulations, a soon-to-be-published study reports that 7.3 percent of financial advisors in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

12 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

Working PapersHow Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek. Abstract The empirical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

losses are concentrated among public-to-private buyouts and transactions involving firms in the service and retail sectors. But target firms also create more new jobs at new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 1996 (Revised July 1997)
Case

Charter Schools: Setting the Course?

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Marie Bell and Katherine K. Merseth

Keywords: Education

Citation

Find at Harvard

17 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?

degrees in education generally perform no better in their roles than those who do not. “So it’s likely recruiting managers are simply placing too much weight on things that look good on paper, but don’t turn out to matter much in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

Chile's largest wine producer faces a price versus value positioning problem. Its highest quality wines are not priced competitively at retail because "Made in Chile" connotes great value and low... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

and respect for practice by faculty, increase the quality and impact of faculty research. With roles and boundaries clear, such ongoing relationships with firms, particularly... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2009
Case

Alex Mandl: Life Story of a Recent MBA

By: Nitin Nohria, Matthew D. Breitfelder and Daisy A Wademan Dowling

Keywords: Higher Education

Citation

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02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

history of practices that insulate companies from international competition. Small retailers have been protected from big retailers. The idea took hold that the Japanese approach [of restraining competition] was superior View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

together to support community health There will be more recognition of the interconnected systems that account for the need for care, access to care, and care outcomes. The availability of jobs and their... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

departments easily embracing the Web. In the software industry, for example, we have witnessed how the emergence of loosely coupled interfaces has enabled the majority of application companies to leverage multiple platforms. The same is true in the semiconductor View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

lining. In this case, the lining was lithium, in the form of consumer-driven innovations that created alternate, lower cost sites of care, such as free-standing retail medical, surgery, and urgent care... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News