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- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
future Wi-Fi users, those who access wireless services with their PDAs. For example, imagine a trip to the grocery store where you pull out your PDA to download your shopping list and store coupons, all being delivered via a local... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
to an ordinary autobiographical memory, like grocery shopping or driving to work) increased their desire to pursue social goals such as forming deep relationships and made them more confident that they could successfully achieve those... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
see her through kindergarten. Now she’s in high school. What was your first job? Grocery store cashier, at 14. It made me want to go to college. Who inspires you? Lance Armstrong. He’s really raised cancer awareness. View complete... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
fulfillment of basic needs, such as Consumer Product Goods and apparel basics, is growing. With customers increasingly ordering these and other products online, potential shoppers have fewer reasons to leave their homes, and the clothing store collocated with the... View Details
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
president and CEO of grocery chain Stop & Shop. In 2007, certain brands of pet food manufactured in China and sold at several locations were found to be contaminated with melamine. Many pets became sick, and some even died. Through it... View Details
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
to provide insights. Sean Silverthorne: What has been the impact of the FDA in daily life over the last 100 years? Without the FDA, what would change about how we live our lives? Arthur A. Daemmrich: Picture yourself walking into a View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
Interest Group (SIG) on real estate investing in the fast-growing Dallas/Fort Worth market, several group tours behind the scenes of Texas companies such as Central Market, a major local grocery chain, and Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
we find that gentrification, as measured by changes in the educational, age, and racial composition within a zip code, is strongly associated with increases in the numbers of grocery stores, cafes, restaurants, and bars, with little... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
International. Beginning in 2006, she had led the company through many acquisitions, including France’s LU Biscuit and British confectionery company Cadbury, before, in 2012, boldly splitting the company into two: Kraft, a North American View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
you owned a sporty little car, you might be tempted to drive it all the time, settling in to the comfy leather seats whenever you needed to get groceries or meet friends for dinner. But Derek lives in Vancouver, Canada, where public... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
Bertini (DBA 2006) and Oded Koenigsberg The MIT Press Would you rather pay for health care or for better health? For school or education? For groceries or nutrition? A car or transportation? A theater performance or entertainment? In The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
made each week to the grocery store, druggist, or dry cleaners. The Lauders hoped to use the novelty and leisurely enjoyment that women connected with upscale department stores to demonstrate their products and stimulate impulse buying.... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
in his big leather chair and knew I wanted to be in business someday. Those visits entered my DNA.” Culture shock: “My HBS study group had a good laugh when we went grocery shopping together. I was absolutely overwhelmed by choosing from... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
York Times Company, for example)-and also the most vulnerable (witness Canada's Steinberg's grocery store chain, which succumbed to family infighting). Howard H. Stevenson, HBS's Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration and an... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
allergens. Now, the new company had to turn its product into a brand and map its go-to-market strategy, including creating a compelling value proposition, choosing a path to market that was either direct-to-consumer, through grocery... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
From social media to the grocery store to the corner office and all the way to the stratosphere, the research and entrepreneurial adventures HBS faculty, doctoral students and alumni undertook this year have changed the way we understand... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
let people pay their bills online, and airline apps let them check in and monitor the status of their flights. (2) Offer unique value. In South Korea, commuters can use an app to order groceries while waiting for their trains. (3) Provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
and a culture that values employees above all and empowers them to excel. Unlike its competitors, Dreyer’s has always insisted on delivering ice cream to grocery stores with its own trucks and drivers to ensure product quality. Early on... View Details
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
(A) A year after Norwegian grocery chain REMA 1000 adopted Workplace, Facebook’s enterprise social network, Chief Human Resource Officer Tore Høylie is asked to evaluate its impact on company culture and communication. Almost 90% of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman