Education and Retail - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 2008
Supplement

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

Everyone talks about how quickly business changes, yet some HBS cases remain reliably relevant decades after they are written. We take a behind-the-scenes look at five cases that are at least twenty years old, are still regularly taught in MBA classes, View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

a second is, how much will overall demand increase—since, now that it's legal, you'll have people demanding it who wouldn't have demanded it before." Early indications are that demand is there—and growing. Despite tight regulation, between January View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

December 1991 (Revised March 1995)
Teaching Note

Private Label at Dayton Hudson Department Store Co., Teaching Note

By: Walter J. Salmon

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Retail Industry

Citation

21 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 21, 2009

(Available in Mandarin only.) Abstract This is a text and case book for the Chinese business higher education market. It is a combination of seven chapters (six original ones) covering China's financial... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 1992 (Revised July 1993)
Supplement

Wal-Mart Update 1992

By: David B. Yoffie and Jonathan Ginns

Updates Wal-Mart Stores' Discount Operations case from 1985 to 1992. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Retail Industry; United States

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August 2023
Technical Note

Two Ways of Pursuing a Calling

By: Leslie Perlow and Hannah Weisman

Work can be a means to a financial end, a stepping stone to higher-level jobs, or a meaningful end in itself: a calling. The technical note provides an overview of two different ways people can pursue a calling: with an internal focus or external focus. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Job Search; Job Design and Levels; Happiness; Identity; Well-being; Motivation and Incentives; Human Needs; Satisfaction; Mission and Purpose; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry

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30 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?

comparative consumer product reviews since 1936. The publication ranks competitive brands according to quality, based on in-house testing and customer surveys, and publishes the products' View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

01 Sep 1979
Conference Presentation

A Researcher Visits the Teacher's Lounge

By: Teresa M. Amabile and M. W. Watson

Keywords: Research; Teaching

Citation

30 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”

challenges them to accept responsibility for their own education and gives them first-hand appreciation of the application of knowledge and skills to practice."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management

many entrepreneurs refuse to conform to any of these profiles. Here we must confess to a bias. An emphasis on individual personality traits as the key to successful entrepreneurship leaves little room for either teaching or learning. We View Details

Keywords: by Howard H. Stevenson & Teresa M. Amabile

09 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

Few industries have had the competitive challenges—the literal ups and downs—experienced by the U.S. airline industry since its formation in the 1920s. Consider that its early pioneers had the unenviable task of selling tickets to people... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation

07 Oct 2015
What Do You Think?

What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?

equilibrium of poverty.” (As a side note, one problem with Galbraith’s argument is that “labor exports” often involve people with the best education and skills, producing a brain drain. The result could well... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

March 1991
Article

Behind the Learning Curve: The Learning Process

By: P S Adler and K. B. Clark

Keywords: Learning

Citation

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March 2008
Teaching Note

Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar: A Rural Business Initiative (TN)

By: David E. Bell and Nitin Sanghavi

Teaching Note for [508012]. View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry; India

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June 2001 (Revised August 2003)
Case

Home Depot, Inc. in the New Millennium

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Jeremy Cott

After nearly two decades of spectacular performance, Home Depot reported a disappointing performance in the year 2000. The company began expanding its business scope as a result of saturating its growth in the core business. This case explores whether the disappointing... View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Expansion; Valuation; Performance; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry

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31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

education and research. Their ideas about market segmentation, the marketing mix, marketing for nonbusinesses, market research, and globalization are embedded in business... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

prospective operators—and perhaps entrepreneurs in other industries as well—take an educated shot at developing a winning service. He outlined his advice in a July working paper, Mobile Money Services—Design View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications