Education and Retail - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2008
Teaching Note

Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar: A Rural Business Initiative (TN)

By: David E. Bell and Nitin Sanghavi

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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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10 May 2016
First Look

May 10, 2016

Ozik, and Ronnie Sadka Abstract—We develop real-time proxies of retail corporate sales from multiple sources, including approximately 50 million mobile devices. These measures contain information from both... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

more low key. In fact, when we looked at it more closely, the risk management team was busy developing tools diligently toiling away and gaining enterprise-wide influence at multiple levels." Next Steps Mikes, who, with HBS professor... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

05 Feb 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?

MBA education that has socialization as a pedagogical function." His view is seconded by a respondent who currently is in the last semester of an online graduate program and says that "virtual... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

Throughout history salespeople have come in all sizes and stripes—peddlers, drummers, canvassers, agents, sales reps, and of course the iconic door-to-door salesman. But it's only been relatively recently... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

December 1980 (Revised February 1981)
Case

Allied Stores Corp. (B)

By: Milton P. Brown and Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Retail Industry

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November 1974 (Revised June 1985)
Case

Federated Department Stores

By: Joseph L. Bower and Richard G. Hamermesh

Keywords: Retail Industry

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June 1991 (Revised January 1996)
Teaching Note

Tysons Corner, Teaching Note

By: Donald A. Brown and William J. Poorvu

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Keywords: Retail Industry

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16 Aug 2016
First Look

August 16, 2016

toward sharks. Given that nature documentaries are often regarded as objective and authoritative sources of information, it is critical that documentary filmmakers and viewers are aware of how the soundtrack... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

involves work in our educational program and in our research. The mission of the Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world, View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

13 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

prospective physicians who must incur massive debt for their education reluctantly opt for other occupations in which the government is not their sole source of revenues. A government market with an underpriced Medicare would likely lead... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

05 Dec 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

least three plans, one based on "best case," one based on "worst case," and one representing "best guess." One could argue that the process itself has a degree of humility built into it. Fashion View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

June 2022
Case

Worten Portugal: Becoming a Digital Marketplace

By: Antonio Moreno, Pedro Amorim and Tonia Labruyere

With Amazon's entry into Portugal, Miguel Mota Freitas, CEO of Portuguese electronics chain Worten, is reflecting on their strategy of building a competitive marketplace. View Details

Keywords: Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Digital Platforms; Brands and Branding; E-commerce; Logistics; Service Delivery; Supply Chain; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Portugal; Spain

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February 2012
Case

Terry Lundgren at Macy's

By: Jose Alvarez, Robert Steven Kaplan and Natalie Kindred

Keywords: Retail Industry

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03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

educational products to primary and secondary schools in the United States. The company planned to file Chapter 11 in order to address its excessive debt load but needed to arrange debtor in possession... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge

It’s the new way of comparison shopping in the age of large language models (LLM): Tapping into AI-driven search engines for research and advice on which products to buy. But can consumers trust the recommendations to be impartial? New... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology