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- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
import-intensive. Motivated by these facts, we build a dynamic model in which real depreciations raise the cost of importing intermediates but increase demand and the profitability to engage in exports View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- August 2009
- Teaching Note
Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (C): Integrating Gillette (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [309032].
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- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
scanner panel data from a single California location of a major grocery chain, and completely controlling for consumer heterogeneity, we demonstrate that bringing your own bags simultaneously increases...
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Carmen Nobel
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
size of its welfare state and perception of new immigrant behavior. First, the welfare state today in Europe is larger, and native-born individuals may perceive immigrants as being net View Details
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by Marco Tabellini
- February 1983
- Case
Managing Product Safety: The Case of the Procter & Gamble Rely Tampon
Presents an accounting of Procter & Gamble's handling of a product safety controversy (1980) surrounding its Rely tampon. May be used as part of a series, Managing Product Safety, that provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the social response strategies...
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Keywords:
Safety;
Crisis Management;
Product;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Goodpaster, Kenneth E., and Dekkers L. Davidson. "Managing Product Safety: The Case of the Procter & Gamble Rely Tampon." Harvard Business School Case 383-131, February 1983.
- January 2016 (Revised May 2016)
- Supplement
IKEA in Saudi Arabia (C)
By: Karthik Ramanna, Jerome Lenhardt and Marc Homsy
Supplements the (A) Case.
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Keywords:
Corporate Values;
Islam;
Multinationals;
Globalization;
Leadership;
Equality and Inequality;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Religion;
Organizational Culture;
Gender;
Consumer Products Industry;
Saudi Arabia;
Sweden
Ramanna, Karthik, Jerome Lenhardt, and Marc Homsy. "IKEA in Saudi Arabia (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 116-017, January 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
you can't design a system that is based on the faith that all of your employees will perform heroically, all day, every day, for an indefinite period. For a system to work, excellence must be normalized. And you don't get to that point by...
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- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
develop, produce, and implement relevant, resonant promotional campaigns. Increasing numbers of advertisers are discovering that the demand for advertising and marketing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- May 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Teaching Note
Designing a Compliance Program at AB InBev
By: Eugene Soltes
Teaching Note for HBS No. 118-071.
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- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
Credit: malerapaso For as much as American politicians and their constituents complain about taxes, the truth is that tax reform packages to address those complaints are rare—the last major reform of the tax code was passed in 1986 under...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
in all cases that we consider, the welfare gains of using optimal capital taxes are small. Download the paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w16619 A Behavioral Model of Demandable Deposits and Its Implications...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
declares. "The fact of the matter is, advances in medical technology now make it possible for nurse practitioners to handle many cases with considerable expertise and at considerably less expense. Similarly, family physicians can now...
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- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
prompted a greater demand for food testing in order to verify the authenticity of the claims. Increasing consumer consciousness about food safety and healthfulness: View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
Grommet The Grommet, an online product launch platform, was at the brink of scaling its business. The Grommet's daily launch and sale of innovative consumer products, using personal videos created by product...
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Sean Silverthorne
- January 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Learning Resources: Driven by Purpose
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Mehta and Heather Poco
In January 2023, CEO Rick Woldenberg must make several strategic decisions for his family-owned toy company Learning Resources.
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Keywords:
Change;
Change Management;
Ownership;
Family Ownership;
Leadership;
Decisions;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
Chicago;
Illinois
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Mehta, and Heather Poco. "Learning Resources: Driven by Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 423-053, January 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
where you sometimes see more camel and donkey carts (now there's green energy!) than autos parked outside. India's 300-million-strong middle class is hungering for consumer goods View Details
- March 2007
- Teaching Note
Lamoiyan Corporation of the Philippines: Challenging Multinational Giants (TN)
By: Peter J. Coughlan, Jordan I. Siegel and John R. Wells
Teaching note to 704405.
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- September 2020 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
Uber: Competing Globally
By: Alexander J. MacKay
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-404.
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Geography;
Geographic Location;
Geographic Scope;
Global Strategy;
Globalization;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Governance;
Governance Controls;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Innovation and Invention;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation Strategy;
Law;
Management;
Growth and Development;
Growth Management;
Markets;
Demand and Consumers;
Consumer Behavior;
Network Effects;
Emerging Markets;
Market Design;
Market Entry and Exit;
Market Participation;
Supply and Industry;
Industry Structures;
Planning;
Strategic Planning;
Relationships;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Labor and Management Relations;
Networks;
Adaptation;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Expansion;
Information Technology;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Digital Platforms;
Transportation Networks;
Transportation;
Transportation Industry;
Technology Industry;
Africa;
Ghana;
Asia;
China;
Shanghai;
Shanghai Shi;
India;
New Delhi;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
London;
England;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
United States;
New York (city, NY);
New York (state, US);
South America;
Colombia
- January 1974 (Revised January 1987)
- Case
Gillette Safety Razor Division: Blank Cassette Project
Gillette is trying to decide whether to enter the fast-growing blank recording cassette business. The vice president of new business development is charged with developing a marketing plan to be used as the basis for a go/no go decision. In part, the issue is whether...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Marketing Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Consumer Products Industry
Star, Steven H. "Gillette Safety Razor Division: Blank Cassette Project." Harvard Business School Case 574-058, January 1974. (Revised January 1987.)
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
producing products that were so demanding that the slightest error would throw off a whole batch and cost a fortune Andy was the one who had to do the managing and he has a...
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