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  • August 2021
  • Supplement

Coats: Supply Chain Challenges: Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Willy C. Shih
Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour... View Details
Keywords: Inventory Management; Supply Chain; Inventory; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Growth and Development Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Demand and Consumers; Consolidation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia
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  • June 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Inditex: 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2000, Inditex was one of the largest specialty apparel retailers in the world, with $2.4 billion in sales from 1,080 stores across 33 countries. Zara, Inditex's main brand, produced popular designer items at a fraction of design-house prices and could push an item... View Details
Keywords: Fashion; Fashion Industry; Succession; IPO; Competition; Initial Public Offering; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Succession; Growth and Development Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs

Is the bloom off the entrepreneurial rose? Do B2B and B2C mean "Back to Banking" and "Back to Consulting," as the current joke would have it? Where are the opportunities for those who still believe starting their own business is the way to go? The 2000 HBS... View Details
Keywords: Information
  • September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
  • Case

Old Mutual

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Kirsty O'Neil-Massaro
Designed to explore the demutualization and listing overseas of one of Africa's largest financial institutions, Old Mutual, and the effects that these actions have on South Africa's domestic capital markets. Explores the particular difficulties that arise as a result... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Capital Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Education; Financial Strategy; Business or Company Management; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; South Africa
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  • Mar 2012
  • Report

Enriching the Ecosystem

younger companies and revitalize large corporations through partnerships with innovative SMEs; 3) Improving the match between education and employment opportunities, through apprenticeship programs and other education-industry links; and 4) Linking leaders across... View Details
  • Web

Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

you challenged and engaged. Lisa Arpey Executive Board Member at Ford's Theatre Leverage financial statements and frameworks to assess strategy execution and compare organizations’ performance. In an ever fast-changing world, it is... View Details
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Industrial Giant

GMBuyPower.com, which enables customers to order cars online. The second is the development of its OnStar technology, which, according to the company's 1999 annual report, will enable the first "Web car." 72 The third change is... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Davis Dyer & Frederick Dalzell; Manufacturing
  • 01 Jun 2025
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
  • 20 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs

business model, he continued. He also said start-ups should spend more time on market verification and market feedback than on the "front office" issues of building a business. Fialkow's lessons included trust your instincts; View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Metail Economy: 6 Strategies for Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the Me-Centric Consumer Revolution By Joel Bines (MBA 1999) McGraw-Hill Armed with computers, tablets, smartphones, and... View Details
  • January 2000 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina

Describes the creation and financing of Officenet, an office supply distributor in Argentina. The company serves the business-to-business market through a catalog (combined with phone orders) and also through an Internet-based catalog. Officenet is a pioneer in both... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Argentina
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  • 06 Jul 2023
  • News

How to Train Generative AI Using Your Company’s Data

  • 10 Oct 2018
  • News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is managing director of Endeavor Philippines, a branch of the global Endeavor organization, which fights poverty by finding and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. “Our mission statement is to create an economic multiplier effect in markets... View Details
  • 25 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

The unparalleled size of Asia's markets has always caught the eye of multinational corporations. More recently, as government policies and cultural attitudes in the region continue to evolve, the strategies of multinational companies have... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • Web

Field Course: Venture Capital Journey - Course Catalog

raising VC or – under the supervision of a VC mentor or faculty member – independent, self-guided thesis development focused on a particular sector. Networking / Site Visits – students will meet in the field with VC partners and... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

committee's work will focus on reviewing and possibly refining the Class Notes production process; developing informative presentations that could be taken on the road and delivered through clubs; developing... View Details
Keywords: Susan Luick Good; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 24 Mar 2002
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing

With few opportunities for IPOs, a developing infrastructure, low transparency, and a limited labor market, the environment for private venture financing in Africa could be described as "challenging" at best. Yet if the demands... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • News

Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success

Global Symposium attended by German, Swiss, and Austrian leaders from business, government, and academia, was sponsored jointly by the School’s Division of Research and Faculty Development and Global Initiative. Faculty cochairs Juan... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting

concepts include: The biggest challenge facing nonprofit boards is staying focused on key goals; developing a strategy for accomplishing them; and generating a set of tactics, operations, and actions that... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • Web

Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

on closely related investing strategies such as distress and private debt. Students will examine a wide variety of investment settings: from lower middle market companies to mega-cap, from the United States to emerging markets, from... View Details