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- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
wholesalers. Going forward, its two main strategic challenges are 1) deciding how much to rely on partnerships with large retailers for growth and 2) deciding whether to continue as a "merchant," i.e., buying and reselling goods... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2014
- Article
Making Charity Pay
By: Michael I. Norton and Jill Avery
Companies are increasingly experimenting with the use of philanthropy to enhance consumer loyalty, brand awareness, and sales. But even highly creative approaches that garner a lot of buzz often fall short of sales goals, leading many companies to conclude,... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Charitable Giving; Charity; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Advertising; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Norton, Michael I., and Jill Avery. "Making Charity Pay." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 10 (October 2014).
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
were the ones that weren’t earning much to begin with— they’re the ones bearing the brunt of the job losses and they make up the majority of the workforce in the hardest-hit sectors like hospitality, retail and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Walking the TalkTalk
Harding: Tiddlywinks and telecom. Other Newsmakers Bob Gannon (OPM 16, 1990) David Miller (MBA ’03) Allison O’Kelly (MBA ’99) Amos Schocken (MBA ’70) Mike Stone (MBA ’88) Tom Tiller (MBA ’91) Bill Wyman (MBA ’65) Ammara Yaqub (MBA ’05) Describing herself to London’s... View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
course, OLPC aspires to many more commitments to fulfill its vision of "one laptop per child." Herein, marketers find much food for thought. According to Quelch, a professor of marketing, the laptop's creation and diffusion are... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
KindredHarvard Business School Case 513-052 Patrick Coveney, CEO of Greencore, one of the top producers of private label prepared foods sold through UK grocery retailers, was assessing Greencore's growth options. Growth potential was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
has begun to grow kiwifruit outside of New Zealand in order to have the product on retail shelves year round. Is this the right strategy for the future? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511001-PDF-ENG Asian Agri... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
perspective. The book covers Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Avignon, the Luberon Valley, Nîmes, St-Rémy-de-Provence, and more, with a special focus on the area around St-Rémy. The authors recommend restaurants with fabulous food and offer tips... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
Performance By: Li, Shelley Xin, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Many service organizations empower frontline employees to experiment with different ways to meet diverse customer needs across different locations. We conducted a field experiment in a View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
for hospitals in Pune and elsewhere. Dr. Natarajan’s Lighthouse Communities Foundation also “set up citizen help lines, organized food supplies for the needy, and collected money from all over the world to equip a new government COVID... View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
strategies. Consider Nestlé, a food company that reformulates its products in response to regional tastes for spices and sweets. In this "local value creation" configuration, the span of control for regional business managers is... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
the models that online retailers use to prevent internet fraud, even the most high-tech modern businesses are empowered by theory first envisioned by economists. Pakistan, India and the Bomb: Spy versus Counterspy by James Glenn (MBA... View Details
- Article
The Upside to Large Competitors
By: Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan and Jill Avery
Large companies are often viewed as a major threat for startups and small companies; big companies have more financial resources and greater scale, market power, and brand awareness than small ones. However, our research finds that a smaller brand can actually benefit... View Details
Keywords: Brand Management; Competition; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Paharia, Neeru, Anat Keinan, and Jill Avery. "The Upside to Large Competitors." MIT Sloan Management Review 56, no. 1 (Fall 2014).
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
and arts and culture management. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/515701-HTM-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-040 Unilever: Combatting Global Food Waste The global consumer goods company Unilever was on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
Wanderlust event. The brand, she says, is synonymous with “finding out what’s important to you and whether your life is moving in the right direction. Being vulnerable. Being honest with yourself.” Wanderlust retreats combine yoga, inspirational speakers, music, art,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49300 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 515-095 Evans Food In April 2014, Hector Guerra (GMP 16) was discussing his company's dilemma with his living... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
Gamble, and other consumer-goods businesses. "Create or identify the need, and then fulfill that need in a big way." Lopez arrived at Starbucks in 2004 to lead its global consumer-products division and, over time, expanded his responsibilities to include subsidiary... View Details
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
mother gave me a copy of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. I was very struck by that book. I find the writing, in retrospect, really wretched, but the kind of passion that said, "Here is an awful system," was pivotal in getting food... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
credit constraints, and I find no imbalance in observable characteristics between treatment and control groups. These findings strongly suggest social safety nets have spillover benefits on the supply of firms. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
point-of-sale systems at the retail stores. They had some policies that were interesting. One of the policies is, they cleared the POS systems every night. They’d wipe the hard drives, just in case someone steals one of these cash... View Details