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  • 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
  • 31 Oct 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

heterogeneity in consumer sophistication could explain the prevalence and persistence of misconduct at such firms. Misconduct is concentrated at firms with retail customers and in counties with low education, elderly populations, and high... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

underlying framework that compels such partnerships as between a food bank in Mexico and a supermarket in the United States, providing insights into the DNA of a successful collaboration that are broadly applicable. Our excerpt from the... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • August 2024
  • Case

Lucky Ones Coffee: Employing People with Disabilities

By: Richard S. Ruback, Robin Greenwood, Joe Higgins, Matthew Preble and Dave Habeeb
Katie Holyfield and Taylor Matkins founded The Lucky Ones Coffee in 2017 with a mission to create jobs in Park City, Utah for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The company quickly earned strong support from the local community, and by early 2023... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Utah; United States
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  • 27 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

Midway" within Microsoft, the console project was intended to counter the perceived threat to the Windows franchise posed by Sony expanding the original PlayStation into a broad entertainment platform with the PlayStation 2. Seamus... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

Devices: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regulators and Innovators By: Gordon, William J., and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract— Software has become an increasingly important component of medical device technology. Through legislation like the 21st Century Cures Act as... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

On October 19, the School conferred its highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, on seven distinguished individuals. Since 1968, the School has selected outstanding men and women for the award, recognizing their accomplishments in the public and the private... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 01 Feb 2018
  • News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

has paid lower prices for a huge range of high-quality foreign-made goods. The resulting increase in the purchasing power of consumers’ income—combined with our highly efficient retail distribution system—has created a shopper’s paradise... View Details
  • November 2024
  • Case

Innovation at Master Kong Beverages

By: David E. Bell and Shu Lin
Hong-Chen Wei (HBS MBA 2014), Chairman of KSF Beverage Holding Co., Ltd. (KSFB), was steering the company toward the premium segment with the launch of “InheriTea,” a premium, sugar-free tea product. Traditionally, KSFB’s flagship brand, Master Kong, catered to the... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Trends; Behavior; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Product Launch; Product Development; Segmentation; Organizational Culture; Product Positioning; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Asia; China
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  • 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
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

of agricultural workers in North America? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-031 Coaching Makena Lane Makena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

terms shape the impact of economic shocks on trade. Analysis of transaction-level data from a U.S.-based exporter of frozen and refrigerated food products, primarily poultry, reveals broad patterns about the use of alternative financing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

and two laboratory experiments in food service settings suggest that transparency that 1) allows customers to observe operational processes (process transparency) and 2) allows employees to observe customers (customer transparency) not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Promise & Perils

Long remembers eating lots of pumpkin — the only food readily available. The early engines of growth were holdovers from the Maoist era: township and village enterprises (TVEs) rooted in China’s vast rural regions, and state-owned... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 02 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

Greenwich, Connecticut, that is considering offering a wholly new line of product to retail investors, namely the ability to invest in the price phenomenon known as momentum. There is a large body of empirical evidence supporting momentum... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

A Place in the Sun

Previously, Martin, at French mass retailer The Casino Group, and Giraud, at Euro Disney (with Bourguignon), had both proven their mettle as managers in turnaround situations. Martin and Giraud stress that Club Med's core business is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

likes to do operations like housekeeping and food and beverage. And there’s a third entity that has the brand. Companies like the Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton, we say they “flag” a hotel. They don’t manage it; they “flag” it. Trump has a... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 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
  • 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