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  • 12 Nov 2015
  • Working Paper Summaries

Catering to Investors Through Product Complexity

Keywords: by Boris Vallee & Claire Célérier; Financial Services; Banking
  • 04 Oct 2010
  • News

Why Wal-Mart Went Shopping in Africa

  • January 1973 (Revised September 1990)
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Carrefour S.A.

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
Involves a very rapidly growing retail chain that is financing itself in an unusual (and at first glance) risky fashion. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Financing and Loans; Risk and Uncertainty; Retail Industry
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Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Carrefour S.A." Harvard Business School Case 273-099, January 1973. (Revised September 1990.)
  • July 1999 (Revised June 2000)
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Edward Jones

By: Michael E. Porter and Gregory C. Bond
Edward Jones is a leading, highly profitable retail brokerage firm with a unique strategy very different from those of its rivals. The case describes Jones's activities and allows a rich discussion of its positioning choices, supporting activities, and tradeoffs. Jones... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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Porter, Michael E., and Gregory C. Bond. "Edward Jones." Harvard Business School Case 700-009, July 1999. (Revised June 2000.)
  • October 2022
  • Case

Cost Plus Drugs

By: Alexander MacKay and James Barnett
In September 2022, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Company CEO Alex Oshmyansky considered the future of the company. Cost Plus Drugs was a retailer for more than 340 generic oral medications, selling their drugs at significantly lower prices than typical pharmacies.... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Health; Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Business Divisions; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; Texas
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MacKay, Alexander, and James Barnett. "Cost Plus Drugs." Harvard Business School Case 723-362, October 2022.
  • August 2018
  • Supplement

Garanti Payment Systems: Digital Transformation Strategy (B)

By: Shelle M. Santana and Esel Çekin
Supplements the (A) case. Işıl Akdemir Evlioğlu, executive vice president of marketing at Garanti Payment Systems (GPS), a subsidiary of Garanti Bank, is grappling with three questions. First, should GPS create its own mobile app for credit card customers or leverage... View Details
Keywords: Loyalty Programs; Campaign Management; Campaign Enrollment; Branding; Customer Acquisition; Regulations; Regulatory Changes; Bank; Retail Bank; Banking; Payment Systems; Installment; Mobile App; Call Center; Data Analytics; Digital; Technology; Banks and Banking; Business Subsidiaries; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Credit Cards; Brands and Branding; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Transformation
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Santana, Shelle M., and Esel Çekin. "Garanti Payment Systems: Digital Transformation Strategy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 519-015, August 2018.
  • 17 Jun 2013
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The SEC Gets Money-Fund Reform Half Right

  • 07 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

As the COVID-19 virus pandemic began to sweep across the world, Doug McMillon and his team at Walmart watched in horror. Suddenly, they realized, tomorrow would be nothing like “business as usual” and everything in the company’s marketing plan, from retail execution to... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
  • May 1994 (Revised March 2008)
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Barilla SpA (A)

By: Janice H. Hammond
Barilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s. This case describes a proposal to address the problem by implementing... View Details
Keywords: Order Taking and Fulfillment; Logistics; Supply Chain; Technology; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Italy
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Hammond, Janice H. "Barilla SpA (A)." Harvard Business School Case 694-046, May 1994. (Revised March 2008.)
  • 19 Dec 2011
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Death Knell for the Category Killers?

  • 08 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation

It's an unhappy yet unavoidable fact: Sometimes, retail chains go out of business. Moreover, even healthy chains periodically must close down some existing stores. When stores have to be liquidated—when "everything must go"—a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 05 Mar 2020
  • News

What one game show reveals about the American economy

  • 19 Nov 2015
  • Working Paper Summaries

The US Experiment with Fair Trade Laws: State Police Powers, Federal Antitrust, and the Politics of 'Fairness', 1890–1938

Keywords: by Laura Phillips Sawyer; Retail
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

How Do Households Suppress the Price of Tail Risk?

By: Laurent Calvet, Claire Célérier, Gordon Liao and Boris Vallée
This paper investigates the effects of the issuance of retail products with non-linear payoffs on option prices. For a given underlying asset, when the outstanding volume of products embedding a short-put position increases, implied volatility at the corresponding... View Details
Keywords: Security Design; Dividend; Options; Structured Products; Market Segmentation; Financial Instruments; Design; Volatility; Markets; Segmentation
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Calvet, Laurent, Claire Célérier, Gordon Liao, and Boris Vallée. "How Do Households Suppress the Price of Tail Risk?" Working Paper, 2025.
  • December 2010
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Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon

By: Michael Tushman, Ruth Page and Tom Ryder
The case examines leadership and organizational change within a strong culture context through a multimedia study of lululemon, a specialty retailer of high-end athletic apparel. Video segments trace the company's history from its founding in 1998 as a single retail... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Transition; Growth Management; Management Teams; Organizational Structure; Governing and Advisory Boards; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Vancouver; United States
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Tushman, Michael, Ruth Page, and Tom Ryder. "Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 410-705, December 2010.
  • 01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check

  • September 1995 (Revised December 1997)
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Philip Morris: Marlboro Friday (A)

By: Alvin J. Silk and Bruce Isaacson
On April 2, 1993 Philip Morris USA launched an elaborate integrated program of consumer and retail promotions of unspecified duration that effectively slashed the retail price of its flagship brand, Marlboro, by 20% in the U.S. market. This program represented a major... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Price; Marketing Strategy; Market Participation; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Silk, Alvin J., and Bruce Isaacson. "Philip Morris: Marlboro Friday (A)." Harvard Business School Case 596-001, September 1995. (Revised December 1997.)
  • 25 Apr 2013
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The business strategy in plausible deniability

  • August 2019 (Revised August 2020)
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Magrabi: Fulfilling the Vision for the Future

By: John Beshears, Alpana Thapar and Boris Tsimerinov
In 2018, Magrabi was the leading retailer of eyeglasses, sunglasses, and other optical products in the Middle East, and it was embarking on a major shift in strategy, transitioning from a brand focused on clinical expertise to a brand that combined technical excellence... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Transition; Luxury; Sales; Service Delivery; Strategy; Employees; Recruitment; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Middle East
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Beshears, John, Alpana Thapar, and Boris Tsimerinov. "Magrabi: Fulfilling the Vision for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 920-009, August 2019. (Revised August 2020.)
  • March 2001
  • Supplement

Francisco de Narvaez at TIA: Selling the Family Business

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Francisco de Narvaez reflects on the process of selling his family's retail business. View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown
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Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Francisco de Narvaez at TIA: Selling the Family Business." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 401-803, March 2001.
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