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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Cases: KFC’s Explosive Growth in China In China, Yum! Brands is opening a KFC store every day. But this is not the KFC known in America. A recent case study written by Professor David Bell and Agribusiness Program director Mary... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
A Natural Balance
Cavan Mahony and Ayla Hussain (both MBA '96) became friends and business partners through a mutual devotion to yoga and health -- and a conviction that beauty is more than skin deep. The two have joined with a third partner, supermodel Christy Turlington, to form... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Sun Dress
Barrow: Offering a line of clothing that provides protection from the downside of solar energy. A native of sun-splashed Australia who now resides in Minneapolis, John Barrow (MBA 1989) has a fashion tip for Americans: cover up, mates. Seriously. Skin-cancer awareness... View Details
Bernard A. Edison
Taking the helm of the family business from his father and uncle, Edison went on to lead it through its strongest period of growth and financial performance. He dramatically expanded operations, opening new designer footwear View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Booting Up
"They're ecstatic when we can find them something that not only fits but is stylish." Although the Web site was online before the physical store was up and running ("UPS went on strike the day we opened, leaving us shoeless," laughs... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective
paramount. "When you went to Harvard Business School, we really knew what we were talking about," he told alumni. "But in the new economy, just about everything we accepted about business is being questioned." Nolan, an expert on general... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
specializes in retail turnarounds and transformation. Here, Bines shares a few words about his new book and two other indispensable texts about the trade. The Metail Economy 6 Strategies for Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
organizations are taking advantage of "e-commerce," an entirely new distribution channel. EE: Can you give some examples of these cases? Nolan: We've recently put together a series of cases on Cisco Systems, Inc., perhaps the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
Robert L. Tillman
conducting extensive consumer research, a new vision was unveiled and implemented at the company. Lowe’s stores are now larger than any of its competitors’ and offer more diverse and upscale products. View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 06 May 2019
- News
Are You Ready for Veggie Fast-Casual?
The founder and former CEO of Panera Bread has a new lease on life. Life Alive, that is. And it’s not a lease—he’s the owner. Ron Shaich (MBA 1978), has tapped his $300 million fund, Act III Holdings, to buy and reimagine a mini-chain of... View Details
- Portrait Project
Stephanie Belcher
I'm a hustler. Resourceful. Clever. Scrappy. I've been hustling since I was a kid. I've been blessed with the ability to take things that others have tossed aside and make them worthy of attention. From repurposing materials for school projects and thrifting from... View Details
- Portrait Project
Alice Yen
for his dedication, patience, and generosity. Every year of my childhood, I watched him diligently water new seedlings and protect them from curious bees and gnarly weeds that came their way. These seeds sprouted into towering trees and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
the benefits of those “everyday low prices” and, by extension, where the real conflict lies. — Ghemawat is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at HBS. Mark is the managing director of the Martello Group, a consultancy in Toronto. A... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
Illustration by Robert Neubecker Sports injuries are a business concern for Clara Wu Tsai (MBA 1993). She and her husband, Joe Tsai, are owners of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets; the WNBA’s New York Liberty; and the men’s lacrosse team, the San... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Incentives and Operational Excellence
incentives, many operational problems can be traced to poor controls in interorganizational settings: interorganizational because the medical supply company deals with a hospital group and the video store acquires its products from movie... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
retailer, to enter the U.S. market with the new Fresh & Easy chain of discount grocery stores. Avoiding geographies where Wal-Mart is entrenched, Tesco has so far opened 50 stores in the growth markets... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
adult clothing in 2020. This makes sense: Kids needed new sizes, even in a pandemic. Will new online shoppers stick around? It’s too early to say whether new ecommerce... View Details
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
increasingly using ML to manage many aspects of their business operations. “There’s been an explosion,” Teodorescu says. “It’s becoming less of a field in itself and more and more of a tool for people in other fields to use.” In a new... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
suburb with thousands of high-quality, low-cost items under one roof. A new term -- hypermarché -- was coined to describe this phenomenon. French consumers were lured away from their traditional patronage of small, locally owned View Details