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  • March 2004
  • Case

L.L. Bean: A Search for Growth

By: Rajiv Lal, Walter J. Salmon and James Weber
In mid-2003, CEO Chris McCormick felt L.L. Bean was in a good position to begin to grow again. For nearly 90 years, the company sold clothing and gear for outdoor enthusiasts through its catalogs and a single retail store in Freeport, Maine. In the three decades prior... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Restructuring; Growth and Development Strategy; Cost Management; Sales; Performance Improvement; Diversification; Distribution Channels; Resignation and Termination; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry
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  • 13 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 13

Internet channel to a retail store channel should produce different effects than adding a retail store to the Internet channel. To test our theory, we analyze a unique data set from a high-end retailer using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks

thanks to technological advances like internet connectivity, mobile devices, and software. Autonomy is a much-touted benefit at many organizations, and it’s nice to believe that we each know the best path to our own optimal productivity.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 06 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

Yes, the context is very challenging today. But challenges create opportunities. If gaining access to capital is hard, sometimes that means there will be fewer competitors. This period is almost the antithesis of the Internet bubble when... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government
  • Web

Finance - Faculty & Research

Marketing ; Social Marketing ; Information Infrastructure ; Information Technology ; Internet and the Web ; Mobile and Wireless Technology ; Technology Adoption ; Education ; Teaching ; Price ; Customer Relationship Management ; Customer... View Details

    Alan D. MacCormack

    Alan MacCormack is the MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, a member of The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and a core faculty member... View Details

    Keywords: internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet
    • Article

    Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence

    By: Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
    Dominant platform businesses often develop products in adjacent markets to complement their core business. One common approach used to gain traction in these adjacent markets has been to pursue a tying strategy. For example, Microsoft pre-installed Internet Explorer... View Details
    Keywords: Tying; Platform Strategy; Google; Product; Quality; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Market Entry and Exit
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    • Research Summary

    Overview

    Navid has worked with different organizations across various industries, from the Federal Reserve to medical device manufacturers, heavy construction equipment sellers, and B2B software providers, to assemble proprietary datasets in studying organizational buying.... View Details

    • 18 Jun 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

    controlling for participants' income levels. A third experiment asked participants to rate the "permissibility" of 20 household items in the US Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index, purchased either by a lower- or higher-income consumer. The items... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne

      Michael A. Wheeler

      Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

      Keywords: internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet; internet
      • Web

      Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

      Channels ; Marketing Strategy ; Product Marketing ; Social Marketing ; Information Infrastructure ; Information Technology ; Internet and the Web ; Mobile and Wireless Technology ; Technology Adoption ; Education ; Teaching ; Price ;... View Details
      • 30 Aug 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: August 30

        PublicationsEmotion-induced Engagement in Internet Video Ads Authors:Thales S. Teixeira, Michel Wedel, and Rik Pieters Publication:Journal of Marketing Research (forthcoming) Abstract This study shows how advertisers can leverage... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 21 Nov 2014
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors

      Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira & Peter Jamieson
      • October 2019
      • Case

      Agility Africa

      By: Juan Alcacer, Caroline M. Elkins and Esel Çekin
      This case illustrates the challenge and opportunities that firms face when developing and executing new business models in high-risk, low-infrastructure, low-trust countries. It features a global logistics group, Agility, that aimed to become the leader in supplying... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Emerging Markets; Decision Choices and Conditions; Real Estate Industry; Distribution Industry; Africa
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      • 2018
      • Working Paper

      Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence

      Dominant platform businesses often develop products in adjacent markets to complement their core business. One common approach used to gain traction in these adjacent markets has been to pursue a tying strategy. For example, Microsoft pre-installed Internet Explorer... View Details
      Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Competitive Strategy; Product Marketing; Quality
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      • Web

      Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

      research. Mr. Burgstone also serves as Faculty Chair and Adjunct Professor of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. Earlier in his career he was co-founder and CEO of SupplierMarket, a leading View Details
      • 20 Aug 2020
      • Book

      From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

      For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • 29 Oct 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?

      do a one-time, four-hour data entry task via the Internet labor market oDesk.com, which allows for online recruitment of freelancers from around the world. "Keep in mind," Malhotra said, that "all of these people previously made less than... View Details
      Keywords: by Chuck Leddy & Harvard Gazette
      • September 2008 (Revised August 2009)
      • Case

      VMware, Inc., 2008

      By: David B. Yoffie, Andrei Hagiu and Michael Slind
      Paul Maritz took the helm of VMware in July 2008, just as the company confronted a radically new competitive environment. Since its founding in 1998, VMware had been the leading provider of virtualization software. Now it faced the kind of threat that every software... View Details
      Keywords: History; Digital Platforms; Competition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Applications and Software; Business Strategy
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