Filter Results:
(1,803)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,803)
- News (670)
- Research (935)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (37)
- Faculty Publications (499)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,803)
- News (670)
- Research (935)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (37)
- Faculty Publications (499)
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
compete in them. It is now starting to do so in markets such as India, which does not allow foreign direct investment in retailing. Wal-Mart has therefore entered via a joint venture with an Indian partner, Bharti, that will operate the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
and mortar big box stores instead. Amazon, unburdened by such real estate, was easily able to mobilize Internet capabilities in order to capture a dominant share of a notoriously inefficient book retailing industry. It didn’t stop there.... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
Monroy can make that claim. Based in Mexico City, Zubale crowdsources the expensive and inefficient task of merchandising, using its app to connect independent contractors with major brands looking for the on-the-ground help needed to get their products out of the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
been a great friend. It makes me feel so good to know that my advisor is interested in my career and my well-being." Raman and Ton have been studying retail operation, focusing on an operational execution issue - namely, misplaced products at retail View Details
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
comic strip. Another wrote a personal essay about her struggles to overcome the stereotype of being the "Shy Asian Girl." Another student, who came from a retail background, wrote an open letter to clothing store Abercrombie... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
hoppy, sour, golden, and traditional and hazy IPA. Athletic also offers a rotating selection of seasonal releases and limited editions, which are sold online, on the shelves of supermarkets and in liquor stores and non-alcoholic bottle... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
like after the crisis requires a keen understanding of the changing needs of your customers. One example from the current crisis is the extent to which consumers have shifted from expensive luxury goods to more practical items. That's why high-end department View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle
participants a description about a consumer named Matthew who shopped at either an upscale grocery store or instead used grocery-delivery service Peapod. Though Whole Foods was perceived as more of a luxury brand, the participants rated... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
available. For example, retail chains and commercial airlines, which lease a lot of their assets such as stores and airplanes, might rationally prefer Chapter 11 to restructuring out of court. The second impediment to reaching a... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
owned the corner store and worked 16-hour days, 7 days a week, with no vacations. But they were able to put me and my sister through college, purchase a home, and lived frugally. When I told my Dad that I was a Computer Science major, he... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
and with a family to support, “living in a dump over a hardware store with kerosene heat,” one biographer wrote. But the Army learned that MacDonald had done well in Industrial Procurement at HBS and offered him a job. He enlisted in... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
switched from in-person to online training. Case 4: Partner with other businesses to share labor ChiSuper is a supermarket chain with more than 1,000 stores across China. ChiSuper faced a severe labor shortage at a peak in the COVID-19... View Details
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
response is predominantly awe at the magnitude of what Tate has been able to pull off” It also created the Magic Tate Ball and a dozen other apps and online games to tie-in with exhibitions, available on iTunes and Android stores for free... View Details
- Web
Harvard Business School
and implemented programs to improve the company's factory sourcing. Prior to joining Walmart, Jackson was president and COO at Dollar General Stores, where he led significant new store openings and improved same-store results. Previously,... View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
time. This helps me prioritize the most important events, and not feel guilty about the many HBS activities I need to decline. Best Mama Hack: Get a running stroller! Even if you don't run, they're more nimble than a normal stroller (maneuver around a grocery View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
doing poorly and who’s doing well and why. Prepare your people to be brand ambassadors. If a customer isn’t comfortable going to the store yet, the help-desk person she’s chatting with becomes her only connection to the company’s values,... View Details
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
president and CEO of Estée Lauder International Inc. "Ted's writings taught me that relationship management is particularly relevant in a global business," she adds. "I knew every single department store owner in every part... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
an empty lot. To the east stands a vacant building; to the north, a liquor store with iron bars on its windows. In short, it could be any corner in any struggling neighborhood in the United States. Yet for Dlodlo, it might as well be the... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Iavor I. Bojinov
Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details