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  • 29 Mar 2018
  • News

The Reality of Returns

  • March 1991 (Revised December 1994)
  • Case

Marks and Spencer Ltd. (A)

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery
Marks and Spencer is a highly regarded retailer in the United Kingdom. This case examines the history of the firm, its organizational capabilities, and its long standing relationships with employees, customers, and suppliers. Also discusses the firm's expansion into... View Details
Keywords: Expansion; Organizational Design; Relationships; Retail Industry; United Kingdom
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Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Marks and Spencer Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-089, March 1991. (Revised December 1994.)
  • 25 Jan 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Effects of Quota Frequency on Sales Force Performance: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas
  • February 2024 (Revised December 2024)
  • Case

Best Buy Health: Enabling Care at Home

By: Robert S. Huckman, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Antonio Moreno, Bradley Staats and Sarah Mehta
This case explores retailer Best Buy’s decision to enter health care. Best Buy Health aims to enable care at home across three prongs: consumer health, active aging, and virtual care. A key pillar of Best Buy Health's strategy is leveraging the Geek Squad—the company's... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Business Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; United States; Minnesota
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Huckman, Robert S., Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Antonio Moreno, Bradley Staats, and Sarah Mehta. "Best Buy Health: Enabling Care at Home." Harvard Business School Case 624-009, February 2024. (Revised December 2024.)
  • 26 Jul 2017
  • Blog Post

“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”

Born in Monterey, Felipe Delgado (MBA 2018), knows Mexico well. With three years of pre-MBA banking experience, and a stint with a renewable energy startup, Felipe has a firm grip on the “corporate side” as well. But retail products? And... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • March 2000
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Spec's Music (B)

By: John A. Davis and Susan Harmeling
Explores the reasoning behind the final decision to sell and the decision-making process that leads to the final question of "if so, to whom?" Four of the bidders are music retailers and the fifth is a Tampa entrepreneur. View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Bids and Bidding
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Davis, John A., and Susan Harmeling. "Spec's Music (B)." Harvard Business School Case 800-337, March 2000.
  • 13 Mar 2017
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Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales

    Pietro Satriano

    Pietro Satriano is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School.  He sits on the boards of CarMax, the largest omni-channel used car retailer in the U.S. and Metro, a large regional grocery retailer in Canada.  Pietro advises a number of food-tech startups and acts... View Details

    • 17 Dec 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Does Apple Anchor a Shopping Mall? The Effect of the Technology Stores on the Formation of Market Structure

    Keywords: by Doug J. Chung, Kyoungwon Seo, and Reo Song; Retail; Retail
    • 27 Sep 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Large-Scale Demand Estimation with Search Data

    Keywords: by Tomomichi Amano, Andrew Rhodes, and Stephan Seiler; Retail
    • August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
    • Case

    Disney's "The Lion King" (C): Repeat Performance?

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
    Three of Disney's animated films that followed "The Lion King"—"Pocahontas," "Toy Story," and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"—were significantly less successful at the box office and in retail sales. Meanwhile, Disney was focusing on developing live-action blockbusters. View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Structure; Animation Entertainment; Success; Failure; Film Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    Rayport, Jeffrey F., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. Disney's "The Lion King" (C): Repeat Performance? Harvard Business School Case 899-043, August 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
    • 22 Mar 2018
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    Too Small To Fail

    • 09 Feb 2018
    • News

    No Time For Complacency For U.S. Banks - Aggressive Technology Use Can Create Real Shareholder Value

    • December 2009
    • Case

    Hungerit

    By: David E. Bell, Sarah Morton and Mary Louise Shelman
    Hungary's top producer of poultry products is deciding the company's future strategy in the face of new opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe, a changing retail market in Hungary, and the possibility of increased global competition. View Details
    Keywords: Opportunities; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Hungary
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    Bell, David E., Sarah Morton, and Mary Louise Shelman. "Hungerit." Harvard Business School Case 510-010, December 2009.
    • June 2015 (Revised October 2015)
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    High Liner Foods, 2015

    By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
    In 2015, Canadian-based High Liner Foods Ltd was one of North America's largest frozen fish processors with extensive shares of both the food service and retail channels in Canada, the USA and Mexico. With over C$1 billion in revenues, the company had grown four fold... View Details
    Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Strategic Decision Making; Family Business; Commodities; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; North America; Canada
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    Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "High Liner Foods, 2015." Harvard Business School Case 715-463, June 2015. (Revised October 2015.)
    • 03 Jan 2019
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    Leveraging Transferable Skills

    This is a repost from the HBS Recruiting blog.  Shelby, Jasmyn and Katie (MBA 2019) describe their summer internship experiences. All three students utilized transferable skills from their previous work experience to transition into new industries; technology, View Details
    • 2012
    • Working Paper

    The Effect of Supply Chain Complementarities on Local Food

    By: Baris Ata, Deishin Lee and Mustafa H. Tongarlak
    We study the operational tradeoffs of a retailer and farmers in a fresh produce supply chain to determine the equilibrium supply chain structure. These operational tradeoffs arise as a result of the geographic constraints posed by the availability of arable land and... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Food; Supply Chain; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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    Ata, Baris, Deishin Lee, and Mustafa H. Tongarlak. "The Effect of Supply Chain Complementarities on Local Food." Working Paper, December 2012.
    • September 2017 (Revised March 2018)
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    Chai Point: Disrupting Chai

    By: Shikhar Ghosh, Ramana Nanda and Rachna Tahilyani
    Chai Point is India’s largest organized chai retailer. It has missed its target for retail store openings by approximately 25%, goals that are very important to its investors who are also board members. However, it has developed an exciting new internet-based tea... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Venture Capital; Stock; Business Model; Mobile Technology; Technological Innovation; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Food; Selection and Staffing; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Resignation and Termination; Compensation and Benefits; Resource Allocation; Product Positioning; Distribution Channels; Product Design; Supply Chain; Governing and Advisory Boards; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Asia; India; Karnataka; Bangalore
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    Ghosh, Shikhar, Ramana Nanda, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Chai Point: Disrupting Chai." Harvard Business School Case 818-020, September 2017. (Revised March 2018.)
    • 04 Jan 2012
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    First Look: January 4

    accelerate the decline of independents by increasing the attractiveness of smaller in-town store formats for retail chains. The causal impact of planning regulation is estimated using variation in local political control across the U.K.,... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel

      Flipkart: Transitioning to a Marketplace Model

      Founded in 2007 as an online book retailer, Flipkart rapidly became the largest e-commerce player in India, valued at almost $15 billion.  However, it faced intense competition from other e-commerce players like Amazon and Snapdeal. Over the years Flipkart was slowly... View Details
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