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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Fast Lane to Country Lane
feel like everything I’ve done has been leading to this,” says Lackley, who manages business operations for Mark Lackley Furniture Maker (www.lackley.com), a high-end furniture company in Quechee, Vermont. Lackley began her “training” for... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler (MBA 1971)
free that makes the job so appealing to Eyler -- it's also the chance to put to the sternest test yet his 25 years of management experience with retailers such as Federated Department Stores, Hartmarx, and the May Company. When Eyler took... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
recall of 450,000 tires missing a key safety feature that a U.S. importer had purchased from a Chinese manufacturer and distributed to retail outlets. “I don’t think there is a strong culture of adherence to regulations in China right... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
available online (www.thecoop.com). He may also expand retail operations as the University's Cambridge/Allston footprint grows. “One of the reasons the Coop has survived this long is its ability to respond... View Details
- 12 Oct 2014
- News
The Gate-Crasher in the Front Row
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
customers willingly pay higher prices. The relevant readers are general managers responsible for a P&L, marketing and sales managers responsible for making product and selling decisions (including pricing), and people in operations... View Details
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and organization of the market when a match was operating and when it was not. After the GI match ended,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
What We Learned in Three Charts: Innovation, Tariffs, and Gig Work | Working Knowledge
economists have predicted that retailers would pass on tariffs imposed by the US government to consumers. While prices have climbed within days after tariff announcements, the magnitude of the change hasn’t kept pace with the scale of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting and Digesting
Work in an emerging market Do something I have no clue about Explore a new destination Throughout my search and conversations with Kurt Piemonte, an amazing career coach, I reached Global Fashion Group (GFG). A fashion e-commerce company based out of Singapore that... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
the complex regulatory environment that governs Indian gaming. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51932 Fall 2016 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management The Impact of Supplier Inventory Service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Kurt White
the quality of people and thought here.” Two years in, the experience has already proved transformative. “In the military, I operated in an environment where I was expected to make the calls all the time,” Kurt says. “That seemed to be... View Details
- Profile
Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
leadership training with G.E. — a high-level program that took her to Istanbul, London, and Paris — Tuce experienced a significant shift in scale when her FIELD 2 assignment took her team to Chennai, India, where they advised a fruit-juice stand View Details
- December 2019
- Case
Walmart Ecommerce (A): Picking up the Pace
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case is an abridged version (part 1 of 2) of "Walmart's Omnichannel Strategy: Revolution or Miscalculation?" HBS Case No. 720-370. The (A) case discusses Walmart's early forays into online retail, as well as improvements made under Doug McMillon beginning in 2014.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Bentonville; Arkansas; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Walmart Ecommerce (A): Picking up the Pace." Harvard Business School Case 720-425, December 2019.
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
of them from Rwanda. A local Nigerian factory, Kaldi Africa, roasts the beans to produce a stronger brew than what Starbucks pours. Many of the other barriers to developing a coffeehouse culture that Dozie has encountered are simple View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
School’s Bureau of Business Research—comprised a comparative examination of the costs of operating a retail shoe business. The resulting report helped companies devise strategies to manage inventories,... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
Publications 2006 Stanford University Press Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future By: Groysberg, Boris, and Paul M. Healy Abstract—Wall Street equity analysts provide research products and services on publicly traded companies to institutional and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog
understanding the fundamental improvement challenges facing the health care sector and developing strategies for addressing them. Students may have career interests in organizations that provide health care (e.g., hospitals, medical groups, View Details
- 07 Oct 2010
- News
Why Wal-Mart Went Shopping in Africa
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Elevator Pitch: Spread the Wealth
want to open pathways to ownership for a new generation of investors like Amanda.” “We want to open pathways to ownership for a new generation of investors like Amanda.” Status Update: More than 600 retail and service organizations have... View Details