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  • 12 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 12

founded Kvadrat in the 1960s. Byriel and Bendix had joined Kvadrat in 1992, and since that time, Kvadrat had grown from 19 million in annual sales to over 86 million. It had expanded its focus on selling textiles to European architects and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

Beiersdorf, to its Nivea line, following the events of the A case, and how the commercial success of the product informed thinking by leaders in R&D for the future. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Nivea--B-/an/614043-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

delivered to my house tonight, where it will be set up and ready to go. Lal: Furniture is often sold that way today. It's a showroom where your order is customized and delivered in six weeks. Q: What retail segments are most vulnerable to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 26 Aug 2009
  • Op-Ed

Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road

short-term incentive programs designed to shape consumer purchase behavior. It has no experience in such initiatives and proved itself incapable of forecasting demand associated with different incentive levels. And the auto industry hardly deserved special treatment,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto
  • 25 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

telephones sometimes resting on the carpet where furniture had not arrived. Things seemed to be moving fast even for the placid Bussgang, who said, "It's a real challenge putting together a group of people who have never worked... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 25 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

Confectionery, including Wrigley's chewing gum and Brach's candies, provided another 11 percent. Household products, including Ecko hardware, Woolite (a cold-water wash), Black Flag insecticides, and Old English furniture polish, added 14... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations Applegate, Lynda M., William R. Kerr, and David LaneHarvard Business School Case 811-078 Chris Exline founded Home Essentials, a furniture rental business targeted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

developers. This article analyses the innovation processes of a set of leading design-driven companies in the furniture industry to identify how they develop product innovations. The empirical investigation is based on several case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/118074-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 118-066 Steinhoff International: Accounting Irregularities and Financial Markets Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. was a holding company whose subsidiaries manufactured,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Tips to Reinvent the Department Store

Retail and Luxury Goods Conference on April 3. Chadwick noted that while department stores used to be where shoppers went for everything from baby clothes to furniture to power tools, many stores have now limited their assortment and... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette; Retail
  • 26 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

industry. But research at HBS and other places1 shows that within-industry differences in profitability and returns are typically much greater than across industries. Buffett knows this, investing in "bad" industries like View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

define a proper strategy for the design language of their products. An empirical analysis was conducted on the product language strategies in the Italian furniture industry; in particular, the present article explores the relationship... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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