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- June 2023
- Case
Tractor Supply Co
By: David L. Ager and Michael A. Roberto
In February 2023, Hal Lawton, CEO of Tractor Supply Co, the largest farm and ranch retailer in the United States reflected on the company’s 70% growth between 2019 and 2022. Economists had begun to predict an economic downturn and experts were predicting softening... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Demand and Consumers; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Retail Industry
Ager, David L., and Michael A. Roberto. "Tractor Supply Co." Harvard Business School Case 923-302, June 2023.
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
epigenetic, and protein biomarkers—create a better match between individuals with specific disease subtypes and medications that are more effective for those patients. These... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
by a government’s response to the virus, blurring the line between the private and public sectors. Said Dr. David Nabarro, Special Envoy for COVID-19 for the World Health Organization (WHO), “Brands must... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
George Serafeim Abstract—We examine if, and under what conditions, disclosure of sustainability information identified as investor relevant by market-driven innovations in accounting standard setting is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
forthcoming Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Leverage and the Beta Anomaly By: Baker, Malcolm, Mathias F. Hoeyer, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract— The well-known... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
board performance even more difficult. Effective boards are those that take the initiative to design clear and focused forward-looking agendas, concentrating board energy on a company's specific value... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
methodology based on topic modeling and sentiment analysis to illustrate that such data can be used to generate insight about the relationship between a firm’s past financial View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
Review Firm Turnover and the Return of Racial Establishment Segregation By: Ferguson, John-Paul, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—Racial segregation between American workplaces is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
consequences that come from brokerage—occupying a bridging position between disconnected others in a network. By contrast, emerging models underscore social interactions and focus on brokering—the behavioral... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
between tax brackets within a state-year cell and which absorb heterogeneity and contemporaneous changes in economic conditions; ii) an instrumental variable approach, which... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Western firms sought access to resources, and they faced little political risk due to Western imperialism. The main risks were logistical due to infrastructure and technological inadequacies. During the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 2008
- Simulation
Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery
By: Willy C. Shih and Clayton Christensen
This online simulation allows students to play the role of a business unit manager at Back Bay Battery Company who faces the dilemma of balancing a portfolio of investment strategies across products in the rechargeable battery space. Players have to manage R&D... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Investment; Product Development; Research and Development; Battery Industry
Shih, Willy C., and Clayton Christensen. "Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery." Simulation and Teaching Note. Watertown, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008. Electronic. (2656-HTM-ENG.)
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
business out of it. It is fair to say that without Li & Fung, the sourcing function for most major retailers in the U.S. would come to a grinding halt. Our framework for institutional voids captures what is common to all emerging markets View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
Gender Inequality: The Work-family Narrative as a Social Defense Against 24/7 Work Culture By: Padavic, Irene, R. Ely, and Erin M. Reid Abstract—It is widely accepted that the conflict between women’s family... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
for people who apply their creative sparks to the insights they gain from data, artificial intelligence, and feedback from colleagues. Learning and performance are twinned, not... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
of countries with deteriorated corporate financial fragility indicators (Altman’s Z-score). Firm size plays a critical role in the relationship between leverage, firm fragility, and exchange rate movements... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
By using a modified dictator game, we assessed sharing behavior and beliefs about others in children between 3 and 12 years old. We performed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
Company executives would have to make a choice of whether and how to cut their workforce costs—either through mass layoffs or furloughs. Our goal with the case was to explore the tradeoffs View Details
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
Capabilities: A Meso Model of Sustained Innovation and Superior Firm Performance By: Harvey, Jean-François, Henrik Bresman, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—This paper complements... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman