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  • 24 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

of Walmart, faces a different set of challenges. While other retailers are rapidly cutting staff, he and his team need 150,000 temporary workers to keep up with the near-term demand for basic food, beverages, and supplies. With suppliers... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Health
  • 18 Aug 2015
  • News

Harvard Business School Takes on Fashion and Beauty: Meet the Mogul Grads Who Are Changing the Game

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Where Are They Now?

The first in a series of occasional articles in which the Bulletin catches up with former HBS faculty members. SCHLESINGER: Now doing business at Limited Brands. Len Schlesinger (DBA ’79) certainly walks the talk, as he moves easily back and forth between business and... View Details
Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
  • 28 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

maintaining a high level of exploration. Solutions improved most on rounds with social influence after a period of separation. We also show that storing subjects’ best solutions so that they could be reloaded and possibly modified in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

dollar lending more than euro lending in response to a shock to their credit quality. Because these banks rely on wholesale dollar funding, while raising more of their euro funding through insured retail deposits, the shock leads to a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

consider the life of a guy who was twenty years old and living in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Such a young man was facing a very different reality. Factory jobs had mostly disappeared and now he was looking at a life stocking shelves in franchise View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Case Study: Moment in the Sun

health benefits—it helps the body store less fat, helps build the immune system, and reduces stress.” Hoskins cofounded the company in 2014, launching a Kickstarter campaign in November 2015 that netted Ario more than $200,000 in 30 days.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 01 Jan 2004
  • News

A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

battery-powered SpinBrush, now the nation's best-selling toothbrush. Retailing for around five dollars, SpinBrush accounted for $160 million in sales last year and is the subject of an HBS case study. "SpinBrush is a wonderful example of... View Details
  • 02 Nov 2020
  • News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

case and why? “One case that stands out is the case on Daily Table from my second-year retailing class. I was already exploring mission-driven food organizations at that point and had the opportunity to work with Daily Table during my... View Details
  • 23 Apr 2014
  • HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

and analysis," says Quelch. A Smoking Market Uncertainty over health data hasn't hurt the product's popularity. In 2013, electronic cigarettes tripled in sales in the US to approximately $3 billion. (The overall tobacco retail market... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising
  • 13 Mar 2019
  • News

The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)

in a small, confined space we want to be there too. Trash cans, diaper pails, litter boxes, you name it. Short term, we want to build our retail presence. Look for us in select Target stores this April!”... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

Taking Flight

IN HIS ELEMENT: Peter Thayer has spotted nearly 3,500 species of birds...and counting. Peter Thayer (MBA ’73) didn’t recognize the little bird hopping about in his backyard outside Cincinnati. His parents had given him a field guide for his 11th birthday, but he hadn’t... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

$3.94 billion in sales from its more than 3,000 retail stores and its online auction site. Even so, Goodwill’s core mission is to provide job training and placement to people with disabilities, criminal... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Profile

Hiroshi Mikitani

hyper-efficient supermarket with standardized offerings,” Rakuten is more like a bazaar “where the owners of many small shops curate the merchandise and interact personally with customers.” Starting out, Rakuten charged its merchants $650 per month to... View Details
  • 10 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

School Case 207-084 Following a successful model in Europe, JP Morgan has introduced a set of five U.S. retail mutual funds with an investment philosophy and marketing strategy grounded in behavioral finance. The asset management group... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

implement strategy. In a retail business, no matter what you decide in the office, if the people out in the stores don't execute it, your business isn't going to be worth a darn, because they're the ones who... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

Target's faltering performance during an economic downturn led an activist shareholder to initiate a proxy fight. Target Corporation, the second largest discount store retailer in the U.S., had competed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Using retail chain data, we study the effects of a tournament incentive plan incorporating objective and subjective criteria. In principle, such plans could motivate employees to perform both at a high level,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

is a time-honored approach, particularly in media and entertainment. When space is limited on store shelves and in traditional distribution channels, producers tend to focus on a few likely best sellers, hoping that one or two big hits... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

faster-growing companies to raise more capital. These results highlight the importance of institutions in enabling the provision of entrepreneurial capital to young companies. In Search of Organizational Alignment Using a 360-Degree Assessment System: A Field... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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