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  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Rounding the Bend

increasingly demanding more accountability and transparency. “I’m actually quite proud of how the industry is coming together.” McClay has filled myriad roles within the fashion sector: first on the European consumer and View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers
  • Web

Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program - MBA

Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged... View Details
  • 10 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

sheds light on a question vexing economists, consumers, and retailers alike: When will prices return to normal? The answer depends on the type of product, and how quickly each individual industry recovers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14302 The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality Author:Zeynep Ton Abstract Determining staffing levels is an important decision in retail operations. While the costs of increasing labor are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • June 2012 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

I Paid a Bribe (Dot) Com

By: Karthik Ramanna and Rachna Tahilyani
Anti-corruption web platform "ipaidabribe.com" leverages the transparency and anonymity of the Internet to encourage private citizens in India who have been the victims of corruption to self-report details of bribes paid, including the bribe amount, the name of the... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Service Industry; India
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  • November 2015 (Revised October 2017)
  • Case

Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar

By: Jonas Heese, Paula A. Price, Suraj Srinivasan and David Lane
In spring 2015, Dollar General's CEO Rick Dreiling was looking ahead to retiring at year's end but worried about ensuring continued growth for the company he had built since 2008 into a market leader in the U.S. discount retail world. Dollar General operated over... View Details
Keywords: Dollar General; Family Dollar; Dollar Tree; Antitrust; Board Of Directors; Activist Investors; Federal Trade Commission; Acquisition; Valuation; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; United States
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  • Web

Entrepreneurship - Recruiting

Salary $165,000 Industries Consumer Products 6% Financial Services 10% Health Care 14% Manufacturing 16% Nonprofit / Government 3% Services 3% Technology 49% Functions Business Development 17% Finance 7% General Management 31% Marketing... View Details
  • June 2017
  • Teaching Note

The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Daniel P. Gross and Lauren G. Pickle
In September 2014, Tom Montgomery (SVP of strategic initiatives at the De Beers Group) and his team launched a pilot program in the United States to explore $1 billion diamond market for pre-owned (recycled) diamonds. According to Montgomery, the motivation for the... View Details
Keywords: Diamonds; Go-to-market Strategy; Secondary Market; Willingness To Pay; Pilot Program; Strategy Development; Strategy Execution; Scope; Marketing; Advertising; Branding; Customer Value; Pawn Shops; Jewelry; Supply And Demand; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Vertical Integration; Advertising Campaigns; Value Creation; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Advertising Industry; Mining Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Africa; Botswana; South Africa; Namibia
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    V.G. Narayanan

    Professor Narayanan is the Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, and Senior Associate Dean of Executive Education and HBS Online. His research focuses on management accounting with an interest in performance evaluation and incentives. He uses... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry
    • 10 Nov 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: Nov. 10

    http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610018-PDF-ENG J.P. Morgan Richard S. Tedlow and David RubenHarvard Business School Case 810-052 An account of J.P. Morgan's remarkable career in government, railroad, and industrial finance. Purchase... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • October 2014 (Revised June 2021)
    • Teaching Note

    Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living

    By: Charles F. Wu and Ben Eppler
    Tom Alperin's firm National Development is an experienced multifamily and commercial developer in the Northeast. It has a strong track record for working on challenging projects, delivering high quality products and generating strong returns for his investors. The firm... View Details
    Keywords: Housing; Age; Investment Return; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Massachusetts
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    • June 2021
    • Technical Note

    SPAC Space

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In 2020, over half of all initial public offerings (IPOs) in the United States were special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), blank-check companies that typically had two years to find a business to take public, usually through a reverse merger. Together, 248... View Details
    Keywords: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies; SPACs; Mergers and Acquisitions; Going Public; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Strategy
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      Krishna G. Palepu

      KRISHNA G. PALEPU is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean... View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry
      • 2015
      • Working Paper

      The Market That Wasn't: The Non-Emergence of the Online Grocery Category.

      By: C. Navis, G. Fisher, Ryan Raffaelli and Mary Ann Glynn
      In this paper, we examine the non-emergence of a potential new market category. In the late 1990s, the entrepreneurial firms that attempted to sell groceries online in the US attracted significant resources, made impressive technological advancements, and generated... View Details
      Keywords: Emerging Markets; Failure; Food; Online Technology; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Answering Your Questions About the 2+2 Program - MBA

      Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged... View Details
      • 14 Jan 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: January 14

      physical assets (such as health records); combining data within and across industries (to, say, coordinate supply chains); trading data (as mobile providers do with information on users' whereabouts); and codifying best-in-class... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 16 Jun 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases

      engineer products and packaging to hit key retail price points. This may mean downsizing package sizes, something the candy industry always does in response to inflation. 4. Use Promotions. If you've always... View Details
      Keywords: by John Quelch

        David E. Bell

        David E. Bell is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS. He has taught marketing many times in the MBA program including as course head.

        During his career at HBS, David has taught a variety of other courses to both MBAs and executives, including risk... View Details

        Keywords: e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry
        • 26 Feb 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: February 26, 2008

        Direct Channels Authors:Jill Avery, Thomas J. Steenburgh, John A. Deighton, and Mary Caravella Abstract We assess the effects of opening physical retail stores on direct-to-consumer channel sales. Our data come from a leading U.S. View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace

          Robert C. Merton

          Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

          Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

          Keywords: insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry