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September 1984 (Revised December 1992)
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Federated Industries (A)

The market leader in an overcapacity industry with a commodity product is trying to restore industry price levels. Price cutting has hurt overall industry price levels and the leader must determine whether (and how) to bring up price levels or exit the market. View Details

Keywords: Supply and Industry; Market Entry and Exit; Price; Goods and Commodities; Competition; Consumer Products Industry; United States

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04 Dec 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

about your consumers, too. I'd like to mention, you know, there was this study done maybe 10 years ago by the Boston Consulting Group. They interviewed about 25,000 women across 20 countries, and their conclusions showed that the female View Details

12 Apr 2012
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HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups

children in real-life situations as they learn experientially through play in familiar environments using a mobile device. canada PIXIE is a website that connects passionate, small product companies, designers, and artisans with their core market while bringing the... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; Alumni New Venture Contest

25 Apr 2014
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Harnessing for-profit strategies for social good

on social and environmental returns, in addition to financial returns." It became a blueprint for her career. Seegull was vice president of business development at Novica, an e-commerce company connecting artisans in developing countries to businesses and View Details

23 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

technology, health and consumer care, and renewable energy. His scope of work to date encompasses the United States, the European Union, Brazil, India, Malaysia, South Korea, Philippines, Canada, and multiple African countries. In our... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up

create given their love of the outdoor life. Still, it was a strange alliance between a scruffy, eccentric outdoorsman and two clean-cut East Coast, Ivy League Republicans on the fast-track for careers in finance or politics. After... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2013
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14 for '14

consumer data, expect social platforms to grab media dollars from TV budgets and to drive e-commerce sales. Facebook continues to grow but look for Google to get more aggressive by leveraging YouTube and Google+." —Walter Delph (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance

01 Dec 2009
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Noted & Quoted

18, 2009) “Google will have continuous challenges to major initiatives around consumer choice, security and trust, and privacy. ” — Professor David Yoffie, commenting on the legal and consumer backlash... View Details

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Global - Global Activities 2020

Billaud; and research associate Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej. It explores how Unilever, the UK-based consumer goods giant, has implemented an initiative to accelerate the speed of change throughout the organization and prepare its workforce... View Details

02 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 2, 2007

Working PapersDigital Interactivity: Unanticipated Consequences for Markets, Marketing, and Consumers Authors:John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld Abstract The digital interactive transformation in marketing is not unfolding, as many... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2007
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Courting the Poor

2004. “When it comes to services, a fundamental question is whether you are competing with a new idea or building a better mousetrap,” Frei says. “Magazine Luiza is indeed a better mousetrap.” The store sells a mix of furniture, consumer... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; department stores; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

search affiliated sellers (stores). There are three motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like): 1) trading off higher total consumer traffic for higher... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 2011
Article

Prices or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets?

By: Shawn A. Cole, Thomas Sampson and Bilal Zia

Financial development is critical for growth, but its micro-determinants are not well understood. We test leading theories of low demand for financial services in emerging markets, combining novel survey evidence from Indonesia and India with a field experiment. We... View Details

Keywords: Price; Knowledge; Demand and Consumers; Emerging Markets; Banks and Banking; Education; Finance; Behavior; Service Operations; Financial Services Industry; India; Indonesia

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13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

replenish all the water it uses in beverage production. "They're minimizing the political and consumer risks they face from people who say, 'You're taking all the water,' or 'You're polluting local water supplies,'" Henderson says.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

26 Jul 2016
First Look

July 26, 2016

coming from an increase in new hires and the balance from an increase in earnings. Importantly, however, we document substantial crowding out of non-treated firms employment, particularly in counties with low rates of unemployment. Our results highlight an important... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Collection Highlights | Baker Library

wide array of subject areas, including agriculture, textile manufacturing, hardware and tools, railroads, automobiles, aviation, consumer products, furnishings, leisure goods, and scientific instruments. Henry Villard Business Papers... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

business at the intersection of consumer electronics, media, and lifestyle branding. Skullcandy, which Andrus helped build with founder and former CEO Rick Alden, is expecting between $280 and $300 million in revenues this year. The... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio accessories; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

business. In addition to the valuation and financing issues, the leadership team must decide whether shifting from the firm's current B2B business model (manufacturing and processing dairy products) to a more B2C business model (a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Going Negative in Political Advertising

race, the better-known John McCain used negative ads effectively to bury the better financed Mitt Romney in Florida. These negative ads were complimented by positive ads burnishing McCain's record. The ads ran in the final days before the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

July 2005 (Revised January 2009)
Case

Paper and More (A)

Provides a context and exercise for introducing retail inventory management, including cost optimization, service-level criteria, and forecasting in single and multiproduct settings. The owner of a single-location paper and paper products store considers the... View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Measurement and Metrics; Logistics; Sales; Expansion; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry

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