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- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
was beginning to take hold in the 1920s. Chains and department stores opened across America, using volume sales to offer lower prices on a variety of goods. Gleason encountered competition from these chain stores as well as “pineboards,”... View Details
- Web
After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade
end of the hong monopolies. The Chinese comprador, who served as a trading house employee and manager and sometimes as an independent merchant, became the essential go-between for American traders. Although... View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
literally a 50-50 proposition." In terms of leadership advice, first of all, we should all acknowledge that the country today is almost literally a 50-50 proposition. The Senate will be 50-50, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
My Fear of Student Debt: Funding the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
School (HKS) individually offer generous aid to students in financial need, but Harvard has also created unique fellowship programs to offset the extra costs of their joint HBS/HKS program. Many of the... View Details
- December 2017
- Article
Discordant vs. Harmonious Selves: The Effects of Identity Conflict and Enhancement on Sales Performance in Employee-Customer Interactions
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Nancy Rothbard and Steffanie Wilk
Across multiple studies, we examine how identity conflict and enhancement within people affect performance in tasks that involve interactions between people through two mechanisms: role-immersion, operationalized as intrinsic motivation, and role-taking,... View Details
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Nancy Rothbard, and Steffanie Wilk. "Discordant vs. Harmonious Selves: The Effects of Identity Conflict and Enhancement on Sales Performance in Employee-Customer Interactions." Academy of Management Journal 60, no. 6 (December 2017): 2208–2238.
- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
In the decades prior to the advent of radial tires," writes Donald Sull in Business History Review, "Firestone Tire & Rubber was viewed by some observers as the best managed U.S. tire company." But in the face View Details
- 07 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much
seems like a sizable portion of the firm’s earnings. In fact, consumers favor brands that seem to be giving a larger cut of their profits, even if the total dollar amount is... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- February 2017
- Supplement
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 the $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
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
Hungary to help spot and address the needs of Ukrainian refugees. Bleier has used to network to find a family with two young children, who are being housed at his home in Vienna. “It's a small help, but we... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
of fast food. Easterbrook, who had been a longtime McDonald’s branding executive from the UK, was tapped to take over as CEO. The case cites an interview with a former colleague, Richard Robinson, saying,... View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
in the Obama Administration at the White House and US Department of Energy Summer Internship: Strategy at a renewable energy company How do you do it? Prioritization, realism and support. Being a working mom... View Details
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Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising
The Art of “Posting” Brand Name Management A Marketing Revolution “The province of the advertising novelty is to present to the customer . . . something View Details
- March 2004 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Samsung Electronics Company: Global Marketing Operations
By: John A. Quelch
Samsung's global marketing director is assessing how to build the global brand reputation of the company further and upgrade the company's worldwide brand image. To show how to build a global brand. View Details
Quelch, John A., and Anna Harrington. "Samsung Electronics Company: Global Marketing Operations." Harvard Business School Case 504-051, March 2004. (Revised January 2008.)
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
premier brands such as Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, and Vacheron Constantin. Thomke and coauthor Daniela Beyersdorfer, associate director of the Harvard Business School Europe Research Center, had... View Details
- 18 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump
Nothing like this has happened in 50 years. Forty-three CEOs of major American corporations revolted against President Trump this week, which led to the shutdown of two presidential advisory councils. In so... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
if city regulators wanted to see the impact of licensing three new businesses on a particular block, they could monitor changes in Google Street Views, cross-referencing that data with online reviews in the neighborhood and View Details
- December 2018
- Teaching Note
The Swedish Academy #MeToo Scandal and the Reputation of the Nobel Prize
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Mats Urde
A classroom guide to teaching the case, “The Swedish Academy #MeToo Scandal and the Reputation of the Nobel Prize” (HBS No. 5-919-410). A fictional case protagonist must present his evaluation to the Nobel Foundation of the scandal affecting one of the Nobel... View Details
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
coauthored an essay to help students think through the complicated decision about where to go to college. Previous research has produced mixed results when it comes to the ripple effect of scandals. The Woods imbroglio may have hurt View Details
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
houses and art dealers. “From a business school point of view, there's a contradiction where the art market seems illogical or strange because it turns on its head some of the... View Details