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- August 1994 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Olympus Optical Company, Ltd. (A): Cost Management for Short Life Cycle Products
Explores Olympus Optical's strategic response to major losses in its camera business. Key to Olympus's recovery were its extensive product planning process, a quality improvement program, and an aggressive cost-reduction program. In particular, the case details... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Product Design; Business Strategy; Product Development; Consumer Products Industry
Cooper, Robin. "Olympus Optical Company, Ltd. (A): Cost Management for Short Life Cycle Products." Harvard Business School Case 195-072, August 1994. (Revised May 1997.)
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
through advertising, simply by informing consumers of a merchant's existence via e-mail. For some merchants, the benefits of offering discount vouchers are sharply reduced if individual customers buy multiple vouchers. As a marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
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
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Ideas: Books
Case Studies in International Entrepreneurship by Walter Kuemmerle (McGraw-Hill) This collection of 29 cases based on real situations compares opportunities, financing contexts, valuation approaches, and entrepreneurial styles in the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
willing to pay more for the latter. Unfortunately, by purposefully ignoring real differences in what consumers were willing to pay for Black-owned rentals and basing its calculations on data from predominantly white-owned properties, the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
call, Masha knew he would be returning home. Ndidi and Mezuo Nwuneli Cofounders, AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd. In a country where 90 percent of processed food comes from imported ingredients, AACE sources its spices from local growers, reducing costs to... View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
executives. She was struck by how excited both groups were. "I could tell teaching the case the first time that the room was on fire." "Everyone was engaged with it, men and women. I remember a male MBA student who had a View Details
- Fast Answer
Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship
cover emerging sectors and technological advances in education, healthcare, retail, energy, aerospace, consumer goods and automotive. For example, searching on the keyword, "education" retrieves reports on the... View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity
Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a Consumer Society Research Links Credits “Monte di pietà, an institution of Christian piety, may licitly charge money for outlays, losses, and even for a moderate return.” 4 — Pope Leo X,... View Details
- Web
Digital Marketing & AI Workshop - Course Catalog
on AI-driven marketing efficiency, students will explore how emerging tools can accelerate customer acquisition and retention while optimizing costs. Ideal for students pursuing careers in consumer marketing, startups, or digital... View Details
- April 2009
- Teaching Note
First National Bank's Golden Opportunity (TN)
By: Shawn A. Cole
Teaching Note for [208072]. View Details
- September 2003
- Case
Executive Compensation at Reckitt Benckiser plc
By: V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu and Lisa Brem
Investors felt betrayed by the increasingly lucrative pay packages awarded to CEOs and other top executives at multinational companies. Yet, board members charged with adequately rewarding executives were forced to compete with rising packages of salaries and stock... View Details
- September 1984 (Revised May 1985)
- Teaching Note
Federated Industries (A) TN
By: Robert J. Dolan
Teaching Note for (9-585-104). View Details
- September 1984 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Federated Industries (A)
By: Robert J. Dolan
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
Dolan, Robert J. "Federated Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 585-104, September 1984. (Revised December 1992.)
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
not 80 or 90 percent. If you’re in, say, the consumer packaged goods industry, you want to get to 80 percent, but in health care, getting to 40 percent is an extremely high impact. I think people were interested in how much health care... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 2011
- Working Paper
The Flexible Substitution Logit: Uncovering Category Expansion and Share Impacts of Marketing Instruments
By: Qiang Liu, Thomas J. Steenburgh and Sachin Gupta
Different instruments are relevant for different marketing objectives (category demand expansion or market share stealing). To help brand managers make informed marketing mix decisions, it is essential that marketing mix models appropriately measure the different... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods
Liu, Qiang, Thomas J. Steenburgh, and Sachin Gupta. "The Flexible Substitution Logit: Uncovering Category Expansion and Share Impacts of Marketing Instruments." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-012, September 2011.
- 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
Cole, Shawn A., Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia. "Prices or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets?" Journal of Finance 66, no. 6 (December 2011): 1933–1967.
- September 1984
- Case
Henkel Corp.: International Sealants Brand SISTA (A)
By: Robert J. Dolan
Corporate headquarters wishes to expand sales of a sealant product currently sold only in the West German market. Regional affiliates, operating on a profit center basis, are not enthusiastic about taking on the new product. The case describes the company's... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Globalization; Expansion; Profit; Conflict Management; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Europe; West Germany
Dolan, Robert J. "Henkel Corp.: International Sealants Brand SISTA (A)." Harvard Business School Case 585-099, September 1984.
- 2011
- Book
Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors
By: Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell
Accelerating energy innovation could be an important part of an effective response to the threat of climate change. Written by a stellar group of experts in the field, this book complements existing research on the subject with an exploration of the role that public... View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Innovation and Invention; Climate Change; Policy; Competition; Demand and Consumers; Finance; Energy Industry
Henderson, Rebecca, and Richard G. Newell, eds. Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- November 2012 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
The Facebook IPO Litigation
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Annelena Loeb
Despite its success in the social-networking space, Facebook Inc.'s May 2012 IPO was largely considered a failure. Facebook faced multiple lawsuits and its share price had dropped significantly. Adversaries contended that Facebook had misled investors and violated... View Details
Keywords: Social Networking; IPO; Litigation Risk; Initial Public Offering; Ethics; Lawsuits and Litigation; Failure; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Goldberg, Lena G., and Annelena Loeb. "The Facebook IPO Litigation." Harvard Business School Case 313-080, November 2012. (Revised June 2013.)