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- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
employees is "a competitive world, in which you come to work every day just a little bit scared." Making The Pie Bigger If you're an independent operator and an industry giant like Wal-Mart or Barnes & Noble enters your... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
pro-environmental policies are money savers and the key to her company’s continued success, Yang says. More Retail Revolutions Recycling the Consignment Shop Bigger than the local consignment shop and easier than eBay, thredUP, cofounded... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho
array of sectors before recruiting begins. Over an eight-week period in September and October, students learned about more than twelve different industries by attending an informational overview session; an alumni panel to share advice... View Details
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Jeanine Barnett
equilibrium, I have found that few industries have as visible a stage and scorecard for these two dynamics as the business of fashion. Before I ventured into retail, as an analyst on Wall Street, I would track apparel View Details
Fair Competition
during unprecedented economic changes such as rapid industrialization or economic depression. His use of political and economic logic to justify antitrust rules that appeared antithetical to the conventional interpretation of American law... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: India
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about India? Industry and market research View Details
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
the industry you compete in, the market segments where you do (and do not) choose to play, and the nature of the customers that you sell and service. These factors help to determine required sales tasks—that is, what your go-to-market... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
computing to social impact bonds, from industrial robots to personal finance, from Internet retailing to Internet radio—a plethora of products and services that could well bear the stamp “Made by HBS.” View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
intimacy, and community offered by direct-to-consumer marketing will have an impact on every industry and intermediary," Deighton predicted. Supermarkets may have "dodged a bullet" for now, but direct-to-consumer marketing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
medical industry; shelving units for retail consumer products; and high-tolerance firing pins for military applications. When it comes to per-piece cost for metal stampings, the United States is very competitive with China because labor... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Peru
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Peru? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry reports across a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
The World at a Click
Like so many dot-com businesses these days, the Internet travel industry is, well, taking off. Among the e-travel elite are Travelocity.com, known for the depth of its travel content and bolstered by distribution relationships with... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelly
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
largely in the hands of those who lead our service organizations. It’s natural that we would look to leaders in the service sector for the same cutting-edge practices that we used to find being implemented in the past in our large View Details
- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
to loan Americans money. In the housing sector, an explosion of subprime lenders gave borrowers deals that were truly too good to be true, trapping them in impossible loans. In the retail sector, credit card agencies flooded mailboxes,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
all comers to date, however, only the three industry founders have survived: Staples, Office Depot, and Office Club (with the latter two eventually merging). "The entrepreneurs won," says Stemberg. "I'm proud of that. " Which is not to... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 21 Feb 2014
- Blog Post
Cautious Optimism: A Recap of the Harvard India Conference
over 100 speakers and 650 attendees. On the day of a snowstorm, we were heartened to see participation from all across the US and India. The discussions at the conference covered a wide range of topics, from individual sectors like retail... View Details
- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
to plan ahead: Focus on high-potential customers. Make sure you focus on building relationships with ambitious customers in growth industries where pent-up demand is going to be unleashed once the economy turns the corner. If you're... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Printed Collections
installment plans. Manufacturers produced trade catalogs to identify finished goods by name or stock number for sale either to retailers or directly to the consumer. The extensive holdings of trade catalogs at Baker Library range from the... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Vietnam
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Vietnam? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry reports... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Finland
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Findland to help me with FIELD Global Immersion? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related View Details