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- April 2010
- Teaching Note
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (TN)
Teaching Note for [606094]. View Details
Rob Gierkink
Flashfood, a business that works with supermarkets to significantly reduce food waste while helping families with their weekly food bill. In 2016 Rob invested in Index, a point-of-sale technology company. Rob became Chairman of the company and worked with Indexs... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
induced about 12 percent of the pharmaceutical market to buy that way. Once that was done, it was comparatively straightforward to use the same inducements to persuade people who had Web access to do that over the Internet, saving the cost of telemarketing centers. Q:... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
dollars spent in the store not only increases the dollar value of the coupons received by the customer, but also yields higher redemption rates reflecting the massively improved relevance of the tailor-made offers to each individual... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
producing its oil, each of the five or six key field that are still around 90 percent of their production are in real danger of a pending production collapse. You might see the View Details
George H. Love
improve its production efficiencies. The operation, which was losing money when he took the helm, was always profitable during his tenure. Love was also highly regarded for his fair union negotiations with... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
in bringing their products to market, yet we know very little about the kinds of strategies they can employ to influence regulatory actor decision making. In this paper, we highlight a firm's strategic use of symbolic signaling in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Why You Are Unhappy at Work
Entry—How Relational Affirmation Improves Team Performance What do you think? What have you learned about being happy and productive at work? Add your insights to this story below. View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Cherian Kurien
communication through the case methodology, has helped to improve my clarity of thought and verbal communication skills. With an excellent curriculum, exceptional faculty and ambitious goals, Harvard Business School remains committed to... View Details
- Profile
Evan Rachlin
targets—companies, drugs, and licenses—while applying game theory to improve the way Pfizer makes decisions. Satisfying as it was, the job whetted Evan's appetite for a larger role. "I believe I can make a difference if I work... View Details
- Web
IFC India 2025: Decarbonizing Rice Paddy Farming - Pioneering Sustainability in Indian Agriculture - Blog - Business & Environment
Management : Optimizing fertilizer application minimizes nitrous oxide emissions and improves soil health. 4. Rice Straw Management : Alternatives like incorporating straw into soil or using it for bioenergy View Details
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
providers to improve services to Americans. Source: gpointstudio In 2015, there was an average of 6.9 plans to choose from in each state. This fell to 6.5 in 2016, and even before Aetna's decision, the Kaiser Family Foundation projected... View Details
Carlos Reines
Carlos Co-founded RubiconMD and led its growth until its acquisition by Oak Street Health/ CVS. Originally from Spain, he’s passionate about leveraging technology to drive change in healthcare and improve patient lives. Prior to... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
Children in the United States today are at risk to live shorter lives than their parents. This sobering assessment is one reason big box retailer Target is investing $40 million this year to improve the health of communities around the... View Details
- November 2008
- Case
Syngenta International AG: Tropical Sugar Beet
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Alwin R. Kopse
Syngenta has developed a new sugar beet crop especially useful to tropical climates that enable double cropping to take place and provide both food and energy from the soil. Thus both the governments of Colombia and India are enthused about the new technological... View Details
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 09 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands
prices. Third, opening new stores and launching a blizzard of new products create only superficial growth. Such strategies take top management's eye off of improving same store sales year-on-year. This is... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
capacity, and identify where improvements in quality and productivity will have the highest payoffs. The authors reveal how managers can conduct fact-based negotiations with customers and suppliers -... View Details
- 17 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Through The Eyes of The Patient: A Recap of The 13th Annual Health Care Conference
their products for conference attendees to try. As this was going on, attendees and speakers alike further discussed many of the prevailing themes of the day as they got to know one another. The day concluded with an optimistic tone, as... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
Johnston says these four companies represent the variety of start-ups Aging2.0 is working with: Sabi improves day-to-day life by rethinking the most commonly used products and tools to elevate everyday... View Details