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- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Selling Luxury to Everyone
Luxury is the new essential. Consumers know it and retailers are reaping the bounty. At a "Growth Strategies in the Luxury Goods Industry" panel on April 3 at the HBS Retail and Luxury Goods Conference, moderator Nancy F. Koehn... View Details
- 04 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
still need to meet regularly with customers. Companies need chief marketing officers to drive marketing strategy and make the most of the company's customer relationships. And companies still need flesh-and-blood employees to win and... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
strategy on artificial intelligence research and development ” As he put it, “DARPA is a government agency responsible for developing and deploying weapons for war fighters of the future. We need CARPA—the Cyberhealth Advanced Research... View Details
- August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Corporate Restructuring; Change Leadership; Female Ceo; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Executive Compensation; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom
Esty, Benjamin C., Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)." Harvard Business School Case 215-008, August 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
responsibilities, that can affect organizational outcomes. Thus, organizations may be capable of integration while different functions retain different incentives to maintain focus on their stakeholders' needs. We hypothesize that achieving alignment in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
key negotiation strategies in the courses Negotiations and Deals. Both courses stress what corporate leaders learn from experience, that a manager's success depends largely on keen negotiation skills, whether the manager is trying to seal... View Details
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
sustainability strategy and integrating it across all of its business units. The case provides a deep dive into the challenges and successes of trying to integrate impact, sustainability, and ESG across the firm and how that View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
their organizations can benefit. This premise has led to widespread promotion of collaboration—among front-line staff and between staff and managers—as a strategy to integrate front-line staff knowledge for performance improvement.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
common theme and we were able to detect some patterns. There basically is an infinite combination of five core strategies being used across a spectrum of impact to make positive change. The strategies... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
developing leading positions in key markets via localized retailing strategies. Delhaize was committed to offering its customers superior value while maintaining high social, environmental, and ethical standards. For Frans Muller, Delhaize's president and CEO, the key... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
Schoar, Jialan Wang Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-024.pdf The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and Growth Strategies in the Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Banking Industry Authors:Christopher Marquis, Zhi Huang... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=107052 BBC Worldwide: Global Strategy Harvard Business School Case 507-034 In January 2007, John Smith, chief View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
paper. Lost customers lead to untapped dollars. A McKinsey report estimated that reducing churn could increase earnings of a typical US wireless carrier by as much as 9.9 percent. It's no surprise then that executives in both the United... View Details
- 25 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela
electricity, the thoughtful deployment of public-private partnerships, and the land allocation necessary to support up to 200 million pilgrims. There are extensible leadership and finance lessons for me here, and they can become Finance and View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
in market outcomes." Rooting Marketing Strategy in Human Universals Global and local marketing efforts run at the opposite sides of the spectrum, and both "ignore crucial aspects of consumer behavior," argue HBS professors... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
parties) have issued executive orders requiring federal agencies to use environmentally preferable products and services whenever possible, as has the European Commission. These procurement policies are specifically aimed to "spur private... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
families. As Professor of Management Practice and co-head of the HBS Entrepreneurial and Service Management unit, Myra Hart has been particularly interested in women in business. Since joining the faculty in 1995, she has created both View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
In the opening panel of the conference, titled "Japan Towards the 21st Century: How Should Japan Compete?" moderator and Harvard University professor Michael Porter laid a framework for experts from Japanese business, government, and politics to discuss... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
vertical portals have a profound effect on traditional distribution networks, but because many vertical portals will have production capabilities, they may also pose a threat to specialty producers that choose to downplay the significance of the Internet channel. For... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
turnaround—form the basis for a terrific debate on the importance of brand and location, according to Jeffrey Fear, an associate professor, and Carin-Isabel Knoop, executive director of the HBS Global Research Group. The two resulting... View Details