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- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
job was in grocery retail and I knew the food space was where I wanted to be long-term. Food forms such a foundational part of life and I immediately found it meaningful to be part of the industry providing... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
These findings challenge previous recommendations for optimal advice-seeking behavior. Harvard Business School Case 617-059 Flashion: Art vs. Science in Fashion Retailing Kate Wilson, retail analytics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Prita Kumar
nutritionist and certified trainer. Kumar’s father is a marketing research professor and the Kumar dinner table often felt more like a business meeting on the consumer retail sector than a family meal. The nightly discussions focused on... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship in General Management
through cases, learning from industry leaders at conferences and case protagonists in class, and working abroad in FIELD 2. Having some distance from day-to-day work has also granted some much-appreciated time for reflection. This post... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
lifetimes, this book looks at the past of green business to identify lessons for the future. It provides rich new evidence and insights on green business as it examines its variation between industries and nations over time. It shows the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
marketplace status quo. Demanding a voice and sometimes a hand in the products they buy, these digitally empowered consumers― “Me’s”―have inverted the traditional power dynamics of retail into metail. To put it simply, your customers are... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
than they are in China. Likewise, in the product market, if multinationals can invest in the retail industry, logistics providers will develop rapidly. This has been the case in China, where providers have taken hold more quickly than... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
of big money in the world of sports seems to have aggravated public disenchantment with many aspects of the professional game, from high ticket prices to athletes' personal behavior. That does not bode well long term for an industry that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
from the Class of 1977 interviewed for this article, Fox came to the restaurant industry by an indirect path, but now finds himself completely immersed in its unique complexities and rewards. The National Restaurant Association projects... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
such a way that talent is developed along with the business. Publisher's link: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/esm/doifinder/10.1057/9781137294678.0085 August 2013 International Journal of Industrial Organization Information and Two-Sided... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
hedge fund, an Amazon employee focused on retail data, and a forecaster at General Electric," says HBS David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration Marco Iansiti, who serves as faculty chair of the initiative and head of the... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
period of flat revenues or declining revenues, that sends a message to everybody in the food industry ” China, for example, has seen its share of well-publicized cases of food contamination. In 2008, melamine was found in milk products... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
5,000 board members from around the world to find out. We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards. Although directors in certain industries are more cognizant of the threat of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
too often still result in decisions that take scant account of public health and whether the health of individual citizens is being advanced. When worker safety is jeopardized by unenforced building codes or exposure to harmful industrial... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
burn cash faster than they make it. But already successful pioneers such as eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo! have transformed industry dynamics, opened new career aspirations, and become emblematic of a new workplace style. The wanna-dots are... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
Christopher Marquis and Laura Velez VillaHarvard Business School Case 413-051 In its third year of existence and poised to double its workforce, Warby Parker attributed its success to an innovative approach in the eyewear industry and to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
New Releases
chosen." In Down to Earth, Reinhardt draws on studies of companies in industries as diverse as energy and packaged consumer goods to illustrate approaches for reconciling shareholder value with environmental performance. One such company,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
conversation. What are the major market forces that are transforming the health-care system? First and foremost, it's consumers. They have already revolutionized the retailing and information industries... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
As a youngster, I used to create “stores” in my driveway, selling things to other neighborhood kids. It was an entrepreneurial inclination fostered by growing up in a family that owned retail stores and enjoyed telling stories of their... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
copyrighted content over peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing networks and its impact on the music industry and to assess the viable business models for the industry in the future. Competitiveness: Business Model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne