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- May 2022
- Case
Maestro Pizza: Coming in Hot!
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro Pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Fares Khrais. "Maestro Pizza: Coming in Hot!" Harvard Business School Case 722-399, May 2022.
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
director Nandita Das became its unofficial brand ambassador, speaking out against skin color discrimination (or “colorism”) and refusing to be air brushed or lightened for her film roles. The campaign was designed to get attention, and... View Details
- 15 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'
outside of Silicon Valley. Implications for organizations When evaluating wage levels, corporate compensation experts and managers may want to consider that IT wages are trending toward other STEM professions in most parts of the country.... View Details
- Web
Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Care) Sidhant Jena, HBS Anshuman Sharma Ikaro Silva Social Enterprise Track Winner Provide remote cardiac diagnostic services in the emerging markets, which account for 80% of global cardiovascular disease burden. The Watt Campaign Luke... View Details
- Web
Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
private sector. Whether you aspire to launch or lead a social enterprise, innovate within policymaking and philanthropy, catalyze systemic change, or drive corporate social responsibility initiatives, this course provides the critical... View Details
- February 2017
- Supplement
The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Daniel P. Gross and Lauren G. Pickle
In September 2014, Tom Montgomery (SVP of strategic initiatives at the De Beers Group) and his team launched a pilot program in the United States to explore the $1 billion diamond market for pre-owned (recycled) diamonds. According to Montgomery, the motivation for the... View Details
Keywords: Diamonds; Go-to-market Strategy; Secondary Market; Willingness To Pay; Pilot Program; Strategy Development; Strategy Execution; Scope; Marketing; Advertising; Branding; Customer Value; Pawn Shops; Jewelry; Supply And Demand; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Vertical Integration; Advertising Campaigns; Value Creation; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Advertising Industry; Mining Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Africa; Botswana; South Africa; Namibia
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Julie Battilana's Most Recent Columns for "Le Monde"
By: Julie Battilana
Julie Battilana is a regular contributor to the French newspaper "Le Monde." Below are her most recent articles.
Where are the Political Ideas Being Produced?
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Gifts Create Frist Financial Aid Fund
million gift from the Frist family. The combined gift is the largest to support student aid in the School’s history. These gifts will establish the Frist Financial Aid Fund at HBS. Drs. Thomas F. Frist Sr. and Thomas F. Frit Jr. were founders of Hospital View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
distribute cash to shareholders. We also provide indirect evidence as to why firm managers may cater to the demand for dividends from local seniors. Overall, these results suggest that the composition of a firm's investor base affects View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
say to them? Rangan, head of the HBS faculty marketing unit, has been wrestling with the limits of social marketing for a decade. McCaffrey was so impressed by a talk Rangan gave several years ago on "marketing to the poorest customers" that he View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
get these reports immediately, so you can actually fine-tune an online campaign in real time." Law is the cofounder of Russell Reynolds Global Internet Practice. He previously served as founder and CEO of an interactive brand... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
must overcome severe individual and organizational biases that prevent managers and employees from thinking deeply and analytically about their risk exposure. In this paper, we draw lessons from seven case studies about the multiple and contingent ways that a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni
1930 The Two Hundred Fifty Associates program of Harvard Business School is established. Members agree to contribute $1,000 annually to support faculty research. This evolves into the current Corporate Associates through which companies... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
associated with risky lending in the corporate loan market by examining the performance of individual loans held by CLOs. We employ two different datasets that identify loan holdings for a large set of CLOs and find that adverse selection... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen
Australia, but he seized an opportunity to change the culture of ConocoPhillips itself, becoming the co-founder of the company's first LGBT employee group. Over the course of four years, Sergio and his colleagues moved ConocoPhillips' Human Rights View Details
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
GoFundMe is the world’s largest social fundraising platform. Gross donation volume is growing rapidly, yet the number of monthly campaign starts is relatively flat. The CEO contemplates a variety of growth initiatives. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
As CEO of Caribu, Tuchman set about to expand its online library of books and games and became one of the few Latina founders with a technology-based growth company. Miami native Felecia Hatcher held corporate jobs in technology until the... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
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Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity
class, Wingfield makes plain the challenges that black employees must overcome and reveals the complicated issues of inequality in today's workplaces and communities. Racial Justice, Business & Industry Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
October 2014 Review of Financial Studies Corporate Investment and Stock Market Listing: A Puzzle? By: Asker, John, Joan Farre-Mensa, and Alexander Ljungqvist Abstract—We investigate whether short-termism distorts the investment decisions... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Harvard Business School
Development Center, and advising the student marketing association. In 1965, Fitzhugh moved to Pepsi-Cola, where he led the development of targeted marketing strategies. Fitzhugh consulted with major corporations and helped launch the... View Details