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- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
environmental service provider goes through major changes to offer integrated solutions and reach out to new countries. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/717505-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-481 Walmart Inc.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
tangible results: The Walmart Foundation cited the research as part of its announcement of a new five-year, $100 million effort to address the skills gap. The initial competitiveness research also inspired the HBS Club of New York to... View Details
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
in customizing the IT?" Future research is aimed at answering these questions. The Competitive Advantage Despite the hard work involved, there are companies that get it right. "Walmart has done tremendously well," McElheran says. "One of the reasons View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Action Plan: Whole Sale
Jet.com, and then, when Walmart acquired the young company, as vice president and general manager of the retail giant’s health and beauty e-commerce business. In that role, he saw the potential for the beauty category to be a pioneer of... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
He also credits the HBS alumni network with helping him forge closer connections with key business leaders who can make an impact on the environment and help him fulfill his fondest wish. "On the day I die, if the Amazon is still intact, if businesses like P&G and... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
Nolan: H.E. Butt, as we learn, was not taking full advantage of the information gleaned from its scanning technology, as Walmart does. Walmart has built a huge database from which it can identify right down... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
of that, the South African government took notice and responded by negotiating a land purchase for the Seven Sisters, who until that point owned no vineyards and had to contract farmers and a winery to grow grapes. Now Walmart wants to... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices
doing mobile video, we saw that the ads need to be shorter to get people to the content," he said. Asked about the shortest advertisement to appear before a video on Twitter Amplify, Brown cited a one-second holiday-themed ad in which an elf briefly dangled in front of... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
technology for creating podcasts, videos, and webinars. During the pandemic, podcasts are being recorded remotely. Popular Episodes Walmart’s Strategy to Beat Amazon; and Millennial Socialism Three professors discuss how Walmart is trying... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Past Informs the Future of Work
leaders at these telecommunications giants confronted issues such as pacing innovation, enhancing the customer experience, and managing the workforce. “By the early 1920s, AT&T was the biggest employer in the United States, on par with View Details
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
advocates a bundled payment system, where there is one negotiated price for a specific condition, covering everything from the patient's copay to any medication needed during the procedure. Medicare and large private employers General Electric and View Details
- Web
Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog
combination of "job to be done," assets required to deliver that service, and monetization method – create value. We will examine WhatsApp (worth $22b?...) and Walmart in its competition with Amazon. The module also studies how firms... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
and they have this added cost of shipping. Walmart does this. My opinion is that you have to really think about online and offline as different businesses with some degree of overlapping customers. They all talk about integration, but... View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
search for driving directions to a Walmart was counted toward Walmart’s consumer activity for the week. The researchers’ within-quarter measure accurately tracked current-period revenue growth and predicted announcement surprises and... View Details
- 26 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More
consumers' willingness to pay more. And companies including Walmart and Home Depot have said they would eventually pass higher trade costs to customers. While Trump has stood by his tariff strategy—calling the taxes a “beautiful... View Details
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/14-061_51d0227f-ea86-40f7-957f-be8d25bb3517.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 714-431 Walmart around the World After reaching the limits of its successful... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52472 Harvard Business School Case 717-474 Walmart: Navigating a Changing Retail Landscape As the largest company, by revenue, in the world, Walmart has been a lightning rod for criticism.... View Details
- 18 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump
AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka and Thea Lee on Tuesday morning. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon also issued a statement to his company’s 1.5 million American employees sharply criticizing the president for not taking a clear stand against the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- Web
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
industry in the U.S.; Unrest in Chile, Looting at Walmart International; and Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News. The fourth module ("The Future of Globalization") uses the macroeconomic and political economy tools and insights built in... View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
undereducated and underemployed, leading many to turn to gangs and illegal activity to survive. Meanwhile, companies such as Walmart and Hilton, which may want to enter the country, are thwarted by a lack of entry-level service workers.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding