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  • November 2006
  • Case

Organics: Coming Center Stage?

By: James E. Austin and Reed Martin
The organics movement has certainly come a long way. From hippie farming communes and a scattering of natural food stores in the 1960s, organics outgrew its origins as a counterculture curiosity of the 1970s to become the fastest growing segment of the food industry in... View Details
Keywords: Food; Supply and Industry; Consumer Behavior; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks

    A large share of dollar-denominated lending is done by non-U.S. banks, particularly European banks. We present a model in which such banks cut dollar lending more than euro lending in response to a shock to their credit quality. Because these banks rely on wholesale... View Details

    • 23 Feb 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 23

      PublicationsEngineers and the State in Modern China Author:William C. Kirby Publication:In Prospects for the Professions in China, edited by William P. Alford, William C. Kirby, and Kenneth Winston, 283-314. Routledge Studies in Civil Society in Asia. London:... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2022
    • Working Paper

    Input-Price Responses to Horizontal Mergers and the Bargaining-Leverage Defense

    By: Rebekah Dix and Todd A. Lensman
    In several recent antitrust cases, defendants have argued that a horizontal merger would allow them to negotiate reduced input prices with suppliers and pass on the resulting savings to consumers. This input price effect is often supported by models in which... View Details
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    • February 2019
    • Article

    The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct

    By: Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos and Amit Seru
    We construct a novel database containing the universe of financial advisers in the United States from 2005 to 2015, representing approximately 10% of employment of the finance and insurance sector. We provide the first large-scale study that documents the economy-wide... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Advisors; Brokers; Consumer Finance; Financial Misconduct And Fraud; FINRA; Financial Institutions; Crime and Corruption; Organizational Culture; Personal Finance; Financial Services Industry
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    • March 2004 (Revised June 2006)
    • Case

    Journey to Sakhalin: Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia (A)

    By: Rawi E. Abdelal
    Operations of Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia included a strategic alliance with Gazprom, the country's natural gas monopoly, the development of the Salym oil fields in Siberia, and a small retail refilling network in St. Petersburg. Focuses on the Sakhalin II project.... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Energy Generation; Foreign Direct Investment; Lawfulness; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Russia
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      The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity

      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 opportunity to sell pre-owned (recycled) diamonds--current sales were estimated to be approximately $1... View Details

      • 09 Dec 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

      Testing data on 13,000 shoppers To show how the model works, Ascarza and Padilla fed it some customer data supplied by an international retailer that sells its own brand of beauty products exclusively in its stores and on its website.... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Retail
      • Web

      About - Race, Gender & Equity

      relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture change. Examples of her past research include studies of men and masculinity on offshore oil platforms; the impact of racial diversity on retail... View Details
      • 26 Jun 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

      initiatives to help rebuild local industries in the Tohoku region, including the establishment of a temporary fish market. “He made the judgment call that the right thing to do was to look after the victims first and foremost, not the shareholders,” Takeuchi says. Fast... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • 12 Nov 2012
      • Research & Ideas

      Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

      Bigger paychecks for retail employees could generate significant payoffs for employers by reducing worker theft and raising the level of moral behavior in the workforce, a new study shows. Tatiana Sandino, an associate professor in... View Details
      Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail
      • 28 Jun 2021
      • Research & Ideas

      Keep or Cut Workers? How Companies Reacted to the COVID-19 Crisis

      employ 27 million workers, representing 38 percent of the total workforce of publicly traded American companies. The team studied a wide range of industries, from manufacturing, wholesale, and retail to finance, insurance, and... View Details
      Keywords: by Lane Lambert
      • 21 Aug 2018
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

      accuracy of daily sales forecasts. We collaborated with an online apparel retailer to assemble a dataset that combines (1) detailed internal operational information, including data on sales, advertising, and promotions, as well as (2)... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
      • 19 Jan 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

      from retailers and hospitals to financial firms, as they decide not only how much to invest in AI, but how decision makers can use the technology to their advantage. Understanding how algorithms work to make recommendations—and knowing... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 06 Feb 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

      From an early age, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had a passion for inventing. In The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, journalist Brad Stone wrote that even as a child, “Bezos had dreams of becoming an inventor like Thomas Edison, so his mother patiently... View Details
      Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail

        Ray A. Goldberg

        A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

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          John C. Mulliken

          Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor.  Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.

          John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details
          • 09 Jan 2012
          • Research & Ideas

          Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

          where the retailer was able to outmaneuver mom-and-pop competitors. The management team again waited until they had developed enough resources before going head-to-head in suburban areas against big-box View Details
          Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
          • Web

          Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

          The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy, & Society . Research Use Purpose to Transform Your Workplace , Harvard Business Review, 2022. With Leena Nair, Nick Dalton, and Patrick Hull. Digital Commerce and Delivery: Preparing Food and View Details
          • 12 Feb 2018
          • Research & Ideas

          Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?

          Nobody likes being last. We avoid picking the cheapest wine on the menu or the final donut in the box. “And we hate being picked last in gym class,” says Harvard Business School professor Ryan Buell. “Humans are very social creatures, and we are driven to compare... View Details
          Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Retail