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- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
investigates the drivers of success and failure of media and entertainment products such as motion pictures and video games. Her paper, "Demand and Supply Dynamics for Sequentially Released Products in... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
use their particular brand of shampoo after decades of investment in product development and marketing. The dot-com bubble brought practices, ambitions, and goals to China that are here to stay— Nicholas Howson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
important general themes: (1) Assessing alternative growth strategies. When should one pursue "more of the same" business vs. offering another product vs. looking for new customers? When is it... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
Exploiting novel data on the educational backgrounds of sell side equity analysts and senior officers of firms, we test the hypothesis that analysts' school ties to senior officers impart comparative information advantages in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- April 2025
- Case
Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters: Vickers Oils and Resolving Family Conflict over Generations
By: Lauren Cohen, Octavian Graf Pilati and Sophia Pan
Will Vickers, a seventh-generation (G7) member of the Vickers Family, grappled with a pressing challenge: how to re-integrate family members into the firm to recover lost talent. His father, Peter Vickers, was the lone leader of the Vickers Oils—despite having stepped... View Details
Keywords: Shareholder; Involvement; Family Office; Family Firms; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Experience and Expertise; Retention; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Management Succession; Organizational Structure; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Diversification; Conflict and Resolution; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
Cohen, Lauren, Octavian Graf Pilati, and Sophia Pan. "Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters: Vickers Oils and Resolving Family Conflict over Generations." Harvard Business School Case 225-083, April 2025.
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
absent from the largest retail markets. Moreover, every retailer that has ventured overseas has failed as often as it has succeeded. On average, the extent of internationalization doesn't have a significant effect on either retailers' revenue View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-049.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAbsolute Return for Kids Harvard Business School Case 309-036 Absolute Return for Kids [ARK] is a charity with strong financial support—what are the constraints on its View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
the impact of multinationals, the growth of business groups, and the conflicted relations between business and government. The book represents a unique comparative study of the complex and non-linear impact of globalization and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
World Series just completed with a Boston Red Sox sweep of the Colorado Rockies, we asked Elberse to discuss the business of sports marketing and the unique case of Maria Sharapova. Sarah Jane Gilbert: What is the growth rate of the... View Details
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
leave for home by 5:30 p.m.? How did HUL develop a cheaper, better product to beat its competitor, Nirma? What do Taj Hotels, HDFC, HUL, L&T, and BPCL have in common? They are the win-win corporations! Based on over a decade of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
workplace interactions. Building on West and Zimmerman's (1987) now classic articulation of gender as "the product of social doings," we describe this organizationally induced behavior as "undoing" gender. We use this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
industrial lobbies in Germany (and the world), engaged in social politics, and harnessed the local artistic community to beautify their products and transform their advertising to combat the (then) widespread perception of the 'cheap and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
forthcoming Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Revolutionizing Innovation: Users, Communities, and Open Innovation By: Harhoff, Dietmar, and Karim R. Lakhani, eds. Abstract—The last two decades have witnessed an extraordinary growth of new models... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
information-driven model by gaining a better understanding of product and customer relationships." Dean Vella cited Walmart's innovation in supply chain management and sustainability as ways in which it is reducing the friction... View Details
- April 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
The Container Store
By: Tatiana Sandino, Zeynep Ton and Aldo Sesia
The Container Store (TCS) is a Texas-based retailer of organization and storage solutions. The company prides itself in taking care of its employees first, and its cofounder and CEO Kip Tindell practices Conscious Capitalism. Since its beginnings in 1978, TCS grew to a... View Details
Keywords: Culture; Conscious Capitalism; Merchandising; Customer Focus and Relationships; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Service Delivery; Going Public; Performance Evaluation; Performance Productivity; Retail Industry; United States
Sandino, Tatiana, Zeynep Ton, and Aldo Sesia. "The Container Store." Harvard Business School Case 116-020, April 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
substantial growth, because it looks as though they have been foregoing opportunities,” explains Kim. Whether a tech startup or a pet shop, small businesses are a major economic force, contributing 44 percent of gross domestic product in... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
In 2007, Sony Pictures became the first multinational studio to enter the India film business known as Bollywood with its $7 million film Saawariya. The movie grossed only $9 million. That same year, Walt Disney Pictures collaborated with Yash Raj Studios, one of... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711414-PDF-ENG Product Development at OPOWER Thomas Eisenmann and Rob GoHarvard Business School Case 811-075 OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
could lead to populist politics that would adversely affect the conduct of capitalism. A second major concern was that our productive system, as currently operated, contributes to unsustainable environmental damage and resource depletion.... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
more powerful than 1,000 words (or even twenty-five ad hoc performance measures). The financial and customer objectives describe the outcomes the organization wants to achieve; objectives in the internal and learning and growth... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace