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- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
We show that, on average, the tournament incentive plan was associated with improved store sales. We also find that such plans can be more beneficial for geographically distant participants, where the potential for improving alignment is... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
objective criteria or on subjectivity unrelated to the stated criteria. On average, the tournament incentive plan was associated with improved store sales. We also find that such plans can be more beneficial for geographically isolated... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
brother-in-law who runs a clothing store downtown or whatever. I really respect that kind of person. But it was a really short list. People who are not in business, they don't read about business. They don't have those same kinds of... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
apparel market, the company started to face intense competition from small and large Indian and foreign retailers. The company's chairman, Dr. Nalli Kuppusamy Chetty, announced a $25 million expansion plan and proposed the opening of 12 new View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
317-030 Valerie Daniels-Carter: High Growth Entrepreneurship via Franchising This case looks at entrepreneurship via franchising through the leadership of an African-American entrepreneur who owns almost 150 stores including Burger King,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21
Target's faltering performance during an economic downturn led an activist shareholder to initiate a proxy fight. Target Corporation, the second largest discount store retailer in the U.S., had competed successfully against industry... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
strategic choices for retailers. With respect to pricing, an important decision is whether to offer a “self-matching policy,” which allows a multichannel retailer to offer the lowest of its online and store prices to consumers. In... View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008
and Store 24. The kit incorporates leading management experts' frameworks, outlining where they fit into the management cycle. Remedying Hyperopia: The Effects of Self-Control Regret on Consumer Behavior Authors:Anat Keinan and Ran Kivetz... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
It has opened stores in almost every province in China, acquired some of its competitors, and went public in Hong Kong. However, it has begun to experience a slowdown in growth as sales per-square-meter have declined. The company is now... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
because Patagonia was a private company. The Tompkins dual strategy of exit from business and application of entrepreneurial skills to conservation resulted in large environmental gains, including sequestering and storing an estimated 80... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
they would desire and their purchasing ability. Similarly, there's a low infrastructure in many of the countries in Africa, especially outside of the capital, and parts of South Africa would look similar to that. How do you distribute a product to an area without... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
them, and the notion of writing a check at the corner store to get money in a pinch suggests a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting. It is only a matter of time, online banking enthusiasts say, before the process of writing a check,... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
odd to them, and the notion of writing a check at the corner store to get money in a pinch suggests a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting. It is only a matter of time, online banking enthusiasts say, before the process of writing a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
identify the game's new rules and players and switch gears ASAP. Bennie Wiley (MBA 1972), principal, Wiley Group, Brookline, Massachusetts One of my favorite ventures was a toy store I created on Martha's Vineyard. I loved everything... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
Caravia—a store remodel that includes a new seating area, for example, or sales and marketing efforts such as branded merchandise and an increased social media presence. Caravia is a sanctuary of sorts, a space where Cognetti can recharge... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
dollar stores to online retailers. What should Wal-Mart do as its traditional markets and core competencies no longer ensured the kind of growth that it had enjoyed for decades in the past? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
don’t lend money to pay taxes. And they did that. Then we worked out an arrangement with the county where they could pay it over a five-year period. And so they did that. Hennepin County spent $6 million and bought a piece of land across the street. They did all the... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
work for CET. “I never feel like I’m working for them,” she says, as we walk in Old Havana, streets awash with uniformed school children and shoppers visiting state stores for rationed food staples and licensed farmer’s markets. “I feel... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
their reliability, previous business experience, and bid amount. The duo then went about improving the business, which had three on-campus stores that offered laundry, dry cleaning, and alterations to the HBS community, ultimately... View Details