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  • June 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Hennes & Mauritz, 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2000, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) was the second-largest and most global player in the fashion retail business. It operated 682 stores, 80% of them outside its home country of Sweden, and achieved revenues of $3.0 billion and operating profits of $375 million. In 1999,... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Strategy Alignment; Strategic Planning; Fashion; Risk Management; Competition; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Globalized Firms and Management; Expansion; Distribution Channels; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Sweden
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Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Hennes & Mauritz, 2000." Harvard Business School Case 713-509, June 2013. (Revised March 2014.)

    Lillian M. Vernon (Katz)

    Arden, Avon and Revlon as well as imported goods. She also invested in several new distribution centers throughout New York and built a high-tech communications system to handle the increasingly large volume of orders. By the late 1980s,... View Details
    Keywords: Retail
    • 12 May 2020
    • Blog Post

    The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership

    access, devices, or digital literacy, San Jose launched a $24 million fund, to be distributed over the next ten years, to provide grants to community groups serving low-income residents. "I was responsible for proposing the framework... View Details
    Keywords: Social Enterprise; Technology; Nonprofit / Government
    • 28 Apr 2020
    • Blog Post

    The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership

    access, devices, or digital literacy, San Jose launched a $24 million fund, to be distributed over the next ten years, to provide grants to community groups serving low-income residents. "I was responsible for proposing the framework... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2012
    • News

    A Better World, One Idea at a Time

    commission-based, door-to-door sales organization while reinvesting profits to expand and provide employee benefits in Haiti. In addition to the judges’ picks, the “Audience Choice” award went to Essmart, a retail distribution company in... View Details
    Keywords: contests; awards; cosmetics; Crop Production; Agriculture; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
    • October 2011
    • Case

    CSN Stores

    By: William A. Sahlman and Neil Tolaney
    In March 2011, CSN Stores is a collection of nearly 200 Internet retail websites, including Cookware.com, Strollers.com, and Luggage.com. Co-founders Niraj Shah and Steve Conine were considering making a major investment to build brand equity at the corporate level. View Details
    Keywords: Internet and the Web; Distribution Channels; Investment; Brands and Branding; Equity; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry
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    Sahlman, William A., and Neil Tolaney. "CSN Stores." Harvard Business School Case 812-044, October 2011.
    • 06 Jul 2015
    • News

    Lights! Camera... Market!

    snack his company produces from the potatoes grown on the very farm featured in the movie. While not a single package of Terra Chips graced the screen, the company’s behind-the-scenes financial, marketing, and distribution support of the... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information
    • October 2014
    • Supplement

    Quiet Logistics (B)

    By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
    This two-part case focuses on how to identify and manage strategic uncertainties in an innovative, entrepreneurial start-up company. In the (A) case, students learn about Quiet Logistics, an e-commerce fulfillment company working with high-end apparel retailers such as... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy Execution; Strategic Uncertainties; Managing Growth; Disruptive Change; Robotics; Disruptive Technologies; Managing Start-ups; Management Control Systems; Performance Measurement; Business Growth and Maturation; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; E-commerce; Distribution Industry; Distribution Industry; United States
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    Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Quiet Logistics (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 115-003, October 2014.
    • February 2014 (Revised March 2022)
    • Case

    School Specialty, Inc.

    By: Stuart C. Gilson and Kristin Mugford
    Set in 2013, School Specialty was a financially troubled supplier of educational products to primary and secondary schools in the United States. The company planned to file Chapter 11 in order to address its excessive debt load, but needed to arrange... View Details
    Keywords: School Specialty; Bankruptcy; Section 363; Financing; Chapter 11; Capital Structure; Financing and Loans; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Distribution Industry; Distribution Industry; United States
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    Gilson, Stuart C., and Kristin Mugford. "School Specialty, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 214-084, February 2014. (Revised March 2022.)
    • June 2005 (Revised August 2010)
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    Distrobot Systems, Inc.

    By: William A. Sahlman
    Distrobot is a start-up that has developed a new system for warehouse automation. The company is trying to raise money to finance the launch of the product. The founder must decide how much capital to raise, from whom, and on what terms. View Details
    Keywords: Financing and Loans; Product Launch; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Distribution Industry; Distribution Industry
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    Sahlman, William A. "Distrobot Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 805-082, June 2005. (Revised August 2010.)
    • May 1999 (Revised March 2001)
    • Case

    Marshall Industries

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
    Confounding predictions that the Internet would "disintermediate" commerce, making "middle man" companies all but obsolete, Marshall Industries, a leading electronics distributor, used the Internet and digital technologies to reinvent itself. Marshall continued to sell... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Supply Chain; Emerging Markets; Customer Focus and Relationships; Distribution Industry; Distribution Industry
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    Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Cathy Olofson. "Marshall Industries." Harvard Business School Case 899-239, May 1999. (Revised March 2001.)
    • May 1998
    • Teaching Note

    C-Car TN

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
    Teaching Note for (9-598-064). View Details
    Keywords: Distribution Industry; Distribution Industry; United States
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    Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "C-Car TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 598-145, May 1998.
    • April 1998
    • Teaching Note

    WESCO Distribution, Inc. TN

    By: Das Narayandas
    Teaching Note for (9-598-021). View Details
    Keywords: Distribution Industry; Distribution Industry
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    Narayandas, Das. "WESCO Distribution, Inc. TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 598-093, April 1998.
    • 01 Jun 2023
    • News

    Righting the Ship

    When Ross Stuckey (PLDA 21, 2016) joined the headquarters of the NAVSEA Warfare Centers as their capital improvement program (CIP) manager in 2016, he was charged with leading divisional managers at each of the NAVSEA WC’s 10 subsidiaries. He also was responsible for... View Details
    Keywords: Maureen Harmon
    • 07 Dec 2022
    • News

    Dubai-Based Proptech Builds Up

    Dubai to Saudi Arabia and beyond. "There are almost 25,000 short-term rentals here in Dubai and 550 companies are operating them," he said. "These are often small companies that do a great job, but in a piecemeal manner. They don't necessarily have access to technology... View Details
    • 01 Oct 2002
    • News

    Thinking Outside the Centerfold

    most noted for have nothing to do with advertising and everything to do with advertising. We're this hybrid company that creates and distributes creative content designed to make brands famous.” View Details
    • 11 Jun 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    E-Commerce Unplugged

    technology will not be fully realized, however, if companies simply make their existing online services available through wireless devices. Successful players in the m-commerce market space will take a much broader view of the technology, the market and consumers.... View Details
    Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
    • 01 Jun 2014
    • News

    Net Gains

    incredible," he says. He points to China as a prime example of the league's international potential realized. Thanks to a decades-long campaign, the country is now the NBA's largest international market, with more than 100 employees, wide TV View Details
    Keywords: Dan Morrell
    • June 1998 (Revised April 1999)
    • Case

    Wiegandt GmbH Cologne

    By: Dwight B. Crane and Mathew M Millett
    The credit department of Wiegandt, a furniture manufacturer, is evaluating the financial condition of two stores that retail the company's furniture. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Condition; Credit; Financial Management; Distribution Channels; Profit; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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    Crane, Dwight B., and Mathew M Millett. "Wiegandt GmbH Cologne." Harvard Business School Case 298-159, June 1998. (Revised April 1999.)
    • September 2, 2021
    • Article

    The Digital Economy Runs on Open Source. Here's How to Protect It.

    By: Hila Lifshitz-Assaf and Frank Nagle
    Free and open source software (FOSS) is essential to much of the tech we use every day—from cars to phones to planes to the cloud. While traditionally, it was developed by an army of volunteer developers and given away for free, companies are increasingly taking a more... View Details
    Keywords: Free And Open-source Software; FOSS; Open Source Distribution; Applications and Software; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Policy; Cybersecurity
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    Lifshitz-Assaf, Hila, and Frank Nagle. "The Digital Economy Runs on Open Source. Here's How to Protect It." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (September 2, 2021).
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