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- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Apple Inc. in 2010 (TN)
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for 710467. View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
businesses have developed codes of conduct and monitoring systems to ensure that working conditions in their supply chain factories meet global labor standards. Many observers have questioned whether these codes of conduct have any impact... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
independence without sacrificing energy security in the EU. The case chronicles latest efforts, and unintended consequences, by all-union authorities in Brussels to untie the Russian knot by implanting American inventions in the European... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
market leadership position? "We believe that there is still a great deal of confusion and puzzlement on how this competitive battle will develop," say the authors of the academic paper Dynamic... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
doesn't increase its debt limit on October 17, it will start defaulting on its bills—an unprecedented event in the nation's history. Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller, a member of the School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
assets; they aren't hamstrung by substantial resource allocation decisions, giving them remarkable flexibility. Now incumbent firms are seeing their competitive position eroded by technology, alternative staffing models, and other forces.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
song effectively maximizes profits? Could Apple charge less and capture more market share, or price higher and create more net profit? A: Apple makes little money from the... View Details
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
various directions within different departments. For example, human resources might initiate a United Way gift program that involves a company match; operations might work on waste reduction; and marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
Many distinctive aspects of the textile and apparel industries present challenges to implementing electronic commerce. First, and perhaps most important, is the difficulty of accurately characterizing the... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
studied reflect the makeup of 80 percent of US and 90 percent of worldwide companies. The most important “implication is that the precautionary motive to preserve the buffer was inhibiting sales before,”... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
surveys at one office of the firm. They discovered four keys to building a help-friendly organization that leaders of other organizations could learn and apply to similar effect. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2011
- Teaching Note
Red Lobster (TN)
By: Jason Riis
Teaching Note for 511-052. View Details
Keywords: Markets; Research; Opportunities; Customer Satisfaction; Sales; Segmentation; Food; Food and Beverage Industry
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
deliver, and evaluate Sullivan's sales calls on two important retail buyers, Sam Cartwright of Mothercare and Anthony Pierce of John Lewis. The main case provides relevant... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
the Order Management Cycle Sales Marketing CustomerService Engineering Purchasing Finance Operations Logistics Top Mgmt Participation plans to buy 1. Order Planning coordinates gets View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
financial markets to get through the initial period of discovery or diffusion. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49551 September 2015 Harvard Business Review The Organizational Apology: A Step-by-Step Guide... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
pharmaceutical sales teams in Belgium and sports teams in Canada. These results suggest that a minor adjustment to employee bonuses-shifting the focus from the self to others-can produce measurable benefits... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
Kraiselburd and Noel Watson Abstract In this paper, we seek to use quantitative models to help appreciate the behavioral processes associated with successful cross-functional and cross-firm alignment in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-007.pdf Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless the Jeans Are Cute: Motivated Moral Disengagement Authors:Neeru Paharia and Rohit Deshpandé Abstract While many consumers say they care about issues such as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
platforms may coexist without the market tipping. Our model helps explain why platforms with different business models coexist in markets, including online dating, housing, and labor markets. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
decline in sales and profits in the wake of the 2008-2009 financial market crisis and economic recession and is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne