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- July–August 2017
- Article
Why Outlet Stores Exist: Averting Cannibalization in Product Line Extensions
By: Donald Ngwe
Outlet stores are a large and growing component of many firms' retailing strategies, particularly in the fashion industry. Outlet stores offer attractive prices in locations far from central shopping districts. The main perspectives on why outlet stores exist can be...
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Keywords:
Fashion;
Industrial Organization;
Outlet Stores;
Price Discrimination;
Retail;
Channel Management;
Luxury;
Product Marketing;
Price;
Retail Industry;
Fashion Industry
Ngwe, Donald. "Why Outlet Stores Exist: Averting Cannibalization in Product Line Extensions." Marketing Science 36, no. 4 (July–August 2017): 523–541.
- August 2010 (Revised January 2013)
- Supplement
Urban Water Partners (B)
By: Karthik Ramanna, George Serafeim and Aldo Sesia
The case explores a new business venture to bring clean water to residents of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who otherwise cannot afford it. Management has enough money to get their company through August 2010, but needs more capital thereafter. An HBS alumnus is interested...
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Keywords:
Human Needs;
Accrual Accounting;
Financial Statements;
Health Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Dar es Salaam
Ramanna, Karthik, George Serafeim, and Aldo Sesia. "Urban Water Partners (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-029, August 2010. (Revised January 2013.)
- January 2001
- Case
World Bank and Knowledge Management, The: The Case of the Urban Services Thematic Group
By: William E. Fulmer and W. Earl Sasser
The World Bank has implemented a knowledge management initiative. One of its communities of practice is to take the lead in a $50 billion commitment to address urban slums. The community of practice is struggling with its mission and how knowledge management can help.
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Keywords:
Urban Development;
Knowledge Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Financial Services Industry
Fulmer, William E., and W. Earl Sasser. "World Bank and Knowledge Management, The: The Case of the Urban Services Thematic Group." Harvard Business School Case 801-157, January 2001.
- Article
La Nueva Ruta: alianzas sociales estrategicas (The New Path: Strategic Social Alliances)
By: James E. Austin, Gustavo Herrero and Ezequiel Reficco
Austin, James E., Gustavo Herrero, and Ezequiel Reficco. "La Nueva Ruta: alianzas sociales estrategicas (The New Path: Strategic Social Alliances)." Harvard Business Review América Latina 82, no. 12 (December 2004).
- 26 May 2015
- News
Life plays out in phases
After five years of working as a consultant in the international telecom sector, Julie Wolinsky (MBA 1998) left the full-time workforce to focus on family. (Published May 2015)
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- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Reconnecting Californians with their history
As foundation director of LaSeñora Research Institute, Patricia Nettleship (AMP 86, 1981) helps preserve the rich cultural heritage of the Rancho Era of early California through research and education programs. (Published March 2015)
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- 05 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?
With a yearly price tag of roughly $87 billion in lost productivity and adverse health consequences, the flu is nothing to sneeze at. It’s no surprise that workplace flu vaccination clinics have gained popularity as employers try to keep the illness from decimating...
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- November 2022
- Article
Impacts of Micromobility on Car Displacement with Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Geofencing Policy
By: Omar Isaac Asensio, Camila Apablaza, M. Cade Lawson, Edward W Chen and Savannah J Horner
Micromobility, such as electric scooters and electric bikes—an estimated US$300 billion global market by 2030—will accelerate electrification efforts and fundamentally change urban mobility patterns. However, the impacts of micromobility adoption on traffic congestion...
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Asensio, Omar Isaac, Camila Apablaza, M. Cade Lawson, Edward W Chen, and Savannah J Horner. "Impacts of Micromobility on Car Displacement with Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Geofencing Policy." Nature Energy 7, no. 11 (November 2022): 1100–1108.
- September 30, 2019
- Article
Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Today, we have made climate change trivial by making its solutions easy, looking for simple answers that are palatable, generally framing it in the language of commerce. In the long run, it won’t work. There is no technological or political silver bullet to solving our...
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Hoffman, Andrew J. "Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift." Behavioral Scientist (September 30, 2019).
- November 2020 (Revised June 2022)
- Case
Community-First Public Safety
By: Mitchell B. Weiss and Sarah Mehta
How many police officer positions to fund? In August 2020, the question facing St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, which might have seemed routine to another mayor at another time in another place, was anything but. A pandemic had rendered the city some $19-$34 million short...
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Keywords:
Race;
Law Enforcement;
Governance;
Decision Making;
Safety;
Social Issues;
Public Administration Industry;
United States;
Minnesota;
Saint Paul
Weiss, Mitchell B., and Sarah Mehta. "Community-First Public Safety." Harvard Business School Case 821-005, November 2020. (Revised June 2022.)
- 2022
- Chapter
Luxury Tourism and Environmentalism
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter examines the evolution of luxury tourism and its environmental impact. Whilst mass tourism is widely seen as environmentally damaging, the impact of luxury tourism is nuanced. During the first stage of the growth in the nineteenth century, the numbers of...
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Keywords:
Luxury Consumption;
Environmentalism;
Tourism;
Green Business;
Luxury;
History;
Ethics;
Globalization;
Environmental Management;
Business History;
Tourism Industry;
Antarctica;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
Europe;
Switzerland;
Chile;
Costa Rica;
Africa;
Kenya
Jones, Geoffrey. "Luxury Tourism and Environmentalism." Chap. 27 in The Oxford Handbook of Luxury Business, edited by Pierre-Yves Donzé, Véronique Pouillard, and Joanne Roberts, 571–590. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- March 2018
- Supplement
The Rise and Rise (?) of Walmart (B): Kmart Declares Bankruptcy
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case follows up on the competition between Kmart and Walmart as discussed in the A case. It summarizes the companies' positions in the early 2000s, and discusses events between 1990 and Kmart's declaration of bankruptcy in 2002. Walmart grew significantly,...
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Keywords:
Bankruptcy;
Walmart;
Kmart;
Controversy;
Strategy;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Competition;
Public Opinion;
Retail Industry;
United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "The Rise and Rise (?) of Walmart (B): Kmart Declares Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Supplement 718-510, March 2018.
- January 2015
- Background Note
Note on Economic Inequality (2015)
By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
For over half a century, most of the world's economies have enjoyed steady growth and prosperity. However, beginning in the 1980s, and continuing essentially unabated to the present, the gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots" in developed countries has widened,...
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Keywords:
Economic Inequalty;
Income Inequality;
Growth and Development;
Economics;
Equality and Inequality;
Society;
Problems and Challenges;
United States
Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "Note on Economic Inequality (2015)." Harvard Business School Background Note 315-050, January 2015.
- March 2014 (Revised February 2016)
- Supplement
China Vanke (A-2)
By: Lynn S. Paine, John D. Macomber and Keith Chi-ho Wong
China Vanke's president and his team must decide on a plan of action after reviewing the quality issues the company faced in early 2012 after a series of highly publicized incidents concerning the quality of the homes they built.
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Keywords:
Real Estate;
China;
Green Building;
Sustainable Development;
Asset Management;
Leadership;
Urban Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Assets;
Safety;
Real Estate Industry;
China
Paine, Lynn S., John D. Macomber, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "China Vanke (A-2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 314-105, March 2014. (Revised February 2016.)
- 2009
- Chapter
Altruistic Utility Functions for Joint Decisions
By: David E. Bell and Ralph L. Keeney
All of us make decisions that are not entirely self-centered; we voluntarily anticipate what we think to be the preferences of others and incorporate them into our decision making. We do this, not because of legal requirements or social norms, but because we are...
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Bell, David E., and Ralph L. Keeney. "Altruistic Utility Functions for Joint Decisions." In The Mathematics of Preference, Choice and Order, edited by Steven Brams, William V. Gehrlein, and Fred S. Roberts, 27–38. Studies in Choice and Welfare. Springer, 2009.
- February 2002
- Article
Cognitions and Behavior in Asymmetric Social Dilemmas: A Comparision of Two Cultures
By: Kimberly Wade-Benzoni, Tetsushi Okmura, Jeanne M Brett, Don A Moore, Ann Tenbrunsel and M. H. Bazerman
Wade-Benzoni, Kimberly, Tetsushi Okmura, Jeanne M Brett, Don A Moore, Ann Tenbrunsel, and M. H. Bazerman. "Cognitions and Behavior in Asymmetric Social Dilemmas: A Comparision of Two Cultures." Journal of Applied Psychology 87, no. 1 (February 2002): 87–95.
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
Even as a preteen, Jennifer Porter Anderson (MBA 2013) was convinced there could be a better, more compassionate alternative for criminal justice than locking people up in large, violent prisons. What began as a family dinner-table conversation about the concept of...
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- 06 Mar 2017
- News
Leading in the Community and the Boardroom
Benaree Pratt Wiley (MBA 1972) has gathered many takeaways over a long career that has spanned consulting, the nonprofit sector, and entrepreneurship, but one in particular has had lasting resonance: Success is personal. “It’s easy to get on a treadmill of expectations...
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- 19 Nov 2014
- News
Helping refugees make it in America
At the healthy snack foods company they cofounded, Marius Andersen (MBA 1999) and his wife, Hilary, provide jobs, health insurance, and a fresh start to refugees in their community. (Published November 2014)
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- 2024
- Working Paper
Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States
By: Amory Gethin and Vincent Pons
Recent social movements stand out by their spontaneous nature and lack of stable leadership, raising doubts on their ability to generate political change. This article provides systematic evidence on the effects of protests on public opinion and political attitudes....
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Gethin, Amory, and Vincent Pons. "Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32342, April 2024.