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Michelle Giguere
In high school, Michelle Giguere, "fell" into the Gap and never left, working part-time at the apparel retailer throughout college and returning full-time after graduation. "I loved the mix of fashion with the energy of...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Making Big Data Fashionable
from anything so unquantifiable as emotion, Moon values that intuition and wants to “help validate” it. More Retail Revolutions Speeding Up Accessories BaubleBar cofounders Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky (both MBA 2010) apply the...
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- 09 Sep 2016
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Marla Malcolm Beck’s Path to CEO
In a New York Times piece that asks “How to Become a C.E.O.?”, Marla Malcolm Beck (MBA 1998) is highlighted as an example of the entrepreneurial path one can take to the chief executive position. Malcolm Beck, the founder and CEO of beauty View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
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Cutting Edge
brand, Silk explains, "Different skills are required, but notable among them are creativity, analytical know-how, the ability to seize the opportunity, and the passion to make it a crusade. Another key element is that our 150 employees...
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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
algorithms to analyze radiology scans, applying quantitative analytics to marketing movies, and analyzing sales data from an online flash retail site to develop a better pricing model. The teaching and...
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Susan Young
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
people to buy into a new vision or better way of doing things is my favorite kind of challenge.” Today, as CEO of the Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), a Massachusetts-based tech-intensive company focused on data management, strategic...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Books
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance by Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman (Harvard Business Press) Professor Raman and his coauthor explain how to use View Details
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
Data Authors:Jonathan Haskel and Raffaella Sadun Publication:Chap. 7 in Producer Dynamics: New Evidence from Micro Data, edited by Timothy Dunne, J. Bradford Jensen, and Mark J. Roberts. The University of Chicago Press, 2009 Abstract The paper investigates the U.K....
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
Publications August 2013 Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Business Model Evaluation: Quantifying Walmart's Sources of Advantage By: Brea-Solís, Humberto, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Emili Grifell-Tatjé Abstract—We develop an View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
the complex regulatory environment that governs Indian gaming. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51932 Fall 2016 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management The Impact of Supplier Inventory Service Level on View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Manufacturing: The Supply Chain Goes High Tech
Customer relationship management is new in manufacturing, and again, the electronics industry is one of the first to have adopted this advance. There are still many companies that haven’t fully digitalized, but the next step will be embracing View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
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Reinventing Marketing
technologically savvy, analytically sophisticated, and expansive in its industry coverage. Within this context, several major initiatives are under way in Marketing. First on the agenda is faculty staffing and development. With several...
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- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
Southwest Airlines, for instance, has continued as a legendary US-based service provider since its inception in 1971, IKEA of Sweden has evolved to teach the world’s retailers about the power of a well- defined and well-executed service...
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Abhay Saboo
Attending business school has long been one of Abhay Saboo's ambitions. With his interest in technology, however, he wanted to use his undergraduate education to build a credible foundation for the future. "I did engineering to develop an View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
3 Projects, 1 Priceless Picture
battled for market share by making strategic moves like brand extensions, product innovation, and international expansion. While the game was simulated, the lessons are being taken seriously in considering Nike’s next moves in meeting women’s needs, and the View Details
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Consumer Products / Retail
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
These findings challenge previous recommendations for optimal advice-seeking behavior. Harvard Business School Case 617-059 Flashion: Art vs. Science in Fashion Retailing Kate Wilson, retail View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2012
- What Do You Think?
How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?
appraisal of opportunities for new business startups. Furthermore, analytics (not the data) should be a source of continuing competitive advantage. In his new book, Charles Duhigg describes how the retailer...
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Fereshteh Zeineddin
much better listener." But some of the most important insights have challenged her expectations. "I came to HBS thinking that I would dig deeply into my strengths, then learn where the holes are and fill them." Fereshteh's View Details
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
Abstract Key to the effective use of big data are the analytical professionals known as "data scientists," who can both manipulate large and unstructured data sources and create insights from them. Data scientists are difficult...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
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William K.L. Fung
earned a Ph.D. in economics at Harvard in 1971, Fung has built Li & Fung into a multinational trading and retailing company with 36 offices in 20 countries and an annual turnover of more than $1.6 billion. In Hong Kong, where Li & Fung...
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Alejandro Reyes