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MS/MBA joint degree program. He is an expert in the management of innovation and new product development, with a focus on the design and deployment of digital technologies. He is best known for his pioneering work on software development,...
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Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Microdata
By: Jonathan Haskel and Raffaella Sadun
We explore the effects of planning regulation on the UK retail sector between 1997 and 2003 using micro-data from the UK census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis...
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Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Performance Productivity;
Growth and Development;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Change;
Cost;
Retail Industry;
United Kingdom
Haskel, Jonathan, and Raffaella Sadun. "Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Microdata." Economica 79, no. 315 (July 2012): 425–448.
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
The past 10 years have seen some level of this direct marketing model bear out. But according to an HBS working paper to be published in the Journal of Interactive Marketing, consumers are using technology to learn about marketers, rather than the other way around....
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Business History - Faculty & Research
production technology who used attorneys in connection with his patenting work at a time when Japan was still in the process of formally institutionalizing its patent attorney system. In accordance with Lamoreaux and Sokoloff's...
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- 21 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2023
Spotify as a Senior Product Manager leading a team that introduces younger audiences to our products through fun and interactive experiences. My friends and MBA classmates know how passionate I am about...
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- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Back in 2014, When Chris Marinak (MBA 2008) was in the process of rolling out the instant replay system as a Senior Vice President at Major League Baseball, he...
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- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
intense and substantive actions is much more productive in creating a climate where it's clear that the manager is concerned enough to improve the systems." Of the 20 hospitals that participated in the program, 9 registered greater...
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- April 2014 (Revised July 2015)
- Case
Sanofi Pasteur: The Dengue Vaccine Dilemma
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, David E. Bloom, Vincent Dessain and Emilie Billaud
In 2012, Sanofi Pasteur was racing to develop a vaccine against dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, and was evaluating this product in a Phase IIb trial conducted with school children in Thailand. But while the candidate vaccine met the high safety expectations and a...
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Health Testing and Trials;
Product Launch;
Market Entry and Exit;
Emerging Markets;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
France
Rangan, V. Kasturi, David E. Bloom, Vincent Dessain, and Emilie Billaud. "Sanofi Pasteur: The Dengue Vaccine Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 514-074, April 2014. (Revised July 2015.)
- February 2017
- Case
Dick's Sporting Goods
By: Rajiv Lal, Jose B. Alvarez and Matthew G. Preble
Edward Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), faced a rapidly changing sporting goods landscape in October 2016. Two large competitors—The Sports Authority and Sport Chalet—had folded earlier that year, and DKS had to contend with increasingly robust...
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Sporting Goods;
Retail;
Employees;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Product Marketing;
Demand and Consumers;
Consumer Behavior;
Product;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Internet and the Web;
E-commerce;
Retail Industry;
United States;
Pennsylvania
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
pricing decisions on a daily basis. Rue La La is in the online fashion sample sales industry, where they offer extremely limited-time discounts on designer apparel and accessories. One of the retailer's main challenges is pricing and predicting demand for View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2000
- Case
Aspect Medical Systems
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Naomi Atkins
Entrepreneur Nassib Chamoun has created an innovative anesthesiology device that monitors patients' consciousness levels during surgery. This case tracks how Chamoun and his executive team built the infrastructure of the company and actively managed the adoption...
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Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Infrastructure;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Problems and Challenges;
Adoption;
Competitive Strategy;
Technology Industry
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Naomi Atkins. "Aspect Medical Systems." Harvard Business School Case 600-076, March 2000.
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Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
should be cautious about the use of descriptive questions since these tend to be less engaging when solely used to solicit case facts. An apparel company considers major plant improvements to increase productivity Action: Should the board...
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- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
Xu Abstract—We investigate how dynamic pricing can lead to more product returns in the online retail industry. Using detailed sales data of more than two million transactions from the Indian online retail market, where price promotions...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
For Today’s Travel Businesses, Is It TripAdvisor or Bust?
- November 1992 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
BEA Associates: Enhanced Equity Index Funds
By: Andre F. Perold
BEA's enhanced index fund product uses derivatives and cash market securities to find the most efficient way to "track an index." The considerations involve transaction costs, custodial fees, withholding taxes on dividends, and fees from securities lending. In this...
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Keywords:
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Investment Portfolio;
Management;
Investment Banking;
Competitive Advantage;
Cost Management
Perold, Andre F. "BEA Associates: Enhanced Equity Index Funds." Harvard Business School Case 293-024, November 1992. (Revised December 1994.)
- September 2009
- Case
ZINK Imaging: 'Zero Ink™'
By: William A. Sahlman and Sarah Flaherty
"ZINK Imaging" describes the issues confronting CEO Wendy Caswell as she uses a partnership model to commercialize ZINK's disruptive printing technology platform, ZINK Paper. The case focuses on the frameworks ZINK has used to decide which markets to target and which...
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Entrepreneurship;
Capital;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Marketing Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Horizontal Integration;
Technology Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Sarah Flaherty. "ZINK Imaging: 'Zero Ink™'." Harvard Business School Case 810-050, September 2009.
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Improved Bounds on the Sizes of S.P Numbers
By: Paul Myer Kominers and Scott Duke Kominers
A number which is S.P in base r is a positive integer which is equal to the sum of its base-r digits multiplied by the product of its base-r digits. These numbers have been studied extensively in The Mathematical Gazette. Recently, Shah Ali...
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Keywords:
Mathematical Methods
Kominers, Paul Myer, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Improved Bounds on the Sizes of S.P Numbers." Mathematical Gazette 94, no. 529 (March 2010): 127–129.
- September 2007
- Case
Vendor Compliance at Geoffrey Ryans (A)
Geoffrey Ryans, a regional department store, faced two major issues relating to its retail furniture line: a large percentage of stock received from East Asian vendors was not in sellable condition, and furniture pieces had high customer return rates. Discusses...
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Kulp, Susan L., Nicole DeHoratius, and Zahra Kanji. "Vendor Compliance at Geoffrey Ryans (A)." Harvard Business School Case 108-022, September 2007.
- January 1989 (Revised February 1993)
- Case
Warner Cable (A)
The new general manager of Warner Cable's Medford, Massachusetts complex faces a number of turnaround challenges in 1985, including service deficiencies, customer complaints, high turnover, and low employee morale. By 1988 he has turned the situation around, but some...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Management Style;
Human Resources;
Telecommunications Industry;
Massachusetts
Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A. "Warner Cable (A)." Harvard Business School Case 489-092, January 1989. (Revised February 1993.)
- 14 Jul 2014
- News