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- 08 May 2013
- News
Next Wal-Mart CEO Faces Challenges Sam Walton Never Saw
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Sam Walton: Great From the Start
he learned all the rules. Then he broke all the rules which did not make sense to him—which meant almost all of them. Everything he did seems so obvious. It seems that way because it is. Sam Walton did not...
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- May 2016
- Case
The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988—2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3% to 4% over the coming three years. Profits would also fall due to significant investments in people and technology. The company’s stock price...
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Asda;
Costco;
David Glass;
Convenience Stores;
Discount Retailing;
Dollar Stores;
Doug McMillon;
E-commerce;
Online Retail;
General Merchandise;
Grocery;
Lee Scott;
Mike Duke;
Multichannel Retailing;
Omnichannel;
Neighborhood Market;
Sam Walton;
Sam's Club;
Store Formats;
Supercenter;
Supermarket;
Warehouse Clubs;
Merchandising;
Walmart;
Wal-Mart;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Units;
Business Divisions;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Organization;
For-Profit Firms;
Film Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Banks and Banking;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Food;
Global Range;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Business History;
Compensation and Benefits;
Employees;
Human Capital;
Labor Unions;
Wages;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Succession;
Brands and Branding;
Product Positioning;
Distribution;
Supply Chain;
Supply Chain Management;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Labor and Management Relations;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Segmentation;
Information Technology;
Internet;
Mobile Technology;
Online Technology;
Web;
Web Sites;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Banking Industry;
United States;
Arkansas;
Bentonville
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988—2016." Harvard Business School Case 716-426, May 2016.
- 10 Jan 2022
- News
Don’t Give Up on the Charismatic CEO
- 10 Sep 2014
- Blog Post
A Summer Reflection
Looking back on my summer internship at Walmart, I have four main takeaways about the company: Walmart cares A LOT about maintaining the culture that Sam Walton initially put in place. It’s actively and...
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- September 2006 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
The Rise of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 1962-1987
By: John R. Wells and Travis Haglock
It is 1988 and David Glass has just taken over as CEO from the legendary Sam Walton at Wal-Mart. Meanwhile, Joe Antonini has just taken the CEO position at Wal-Mart's arch rival, Kmart. Although Wal-Mart is still well behind Kmart, it appears to be in great shape and...
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Competition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Management Succession;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Retail Industry;
United States
Wells, John R., and Travis Haglock. "The Rise of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 1962-1987." Harvard Business School Case 707-439, September 2006. (Revised July 2008.)
In Their Time
Great business leaders possess more than celebrated traits like charisma and an appetite for risk. They have "contextual intelligence"—a profound ability to understand the Zeitgeist of their times and harness it to create successful organizations. Based on a...
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- 09 Apr 2024
- Book
Why Work Rituals Bring Teams Together and Create More Meaning
bonds. IDEO, for example, has asked employees to meet for a weekly tea time as a way to encourage workers to collaborate, connect, and deepen relationships. And Walmart founder Sam Walton started leading...
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by Michael Blanding
- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
time to enter or exit that location. Reducing your costs might not provide you with a competitive advantage at all." Walmart has been a smart expander since it opened its first store in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962. Sam View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- Person Page
Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
to companies. IDEO, for example, has asked employees to step away from their work to meet up for a weekly tea time ritual as a way to encourage workers to collaborate, connect, build trust, and deepen workplace relationships. Walmart founder View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
his camera than the telephone. It was not long after he began his career that his mother never had to work again. When Sam Walton opened his first five and dime store in Newport, Arkansas, after being...
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by Richard S. Tedlow
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
family-owned businesses employ a family member as the CEO. Sam Walton founded and the Walton family still owns Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., for example, and the founder's son Rob...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
Are there certain characteristics that all leaders possess? Could Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton be equally successful today running another company? Harvard Business School's Leadership Initiative is...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
sponsorship of The $64,000 Question to revolutionize advertising. In the latter half of the century, Sam Walton, conceivably the greatest retailer in American history as the founder of Wal-Mart, was my choice for a consumer marketer; for...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
which facilitates the accurate and instantaneous exchange of sales figures between the manufacturer and the retailer. In the mid-1980s, these advances began to chip away at the barriers commonly found throughout the various stages of production and distribution....
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- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
Glass has just taken over as CEO from the legendary Sam Walton at Wal-Mart. Meanwhile, Joe Antonini has just taken the CEO position at Wal-Mart's arch rival, Kmart. Although Wal-Mart is still well behind...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
times, backgrounds, and places to illustrate to a general readership the enormous variety of paths to leadership in business. Andrew Carnegie, for example, was an impoverished Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in Pittsburgh, whereas View Details
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by Jim Aisner
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
are the professional coming in but we are extending the relationship—we are hanging out with your family, we’re all going to picnics, and so on. It feels a little like you are a cousin or nephew. There are parallels in publicly traded US companies. View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne