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Olivier Dumon (MBA 1998) is managing director of academic and government markets for global publishing giant Elsevier, where he’s working on...
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- 2020
- Working Paper
The Evolutionary Nature of Breakthrough Innovation: Re-Evaluating the Exploration vs. Exploitation Dichotomy
By: Dominika K. Sarnecka and Gary P. Pisano
Over the past few decades, a consensus has emerged that breakthrough innovations emerge from exploration of novel terrain while more routine innovations are the product of exploitation. In this paper, we revisit this explore versus exploit dichotomy with an analysis...
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Keywords:
Breakthrough Innovation;
Exploration And Exploitation;
Innovation And Invention;
technological Innovation
Sarnecka, Dominika K., and Gary P. Pisano. "The Evolutionary Nature of Breakthrough Innovation: Re-Evaluating the Exploration vs. Exploitation Dichotomy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-071, December 2020.
- December 2020
- Case
Made In Space, Expectations Management, and the Business of In-Space Manufacturing
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Mehak Sarang
After having proven its base technology (3D printing) through NASA solicitations and contracts, Made In Space was searching for a viable commercial application. But the business case for the leading candidate, high-quality fiber optic cable for use on Earth, remained...
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- March 2020
- Case
Employee Activism
By: Ethan Rouen and Akari Furukawa
Liz O’Sullivan, an employee at a fast-growing technology company called Clarifi, had a moral dilemma: She disagreed with Clarifi’s decision to sell its image-recognition technology to the U.S. Department of Defense for possible use in weaponized drones. This case...
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Keywords:
Activism;
Employees;
Moral Sensibility;
Personal Development And Career;
Decision Choices And Conditions
Rouen, Ethan, and Akari Furukawa. "Employee Activism." Harvard Business School Case 120-104, March 2020.
- March 2020 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Culture at Google
By: Nien-hê Hsieh, Amy Klopfenstein and Sarah Mehta
Beginning in 2017, technology (tech) company Google faced a series of employee-relations issues that threatened its unique culture of innovation and open communication. Issues included protests surrounding Google’s contracts with the U.S. government, restrictions of...
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Keywords:
Human Resources;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Retention;
Resignation And Termination;
Labor;
Working Conditions;
Employment;
Labor Unions;
Wages;
Law;
Lawsuits And Litigation;
Rights;
Ethics;
Values And Beliefs;
Fairness;
Organizations;
Organizational Culture;
Mission And Purpose;
Social Psychology;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Conflict Management;
Trust;
Motivation And Incentives;
Prejudice And Bias;
Power And Influence;
technology;
search technology;
Web;
Hardware;
Society;
Social Issues;
Culture;
Civil Society Or Community;
Demographics;
Diversity;
Ethnicity;
Gender;
Race;
technology Industry;
North And Central America;
United States;
California
Hsieh, Nien-hê, Amy Klopfenstein, and Sarah Mehta. "Culture at Google." Harvard Business School Case 320-050, March 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
- January 2020
- Case
Celata Bioinnovations
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In December 2019, Jon Hu (HBS ‘19) and Dr. Samantha Dale Strasser, co-founders of Celata Bioinnovations, were raising $1 million to launch their company. They had founded Celata less than six months earlier with the aim of redefining the drug discovery process....
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Keywords:
Drug Development;
Drug Discovery;
Drug Trials;
Pharmaceutical Companies;
Pharmaceutical Company;
Pharmaceuticals;
Therapeutics;
Biologics;
Biotech;
Biotechnology;
Biopharmacy Company;
Biochemistry;
Technology Commercialization;
Technology Companies;
Drug Testing;
Startup;
Start-up;
Startups;
Start-ups;
Startup Financing;
Strategic Decision Making;
Strategic Decisions;
Strategic Evolution;
Fda;
Food And Drug Administration;
Clinical Trials;
Disease Management;
Market Attractiveness;
Market Entry;
Market Opportunities;
Health Disorders;
technological Innovation;
technology;
Commercialization;
Business Startups;
Finance;
Decision Making;
Strategy;
Market Entry And Exit;
Opportunities;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Biotechnology Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Celata Bioinnovations." Harvard Business School Case 720-427, January 2020.
- 2019
- Working Paper
From Know-It-Alls to Learn-It-Alls: Executive Development in the Era of Self-Refining Algorithms, Collaborative Filtering and Wearable Computing
By: Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas
We examine the future of executive education on a technological and cultural landscape that is imminent but different to the one we are accustomed to. We show how the contextualization, socialization and personalization of learning—avowed but distal goals of current...
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Keywords:
Executive Education;
Leadership Development;
technological Innovation;
Customization And Personalization;
Management Skills;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Knowledge Sharing
Moldoveanu, Mihnea, and Das Narayandas. "From Know-It-Alls to Learn-It-Alls: Executive Development in the Era of Self-Refining Algorithms, Collaborative Filtering and Wearable Computing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-061, November 2019.
- August 2019
- Case
Twiggle: E-commerce with Semantic Search
By: Shane Greenstein and Danielle Golan
Four years after being founded, in 2014, by former Google executives Amir Konigsberg (CEO) and Adi Avidor (CTO), Twiggle had developed a search enhancement that plugged into an online merchant’s existing framework. The company utilized advanced structuring and...
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Keywords:
E-commerce;
Search Technology;
Customer Acquisition;
Online technology;
technological Innovation;
Commercialization;
Growth And Development Strategy;
technology Industry;
Israel
Greenstein, Shane, and Danielle Golan. "Twiggle: E-commerce with Semantic Search." Harvard Business School Case 620-025, August 2019.
- 2019
- Working Paper
The Impact of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment
By: Donald Ngwe, Kris J. Ferreira and Thales Teixeira
Many online stores are designed such that shoppers can easily access any available discounted products. We propose that deliberately increasing search frictions by placing small obstacles to locating discounted items can improve online retailers’ margins and even...
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Keywords:
E-commerce;
Online Retailing;
Friction;
Effor;
Search Costs;
Price Discrimination;
Consumer Behavior;
Price;
search technology
Ngwe, Donald, Kris J. Ferreira, and Thales Teixeira. "The Impact of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-080, January 2019.
- Article
Lessons from Mayo Clinic's Redesign of Stroke Care
By: Robert S. Kaplan, W. David Freeman, Kevin M. Barrett, Lisa Nordan, Aaron C. Spaulding and Meredith Karney
Facing escalating costs of medications and technology, health care patients and providers in the United States continue to search for opportunities to reduce overall costs while maintaining and improving health care outcomes. The Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Stroke Center...
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Kaplan, Robert S., W. David Freeman, Kevin M. Barrett, Lisa Nordan, Aaron C. Spaulding, and Meredith Karney. "Lessons from Mayo Clinic's Redesign of Stroke Care." Special Issue on HBR Insight Center: The Future of Health Care. Harvard Business Review (website) (October 2018).
- February 2018
- Case
Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
Amazon, Google, and Apple all offer their own smart speaker. The devices represent each firm's entry point into the connected home market. All three companies come into the space with their own strengths and weaknesses. Who will win?
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Keywords:
Apple;
Apple Inc.;
Google;
Amazon;
Amazon.com;
Google Home;
Homepod;
Echo;
Smart Home;
Connected Home;
Voice;
Artificial Intelligence;
Machine Learning;
Internet Of Things;
Smart Speaker;
Connected Speaker;
Intelligent Assistants;
Virtual Assistants;
Voice Assistants;
Alexa;
Google Assistant;
Siri;
technological Innovation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Competitive Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Adoption;
Hardware;
Information technology;
Internet;
Mobile technology;
search technology;
Software;
technology Adoption;
technology Platform;
Household;
Electronics Industry;
technology Industry;
United States
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home." Harvard Business School Case 518-035, February 2018.
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Tencent
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-426.
Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking...
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Keywords:
Tencent;
Tencent Holdings;
Wechat;
Social Networking;
Social Networks;
Gaming;
Gaming Industry;
Video Games;
Computer Games;
Mobile Gaming;
Portals;
Payments;
Mobile Payments;
O2o;
Online-to-offline;
E-commerce;
Messaging;
Subscription Model;
Freemium;
Mobile App Industry;
Smartphone;
Pc;
Monetization Strategy;
Antitrust;
Streaming;
Cloud Computing;
Artificial Intelligence;
Big Data;
Alibaba;
Facebook;
Jd.com;
Tesla;
Bundling;
Synergies;
Digital Strategy;
Imitation;
Licensing;
Agility;
Entry Barriers;
Online Platforms;
Advertising;
Online Advertising;
Business Ventures;
Acquisition;
Mergers And Acquisitions;
Business Conglomerates;
Business Growth And Maturation;
Business Organization;
For-profit Firms;
Joint Ventures;
Restructuring;
Communication technology;
Blogs;
Interactive Communication;
Interpersonal Communication;
Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Games, Gaming, And Gambling;
Music Entertainment;
Investment;
Investment Portfolio;
Price;
Revenue;
Geographic Scope;
Cross-cultural And Cross-border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Multinational Firms And Management;
Globalized Markets And Industries;
Business History;
Innovation Strategy;
technological Innovation;
Business Or Company Management;
Goals And Objectives;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Social Marketing;
Network Effects;
Market Entry And Exit;
Market Platforms;
Two-sided Platforms;
Industry Growth;
Monopoly;
Media;
Distribution Channels;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Change And Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Public Ownership;
Problems And Challenges;
Business And Government Relations;
Groups And Teams;
Networks;
Opportunities;
Social And Collaborative Networks;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Cooperation;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Horizontal Integration;
Vertical Integration;
Information technology;
Internet;
Mobile technology;
Online technology;
search technology;
Software;
technology Networks;
technology Platform;
Web;
Web Sites;
Wireless technology;
Value Creation;
Emerging Markets;
Product Development;
Segmentation;
Business Units;
Communication;
Profit;
Communications Industry;
Entertainment And Recreation Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Information Industry;
Information technology Industry;
Media And Broadcasting Industry;
Motion Pictures And Video Industry;
Music Industry;
Service Industry;
technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Video Game Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Asia;
China;
Canton (province, China)
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455.
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales....
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Keywords:
Best Buy;
Hubert Joly;
Renew Blue;
Showrooming;
Webrooming;
E-commerce;
E-commerce Strategy;
Online Retail;
Multichannel Retailing;
Omnichannel;
Marketplaces;
Turnaround;
Consumer Electronics;
Consumer Electronics Accessories;
Appliances;
Stores-within-stores;
Store Experience;
Store Size;
Store Pickup;
Store Management;
Delivery;
Delivery Models;
Amazon;
Amazon.com;
Pricing Strategy;
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Units;
Business Growth And Maturation;
Business Model;
For-profit Firms;
Customer Focus And Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Games, Gaming, And Gambling;
Music Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Theater Entertainment;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geographic Scope;
Multinational Firms And Management;
Business History;
Cost;
Selection And Staffing;
Reports;
technological Innovation;
Job Cuts And Outsourcing;
Human Capital;
Leading Change;
Business Or Company Management;
Goals And Objectives;
Growth And Development;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Brands And Branding;
Product Marketing;
Consumer Behavior;
Demand And Consumers;
Media;
Distribution;
Order Taking And Fulfillment;
Distribution Channels;
Infrastructure;
Product;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Organizational Change And Adaptation;
Public Ownership;
Problems And Challenges;
Programs;
Groups And Teams;
Sales;
Salesforce Management;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
technology;
Hardware;
Information technology;
Internet;
Mobile technology;
Online technology;
search technology;
Software;
Web;
Web Sites;
Wireless technology;
Resource Allocation;
Computer Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Entertainment And Recreation Industry;
Information technology Industry;
Retail Industry;
Service Industry;
technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Video Game Industry;
United States;
Minnesota;
Minneapolis;
Saint Paul;
St. Paul
- September 2017
- Case
Tencent
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking service provider with several of the...
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Keywords:
Tencent;
Tencent Holdings;
Wechat;
Social Networking;
Social Networks;
Gaming;
Gaming Industry;
Video Games;
Computer Games;
Mobile Gaming;
Portals;
Payments;
Mobile Payments;
O2o;
Online-to-offline;
E-commerce;
Messaging;
Subscription Model;
Freemium;
Mobile App Industry;
Smartphone;
Pc;
Monetization Strategy;
Antitrust;
Streaming;
Cloud Computing;
Artificial Intelligence;
Big Data;
Alibaba;
Facebook;
Jd.com;
Tesla;
Bundling;
Synergies;
Digital Strategy;
Imitation;
Licensing;
Agility;
Entry Barriers;
Online Platforms;
Advertising;
Online Advertising;
Business Ventures;
Acquisition;
Mergers And Acquisitions;
Business Conglomerates;
Business Units;
Business Growth And Maturation;
Business Organization;
For-profit Firms;
Joint Ventures;
Restructuring;
Communication;
Communication technology;
Blogs;
Interactive Communication;
Interpersonal Communication;
Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Games, Gaming, And Gambling;
Music Entertainment;
Investment;
Investment Portfolio;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geographic Scope;
Cross-cultural And Cross-border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Multinational Firms And Management;
Globalized Markets And Industries;
Business History;
Innovation Strategy;
technological Innovation;
Business Or Company Management;
Goals And Objectives;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Social Marketing;
Network Effects;
Emerging Markets;
Market Entry And Exit;
Market Platforms;
Two-sided Platforms;
Industry Growth;
Monopoly;
Media;
Distribution Channels;
Product Development;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Change And Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Public Ownership;
Problems And Challenges;
Business And Government Relations;
Groups And Teams;
Networks;
Opportunities;
Social And Collaborative Networks;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Cooperation;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Horizontal Integration;
Vertical Integration;
Segmentation;
Information technology;
Internet;
Mobile technology;
Online technology;
search technology;
Software;
technology Networks;
technology Platform;
Web;
Web Sites;
Wireless technology;
Value Creation;
Communications Industry;
Entertainment And Recreation Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Information Industry;
Information technology Industry;
Media And Broadcasting Industry;
Motion Pictures And Video Industry;
Music Industry;
Service Industry;
technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Video Game Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Asia;
China;
Canton (province, China)
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Tencent." Harvard Business School Case 718-426, September 2017.
- February 2017
- Case
BlaBlaCar: The Road Ahead...
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Arun Sundararajan, Emilie Billaud and Caroline Caltagirone
In 2017, the co-founders of BlaBlaCar—the world’s largest long-distance carpooling company—reflected on the evolution of their venture and the way forward. BlaBlaCar had reached critical mass and size; yet staying still was not going to be enough to be relevant and...
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Keywords:
Business Growth And Maturation;
Business Startups;
Transformation;
Decision Making;
Values And Beliefs;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Market Platforms;
Network Effects;
Strategic Planning;
Competitive Strategy;
Expansion;
Internet;
Online technology;
search technology;
Transportation Networks;
Transportation Industry;
Web Services Industry;
France;
Europe
Lakhani, Karim R., Arun Sundararajan, Emilie Billaud, and Caroline Caltagirone. "BlaBlaCar: The Road Ahead..." Harvard Business School Case 617-050, February 2017.
- 2017
- Book
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Find, acquire, and run your own business. Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurs;
Small Business;
Small Companies;
Small Business Finance;
Negotiation;
Negotiation Deal;
Due Diligence;
Sourcing;
Search Funds;
search;
Ownership;
Deal Sourcing;
Deal Structuring;
Funnel;
Debt Financing;
Equity;
Small And Medium Enterprises;
Small Business;
search technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Negotiation Deal;
Ownership;
Equity;
Borrowing And Debt
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company. Harvard Business Review Press, 2017.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Effectiveness of Paid Search Advertising: Experimental Evidence
By: Weijia (Daisy) Dai and Michael Luca
Paid search has become an increasingly common form of advertising, comprising about half of all online advertising expenditures. To shed light on the effectiveness of paid search, we design and analyze a large-scale field experiment on the review platform Yelp.com. The...
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Dai, Weijia (Daisy), and Michael Luca. "Effectiveness of Paid Search Advertising: Experimental Evidence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-025, October 2016.
- 2016
- Article
Peer-to-Peer Markets
By: Liran Einav, Chiara Farronato and Jonathan Levin
Peer-to-peer markets such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb allow small suppliers to compete with traditional providers of goods or services. We view the primary function of these markets as making it easy for buyers to find sellers and engage in convenient, trustworthy...
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Keywords:
Peer-to-peer;
Online Platforms;
Matching;
Innovation;
Market Platforms;
Marketplace Matching;
Market Design;
search technology;
technology Adoption;
Network Effects;
Market Entry And Exit
Einav, Liran, Chiara Farronato, and Jonathan Levin. "Peer-to-Peer Markets." Annual Review of Economics 8 (2016): 615–635.
- September 2016
- Article
Do Display Ads Influence Search?: Attribution and Dynamics in Online Advertising
By: Pavel Kireyev, Koen Pauwels and Sunil Gupta
As firms increasingly rely on online media to acquire consumers, marketing managers feel comfortable justifying higher online marketing spending by referring to online metrics such as click-through rate (CTR) and cost per acquisition (CPA). However, these standard...
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Kireyev, Pavel, Koen Pauwels, and Sunil Gupta. "Do Display Ads Influence Search? Attribution and Dynamics in Online Advertising." International Journal of Research in Marketing 33, no. 3 (September 2016): 475–490.
- March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
ASOS PLC
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world’s largest online fashion specialists in 2018. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 85,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand...
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Keywords:
Asos;
Asseenonscreen;
Online Fashion;
Online Apparel;
Nick Beighton;
Nick Robertson;
E-commerce;
E-commerce Strategy;
Online Retail;
Multichannel Retailing;
Omnichannel;
Social Media;
Marketplaces;
Shipping;
Advertising;
Online Advertising;
Business Growth And Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
For-profit Firms;
Customer Focus And Relationships;
Age;
Gender;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geography;
Geographic Scope;
Global Range;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms And Management;
Globalized Markets And Industries;
Business History;
Selection And Staffing;
Journals And Magazines;
Human Capital;
Business Or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Goals And Objectives;
Growth And Development;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Management Succession;
Brands And Branding;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Social Marketing;
Media;
Distribution;
Distribution Channels;
Order Taking And Fulfillment;
Infrastructure;
Logistics;
Public Ownership;
Problems And Challenges;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Vertical Integration;
Segmentation;
Internet;
Mobile technology;
Online technology;
search technology;
Web;
Web Sites;
Apparel And Accessories Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Retail Industry;
United Kingdom;
England;
London
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "ASOS PLC." Harvard Business School Case 716-449, March 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales. These results were in marked contrast...
View Details
Keywords:
Best Buy;
Hubert Joly;
Renew Blue;
Showrooming;
Webrooming;
E-commerce;
E-commerce Strategy;
Online Retail;
Multichannel Retailing;
Omnichannel;
Marketplaces;
Turnaround;
Consumer Electronics;
Consumer Electronics Accessories;
Appliances;
Stores-within-stores;
Store Experience;
Store Size;
Store Pickup;
Store Management;
Delivery;
Delivery Models;
Amazon;
Amazon.com;
Pricing Strategy;
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Units;
Business Growth And Maturation;
Business Model;
For-profit Firms;
Customer Focus And Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Games, Gaming, And Gambling;
Music Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Theater Entertainment;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geographic Scope;
Multinational Firms And Management;
Business History;
Cost;
Selection And Staffing;
Reports;
technological Innovation;
Job Cuts And Outsourcing;
Human Capital;
Leading Change;
Business Or Company Management;
Goals And Objectives;
Growth And Development;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Brands And Branding;
Product Marketing;
Consumer Behavior;
Demand And Consumers;
Media;
Distribution;
Order Taking And Fulfillment;
Distribution Channels;
Infrastructure;
Product;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Organizational Change And Adaptation;
Public Ownership;
Problems And Challenges;
Programs;
Groups And Teams;
Sales;
Salesforce Management;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
technology;
Hardware;
Information technology;
Internet;
Mobile technology;
Online technology;
search technology;
Software;
Web;
Web Sites;
Wireless technology;
Resource Allocation;
Computer Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Entertainment And Recreation Industry;
Information technology Industry;
Retail Industry;
Service Industry;
technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Video Game Industry;
United States;
Minnesota;
Minneapolis;
Saint Paul;
St. Paul
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Reinventing Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 716-455, March 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
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