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- 24 Sep 2018
- News
Why Bad “Plot Twists” Ruin Brand Stories
- 16 Oct 2018
- News
Why Is Amazon Going Crazy with Brick-and-Mortar?
- 04 Mar 2014
- News
Harvard Historian Nancy Koehn on Amazon's Tentacular Reach
- 21 Jun 2018
- News
Six Books Worth Reading This Summer
- 16 Apr 2020
- News
Is This the End of the Indie Bookstore?
- March 1997 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Amazon.com (A)
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, an Internet-based bookseller, has created one of the most successful ventures for electronic commerce on the Web. With revenue growing at a pace of 30% per month, Bezos attributes the success of Amazon.com to its value... View Details
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Dickson Louie. "Amazon.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-128, March 1997. (Revised April 1998.)
- 12 Aug 2018
- News
As Barnes & Noble Struggles to Find Footing, Founder Takes Heat
- 23 Jul 2019
- News
Barnes & Noble Sold. Now what?
- 07 Nov 2016
- HBS Seminar
Vishal Gaur, Johnson, Cornell University
- 17 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Teaming in the Twenty-First Century
Even as academic journals and business sections of bookstores fill up with titles devoted to teams, teamwork, and team players, Harvard Business School Professor Amy C. Edmondson wonders if many might be barking up the wrong tree. "I've... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
smell, would go. Behind the brown paper that covered the store’s windows for several months that year, Brody was building a new kind of brick-and-mortar bookstore for the age of Amazon. When BookHampton opened its doors in 1971, it wasn’t... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
slickness. Simple and clear go a long way." On Jack Welch: "His is the most astonishing story of a business leader. It's unbelievable." Photo courtesy of HBS Communications A stroll through the business section of any large bookstore... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 06 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Mechanisms of Technology Re-Emergence and Identity Change in a Mature Field: Swiss Watchmaking, 1970-2008
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996, she was overwhelmed. It was the pre-Internet era, with limited available information, but... View Details
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
takes to reinvent the bookstore for the age of Amazon Making Sense of the Modern Startup How Bill Sahlman invented Entrepreneurial Finance The Founding of AASU Four alumni recall the forces and factors that drove them to found the African... View Details
- 11 Jul 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Deconstructing 'Customer Experience'
With the help of LEGO bricks, business executives discover how design principles can serve as building blocks to create a great customer experience. How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.comIndy booksellers have... View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
renewed competitive identity. "Independent bookstores were founded on the idea of community building," Raffaelli says. "And today they have shifted their sole focus away from the books they sell—Amazon can do that. Rather,... View Details