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- April 2021 (Revised July 2021)
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StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)
By: Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2015 by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, and Greg Schwartz, StockX was an online platform where users could buy and sell unworn luxury and limited-edition sneakers. Sneaker resale prices often fluctuated over time based on supply and demand, creating a robust... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Analytics and Data Science; Market Design; Digital Platforms; Market Transactions; Marketplace Matching; Supply and Industry; Analysis; Price; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; North and Central America; United States; Michigan; Detroit
Farronato, Chiara, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb, and Julia Kelley. "StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 621-107, April 2021. (Revised July 2021.)
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-003.pdf Preference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Abstract Many labor markets share... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Leadership That Defines you – Reflecting on my Time at HBS
just give you the playbook to business. I think it's one thing to know that going in, and quite another to experience it firsthand. 2. "Make sure your actual strategy matches your intended strategy." I took a class called... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
full of potential and is truly underserved. I believe that it’s of paramount importance for HBS to assist alums willing to endeavor to make a difference here. The potential this support can unlock has no limits.” MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: The Digital Transformation of... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
investment flow adjustment costs in the developing economy. We calibrate the model to match the Mexico-U.S. trade and FDI flows. The model is able to explain (1) why U.S. shocks have a larger effect on Mexico than in the U.S. and hence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
Jim Knott's Aquamesh lobster traps set a new standard for durability, quickly supplanting the wooden traps used by generations of lobstermen. Chinese knockoffs failed to match Aquamesh's patented process. Will business leaders reconnect... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
populous that drove a Toyota Prius in 2008, and the pro-environmental voting record of each city's delegates to the California legislature. They then matched cities that had adopted green-building policies to cities that had not. "We... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
of SK Telecom's CSR efforts supports its strategy. The key dilemma he is faced with is whether to change the design of the CSR organization, or perhaps revise the CSR strategy to better match the existing organizational architecture.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
estimates around 10 can match observed risk premia for the wealthiest stockholders across sets of test assets that include the 25 Fama and French size and value portfolios, the market portfolio, bond portfolios, and the entire... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising
Moreover, text ads are viewed more favorably by users, e.g., as potentially useful rather than distracting. Also, search ads can better match users' apparent interests. So for many publishers, display ads are not a viable alternative. Nor... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
join an Uber-like platform to match skilled refugees with talent-hungry companies. A visionary journalist-turned-entrepreneur closed social divides by giving 50 million social media users access to free local education and culture. Read... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 30 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell
year or two, to develop. 2. Redeployment. Consistent with the family's strategic plan, they redeploy the proceeds of a business sale in assets (usually more diversified assets) that match the family's talents, aspirations, and needs.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
the potential to be a great business leader. We also have a responsibility to match our predecessors' careful planning and high standards as we develop our extraordinary campus. With last spring's groundbreaking for Hawes Hall, a building... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
information, and then synthesize the data points quickly into something that facilitates a course of action,” she recalls. The energizing business school environment was matched in spades at Soros Fund Management, where Dias Griffin went... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
to see if their explanations matched their actions; and traced the performance of the companies they invested in. As she described in a previous paper published in Administrative Science Quarterly, decisions attributed to gut feel were... View Details
- 25 Jul 2024
- News
Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success
Clubs News Clubs News It’s been a decade since the HBS Club of Singapore (HBSCS) launched its signature Mentorship Program, aimed at helping local university and trade school students to prepare for life after graduation, both personally and professionally. The program... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Education Sector Opportunities at HBS
designed to connect recent grads with more experienced alumni in their fields. Through the Compass mentorship program, Alyssa has been matched with a local alum with decades of education sector leadership. More about Alyssa and... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Diversifying HBS's Case Collection
Group (CRG) has helped faculty members source case leads beyond traditional networks. With the support of the Global Initiative and Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, the CRG has created a new case tracking system to help match faculty... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
up-or-out knowledge organization, we assess the distinct effects of demographic match with superiors and demographic match with peers on the exit of junior professionals. We find largely cooperative effects... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace