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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
rich Brazilians. That sprawling financial district outside Sender's window? It didn't exist 20 years ago. "This was a swamp," she says. "There was nothing." Now it's considered one of the city's "downtowns," with lunch hour mobs of dress shirts and heels flooding... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Coach “Chuck” Jukes Convention
’Tis the season for bowl games and playoffs! If you’re stuck at midfield on your shopping list with the clock winding down, The Complete Handbook of Coaching Wide Receivers would make a great Hail Mary holiday gift. The treatise’s author... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
When the coronavirus pandemic led many brick-and-mortar retailers to close their doors, consumers turned to online shopping in record numbers—US ecommerce sales rose by 31.8 percent between the first and second quarter of 2020 to $211.5... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
benefit a wide variety of businesses, however, Sviokla offered a word of caution. "If you dive into the marketspace," he told the OPM graduates, "you have to expect that things are going to move very quickly." Golf and tennis tournaments, excursions to Disney's theme... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
large should initial innovation teams be? (Just a few people, but include seasoned members.) Should new projects be kept close to the core organization or set up shop on the periphery? (Depends if the innovation builds on core products or... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
hippie just out of college, borrowed $5,000 to open a photocopy shop near the University of California, Santa Barbara, campus. He called it "Kinko's" after the nickname given to him by his college buddies because of his curly, reddish... View Details
- 30 Aug 2018
- News
“No Interest in Being the Only”
that real estate was so tangible,” she said. “We all stay in hotels, we shop in malls, we work in offices. It’s an asset that you can touch and feel and understand.” “My grandfather hoboed from Tennessee to California,” Hale said. “My dad... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Hollywood Squared
American shopping mall.” Citing an “explosion of home-grown content” in diverse countries around the world, he added that “globalization does not mean homogeneity. It means heterogeneity.” Lynton’s is a respected voice, as was underscored... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Internet Tsunami
Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA '93) is the founder, president, and CEO of Rakuten, Japan's leading online shopping destination. He believes that because the Internet allows merchants to circumvent the many intermediaries who jack up prices in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Business Plan Contest Has Many Winners
entrepreneur-owned, for-profit centers throughout rural India would offer one-stop shopping locations for customers needing government-required permits and deeds, microfinancing, agricultural information, and other essential services. A... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
the McDonald’s in the shopping center across Main Street from FreshBox Farms could be offering meatless burgers soon: The fast-food chain recently announced a trial partnership with Beyond Meat, whose products are made in part from yellow... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
designate a knowledgeable person, independent of both issuers and rating agencies, to select a rating agency for the bond issuer and negotiate a rating fee. This would eliminate the two worst abuses: the issuer shopping for a higher... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
Toys. It has set up its manufacturing channels to meet the strict schedules that these stores require. Still, Moynihan is discouraged by trends in the retail market. “Some of the smaller toy shops are really struggling, and that is bad... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler (MBA 1971)
chain's 38 similarly decorated stores -- is a fantasyland of whirling gizmos, blinking lights, talking bears, and singing clocks. The mazelike layout of the Fifth Avenue shop spans two levels and is filled from floor to ceiling with toys,... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Marketable Skill
four hundred purveyors of the market's assorted handmade crafts, antiques, second-hand clothing, artwork, fresh produce, and exotica. Of these many merchants who set up shop - weather permitting - each weekend morning on the blacktopped... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
Associate Professor Antonio Moreno and Senior Lecturer Jill Avery (image by John Ritter) While legacy companies like Sears are shuttering their doors, a growing number of online-first companies—from Amazon to Rent the Runway—are opening new storefronts and transforming... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
getting people in the door of a museum has intensified. Admission fees and retail income from gift shops and food sales can have a significant impact on the museum as a whole. Because the Smithsonian's NMNH is located in the heart of one... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
Center for Entrepreneurship. “We started Hue in our RC year at HBS, and we actually met in the Startup Bootcamp and started working together,” says Shah. The cofounders combined their previous tech and retail expertise to create Hue, with a goal of helping people feel... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
marketing, were as follows: Africa Angus Rowe, OPM 38 2009 LifeQube mobile clinic management Watch their pitch. Asia-Pacific Oliver Segovia, MBA '10 Jennifer Kelly, MBA '10 AVA invitation-only shopping platform Watch their pitch. Canada... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
in his big leather chair and knew I wanted to be in business someday. Those visits entered my DNA.” Culture shock: “My HBS study group had a good laugh when we went grocery shopping together. I was absolutely overwhelmed by choosing from... View Details