New Anchor Store - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Bitcoin

Keywords: by Rainer Böhme, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman & Tyler Moore; Banking

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Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Library Search Search Search Lehman Brothers: 1850 - 2008 Exhibition Lehman Brothers Timeline 1844 Henry Lehman emigrates from Rimpar, Germany, and settles in Montgomery, Alabama, where he opens a general store specializing in dry goods.... View Details

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

involves spending over $250. Intergold's stand-alone stores have low walk-in traffic, but customers are more likely to make a purchase in the $400 and up range. Malls are a better fit with the Shoppers' Stop and Pantaloons model. "I... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

25 Oct 2016
First Look

October 25, 2016

less desirable merchandise through outlet stores to prevent cannibalization of regular store revenues by means of exploiting the positive correlation between consumers' travel sensitivity and taste for View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jul 2016
HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

New businesses often struggle finding their first customers. The challenge is even more difficult with startups in the sharing economy that launch as platforms connecting independent service providers with consumers. Take Uber. Its... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation

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Help - Alumni

Fitness Portal . What are the hours of the COOP? Hours and store info for the HBS COOP are at: https://store.thecoop.com/store-locations/ The Class of 1959 Chapel HBS alumni may use the Class of 1959 Chapel for weddings and memorials,... View Details

22 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

How to Make AI 'Forget' All the Private Data It Shouldn't Have

of a recent election. Or perhaps the training data contains copyrighted data that we might not have permission to use, creating litigation risk for companies that train on that data. Just last week the New York Times sued OpenAI for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

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FAQs - Alumni

Street. Vehicles should not be left overnight. Will luggage storage be available on campus during Reunions? Luggage storage is available in Klarman Hall on Friday and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. All articles are stored at the... View Details

07 Jun 2023
HBS Case

3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook

perk that allowed Amazon to capture market share and eventually blow past Sony, which after years of struggling, closed its e-reader store in 2014. “Without creating a competitive advantage, it is difficult for companies to produce and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

fueling the country’s greatest economic downturn since the crash of 1929. On September 16, 2008, one day after Lehman’s collapse, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York lent $85 billion to the global insurance company American International... View Details

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Africa - Global

admissions and outreach activities on the continent. Locations Africa Research Center: Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa Africa Research Center: Lagos Lagos, Nigeria Africa Research Center: Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya News & Highlights... View Details

23 Nov 2021
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What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins

for strategic change. Book Excerpt Win from Within: Build Organizational Culture For Competitive Advantage James Heskett Effective Cultures Anchor Strategic Change Most discussions of the relationship between culture and strategy focus on... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Economic Development in Inner Cities - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

competitiveness. Nowhere are the opportunities for creating shared value more apparent than in impoverished urban areas. Read More Related Resources 14 Nov 2011 Initiative for a Competitive Inner City New York City’s View Details

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

previously lived outside India rely significantly more on diaspora networks for business leads and financing. This is especially true for entrepreneurs who are based outside software hubs—where getting leads to new businesses and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

direction of CEO Michael Jeffries, the company held onto a hint of its hallmark safari style while putting a greater emphasis on casual clothes and ballooned to more than 1,000 stores worldwide, with revenues exceeding $3.5 billion by... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories

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Podcast - Business & Environment

how IKEA is redesigning iconic products like the Billy bookcase to make them easier to disassemble and repair, how secondhand retail pilot programs at IKEA stores are reaching new customers, and how... View Details

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Middle East & North Africa - Global

Research Center: Cairo Cairo, Egypt Middle East and North Africa Research Center: Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey Israel Research Office Tel Aviv, Israel News & Highlights JUNE 2025 MBA Admissions HBS MBA Admissions Events in Istanbul, Türkiye... View Details

04 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Multi-Sided Platforms

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Julian Wright

17 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

literature. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-058.pdf Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout? Authors:Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Joel Waldfogel Abstract Since the dawn of... View Details