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- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/615044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-018 Macy's: Evolution in the Sunshine State In 2009, Lee O'Rourke was promoted to district vice president in charge of Macy's newly created North Florida district. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?
home improvement goods. Low-end department stores and clothing retailers avoid the practice more often. “We hope this research will help companies formulate the essence of their pricing strategies and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
- 21 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?
down from almost $18 billion to $17 billion. That comes out to sales of about $150 per square foot, which is probably in the lower third of department store sales, if not the lowest. In contrast, competitors... View Details
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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
creation of department store groups such as Federated Department Stores, Allied Department Stores, and Interstate View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
were waiting for a business meeting and were wrongly accused of loitering at a Starbucks store. “We work to create a warm, welcoming environment in our stores for every customer that visits Starbucks, and on that day in Philadelphia, we... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 16 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.
environment has resulted in volatility in purchases and productivity across idiosyncratic product categories, resulting in a net economic crisis of a type that has not been witnessed by anyone alive today. Government-imposed quarantines, self-isolation, and closures of... View Details
- 19 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
Service is a branch of the U.S Department of the Interior, responsible for preserving natural and cultural resources for the American people. Rhea supported the Submerged Resources Center, the NPS’ national dive program. This team helps... View Details
- 12 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Pay Workers More So They Steal Less
from chain stores and interviewed managers of nine convenience store chains. The first data set, for the year 1999, came from 76 stores in a midsize retail chain and was used... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Department of Commerce. Research Friend-shoring strategies shouldn’t count China out yet , Hinrich Foundation, 2022. Seven Things You Should Know to Understand the Supply Chain , The Wall Street Journal, 2022. In Uncertain Times, Big... View Details
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business
Administration (WPA), taught finance at Howard University, and was executive secretary in the Urban League of Canton, Ohio. Monroe Davis Dowling, MBA 1931 Upon graduation from HBS, Monroe Davis Dowling worked for the Colored Merchants' Association (CMA), a cooperative... View Details
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Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
elements of IT Systems Description 1. Centered on patients Follows patients over the full cycle of care, including multi-site inpatient care, outpatient care and over all interventions Data is summarized by patient rather than by hospital, location, or View Details
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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
$89.75, the leather-bound Polaroid Land Camera, Model 95, represented a high-end consumer purchase. All 56 cameras brought to the Jordan Marsh demonstration sold out. After its Boston debut, the Land Camera appeared at department View Details
- 18 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech
non-compete agreements affect employers and professionals in technology? Andy Wu: A ban on non-compete agreements would be great for professionals in the technology industry, ranging from software developers to account managers. Non-compete agreements restrict View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
rights. Mr. Burgstone earned a BS in engineering from the University of Illinois, an MS in engineering from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He received the 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of Illinois View Details
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
financial advisory capacity in U.S. and foreign transactions. By 1966, Lehman Brothers, described by Time magazine as “a diversified department store of high finance,” ranked among the nation’s top... View Details
- 26 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food
Advertisement for DuPont Cellophane from The Saturday Evening Post, 1950. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records (Accession 1803), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington,... View Details
- 22 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading
people. That’s a big transition that many people can’t make.” Source: Harvard Business School Working Knowledge It’s a problem that can permeate any layer of a business—a star performer is tapped to become a manager, then flops on the next rung of the career ladder.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman