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- 07 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook
fees that other brands pay department stores and other distributors. While it doesn’t charge the premium prices of competitors, its lower costs help it maintain an advantage. Perhaps recognizing that threat,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Finance - Faculty & Research
Brothers had evolved into a global fashion brand with over 140 stores across 13 countries. All four brothers remained on the board, actively shaping the company’s strategic direction. They credited much of their success to the strength of... View Details
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Middle East & North Africa - Global
powerful stories into HBS case studies, and the videos feature a distinguished lineup of speakers, including faculty members, subject matter experts, and the case protagonists. In addition to those themes, the Research & More segment introduces perspectives from... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Jones points to other successes like the employee-owned department store John Lewis, in the United Kingdom, or Bosch, which has been a steward-owned company since the 1960s. For these models to become... 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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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
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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
- 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