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- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
ambitious and bold—both criteria that have framed Royster’s career from the start. His initial break with convention occurred after his first year in college, when he took a year off from Duke to work retail near his hometown, in Newton,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
New Venture Winner an Undercover Success
recipient of $25,000 for TrophoMax, a producer of patented seed and leaf inoculants. Jonathan Assayag (MBA 2010) of the HBS Club of Brazil was a semifinalist for Lema21, an online retail channel for quality... View Details
- 14 Jul 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)
What are your long-term goals for the company? “In the short term, we are raising a new round of financing to boost our growth in Mexico and to launch an operation in Brazil and in Central America. In the long term, we aspire to be the largest View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- News
Living the Legacy
HBX CORe, a three-course online program that teaches the fundamentals of business, he knew his children would benefit from the content and the high quality of instruction that had set the foundation for his own career success. Ray... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Kill Groupthink
and your organization. Escape the bubble. With more than 90 percent of our information-gathering happening online these days, we are subject to more and more confirmation bias in the information we consume. The result is de facto tunnel... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
At Cyberposium, Amazon's Bezos Debunks Internet Myths
world," he said. "Probably more so because more business models are possible online." Myth #5: It's easier for bricks-and-mortar retailers to extend their business. Using books as an example, Bezos noted that View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
its wine, but inferior product from Canada and China had begun flooding the market, driving down retail prices from $50 a pound that year to $12 a pound by 2006. Instead of joining the family business, Hsu went to work for General Mills... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 03 Oct 2017
- News
Can Bezos’s Ties to Boston—and HBS—Seal the Deal?
electronics devices to Amazon’s online storefront. HBS would continue to play a role in Amazon’s development, with the article noting that two of Amazon’s earliest acquisitions included local companies founded by Warren Adams (MBA 1998)... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
collection, a unique research and teaching resource that comprises more than 140 videos of HBS faculty interviewing business leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The five new videos feature South African business leaders in the banking (Cas... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
Amazon and relying instead on Shopify as an online storefront and on ShipBob for fulfillment. Then came the cold shower of reality: Customer acquisition beyond Amazon can prove very expensive. He decided to offer Neutrall’s products there... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
algorithms to analyze radiology scans, applying quantitative analytics to marketing movies, and analyzing sales data from an online flash retail site to develop a better pricing model. The teaching and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
in an Omnichannel World, Vol. 8 edited by Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno, Sicupira Family Associate Professor, Technology and Operations Management Unit Springer Series in Supply Chain Management The world of retailing has changed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
expertise in various parts of a complex supply chain and high efficiency (to keep lead times down and costs manageable). But that is valuable precisely because it is difficult and thus very hard to replicate. —Ankur Daga (MBA 2005) What makes this View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
When Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) first read of Amazon’s search for a second headquarters in the Wall Street Journal, he was certain the newspaper had made a typo. The online retailer couldn’t be talking about... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Learning to Speak the Language of Business
companies with a commanding presence in their home markets. But to call Mikitani’s company, Rakuten, the Amazon.com of Japan would overlook fundamental differences for customers and merchants alike. “We created a real online marketplace... View Details
- 08 Jan 2025
- News
Mapping Pain Points at the IRS
Having spent a decade helping retailers optimize customer service, Fumi Tamaki (MBA 2014) could not pass up the opportunity in June 2024 to take on the challenge of improving the customer experience at the government organization that serves more Americans annually... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
to last-mile business from FedEx, UPS, and Amazon. Unfortunately, the online retailer is piloting its own delivery service that would put it in direct competition with the Postal Service. And Amazon isn’t... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Local Customs
“We want to be the Sam Adams of the auto world.” Rogers launched his Massachusetts-based company, Local Motors, with $4 million in start-up capital; its online contest (LocalMotors.com/competition.php) invites the public in various cities... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game Dysfunction
Professor Lynda Applegate’s Building E-Businesses course does more than just translate standard case material into an online format. She uses audio and video clips for storytelling, then offers eye-catching visuals and drill-down... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
wants to open a chain of retail shops selling a commodity product you can get anywhere for 25 cents, but he will charge 2 dollars. Of course, you listen politely and then fall off your chair laughing when he leaves. [Starbucks founder]... View Details