New York (city, NY) - Publications - Faculty & Research

Leonard S. Riggio

Riggio founded the Student Book Exchange in 1965 and turned this small book store into a leading retailer. He acquired the venerable Barnes & Noble bookstore in New York in 1971 and adopted its name for... View Details

Keywords: Retail

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50225 Harvard Business School Case 515-701 Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Center Under the leadership of artistic director Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) hosts performances and education events... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

Curt Schilling winning game six of the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees, even as an injured ankle visibly soaked his sock with blood. In contrast, 2011 has been the year of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Banking

Career Coach

Matt Spielman

divisions and several initiatives in response to the dramatic changes in the media landscape. At Moxie Interactive, a digital media agency within the Publicis Groupe, Matt led the New York office and... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Sports; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All)

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

also be greater than on the Oslo Bors, the other possibility. Yet floating in the U.S. would involve greater compliance expense and might also require the management team to move to New York or Houston,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Jean Nidetch

Nidetch believed that her efforts to lose weight would be enhanced by talking to others going through the same process. What began as a small support group meeting in her New York apartment in 1963 turned... View Details

Keywords: Services

03 Oct 2008
News

Capitalism to the Rescue

18 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

in the nation. Some communities have attempted other measures to reduce the public’s soda consumption, including New York City’s proposed cap on portion sizes and Berkeley’s one-cent-per-ounce tax on sugary... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

13 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

Picture the Jamaican bobsled team going for the gold at the Winter Olympics. Or competitors in what seem fundamentally unbalanced battles: the Chicago Cubs versus the New York Yankees, Apple versus... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Apr 2017
News

Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World

Tucker York (MBA 1986) (photo by Chris Taggart) Tucker York (MBA 1986) (photo by Chris Taggart) DONOR: Tucker York (MBA 1986) Goldman Sachs Scholars Fellowship Tucker View Details

15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

down as chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange following weeks of intense public criticism over the size of his $190 million compensation package. As chairman of the committee that oversaw Grasso's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2014
News

Providing lessons in financial literacy

Sally Wood (MBA 1983) is COO of the Council for Economic Education (CEE), a nonprofit dedicated to teaching economics and personal finance to students from kindergarten through high school. Based in New York... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

executive in the advertising business in New York City. A devoted wife and mom of three sons, she spent 25 years as a caregiver for her husband, who suffered two serious strokes, and remained fiercely... View Details

Profile

Sherrese Clarke Suarez

Wall Street banker Sherrese Clarke Suarez (MBA 2004) works with the Council for Urban Professionals to help minority professionals advance in their careers to the C-suite and corporate boards. View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Nonprofit / Government

Fast Answer

Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship

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01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

moment, the model for Barnes & Noble, a venerable but struggling small chain, which that year sold its single remaining location on Fifth Avenue in New York to a bookseller named Leonard Riggio. But the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 2001
News

Fourth Annual African-American Alumni Association Conference

"Navigating Success in Volatile Times" will be the theme of this year's HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) conference. The fourth annual event, to be held October 5–7 at the Plaza Hotel in New View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

basis of a number of labor market clearinghouses around the world and have recently been implemented in school choice systems in Boston and New York City. In addition, the study of markets that have failed... View Details