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  • June 2008
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Threadless: The Business of Community (TN)

By: Karim R. Lakhani
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Abstract

Teaching Note for 608707

Keywords

Internet and the Web; Civil Society or Community; Competition; Blogs; Business Model; Decisions; Design; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Chicago

Citation

Lakhani, Karim R. "Threadless: The Business of Community (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 608-169, June 2008.
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Karim R. Lakhani

Technology and Operations Management
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