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- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J. Sturtevant Abstract—Technical debt is created when design decisions...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
least three plans, one based on "best case," one based on "worst case," and one representing "best guess." One could argue that the process itself has a degree of humility built into it. Fashion retailers...
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by James Heskett
- 23 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience
expect from a former analyst at Google Malaysia—or from a student at HBS—but she says there are pockets of creatives in the MBA program. “My section mate is building her own zero waste fashion design...
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- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
example, he argues, fashion industry competitors could agree among themselves to collectively manage resources to reduce the water pollution caused by their manufacturing processes. The beef industry could agree to collaborate on...
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- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
modernity in the 1920s and 1930s, Chanel's designs wrapped high and low cultural references into beautiful yet practical clothing and jewelry for women of Europe and the Americas. In their articulation of clean, classic lines, her View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
fashion Ramo describes his association with pioneering network designers and malevolent hackers alike. He also concentrates on the vulnerability of networks, especially those fueled by the Internet. First,...
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by James Heskett
- 02 May 2005
- What Do You Think?
Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?
Summing Up Consumer generated marketing is a fact of life to which all of us will have to adapt. Adaptation means learning how to use CGM to provide one form of input in fashioning product and marketing decisions. Those are the messages...
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by James Heskett
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
lawsuits against Blitz had followed. A former Blitz employee has testified that Blitz presented a revised gas can design to Walmart that would prevent the burn injuries by installing an "arrestor," a device that would prevent a...
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- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
the merino fabric, or should he go the inherently subjective fashion route, given that the technical apparel market in China is virtually nonexistent? Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Minal Mehta
the best music and dance of Bollywood and infuse it with an interval training–based cardio workout to create a fitness program that is both physically and mentally invigorating for our class participants. We have designed a unique...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
being brought on by the board at Liz Claiborne as vice chairman and COO in 1994. Founded in 1976 by fashion designer Liz Claiborne, her husband, Arthur Ortenberg, and two other partners, the tiny shop had...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
pricing decisions on a daily basis. Rue La La is in the online fashion sample sales industry, where they offer extremely limited-time discounts on designer apparel and accessories. One of the retailer's main...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
designing focused experiments to test hypotheses in a capital-efficient fashion in order to achieve product-market fit. But ICOs substantially limit the benefits associated with such staged experimentation...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
strategy, we found that there were thirteen markets in America where the majority of fashion goods are sold. In each of those markets, there is a central place where people do their serious shopping. We've View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
and PhytoTEK were semifinalists, while AI Exchange received a mention at Monday's awards dinner as the winner of an informal popular vote. Modeled after the HBS student Business Plan Contest, now in its 15th year, the Alumni New Venture Contest was View Details
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
a high margin. That's similar to a fashion brand like Chanel (though fashion brands have higher margins). Acurio is following a portfolio logic, similar to, say, Penguin, which has Penguin Classics and all...
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- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
$280 and $300 million in revenues this year. The Bulletin caught up with Andrus at the company’s Park City headquarters, where Skullcandy creates and markets high-quality, boldly designed headphones, earbuds, speaker docks, iPhone/iPod...
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- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
location. A new fashion designer in France aspires to set up shop in Paris rather than Lyons because of the cachet associated with being a fashion View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
sensitive to the solicited person’s gender, with women responding more than men. These results shed light on the factors that drive employees’ engagement in organizational tasks, beyond regular duties, and provide insights on how to View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Annual Report 2016 - Annual Report 2016
business background. 165 Participants from 76 colleges More on PEEK Jul 2015 Summer Venture in Management Designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education, the Summer Venture in Management Program is a one-week...
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