Publications

2012
Working Paper

Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories Before 2000: Global Visions and Local Expressions

By: Geoffrey Jones

This working paper examines the creation of the global natural food and beauty categories before 2000. This is shown to have been a lengthy process of new category creation involving the exercise of entrepreneurial imagination. Pioneering entrepreneurs faced little... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Consumer Goods; Entrepreneurs; Environment; Food; Globalization; Business History; Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America

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September 1988
Supplement

Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (D)

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

September 1988 (Revised April 1991)
Case

Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (C)

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

September 2013 (Revised November 2015)
Case

Living Proof: Are We a Technology Company or a Beauty Company?

By: Willy Shih

Jon Flint came up with the idea of a science-based beauty company while talking with his hairdresser about the problems with typical hair and skin care products. Together with a small team that included Professor Robert Langer of MIT, he committed to assemble a team... View Details

Educators

September 1988
Supplement

Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (E)

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

16 Jul 2010
News

Harvard Scholar Writes Beauty History Book

13 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories Before 2000: Global Visions and Local Expressions

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics; Beauty & Cosmetics

January 1988 (Revised February 1990)
Case

Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (B)

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

January 1988 (Revised July 1989)
Case

Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (A)

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

Research Summary

Overview

By: Nancy F. Koehn

My research focuses on crisis leadership and how leaders and their teams rise to the challenges of high-stakes situations. Using the lens of history, my work examines how individual leaders from business, government and other walks accomplish important—often seemingly... View Details

Keywords: Courageous Leadership In Turbulent Times; Emotional Experience Of Leaders; History Of Leadership; Leadership; Entrepreneurship; History; Media And Broadcasting Industry; Health Industry; Beauty And Cosmetics Industry; Fashion Industry; Advertising Industry; United States; Europe

25 May 2021
Blog Post

Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics

beauty company.” Experienced founders shared their expertise on starting a business, beauty industry professionals gave advice about which trade organizations to join, View Details

January 1989
Supplement

Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (G), Supplement

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

March 2016 (Revised August 2022)
Case

Fair & Lovely vs. Dark is Beautiful

By: Rohit Deshpande and Saloni Chaturvedi

Women of Worth (WOW) is an organization that seeks to empower women through training and workshops. The organization has also fought against discrimination based on the color of a person's skin through its “Dark is Beautiful” campaign—endorsed by well-known... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Race; Marketing; Social Issues; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

Educators

April 2011
Teaching Note

Leasing Decision at Magnet Beauty Products, Inc. (TN)

By: Krishna G. Palepu and George Serafeim

Teaching Note for 111039. View Details

Keywords: Leasing; Financial Statements; Accounting; Standards; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

September 2010 (Revised September 2011)
Case

Leasing Decision at Magnet Beauty Products, Inc.

By: Krishna G. Palepu and George Serafeim

A fast-growing retailer is facing two different leasing options for its stores. In choosing between the two options, management is considering the potential impact of the two options on the company's financial statements, in light of the proposed new accounting... View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Standards; Leasing; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

Educators

September 1988
Supplement

Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (C), Assignment Sheet

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

06 Dec 2021
News

Turning Point: Makeover

spirit. I started a skincare brand called Tatcha to share my learning journey with others and also to create the company I had always wanted to work for. Brad Murray (MBA 2007) became my cofounder and we... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; leadership; purpose; Asian American; beauty industry; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

January 1994 (Revised July 2000)
Exercise

Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds--Duration Analysis

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

Walt Disney Co. issues a 100-year bond. This case describes the terms of the bond and immediate capital market reaction. View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Bonds; Valuation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry