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- November 1991 (Revised July 1995)
- Case
Body Shop International
Describes the start-up and rapid growth of a company whose founder holds strong, non-traditional beliefs about the role of the corporation and its responsibility to society. After profiling Anita Roddick as a person, the case describes the anti-mainstream approach she... View Details
- April 1991 (Revised March 2017)
- Teaching Note
Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (A) and (B)
By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for (9-190-103) and (9-190-122). View Details
- September 1990 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
Procter & Gamble Japan (A)
Ten years after entering Japan, P&G had accumulated over $250 million in operating losses on declining annual sales of $120 million by 1983. The decision facing the president of P&G International: exit, retrench or rebuild the operation? Ironically, the initial entry... View Details
- September 1990 (Revised November 1991)
- Supplement
Procter & Gamble Japan (C)
Updates the (A) case. The issues facing P&G were two-fold. 1) General manager, Japan--how to keep both the business and organization growing; 2) President, international--what role should the Japanese operation play in the P&G worldwide business? View Details
- September 1990 (Revised June 1994)
- Supplement
Procter & Gamble Japan (D)
1990 update of the P&G Japanese business. View Details
- March 1990 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (A)
By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
Describes the incentive system by which Mary Kay Cosmetics motivates the sales force of 200,000 independent agents who comprise the firm's only distribution channel. Illustrates the powerful effect on sales-force behavior that results when creative types of employee... View Details
- March 1990 (Revised March 1992)
- Supplement
Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (B)
By: Robert L. Simons
Details the changes made to the VIP automobile plan. View Details
- January 1989
- Supplement
Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (G), Supplement
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
- January 1989 (Revised February 1989)
- Case
Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (G)
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
- October 1988 (Revised February 1990)
- Case
Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (F)
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
- September 1988 (Revised April 1991)
- Case
Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (C)
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
- September 1988
- Supplement
Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (C), Assignment Sheet
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
- January 1988 (Revised July 1989)
- Case
Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (A)
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
- January 1988 (Revised February 1990)
- Case
Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (B)
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
- January 1983 (Revised June 1985)
- Case
Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.: Marketing Communications
By: John A. Quelch
Marketing executives at the company are considering the merits of a variety of communications programs designed to increase the effectiveness of the company's sales force of beauty consultants. View Details
- July 1981 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
American Distilling Co. (A)
- July 1981 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
American Distilling Co. (B)
- May 1981 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Chesebrough-Pond's, Inc.: Vaseline Petroleum Jelly
By: John A. Quelch
The product manager for Vaseline Petroleum Jelly has to prepare the 1978 brand budget and determine expenditure levels for advertising, trade promotion, and consumer promotion. View Details