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Nancy F. Koehn

Nancy F. Koehn is a historian at the Harvard Business School where she holds the James E. Robison chair of Business Administration. Koehn's research focuses on crisis leadership and how leaders and their teams rise to the challenges of high-stakes situations. Her... View Details

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Founders & Investors - Entrepreneurship

Advent International MBA 1954 Dina Burkitbayeva Beauty on Demand MBA 2015 Frank J. Caufield Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & Byers MBA 1968 Ian Chan Abpro MBA 2001 Charles Clareman Tiggly MBA 2013 Scott D. Cook Intuit MBA 1976 Michelle... View Details

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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

brand to new heights. Since its founding in 2014, Glossier had disrupted the beauty industry, created a powerful community-driven brand, and was looking to build the business that would unlock its growth and potential. With diverse... View Details

June 2017 (Revised December 2017)
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CJ E&M: KCON Goes Global

By: Elie Ofek and Michael Norris

In January of 2017, CJ Entertainment & Media (E&M) proudly announced that it will be holding its first ever KCON in Mexico City just two months later. CJ Group Chairman Jay Lee and Vice Chairwoman Miky Lee are pleased at the progress that KCON, a Korean-oriented music... View Details

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Food; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

every thinking teenager feels at some point.” Foundational: “Thoreau and Emerson had a big part in my intellectual formation. Their emphasis on simplicity and nature feels very Asian to me. Walden is one of the most beautiful texts I’ve... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

06 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

that increase confidence in a person’s entrepreneurial abilities. Like the conviction of Marla Malcolm Beck and husband Barry Beck that high-end beauty retail stores and spas, tightly coupled with online stores, was the business model of... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge

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Employee Welfare – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

sick pay, disability benefits, and stock purchase plans, Western Electric workers could participate in a range of recreational and educational programs from running meets, tennis games, and baseball leagues to lunchtime concerts, beauty... View Details

25 Jan 2017
HBS Case

How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?

fairer, while many European and American women prefer a dark tan. “This is an issue that manifests in many different societies,” Deshpandé says. “Although this case study originated in India, the issues it deals with are universal issues that business leaders have to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Beauty & Cosmetics

02 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

and a former professional French-horn player, Brooks came to the subject of happiness by way of art. His early research focused on why people produce and consume art and beauty as well as the motives behind human generosity. He discovered... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now

soccer-legs giving out). There have been losses: my dad and my brother, almost my mother. I lost a job that I hated and it was incredibly painful, but I learned that my career is more than one job. Happily, there have been many more gains: my amazing husband,... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

04 May 2021
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Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

organization. To find out what drove each member of Best Buy’s executive team, I organized a dinner in 2016, in a room overlooking Minneapolis’s beautiful Lake Bde Maka Ska. It was part of one of our regular quarterly retreats. Everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

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Faculty & Research - Business History

who have inspired him, and the impact of Black Americans in the military throughout U.S. history. 21 Nov 2023 News The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm? Re: Geoffrey Jones 2023 Book Suharto's Cold War:... View Details

05 Apr 2024
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How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Zoe Bhargava

fluctuating and often uncertain job market. Joining a Series A startup was a huge risk, but that was exactly the beauty of the 2+2 program – it allowed me and even encouraged me to take such a risk. These experiences will not only be... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS

inspiring, but imperfect, humans, and that’s the beauty of the HBS experience. 2. Everyone has a story to tell. What distinguishes individuals at HBS are lived experiences, unique perspectives, and stories to tell. The summer before HBS,... View Details

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Nicolle Richards

discovered beauty in much of the new. The gray area I suddenly operated in infused my choices with enormous significance, as I began to see my actions as the thing that would ultimately define who I am. Once, I believed in prayer. Now, I... View Details

07 Jul 2019
HBS Case

Walmart's Workforce of the Future

annual revenue at those stores from $142.5 billion in 2009 to 97.7 billion in 2018. During the same time period, revenue at Walmart’s “supercenters” (larger stores that also sell groceries and often include services such as eye care, View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

12 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

tell if these online matches came to fruition in real life.) Defining desirability To sort matches, the researchers measured desirability, though not in the “supermodel” sense. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: The team determined... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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Raphael Geismar

I want to be a restless farmer. The kind that disseminates seeds all along the way, and patiently helps them grow and bloom. I never want to lose contact with the natural beauty of life and effort, I don't want to use any shortcuts or be... View Details

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Varnika Menghnani

lens, and there was not a single person in the classroom without tears in their eyes. HBS classrooms allow you to be vulnerable in the most beautiful ways. What is your favorite childhood memory? My favorite childhood memory is my mom... View Details

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