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- 2018
- Working Paper
Ethical Hedonism? The Diffusion of Fair Trade and Ecological Certifications to Luxury, Lifestyle and Illicit Goods.
By: Kristin Sippl
Book project exploring ethical consumption options in four understudied lifestyle sectors: jewelry, cannabis, pets and plastics. View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
house under her name in a partnership with the luxury conglomerate Kering as a 50/50 joint venture in 2001. A lifelong vegetarian, Stella McCartney does not use any leather or fur in her collections, which include women's ready-to-wear,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
distinction is possible because strategy and business model are different constructs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-036.pdf The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- January 2009
- Case
VOSS Artesian Water from Norway
By: Youngme E. Moon, Gail J. McGovern, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Vincent Marie Dessain
VOSS is a Norwegian bottled water company that produces one of the world's purest drinking waters, sold at an ultra-premium price in a sleek cylindrical glass bottle of minimalist design. In the U.S. (the company's primary market), VOSS's high-end brand presence is... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product; Luxury; Food and Beverage Industry; Norway; United States
Moon, Youngme E., Gail J. McGovern, Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Vincent Marie Dessain. "VOSS Artesian Water from Norway." Harvard Business School Case 509-040, January 2009.
- June 1991
- Teaching Note
Regency Plaza, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-391-021). View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
biopharmaceutical firms, to evaluate the attractiveness of the merger, and to select a funding option. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/215079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-073 Jimmy Choo Jimmy Choo is a British View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
Retail and Luxury Goods Conference on April 3. Chadwick noted that while department stores used to be where shoppers went for everything from baby clothes to furniture to power tools, many stores have now limited their assortment and... View Details
- October 1984
- Teaching Note
NIKE (D): Leisure Shoes, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-385-031). View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
notions of strategy, business model, and tactics. The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making Published: November 25, 2009 Gandhi once wrote that "a certain degree of physical harmony... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (A): True to Brand?
By: Jeffrey Fear and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Examines one of the most important entrepreneurial decisions made in the history of Porsche, made in early 1998: to build a sport utility vehicle (SUV)--the Cayenne. After decades of relying on one or two sports car models and nearly going bankrupt and losing its... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Supply Chain Management; Luxury; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Globalization; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry
Fear, Jeffrey, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (A): True to Brand?" Harvard Business School Case 706-018, January 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- June 2005
- Background Note
Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market
By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han
Provides an overview of the Japanese apparel market, which was a 13.1 trillion yen industry in 2003, reflecting 5.5% year-over-year shrinkage since 1997, when retailers logged 17.5 trillion yen in sales. Compared to their global counterparts, Japanese apparel shoppers... View Details
Keywords: Trends; Financial Crisis; Trade; Emerging Markets; Sales; Luxury; Competition; Segmentation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Asia; China; Japan; Korean Peninsula
Lal, Rajiv, and Arar Han. "Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 505-068, June 2005.
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
examines, in particular, Dior's innovative strategy to combine a high-fashion business in Paris with a ready-to-wear business in New York, and his subsequent pursuit of licensing opportunities in jewelry and other luxury products. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- July 2010
- Teaching Note
Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang (TN)
By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Lisa Kwan
Teaching Note for 410018. View Details
- 2019
- Working Paper
Golden Opportunity? Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
By: Kristin Sippl
While much is known about voluntary sustainability standards' contributions to certain issues in certain sectors, less is known about their contributions to the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper helps balance the... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability Standards; Gold; Certification; Eco-labeling; International Law; Extractive Industries; Fair Trade; United Nations; Sustainable Development; Environmental Sustainability; Standards; Adoption; Governance; Global Range; Luxury; Mining Industry
Sippl, Kristin. "Golden Opportunity? Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-024, September 2018. (Revised April 2019. Revise and Resubmit.)
- 19 Mar 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
your values Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values Fashion designer Stella McCartney shows that luxury and sustainability need not be mutually exclusive in a case study by Anat Keinan. Demonstrate bottom-line... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
hand the reins of the English luxury fashion company to chief creative officer Christopher Bailey. Under their partnership, in place since 2006, Burberry's revenues have tripled to more than two billion English pounds, and operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
on a sustained and balanced growth trajectory? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-078 Ghurka Ghurka was a 38-year-old luxury leather goods brand that specialized in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 2006
- Case
Vipp A/S
By: Robert D. Austin and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Rapidly growing Vipp sells highly differentiated (and expensive) "designer" versions of a product that most buyers think about in purely functional terms: Trash bins. Examines how the company successfully produces and positions a trash bin so that it is regarded as an... View Details
Austin, Robert D., and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Vipp A/S." Harvard Business School Case 607-052, December 2006.
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
food they consumed to the jobs they took. Environmental quality does behave like a luxury good.— Forest L. Reinhardt All that has changed, partly due to alarming disasters such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 and the 1984 Union... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54794 Harvard Business School Case 518-047 Armarium: Luxury Fashion Brands for Rent Armarium, a two-sided online platform that offered consumers the opportunity to rent the most coveted,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne