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- 21 Nov 2023
- Op-Ed
The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?
In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details
- December 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Ebony Magazine
By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Jackson
For nearly 75 years, the Johnson Publishing Company has been the most successful African American magazine publisher. Its flagship Ebony magazine was an iconic coffee table fixture for decades in black households of all classes, making founder John H. Johnson... View Details
Keywords: Business Restructuring; Media; Race Characteristics; Social History; Contemporary History; Fairness; Race; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Adaptation; Consolidation; Culture; Brands and Branding; Journals and Magazines; Decisions; Business History; Restructuring; Innovation and Management; Crisis Management; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry; Chicago
Rogers, Steven, and Derrick Jackson. "Ebony Magazine." Harvard Business School Case 317-043, December 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
no point at which this becomes easy. Both Leach and Stockdale note that success in a long-term survival situation means getting up and fighting each day. Stockdale wrote in A Vietnam Experience: Ten Years of Reflection that it was “the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
has quality variations, reducing consumption. Five independent growers formed a cooperative to provide quality control and a brand name—Ripe 'N Ready—that enabled retailers to differentiate their stores and producers to differentiate the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
workstations, and related support services. Bradley's PSG had played an important role in HP's financial success over the previous three years. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509010 IBM: The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Want from Your Products
get done, and design products and brands that fill that need. In this excerpt, the authors look at designing products that do a job rather than fill a product segment. With few exceptions, every job people need or want to do has a social,... View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
reporting's current state of play, the authors provide guidance to ensure wider adoption of the practice and success of the movement, starting with how companies can improve their own reporting processes. But the support of investors,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- December 2007 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol in 2007: Beyond the Galácticos
By: Anita Elberse and John A. Quelch
On June 17, 2007, Real Madrid sealed its first Spanish league championship under new president Ramon Calderon, ending an unprecedented title drought. Real Madrid had seen a significant growth in revenues and now was the world's biggest soccer club and among the largest... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Risk Management; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Sports; Sports Industry
Elberse, Anita, and John A. Quelch. "Real Madrid Club de Fútbol in 2007: Beyond the Galácticos." Harvard Business School Case 508-060, December 2007. (Revised October 2008.)
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
was an essential ingredient in the success of the transformation. The case ends with a review of changes in financial performance, employee attitudes and customer satisfaction. The case describes the important role that the human... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?
After successful stints at Target (vice president of merchandising) and Apple (senior vice president of retail operations), it seemed Ron Johnson could do no wrong. But the winning streak came to a well-publicized end during his two-year... View Details
- 17 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve
times did you buy “X” in the last month?”) and data-centric (“How often do you order takeout for dinner?). Problem validation Early in the process, more important than interest tests are tests that validate there is a problem worth solving and where exactly a product... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
PublicationsWhat to Ask the Person in the Mirror: The Seven Tests of Highly Effective Leaders Authors:Robert Steven Kaplan Publication:Harvard Business Publishing, forthcoming Abstract Successful leaders know that leadership is less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea – helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Business Organization; Change Management; Disruption; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Health Pandemics; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Channels; Network Effects; Digital Platforms; Product Design; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Social Issues; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Value Creation; United States; China
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Dan Maher, and Dan O'Brien. "TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?" Harvard Business School Case 821-087, February 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
Roc Nation, Random House, and Microsoft, and ensure success for each of the parties? And is pursuing this campaign idea a smart investment for the young agency? The case describes a set of decisions that paved the way for a groundbreaking... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Arnold Communications
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Jeremiah Weinstock
The new owner and CEO of Arnold Advertising, a relatively small regional agency, aims to build it into Arnold Communications--a much larger, stronger firm competing successfully for national accounts. As part of this growth strategy, the agency develops a process for... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Creativity; Entrepreneurship; Advertising; Business Processes; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; Advertising Industry
Amabile, Teresa M., and Jeremiah Weinstock. "Arnold Communications." Harvard Business School Case 899-083, September 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
Publications August 2013 Journal of Consumer Research Brand Tourists: How Non-Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride By: Bellezza, Silvia, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research examines how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2015 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
High Liner Foods, 2015
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2015, Canadian-based High Liner Foods Ltd was one of North America's largest frozen fish processors with extensive shares of both the food service and retail channels in Canada, the USA and Mexico. With over C$1 billion in revenues, the company had grown four fold... View Details
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
results also show that firms not only mimic peers in similar circumstances, but they also mimic their more and/or less successful peer firms. These within-group and bidirectional effects highlight the importance of trade credit as a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Aug 2022
- HBS Case
Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS
Korean bands splinter into solo acts and brand into subunits, BTS stuck together. The band members were known for getting along, and they continued to release their music together until a recent 2022 hiatus. Avoid micromanaging. Some... View Details
- 21 Mar 2019
- HBS Case
The Ferrari Way
Ferrari N.V. is one of the rare brands that unequivocally achieves it—making its iconic horse logo synonymous with luxury and excitement. Thomke, the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration, thinks of a student he... View Details