Beauty and Cosmetics Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Historical Roots of Globalization

preferences (with the beauty industry as an example). According to panelists, globalization has a homogenizing effect on diverse national cultures. Its pressures cause societies to become more alike,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

26 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

Airbnb wasn't an option" Competition between traditional hotels and Airbnb is intensifying. Last Friday, Airbnb announced it is expanding its "experiences" offerings to an additional 1,000 cities. Meanwhile, the lodging... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

Birchbox Defends Against Copycat Competitors Peter A. Coles and Benjamin EdelmanHarvard Business School Case 912-010 Birchbox offers trial-sized beauty products delivered monthly by mail-attracting rave... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

underlying the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, country View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

the fault lies less with the buyer that's unwilling to purchase catastrophic reinsurance and more with reasons that make reinsurance so expensive in the first place. "The beauty of property-casualty... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services

13 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 13

how management and corporate boards of directors can best manage investor relations with activist stockholders such as hedge funds who are demanding major changes within a corporation to improve stockholder return. Beverage View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

develop an inductive theory of "IP modularity," from which we derive testable propositions and managerial implications. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-097.pdf Diasporas and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

industries looking for ways to manage markets. Many states in the early 1930s created administrative boards to control competitive practices, wages, and retail prices industry... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

13 Apr 2016
Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

a beauty feature on the needs of women with different types of skin, showcasing a range of actresses of different backgrounds with large close-up shots. Holmes began to throw out some names, including Eva Mendes, Lucy Liu, View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

Breaking The Hardest Stereotypes Is the work world ready to accept returning MBAs who want challenge in tandem with flexibility? Hart admits that not many firms have successfully developed such arrangements yet, though some industries... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 May 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals

questions and interactive drag-and-drop challenges that introduce key concepts and test learning. As students progress through the material, questions are interspersed with short video lectures View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

06 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market

Khaire is a good barometer for such estimations, having deeply researched how value and markets are constructed around creative industries and products. In studying the modern... View Details

29 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers

with beautiful pictures, upbeat music, or dramatic lighting. Finally, emotion-focused ads do this by appealing to consumers' emotional attachment to the brand by personally connecting the product to how it will fit into their lives. (See... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Sports

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

evolved without guidance and has no inherent logic. So channel management is often cosmetic and rarely affects channel design, even though channel design often contributes to... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

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