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- 01 Aug 2019
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Improving lives one data set at a time
- 15 Mar 2018
- News
Regeneron Talent Search Winners Cure Pessimism
- July 2021 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Mary Kay Inc.: Enriching Women's Lives while Embracing Change
By: Elie Ofek, K. Shelette Stewart and Julia Kelley
In December 2020, Mary Kay Inc. Chief Marketing Officer Sheryl Adkins-Green considered several strategic dilemmas. Founded in 1963 by Mary Kay Ash, Mary Kay was a direct sales company whose Independent Beauty Consultants purchased its beauty and cosmetics products at... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Demographics; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Salesforce Management; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; North and Central America; United States; Europe; Asia; Texas
Ofek, Elie, K. Shelette Stewart, and Julia Kelley. "Mary Kay Inc.: Enriching Women's Lives while Embracing Change." Harvard Business School Case 522-004, July 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie
Hakeem Belo-Osagie is an accomplished Nigerian professional and entrepreneur. He earned a degree in Political Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University as well as a law degree from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
He is the... View Details
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Macroeconomic management
Richard H. K. Vietor has been studying how national governments foster economic development and compete in a globalized economy. He has been researching these activities in ten countries, publishing the results first in 2007, in a book entitled How Countries... View Details
- 09 May 2013
- News
Will Health-Care Law Beget Entrepreneurs?
- June 1991 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
General Electric: Reg Jones and Jack Welch
By: Francis Aguilar and Christopher A. Bartlett
When GE's retiring Reginald Jones turned the job of CEO over to Jack Welch on April 1, 1981, the Wall Street Journal reported that GE had "decided to replace a legend with a live wire." Some wondered if the young dynamo could fill the elder statesman's very large... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Change Management; Leading Change; Restructuring; Investment; Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Succession
Aguilar, Francis, and Christopher A. Bartlett. "General Electric: Reg Jones and Jack Welch." Harvard Business School Case 391-144, June 1991. (Revised October 1991.)
- 16 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part
heartbreaking events, watching alongside the rest of the world as Ahmaud Arbery, Christian Cooper, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade were targeted in public places... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 25 Nov 2013
- News
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
- 02 Jan 2018
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Is Amazon Becoming A Monopoly?
- December 2013
- Case
Yara International
By: Forest Reinhardt and James Weber
This case examines world fertilizer markets from the perspective of a large Norwegian producer. The global fertilizer industry is critical to food production and to food security, and hence is the object of numerous forms of government intervention. The case analyzes... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Regulation; Strategy; Business-government Relations; International Trade; International Strategy; Agribusiness; Food; Growth and Development; Government and Politics
Reinhardt, Forest, and James Weber. "Yara International." Harvard Business School Case 714-002, December 2013.
Sara McKinley Torti
Sara Torti is a senior product and operating executive who has focused extensively on creating and scaling technology-based businesses that require a combination of detailed execution, business insight and technical acumen. She has grown products... View Details
- March 2006
- Course Overview Note
International Finance: A Course Overview Note
By: Mihir A. Desai
Describes the International Finance course at Harvard Business School, which argues that the forces of globalization have fundamentally changed the scope and activities of firms, thereby altering the practice of finance within these firms. As a consequence of an... View Details
- 22 Aug 2010
- News
Income Inequality and Financial Crises
- 19 Jan 2012
- News
Kodak files for bankruptcy, secures $950 mln lifeline
- October 1990 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. (A)
Describes the problems facing De Beers at the start of 1983. De Beers had, since its formation in 1888, exercised a large measure of control over the world supply of diamonds. In 1983, the company itself mined over 40% of the world's natural diamonds and, through... View Details
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-076, October 1990. (Revised March 1998.)
- 06 Sep 2024
- News
Know Your HBS Staff: Anna DeSousa
- 24 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Working to Keep Pirates At-Bay: My Summer in Cyber Security
After spending three years working in consulting before coming to HBS, I knew I wanted to use my summer to expand beyond the world of Board of Directors advisory and multi-national company strategic planning... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship