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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

young boy for dismantling a phonograph, from then on "nothing or nobody could stop me from carrying through the execution of an experiment." 6 As a child, he was drawn to the beauty and utility of chemistry and optics. Kaleidoscopes and... View Details
  • 27 Mar 2017
  • Blog Post

Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

Jon Staff (MBA ’16) is the CEO and Founder of Getaway, a company that designs tiny houses, places them on beautiful rural land and rents them out by the night to stressed out city-dwellers, starting at $99/night. He was the co-president... View Details
  • 28 Mar 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

which the directors toured a newly-created "beauty park" in the US, where companies cooperating to create and manufacture new fashion beauty products are located together in one light industrial park. It is a reflection of colleagues Gary... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing
  • January 2009
  • Article

From Regional Star to Global Leader

By: Nitin Nohria
Yang Jianguo was recently promoted from country manager for China to global head of product development at a staid French perfume maker. He was chosen for his technical smarts and his knowledge of emerging markets—a critical avenue for growth, given that sales in the... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Leadership Development; Management Teams; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Paris
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  • 31 Jan 2007
  • HBS Case

When Good Teams Go Bad

metaphor also caught the eye of HBS professor Jeff Polzer and HBS associate professor Scott Snook. The pair has produced a case about the behind-the-scenes dynamics surrounding a college crew team. But unlike the beautiful images favored... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • Portrait Project

Feiran Wang

was you,” she told me many years later, “telling me you are ready for this world.” I have lived all my life with the deepest gratitude, simply for my existence in the world. I breathe, I run, I see the beauty of the world because my mom... View Details
  • February 2020
  • Case

Leading Change in Talent at L'Oréal

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Vincent Dessain and Emer Moloney
Jean-Claude Le Grand just stepped into a new role as Executive Vice-President for Human Resources at the global cosmetics company, L’Oréal. He is now responsible for the hiring, development, promotion, and retention of 83,000 employees worldwide. The highly successful... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Business Headquarters; Business Divisions; Business Organization; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Demographics; Diversity; Gender; Nationality; Multinational Firms and Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Management; Jobs and Positions; Employment; Human Capital; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Networks; Social Psychology; Attitudes; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Business Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; France; Paris
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  • November 2011 (Revised June 2013)
  • Case

Natura Cosméticos, S.A.

Rodolfo Guttilla, Director of Corporate Affairs for Natura Cosméticos S.A. (Natura), prepared for a meeting with key stakeholders to discuss the future of integrated reporting at Natura. A cosmetics company with a strong brand, robust growth in international and... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Decision Making; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Brazil
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Erin Kaivan

mates came to my baby shower. They all wanted me to feel as included as possible – my daughter has 90 new aunts and uncles!" Erin is still considering her long-term ambitions, but for the summer, she's enthusiastic about joining BCG in Washington, DC. "The... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
  • 18 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

Relocating to Boston with Your Partner

square feet!). We decided that we would likely never have the same opportunity to live on such a beautiful campus and with the special HBS community, which, for us, was the best decision. 2) Try to start building relationships early Get... View Details
  • 18 Feb 2020
  • Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

after being together for 5 years and having moved many cities. We love our home. We love that it made us feel rooted, at least somewhere. Within one year of moving in, we welcomed our first child, and our home became this beautiful place... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Don’t Mess with His Texas

WATERS: Betting the ranch on posterity. Lost Maples State Natural Area in the Hill Country of Texas is noted for its beautiful limestone canyons and native bigtooth maple trees. The park recently grew by 700 acres thanks to Lou Waters... View Details
Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • November 1991 (Revised July 1995)
  • Case

Body Shop International

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Describes the start-up and rapid growth of a company whose founder holds strong, non-traditional beliefs about the role of the corporation and its responsibility to society. After profiling Anita Roddick as a person, the case describes the anti-mainstream approach she... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Management Teams; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs; Global Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • 24 Jan 2011
  • HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

On November 26, 2008, 175 people died in Mumbai, India, when 10 terrorists simultaneously struck sites. Of the five locations—all well-known landmarks—the beautiful domes of the hotel known as the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower would become... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations
  • 11 May 2022
  • Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

girl! The whole section AND my Finance professor applauded. It was so beautiful I cried! And now my daughter's birth announcement to an HBS classroom lives in a recording. Claudia Lopez Lopez Year: Second Mom of: Lucy (1 year), Santiago... View Details
  • Web

the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

rage for picturesque advertising which has marked the present popular renaissance in art has excited the keenest competitions in the production of beautiful designs and attractive novelties. The business in advertising cards has grown to... View Details
  • 19 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS

and dreams with others without criticism. Now, after reading what I consider to be a sense of community, I can imagine that you might be skeptical that I would be able to find all of that in one place. But that’s the beauty of HBS! There... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

A World of Difference

unknowable without talking about it. Gino: What I love about this is that we think that we understand each other, but we don’t. You’re reminding me of a beautiful paper by Nicholas Epley and his colleagues in Chicago. They looked at... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • Web

2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

German industrialist Robert Bosch, interwar HBS Dean Wallace Donham, and British beauty entrepreneur Anita Roddick—to see what light they can shed on the much-debated but still nebulous concepts of responsible and purpose-driven business.... View Details
  • 14 Feb 2019
  • Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

understanding the importance of the role love now plays with my family. #PureLove In August 2018 I perhaps became the happiest man sitting in Aldrich, when my brother and sister-in-law brought the beautiful Rebecca Madeleine Marie Hutton... View Details