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  • 14 Oct 2020
  • News

Sewn with Love

In the midst of a global pandemic and widespread protests against racial injustice, the fashion industry can seem pretty frivolous. Fashion-industry leader Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), CEO of VPL, a women’s... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • September 2023
  • Teaching Note

Esquel Group

By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 307-076 and 322-058. These cases focus on the experience of China's largest shirt manufacturer, Esquel Group, and how it manages various aspects of government relations in China and abroad. The A case identifies a wide variety of social... View Details
Keywords: International Relations; Trade; Globalized Markets and Industries; Fashion Industry; China
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Kirby, William C., and Noah B. Truwit. "Esquel Group." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 324-042, September 2023.
  • 22 Jan 2018
  • Blog Post

"Luxury, Technology, Integration"

managed to integrate the two in an industry characterized by heritage and craftsmanship, luxury goods.  Since their inception, YOOX and Net-A-Porter revolutionized this space selling luxury and fashion... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • 27 Sep 2021
  • News

Sewn with Love

began raising funds to support small businesses within the fashion and garment industries that pivoted their manufacturing to create personal protective equipment and partnered with The RealReal, an... View Details
  • 21 Sep 2016
  • News

Fashion’s Transparent Translator

In 2007, Imran Amed (MBA 2002) started blogging about an industry that fascinated him: fashion. A former McKinsey consultant, the Canadian noticed the suits and creatives of the business didn’t always understand each other. Amed thought... View Details

    Barry Schwartz

    Schwartz is the business half of Calvin Klein Inc.’s leadership, and without his industry savvy, Klein’s popular fashion designs could not have become so successful. Schwartz’s attentive management style... View Details
    Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
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    Arab American Heritage Month | Baker Library

    executive level positions throughout his career. He is also the co-author of Money in the Bank: How Safe is It? You can download a PDF of the featured section here . Daily News Record Daily News Record , part of Baker’s microforms collection, was an American View Details
    • 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... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy
    • 01 Jun 2017
    • News

    Case Study: Something New

    over and over. Additionally, because most women aren’t fashion design- ers, it reduces the overwhelming responsibility of designing some- thing from scratch. —Erica Keany Blob (MBA 2006) Change the business model, and morph into a... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • 25 Jul 2016
    • Blog Post

    Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS

    many retail speakers as I could, typically 1-2 presentations a week, covering everything from large fashion brands to small e-commerce start ups. I found I always learned at least one useful thing per session that helped boost my... View Details
    • June 2010
    • Teaching Note

    Radiant Cosmetics: What's in a Pout? (TN)

    By: Robert C. Pozen and Mary Ellen Webster Hammond
    Teaching Note for 310003. View Details
    Keywords: Product Launch; Decisions; Brands and Branding; Distribution; Globalized Markets and Industries; Intellectual Property; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; France
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    Pozen, Robert C., and Mary Ellen Webster Hammond. "Radiant Cosmetics: What's in a Pout? (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 310-130, June 2010.
    • 01 Mar 2008
    • News

    Innovation, Inc.

    attack new markets, it is the shift in the mindset of employees that can prove most difficult.” Creativity is doubtless a significant force in the Indian fashion business, the focus of research by HBS assistant professor Mukti Khaire.... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management
    • 18 Apr 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Selling Luxury to Everyone

    shifting," she said. Panelist Rory Tahari, creative director and brand designer for Elie Tahari, Ltd.—and wife of designer Elie Tahari—said she saw a clear trend toward higher expectations from consumers in the fashion industry.... View Details
    Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products
    • 02 Aug 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

    industry and how this new and unfamiliar industry was established among Indian consumers as a legitimate market category. Through extensive field work in India, I found that, similar to the art market, other... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 22 Aug 2018
    • Blog Post

    MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships

    location or further your pre-HBS industry experience. As summer winds down and our second-year MBA students are preparing to come back to class, we wanted to take the opportunity to share reflections from the Class of 2019's internship... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2013
    • News

    14 for '14

    1.0. But food is one of the biggest industries on the planet, and the tech that supports it hasn't changed in 30 years. Stay tuned for big innovation." —Nick Taranto (MPA/MBA 2010), cofounder, Plated Karen Tumulty "History—with the recent... View Details
    Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Government; Information; Retail Trade
    • 16 Sep 2022
    • Blog Post

    Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design

    report, Axios.com recently reported that garment production continues to grow annually by 2.7%, while 25% of garments remain unsold and less than 1% are recycled into new garments. Estimates are that the fashion View Details
    • April 1995 (Revised January 2003)
    • Case

    Anasazi Exclusive Salon Products, Inc.

    By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green
    Anasazi, a hair-care products start-up based in the Midwest, is having growing pains as it tries to develop a new distribution model for the professional hair salon industry. The company has completed several rounds of venture financing but, to continue, needs to raise... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Financial Condition; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Planning; Fashion Industry; Iowa
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    Sahlman, William A., and Jason Green. "Anasazi Exclusive Salon Products, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 295-111, April 1995. (Revised January 2003.)
    • February 2025
    • Case

    Doing Business in Manila, Philippines

    By: Jill Avery, Harold Zhu and Billy Chan
    This case explores the opportunities and challenges of doing business in the Philippines, focusing on its economic transformation from "the sick man of Asia" to a rising force in Southeast Asia in the decades leading up to 2024. It examines key obstacles like... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Globalization; Logistics; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Transformation; Fashion Industry; Asia; Philippines
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    Avery, Jill, Harold Zhu, and Billy Chan. "Doing Business in Manila, Philippines." Harvard Business School Case 525-048, February 2025.
    • August, 2024
    • Article

    Absenteeism, Productivity, and Relational Contracts Inside the Firm

    By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Jean-François Gauthier, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
    We study relational contracts among managers using a unique dataset that tracks transfers of workers across teams in Indian ready-made garment factories. We focus on how relational contracts help managers cope with worker absenteeism shocks, which are frequent, often... View Details
    Keywords: Implicit Contracts; Productivity; Misallocation; Absenteeism; Supervisors; Readymade Garments; Performance Productivity; Employees; Relationships; Fashion Industry; India
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    Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Jean-François Gauthier, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Absenteeism, Productivity, and Relational Contracts Inside the Firm." Journal of the European Economic Association 22, no. 4 (August, 2024): 1628–1677.
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