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06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

for “ruffling some feathers” in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in McKinsey & Company’s retail practice, she successfully grew their high-margin yet highly competitive View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

around the Cape of Good Hope with hopes of economic gain in the early modern period, and less than 1 million made it back. This is not because they all married beautiful Fijians and settled down, but because they died prematurely. This... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

2017
Book

Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship

By: Geoffrey Jones

This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global history of green entrepreneurship between the nineteenth century and today. It tells the story of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who... View Details

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June 2022
Case

Zalando: Becoming the Starting Point for Fashion

By: Antonio Moreno, Leela Nageswaran, Emilie Billaud and Federica Gabrieli

Born in 2008 as a small startup selling flip flops, by mid-2021 Zalando had turned into an online fashion company with an assortment of more than 4,500 international brands, 45 million active customers, and a presence in 23 European markets. An essential component in... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Digital Platforms; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Service Operations; Strategy; Business Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Europe

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30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/515095-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-097 Philips Healthcare Latin America On a beautiful sunny afternoon in October 2013, Daniel Mazon (GMP 15), decided to take some time out of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

March 2021 (Revised January 2022)
Case

Revlon: Surviving Covid-19

By: Kristin Mugford and Sarah Gulick

In October 2020, Revlon faced a crossroads. While it had been struggling with high levels of debt before COVID-19, the pandemic had caused it to go further into debt. Unlike other financial crises, many consumers had stopped buying skincare or cosmetics, and sales of... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Leveraged Buyouts; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Bonds; Corporate Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States

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April 2008
Teaching Note

Dove: Evolution of a Brand (TN)

By: John A. Deighton

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Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

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October 1974 (Revised June 1981)
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Clairol, Inc.: Appliance Division

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

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23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

past five years, I have uncovered hundreds of online advertising scams defrauding thousands of users—not to mention all the web's top merchants. This chapter summarizes some of what I've found—and what users and advertisers can do to protect themselves. (Forthcoming in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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By: Geoffrey G. Jones

I currently teach the history of global entrepreneurship over the last 200 years. The 28-session course called Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism has become one of the most popular second year electives in the MBA program at the Harvard Business School. The cases,... View Details

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

and Noble in books, Best Buy in electronics—offer similar rewards. Boots, the UK-based pharmacy and beauty supply retailer, offers a substantial reward of 4 percent, but that rate is more exception than rule. This type of reward is... View Details

Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Retail; Consumer Products

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

that big is beautiful and will result in lower costs. Very poor idea, but in a way I'm the most sympathetic to this group. Suddenly human resource managers are asked to look into the bowels of this $2 trillion system and figure out how to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

30 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI

States outperformed the rest of the world in the majority of years. As such, there is something particularly bad about the return experience of foreign investors taking a controlling position in American companies. In short, America is a View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Building Communities as Well as Companies

Enterprises, Inc., named his mother—the owner of a beauty parlor—as one of his earliest entrepreneurial influences. By tidying the shop and running errands for her, McMillan absorbed a simple lesson that continues to serve him well as a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Jan 2012
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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 reviews. Seeing the success of this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607032 MD Beauty, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 806-045 Describes some of the issues confronting the entrepreneurial team responsible for creating a highly successful natural View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 May 2002
Book

Bringing the Master Passions to Work

looking inward to see the flaw, the shortcoming, the difference between himself and God, he curses and rebels; he leaks profanities wherever his athletic body takes him. And it usually takes him toward the beautiful and the damned—those... View Details

Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

disproportionately to Quick Serve Restaurants [QSRs]) and filling in their non-perishable needs (household items, canned goods, health and beauty care) on separate store-based trips. These non-perishable trips are a place where eCommerce... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

26 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

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

Within each city, more Airbnb rooms cropped up during popular travel periods, such as Christmas and the summer. Sports games, festivals, and other events also led to a spike in listings. In Cambridge, Mass., the biggest listing period came during college graduation... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

infoscape "will cause [people] to stop in their tracks and really take a look. We are endeavoring to create a feeling, engender a mood, provide a sense of the drama and the beauty of what goes on in our halls. We want to attract... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship

Zalando: Becoming the Starting Point for Fashion

First Look: June 30, 2015

Revlon: Surviving Covid-19

Dove: Evolution of a Brand (TN)

Clairol, Inc.: Appliance Division

First Look: September 23, 2008

Overview

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI

Building Communities as Well as Companies

First Look: January 17

First Look: June 19, 2007

Bringing the Master Passions to Work

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

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

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

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