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- December 2021
- Supplement
Troverie (B)
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Lindsay N. Hyde and Olivia Graham
Resolves the questions raised in Troverie (A); recounts pivots and efforts to raise capital from strategic investors and sell Troverie; and shares the founder's post-mortem reflections on what went wrong and what he might have done differently. View Details
Keywords: Startup; Failed Startup; Luxury Goods; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Failure; Luxury; Fashion Industry; United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Lindsay N. Hyde, and Olivia Graham. "Troverie (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 822-069, December 2021.
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch
several areas. Working with a few retailers as a young principal at the firm in the early 1980s, she realized that retailing, which represents one-third of the American economy, could benefit from McKinsey's management expertise. "The timing was terrific, because the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 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, and Alfre Woodard, but one of the magazine’s... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 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
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
- 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
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.
- December 1995
- Teaching Note
Laura Ashley Series TN
- March 2006
- Teaching Note
Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (A)-(D) (TN)
By: Youngme E. Moon
- March 2002
- Teaching Note
Talbots - A Classic TN
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Teaching Note for (9-500-082). View Details
Keywords: Fashion Industry
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
Fifth Avenue. “Widening opportunities and providing mentoring for young people of color are important aspects of the Homecoming Initiative,” notes Kenneth, a vice president at General Catalyst Partners. Commenting on this summer’s ARF-sponsored View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
decades have generated rich empirical data on firms and business systems that can confirm or challenge many of today's fashionable theories and assumptions by other disciplines. Business history has broadened its scope in the last two... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
- Profile
Nneka Ezeigwe
different kinds of industries on the ground, looking at what drives change and takes an economy to the next level. I’ll be able to work with policy makers and business leaders who are expanding Nigeria’s economy and political landscape.... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
These findings challenge previous recommendations for optimal advice-seeking behavior. Harvard Business School Case 617-059 Flashion: Art vs. Science in Fashion Retailing Kate Wilson, retail analytics manager at Flashion, a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
book of five years ago, Blue Ocean Strategy, to check my recollection of what the authors had to say about the role of the customer in fashioning a strategy that would enable an enterprise to escape from red, blood-strewn, competitive... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
Homecoming Initiative,” notes Kenneth, a vice president at General Catalyst Partners. Commenting on this summer’s ARF-sponsored fashion industry internship program, Kevin stresses, “This isn’t only about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
As a girl growing up in Riverdale, New York, Ivy Ross (PMD 68, 1994) was surrounded by modern design — and disliked it. The home she lived in and the furniture she sat on reflected the avant-garde sensibilities of her father, an View Details
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
interested in studying this relatively unexplored area. Q: Why did you decide to focus on entrepreneurship in the advertising industry in your research? A: Advertising more than most businesses responds to the talents and personalities of... View Details
- April 2021 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)
By: Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2015 by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, and Greg Schwartz, StockX was an online platform where users could buy and sell unworn luxury and limited-edition sneakers. Sneaker resale prices often fluctuated over time based on supply and demand, creating a robust... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Analytics and Data Science; Market Design; Digital Platforms; Market Transactions; Marketplace Matching; Supply and Industry; Analysis; Price; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; North and Central America; United States; Michigan; Detroit
Farronato, Chiara, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb, and Julia Kelley. "StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 621-107, April 2021. (Revised July 2021.)
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Images of Occupy
Bradley Photo courtesy August Bradley A Los Angeles–based fashion and corporate photographer and filmmaker, August Bradley (MBA 1997) also specializes in evocative conceptual photo tableaus that owe much to childhood hours spent in his... View Details
- 19 Feb 2008
- News
The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen
Clayton up this weekend for seven Academy Awards. (Any predictions out there on the winners?) Samuels drew an analogy between the real estate industry and filmmaking. “I look at a movie script the same way I look at an empty piece of... View Details