beauty and makeup - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

Publications Forthcoming Berrett-Koehler Publishers What Great Service Leaders Know and Do: Creating Breakthroughs in Service Firms By: Heskett, James L., W. Earl Sasser, and Leonard A. Schlesinger... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

16-21 Abstract The Dove campaign addressed a common concern that crossed cultural boundaries. Confronted by standard visual stereotypes of beauty in the global media, many young women develop self-image and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2007
First Look

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

11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

racial makeup of loan officers—a job that’s become more nuanced in a largely automated mortgage origination process, Sunderam says. Loan officers are critical to the process Loan officers play an important role for would-be borrowers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

05 Sep 2008
What Do You Think?

Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

beauty ... is that it is not about learning to solve today's problems, but rather about developing the skills and discipline(s) which are timeless." Clinton Gerst suggested some limits of the method in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education

17 Jan 2012
First Look

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... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

partners who add value, or who could add value, consistent with customer needs; and this means working out a compensation package that is in tune with their effort and performance. The View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
What Do You Think?

When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?

elements in any organization’s makeup and success—along with vision, strategy, marketing, financials, and the like I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn’t just one... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

19 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

the fault lies less with the buyer that's unwilling to purchase catastrophic reinsurance and more with reasons that make reinsurance so expensive in the first place. "The beauty of property-casualty... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services

April 2008
Teaching Note

Dove: Evolution of a Brand (TN)

By: John A. Deighton

Teaching Note for [508-047]. View Details

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

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October 1974 (Revised June 1981)
Case

Clairol, Inc.: Appliance Division

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

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29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

plans for future workforce makeup and training, and its search for opportunities from digital infrastructure and automation. What’s Really... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

July 1981 (Revised December 1984)
Case

American Distilling Co. (A)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

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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

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, View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

September 1990 (Revised June 1994)
Supplement

Procter & Gamble Japan (D)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

1990 update of the P&G Japanese business. View Details

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Japan

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12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

auditors. Building Capacity for Change Both studies—considering factors in countries where factories are located and at the makeup of the teams that audit them—may be helpful in arriving at an accurate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

be second-order to these other traits." Specifically, Kerr and his research colleagues found that increased employment of young skilled immigrants impacts the employee makeup of firms in three main ways: 1.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Computer; Financial Services

19 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

financial stability, political representation, and average health and educational outcomes. But this research has done little to demonstrate the effects of inequality. Some researchers have found no effects... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding