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  • June 2008 (Revised April 2013)
  • Case

Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty

By: Geoffrey Jones and David Kiron
Considers the creation of the world's largest fragrance company by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. In 1990 the German consumer goods company Benkiser began acquiring fragrance and cosmetics brands with the intent of developing a beauty... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Germany; United States
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  • October 2024
  • Case

Sacoor Brothers: From Co-Family CEOs to No Family CEOs?

By: Lauren Cohen, David Ager and Alpana Thapar
Sacoor Brothers, a luxury clothing retail company, was founded in 1989 in Lisbon, Portugal, by four brothers—Malik, Salim, Rahimo, and Moez. After establishing a strong presence in Portugal, the brothers were drawn to the rapidly growing retail markets in the Middle... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Growth; Geographic Mobility; Private Equity; Investment; Family Office; Governance; Professionalization; Institutional Development; Second-generation; Third-generation; Transition; Jordan; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Middle East; United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; Portugal
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  • November 2005 (Revised February 2006)
  • Module Note

Rethinking Branding

By: Youngme E. Moon
The classical branding paradigm assumes that brands should be built to last and that the role of the brand manager is to protect the long-term sustainability of the brand. Outlines the structure and content of an eight-session module that offers a more expansive... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding
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  • 26 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

quality, low cost, short lead-time and flexible production. And Toyota's operating system—the Toyota Production System—had been widely credited for Toyota's sustained leadership in manufacturing performance. Furthermore, Toyota had been... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

    George Serafeim

    George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he co-leads the Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab in the Digital, Data, and Design Institute. He teaches the course "Risks, Opportunities and... View Details

    Keywords: fashion; fashion; fashion; fashion; fashion; fashion; fashion
    • 03 Mar 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: March 3

    on a sustained and balanced growth trajectory? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-078 Ghurka Ghurka was a 38-year-old luxury leather goods brand that specialized in... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Sandra J. Sucher

      Sandra Sucher, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, is an internationally recognized trust researcher. The Power of Trust, her third book, is based on two decades of global research on how companies build stakeholder trust and how,... View Details

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      Publications - Faculty & Research

      Benefits By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai Citation Educators Related Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "MiDAS: Automating Unemployment Benefits." Harvard Business School Case 825-100, November 2024. November 2024 Supplement Allbirds: Decarbonizing View Details
      • 17 Mar 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

      generated rich empirical data that in some cases confirms and in other cases contradicts many of today's fashionable theories and assumptions by other disciplines, says Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, who edited the... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • 12 May 2009
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      First Look: May 12, 2009

      implementation of radical routines and resource configuration. Structural arrangements, pre-set change routines, and existing decisional priorities are insufficient to fashion relevant capabilities into new core activities. Ad-hoc problem... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 09 Oct 2012
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      First Look: October 9

      significant changes in teaming networks and behaviors in ways that improved operational performance. Implications of team scaffolds for theory and practice are discussed. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1987724   Cases & Course MaterialsWarby Parker:... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 24 Mar 2015
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      First Look: March 24

      http://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/6820/Socios%20o%20acreedores%20ENG%202-25-15%20web.pdf?sequence=1 March 2015 The Routledge Handbook of Responsible Investment Reliable Sustainability Ratings: The Influence of Business... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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      Podcast - Business & Environment

      Engagement, New Belgium Brewing Company How Footwear Startup Allbirds is Decarbonizing Fashion 04 MAY 2022 | Climate Rising In this bonus episode, sustainable footwear brand Allbirds co-founder and co-CEO... View Details
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      Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

      likely to achieve sustainable growth. This approach is called strategic constancy. It involves recognizing the fundamental aspects of the company’s business model—its core values, customer relationships, brand identity, and key... View Details
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      Marketing - Faculty & Research

      classroom. More Information About the Unit Marketing is critical for organic growth of a business and its central role is in creating, communicating, capturing and sustaining value for an organization. Marketing helps a firm in creating... View Details
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      Strategy - Faculty & Research

      landscape. Key issues include: the development and effectiveness of firm strategy at both a business and corporate level; the analysis of the competitive environment; and the sustainability of strategy over time. Our research, course... View Details
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      Finance - Faculty & Research

      2009, they had entered the Dubai market and began planning further expansion in the region. Believing Dubai would be central to their next phase of growth, the brothers relocated their families there in 2012. By 2024, Sacoor Brothers had evolved into a global View Details
      • 21 Apr 2015
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      First Look: April 21

      Stella McCartney's achievement in fashion and social awareness has been recognized on many occasions, and her commitment to sustainability is present throughout all her collections and numerous environmental... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
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      Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

      storage company, and Saloni, a UK-based global fashion business. Chanel Fellowship The Chanel Fellowship was established in 2015 through the generosity of Chanel and John Galantic (MBA 1990) in honor of The Harvard Business School... View Details
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      Middle East & North Africa - Global

      Middle East and Southeast Asia. By 2009, they had entered the Dubai market and began planning further expansion in the region. Believing Dubai would be central to their next phase of growth, the brothers relocated their families there in 2012. By 2024, Sacoor Brothers... View Details