by Nancy Koehn - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

Lauder, founded Estée Lauder Cosmetics. By the time she retired from public life in the mid-1990s, this company had become one of the largest cosmetics manufacturers in the world and was recognized as one of the leading players in the... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail

02 Jan 2014
News

Nancy Koehn on the Business of Selling Happiness

08 Oct 2017
News

Leadership in Crisis – with HBS’s Nancy Koehn

19 Feb 2020
News

Jeff Bezos Commits 'Extraordinary Amount' To Combat Climate Change, Says Nancy Koehn

19 Nov 2013
News

The Gettysburg Address: Nancy Koehn Reads Between the Lines

07 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century

demand for pure, savory condiments and sauces was enormous. In thinking through the possible appeal of his offerings, Heinz had no quantitative information on contemporary purchasing power. He did not know in the 1870s that real per capita incomes would grow View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn

11 Mar 2014
News

Harvard Historian Nancy Koehn on the SAT's Volte Face

11 Feb 2014
News

Thank You For Not Selling: Historian Nancy Koehn On CVS' Tobacco Ban

16 Apr 2014
News

Harvard Historian Nancy Koehn On Courage, Duty And Resilience After The Marathon Bombings

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

capitalism is "an approach where governments, businesses, and nonprofits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain recognition, doing work that eases the world's inequities." Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

16 Dec 2024
Podcast

Nancy Koehn on How Crisis Brings Out Extraordinary Leadership

In this episode of The Parlor Room podcast, host Chris Linnane sits down with Harvard Business School Professor Nancy Koehn, an expert in crisis leadership, to discuss how crisis brings out extraordinary leadership, highlighting key characteristics like self-awareness,... View Details