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  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty

children to local, under-resourced public schools. And when parents work more than one job or long hours, it reduces the time they can spend with their children reading and playing, or in social interaction. In contrast, wealthy families have the View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Educational Services
  • June 2005
  • Background Note

Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market

By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han
Provides an overview of the Japanese apparel market, which was a 13.1 trillion yen industry in 2003, reflecting 5.5% year-over-year shrinkage since 1997, when retailers logged 17.5 trillion yen in sales. Compared to their global counterparts, Japanese apparel shoppers... View Details
Keywords: Trends; Financial Crisis; Trade; Emerging Markets; Sales; Luxury; Competition; Segmentation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Asia; China; Japan; Korean Peninsula
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  • 20 Nov 2014
  • Blog Post

An update from the Hospitality Club

the Italy Trek during spring break. Let’s see how it goes. Describe one of your greatest events last year? The New York Trek was our favorite event last year. The lineup was amazing. Our Keynote Speaker was Amar Lalvani (HBS 2001), Managing Partner of Standard Hotels,... View Details
  • July 2010
  • Teaching Note

Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang (TN)

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Lisa Kwan
Teaching Note for 410018. View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Brands and Branding; Financial Crisis; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Luxury; Arts; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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  • Profile

Jillian Dorans

case method throws you straight into the deep end. This is the best possible preparation for my internship and my career 20 years from now. As business leaders, we won't always have the luxuries of ample preparation time or taking the... View Details
Keywords: Services; Consulting
  • Profile

Yubo Cui

and its Chinese stakeholders. In a joint venture with BYD Auto, Daimler was determined to develop and manufacture an affordable electric car. “Our goal was to make it a family car, not a luxury toy,” says Yubo. “We worked ridiculously... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
  • 18 May 2017
  • Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Hilton

OrganizationStephanie Atiase, Senior Director of Corporate Strategy, Hilton Describe your organization in three to five sentences.Hilton is the leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

OPM Reunion Snapshots

Erik Sorensen (22nd OPM) Currently the managing director of Club Sultan in Marbella, Spain, an exclusive European holiday ownership club, Erik Sorensen specializes in marketing luxurious vacation opportunities. "My business is about... View Details
  • December 1999
  • Case

Sendwine.com

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Charmaine C Ess and Ann A. O'Hara
Sendwine.com, an online retailer of premium gifts of wine by the bottle, faced decisions about its growth strategy in mid-1999. Mike Lannon, president and founder, had established his company as a prominent player in an increasingly crowded field. But with success came... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Luxury; Diversification; Internet; Web Services Industry
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  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

house under her name in a partnership with the luxury conglomerate Kering as a 50/50 joint venture in 2001. A lifelong vegetarian, Stella McCartney does not use any leather or fur in her collections, which include women's ready-to-wear,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2006
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

A decade ago, Porsche, the luxury car company, found itself at a crossroads. Renowned for its classy (and expensive) sports cars, the firm had taken a hit in the wake of the 1987 stock market crash and suffered in great part due to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing
  • Profile

Kathleen Hebert

Driving ahead In her second year at HBS, Kathleen would like to "work independently with a professor to think through my family's business model. Can we effectively roll out a nationwide network of luxury car dealerships? What... View Details
  • Profile

Fumi Tamaki

the hospitality waters through an internship with Hilton Worldwide, where she will join the luxury and lifestyle brands group. “I want to work at a company that creates something people love, feel passionate about,” she says. “I want to... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy
  • Profile

Darrin Rahn

year, he’s serving as the Admissions Representative for Section E. In his second year, he will be co-president of the Marketing Club, as well as an active participant in the Food & Agriculture Club, Retail & Luxury Club, and the... View Details
Keywords: CPG
  • 01 Jun 1999
  • News

Joel Bines

his new post as an account executive with Nike's largest client, Mont Blanc, the luxury pen manufacturer. His first day at work, however, everything changed. "The senior account executive invited me to lunch and told me she'd given her... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • Web

Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

during the downturn, he kept the mills running full steam and persuaded workers to accept a 50 percent pay cut. Salesmen sold large quantities of watches cheaply, often at auction, to popularize the product with a public accustomed to thinking of watches as expensive... View Details
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Golden Opportunity? Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

By: Kristin Sippl
While much is known about voluntary sustainability standards' contributions to certain issues in certain sectors, less is known about their contributions to the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper helps balance the... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability Standards; Gold; Certification; Eco-labeling; International Law; Extractive Industries; Fair Trade; United Nations; Sustainable Development; Environmental Sustainability; Standards; Adoption; Governance; Global Range; Luxury; Mining Industry
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  • 28 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

biopharmaceutical firms, to evaluate the attractiveness of the merger, and to select a funding option. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/215079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-073 Jimmy Choo Jimmy Choo is a British View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Profile

Nathalie du Preez

Paris. In a welcome addition to her financial background, she will be involved in strategic management and marketing, conducting competitive analyses of 18 luxury brands, including Mont Blanc, Cartier, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Founded... View Details