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- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
ashamed of my humble beginning. Don't think because you have to go down in the wash-tub that you are any less a lady!" "She Found A Way" Koehn landed on the story almost by accident while researching her 2001 book, Brand... View Details
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
ability to integrate the efforts of non-Chinese leaders are involved. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311074-PDF-ENG Herborist John Deighton, Leora Kornfeld, Yanqun He, and Qingyun JiangHarvard Business School Case 511-051 Global View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
employees. For example, most firms depend on the continuing high regard of their customers. Repeat sales are essential. To achieve this the product or service needs to engage customers in terms of all four drives. Hence firms need to cultivate identifying View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
a brand that once again stands for luxury and that has a strong global and digital footprint. Yet, the leadership change is met with skepticism. Is Burberry's current strategy also the right one for the future, and can Bailey continue... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
sustainability solutions to a range of client organizations. Megaprojects are finite-duration initiatives involving multiple diverse entities in the design and delivery of a large-scale development, such as a brand new ecologically... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Side Effects: The Case of Propecia
professor Marta Wosinska led the conversation. The Propecia launch came at a time of regulatory change, which made advertising of prescription drugs to consumers more feasible. But Casola had to consider three limitations on such advertising: A "product... View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
Mechanical Watchmaking 1970-2008. Based on his doctoral thesis, the paper discusses the role of key individuals, organizations, and industry associations in bringing a technology back to life. The paper explains that the successful... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
successful careers in industries ranging from venture capital, to energy, to beauty. John Hess: Family is the greatest treasure you have in life, and your good name is the greatest gift you have in life. Desiree Rogers: I was surrounded... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for General Motors? Or are those just headlights from an oncoming train? Among Harvard Business School faculty, it depends on whom you ask. The carmaker—home to such storied brands as Cadillac,... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
expansion. Entering a new market is not cheap: QT's past experience has shown that it takes up to five years or about 50 stores before the brand begins to stand out in consumers' minds. A QuikTrip store costs an average of $4.2 million to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details
Keywords: podcasts
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
describes the efforts of Beiersdorf, a worldwide leader in the cosmetics and skin care industries, to generate and commercialize new R&D through open innovation using external crowds and "netnographic" analysis. Beiersdorf, best known for its consumer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
Special Forces units while serving in Afghanistan. Saffron currently sells for $2,500 per kilogram because its harvesting and processing are so labor intensive. During the summer after their first year at HBS, Miller served as a brand... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Marquis Jet Takes Off
uniquely positioned to broaden the customer base for private-jet travel to their former clients: young, highly paid athletes and performers. By contrast, their research showed that the typical private-jet customer was a highly successful... View Details
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/312002-PDF-ENG EILEEN FISHER: Repositioning the Brand Anat Keinan, Jill Avery, Fiona Wilson, and Michael I. NortonHarvard Business School Case 512-085 Well-established fashion View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
How to Avoid a Price Increase
quantity. As a result, one manufacturer was able to reduce its package sizing by 10 percent to 20 percent over the course of three years with little to no negative consumer response. Q: Can you share some product-downsizing success... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
years, but their performance is somewhere between a C and C+.” Gazette: Why do you think Amazon decided to plunge further into health care, an area they haven’t had a lot of success in? Chandra: When Amazon looks at health care, they... View Details
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