Publications

26 Mar 2015
News

Improving the environment through green spaces and commercial buildings

incredibly underrated place in terms of its built environment,” he says. “There’s a lot of phenomenal civic and cultural and event spaces and beautiful landscapes that outsiders just aren’t aware of.” The Partnership has just finished a... View Details

Portrait Project

Monica Gupta Adractas

Harvard's beautiful white steeples. My life... I hope my life will embody the multiplier effect, which, in economics, occurs when a dollar in spending has a disproportionate effect on aggregate demand. Instead of mere spending, I hope to... View Details

Portrait Project

David Reinke

I plan to continue to laugh and play with my beautiful Michele, the woman with the blue eyes and the crazy curly brown hair, the girl I have loved since before I knew her. I plan to have lots and lots of children – well, at least two – to... View Details

Portrait Project

Astghik Poladyan

one beautiful concept: harmony. Many non-musicians perceive harmony as peace, but it is so much more. Harmony is combining notes simultaneously to create something beautiful, inspiring, powerful, rich, unique, emotional It is impossible... View Details

15 Feb 2022
News

The Alumnae Entrepreneur Behind Mary J. Blige’s Super Bowl Locks

wrote in Inc.com. “Despite what I was juggling in my personal life, fitting in those 207 miles was just a part of the routine.” Those long trips, though, sparked an idea, she notes in the piece. “I wanted to create something that would allow women to save time on View Details

Portrait Project

Marijana Kolak

MBAs, where I ended up loving every minute of the experience. I want to make sure my children grow up to be beautiful human beings. As a business leader and public servant, I want to help rebuild Yugoslavia so my children are the first in... View Details

Portrait Project

Ahmet Orhon

100 questions, and almost no room for mistake... I grew up in the slums. The path was super simple for us before this exam: 1-Ace: obtain a chance to have a life... 2-Fail: start working at the age of 11 and forget your dreams... I had a classmate, Serap... A View Details

07 Jul 2016
News

A World Without Borders

both the beauty and the savagery that comes with that.” For Kent, travel is another, essential way to connect to the world. “If you don’t travel and you don’t look for yourself, and learn for yourself, and touch for yourself, and think... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

From Wildlife to Winetasting

While those attending the Cape Town conference will focus on exploring the economic potential of the region, they will also have the chance to take advantage of Africa's unparalleled natural beauty and opportunities for adventure.... View Details

17 Nov 2016
News

Rent the Runway Sets Up Shop at Neiman Marcus

(WSJ photo illustration) (WSJ photo illustration) The online fashion innovator Rent the Runway—brainchild of Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss (both MBA 2009)—is continuing to go brick-and-mortar. The Wall Street Journal details the new partnership between the... View Details

November 2024
Case

Meghna Modi at Revlon India: Leading with a Bold Purpose

By: Aiyesha Dey, Sarah Mehta and Sarah Sasso

This case is about Meghna Modi, the head of struggling cosmetics company Revlon India, as she tries to both turn the company around and implement her personal purpose at work. Influenced by her own life struggles, Modi feels compelled to empower her frontline... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Business or Company Management; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Power and Influence; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Asia; India; Delhi

January 2012
Supplement

Roger Caracappa: Package Deals for the Estée Lauder Companies (Video)

By: James K. Sebenius

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

November 2010 (Revised July 2011)
Supplement

Oriflame S.A. (B)

By: David F. Hawkins and Karol Misztal

Exercise for recording derivative hedging transactions, accompanied by a technical note on IFRS derivative accounting. View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; International Accounting; Currency Exchange Rate; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Standards; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

November 2010 (Revised October 2011)
Case

Oriflame S.A. (A)

By: David F. Hawkins, Karol Misztal and Daniela Beyersdorfer

A direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the company's use of derivative instruments and other hedging... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Financial Crisis; Currency Exchange Rate; Financial Strategy; Investment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

October 2006 (Revised March 2007)
Case

The ColorMatch Hair Color System

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Matthew Beecher

Describes the challenge of finding the right market for a product. View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Invention; Markets; Product; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

February 2001 (Revised September 2002)
Teaching Note

Estee Lauder and the Market for Prestige Cosmetics TN

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Teaching Note for (4-801-362). View Details

Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States

September 1993 (Revised June 2009)
Case

Mary Kay Cosmetics: Asian Market Entry (A)

By: John A. Quelch

In February 1993, Curran Dandurand, senior vice president of Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc.'s global marketing group, was reflecting on the company's international operations. Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc. products had been sold outside the United States for over 15 years, but by... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Sales; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Asia

July 1977 (Revised February 1978)
Case

Rose Milk

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Keywords: Advertising; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry