Designer Brands - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2014
News

Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

series of summit-style events that bring like-minded technology and design innovators together with experts in the field of aging. The next step will be scaling the enterprise through local chapters in cities around the world and raising... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

01 Jun 2017
News

Case Study: Something New

affordable prices, a unique offering in the otherwise crowded wedding industry. But custom design creates ongoing operational challenges. As it grows, should Anomalie leverage its supply-chain advantages to create a line of off-the-rack... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 19

wealth of data it provides about agents' behavior and about the Bitcoin system itself. This article presents the platform's design principles and properties for a non-technical audience; reviews its past, present, and future uses; and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Career Coach

Sasha Grinshpun

Sasha (HBS '02) combines her gift for quickly gauging life passions of HBSers with her experience in formulating effective job searches for them to score their dream jobs. Her eclectic background spanning consulting, design thinking, and... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship; Technology

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

or mission you have—and both creators found different answers to that. Acurio was maybe more pragmatic and found a way [that would] allow him through these separate brands to do his high-end restaurant but also appeal to different dining... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

01 Oct 2002
News

Thinking Outside the Centerfold

most noted for have nothing to do with advertising and everything to do with advertising. We're this hybrid company that creates and distributes creative content designed to make brands famous.” View Details

January 2018
Case

Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.

By: Boris Groysberg, Matthew G. Preble and Katherine Connolly Baden

In April 2017, Victoria Sopik and Jennifer Nashmi, CEO and CFO (respectively) of Kids & Company, a Canadian childcare provider that they had co-founded in the early 2000s and developed into a nearly 100-unit enterprise, are discussing how the company should proceed... View Details

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01 Jan 2002
News

Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

to try to improve the livelihood of every member of the company." When you go into a store looking for a stylish, well-made shirt, the designer brands jump out at you-names like Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger,... View Details

05 May 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?

respondents concerned the misuse of such techniques. As Tom Henkel put it, "I'm sure the same companies that wasted time and money on poorly designed surveys and focus groups will engage in similarly misguided neuroscience and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

In one recent case, Procter & Gamble purchased a company producing a low-cost, mass-produced disposable electric rotary toothbrush to be marketed under its famous Crest brand umbrella. As it turns out, its founders developed the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

Digital Transformation - HBS Online

administrative career all remarked about HBS Online. I think the certificates help you get noticed and through the door to a job offer. Richard Pitts Certificate of Specialization in Strategy What sets HBS Online apart? Our flexible, online programs are View Details

28 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 28

fashion company competing in a variety of unconventional ways, many "experience economy" related. Moods fronts their brand with the "boy band" images of its three founders and designs... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 May 2013
News

Road Trip

companies they will be visiting, and what makes them interesting case studies: Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, Montana). USA-made work clothes designed to fit women, including 70 sizes of pants. Founded in 2006 by Montana... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management

06 Sep 2012
News

Fashion-Forward

disrupted by digital media, for the most part, and they had already figured out how to bring in professional management. In fashion, it wasn’t so simple.” Amed began meeting with young British designers and networking. For nine months, he... View Details

Keywords: fashion; apparel; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2016
News

Case Study: Sweat the Technique

completely different product design (electronics), manufacturing process, and software. Consider setting up a different brand or structure to go after this opportunity. —Mark Gallion (MBA 1989) Got a case?... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jun 1996
News

Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course

rooted in the popular MBA elective, The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States, an offering designed in the 1980s by HBS professors Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., and Richard S. Tedlow. To expand this course into the global arena... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

26 Apr 2011
News

BioMine Strikes Gold

and PhytoTEK were semifinalists, while AI Exchange received a mention at Monday's awards dinner as the winner of an informal popular vote. Modeled after the HBS student Business Plan Contest, now in its 15th year, the Alumni New Venture Contest was View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) (Portfolio) The founders of Gilt Groupe reveal how they built the web’s most famous fusion of high tech and high fashion. Sample sales... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

15 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

need for genetic testing. Business techniques employed include developing an emotive brand to draw people in; using more social media; employing jargon-free language; and “making everything simple and straightforward, from our... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Pharmaceutical

06 Dec 2021
News

HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

Digital Initiative, was how to develop the skills and insight to become a leader in the digital age. Today’s MBA Program has multiple electives designed to help students conceive, lead, and execute digital innovation initiatives and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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