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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Giving Back
It was in grade school that Jim Gibbons (MBA ’94) began to lose his sight due to macular degeneration, a retinal condition; by his junior year at Purdue, his vision loss was complete. Today, Gibbons is president and CEO of Goodwill View Details
Sidney W. Winslow, Jr.
development. Under Winslow’s guidance, United eventually grew to have 56 affiliates in 25 countries and its research produced items that were innovative for the shoe industry as a whole. View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
limited time, effort, and funds. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-060 ASICS: Chasing a 2020 Vision In early 2016, Motoi Oyama, president View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
William M. Wood
world’s largest carded woolen plant and the world’s largest worsted manufacturing plant. Wood maintained the firm’s leadership in the textile industry and shepherded it through... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at HBS in discussions of leadership, entrepreneurial marketing, finance, View Details
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Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993) - Recruiting
company in the educational toy space through an IPO and strategic exit (SmarterKids.com), and helped develop TV shows and product lines for major networks like PBS, Disney,... View Details
George F. Johnson
Johnson built a successful shoe company, but his most striking contributions to American capitalism were the progressive labor policies introduced at Endicott-Johnson. His company was the first in the shoe industry to introduce the 8-hour... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Elisabeth Claiborne
Founded in 1976, Liz Claiborne joined the Fortune 500 list of the largest industrial companies only a decade later, one of the youngest companies ever to achieve this mark. In 1987, Liz Claiborne had sales in excess of $1 billion. All... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Robert T. B. Stevens
In response to the changing nature of the textile industry and to the growing inefficiencies in the company, Stevens merged the manufacturing and selling sides of the business... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Charles A. Cannon
Cannon pioneered a number of industry advances in cloth towel manufacturing including national consumer advertising, the Cannon trademark sewn into each towel, pastel colors, the wrapping of products in clear plastic, style shows, View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
doubling down in China, where over half of its workers are based. Yang aspires to introduce new competitive strategies to the entire textile and apparel industry, and to be a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
Your research examines industries that once seemed doomed but have experienced a comeback. How does this happen? I did my dissertation work on the Swiss watch industry, and I looked at what it takes for a... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
of big money in the world of sports seems to have aggravated public disenchantment with many aspects of the professional game, from high ticket prices to athletes' personal behavior. That does not bode well long term for an industry that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
an estimated 36.7 million US practitioners purchasing classes, gear, and accessories—an increase of 80 percent in four years. It has also spawned a number of lucrative business models: Vancouver-based View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel developer for a Marriott franchisee. Before HBS, I was a management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
trade organization, the Outdoor Industry Association. In 1999 GoLite introduced its first line of products. They consisted of Jardine designs to be used together: backpack, sleeping pad and bag, insulated... View Details
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
rights (IPR) and technology transfer? Fritz Foley: Before going to graduate school, I spent a year living in Sri Lanka. I was affiliated with the Institute of Policy Studies, an economic think tank, where I conducted research on... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
business leaders from the region. Session topics covered the current status and outlook for various industries and issues ranging from venture View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
employees. In 2005 and 2006 it made the Inc. 500 list as one the country’s fastest-growing private companies, with revenues increasing by 46 percent just last year. The company’s expansion into horse-related products like halters,... View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
- News