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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
In the first rays of the morning sun they looked full of diamonds. "After three decades, the beauty of Latin America has not changed," Austin continued, "but everything else has. This center was created in recognition of the fact that we... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel
Like countless others in the summer of 2023, HBS professor Elie Ofek went to the theater to see the blockbuster film Barbie and found himself enveloped by the pink-drenched marketing blitz that had all but taken over the world. To Ofek, who teaches in the Marketing... View Details
- Profile
Andrew Kinard
as a business-school student." "Looking back," Andrew says, "I can see that the beauty of the section experience is that you get to know people you wouldn't have met before. You're exposed to cultures you wouldn't have... View Details
- 24 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
My Classroom Experience During Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program
life-changing experience.” Above all, the experiences that were most meaningful to our SVMP class happened in the classrooms of Aldrich Hall. There was something much deeper than just the beautiful classrooms. If I had to put my finger on... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs
Birchbox, a beauty product subscription box service that has grown to more than 1 million subscribers. “We started raising funds and suddenly we were in rooms where there were no people who looked like us,” said Barna, now the first... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ink
This is one of her later ones in the Gamache series, but a good read whether or not one has read earlier ones.” —Don Licking (MBA 1962), on Beautiful Mystery, by Louise Penny Quoted “We live in a world where foresight is increasingly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
A New Path for Alumnae
success? A successful life is like a beautiful symphony. There are moments of intensity when every instrument is fully engaged, the volume is high, and the themes are varied and complex, but there are also moments when all attention is... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
any real changes in the way they operate. My favorite characterization of this stage comes from a Fortune 100-level CIO. He says they're just "putting lipstick on a bulldog." The bulldog doesn't suddenly become beautiful because... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 16 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Shekeyla Caldwell Sandore: Why 'A Name Like Mine' Matters
a different name. As a child I told my mother that I wanted to be named Nicole—no one ever made fun of, or misunderstood, the name Nicole. I hurt for my mom when I said that to her. She chose a special, beautiful name for me, and I let... View Details
- April 2021
- Supplement
Exercise for Revlon: Surviving Covid-19
By: Kristin Mugford and Sarah Gulick
Exercise for Revlon: Surviving Covid-19 View Details
- September 1990 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
Procter & Gamble Japan (A)
Ten years after entering Japan, P&G had accumulated over $250 million in operating losses on declining annual sales of $120 million by 1983. The decision facing the president of P&G International: exit, retrench or rebuild the operation? Ironically, the initial entry... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Change Management; Profit; Market Entry and Exit; Market Participation; Sales; Competition; Technology; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Japan
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Procter & Gamble Japan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-003, September 1990. (Revised January 1992.)
- 17 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
about self-image. Two months ago, Unilever's Dove brand uploaded "Dove Real Beauty Sketches," a web-exclusive mini-documentary in which a forensic artist sketches each of several women twice, first based solely on their descriptions of... View Details
- Profile
Rob Self
there’s a singular theme of continuity: sustainability. “It started with the Boy Scouts,” he says. Originally intended as a way for Rob and his father to have fun on weekends (eventually joined by his two brothers), Scouting “gave me an appreciation for how View Details
- March 2021 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
Revlon: Surviving Covid-19
By: Kristin Mugford and Sarah Gulick
In October 2020, Revlon faced a crossroads. While it had been struggling with high levels of debt before COVID-19, the pandemic had caused it to go further into debt. Unlike other financial crises, many consumers had stopped buying skincare or cosmetics, and sales of... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Leveraged Buyouts; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Bonds; Corporate Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States
Mugford, Kristin, and Sarah Gulick. "Revlon: Surviving Covid-19." Harvard Business School Case 221-084, March 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- April 2008
- Teaching Note
Dove: Evolution of a Brand (TN)
By: John A. Deighton
Teaching Note for [508-047]. View Details
- October 1974 (Revised June 1981)
- Case
Clairol, Inc.: Appliance Division
Shapiro, Benson P. "Clairol, Inc.: Appliance Division." Harvard Business School Case 575-043, October 1974. (Revised June 1981.)
- July 1981 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
American Distilling Co. (A)
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "American Distilling Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 281-008, July 1981. (Revised December 1984.)
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
Beth Thoren (MBA 1992) was a teenager in Japan the first time she saw the ocean. “I thought it was the most beautiful and fragile thing I’d ever seen,” she recalls. The experience sparked a lifelong interest in the natural world and led... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
and indeed very beautiful, it’s the story of ‘an almost perfect crime.’ Set in a monastery in the Quebec wilderness, Chief Inspector Gamache—one of my favorite detectives in crime fiction—is one of the few outsiders allowed in this community of silence.” —Elizabeth... View Details
- Blog
Lessons from Jazz in the Live Online Classroom
around the corner." For more information on how you can apply the experience of master jazz improvisers to your own leadership journey, check out Barrett's book, Yes to the Mess, Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz. Check out how the team moved this View Details