Fashion - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2022
News

Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

attendance is required, and therefore students are engaged. Those are the real drivers of the learning here. Our entrepreneurship courses and our programs are fantastic, but if we weren’t building on the base of the overall MBA experience, they wouldn’t be nearly as... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Teaching Interest

Overview

The Business of Aesthetics is a new course for second-year students who are considering careers in sectors and companies whose long-term financial value is built on their ability to deliver aesthetic value. Such companies are rewarded not only for eliciting a high... View Details

Keywords: Aesthetics; Luxury Goods; Retail; Consumer Goods; Design; Creativity; Consumer Behavior; Brand Building; Experience Goods; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry

26 Jan 2015
News

The Ingredients for Success

by the telecom industry, entered HBS with the goal of using her time there to find the career she truly wanted. After graduation, she returned to California and held a series of finance jobs in the fashion and apparel industry. Restless... View Details

Keywords: Tyler Bridges; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Educational Services

15 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

sentiment, the researchers conducted six lab experiments in which participants answered questions about a simulated website of a fashion retailer selling T-shirts. The research also included a field study of sales figures at a real online... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

01 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

particular industry—both software engineers and fashion models are considered "specialized"—but 60 percent of the visas go to workers who specialize in science, engineering, and high-tech occupations. Top recipients of H-1B visas include... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

27 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Customer Loyalty Programs That Work

customer $20 in "Nordstrom Notes" that can be applied to future purchases. Depending on how much they spend annually, Fashion Rewards members also have access to perks such as concierge service and free alterations. A well-run... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Retail

01 Jun 2025
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2025

Edited by Julia Hanna; photographs by Susan Young Award Recipients Video MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn... View Details

Keywords: leadership; Alumni Achievement Awards

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

the Balanced Scorecard. Supplier objectives and measures are typically incorporated within the "Achieve Operational Excellence" theme in the Internal Process perspective. (See Figure 2-2.) For example, a major fashion retailer,... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

22 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 22

Clark needed to decide whether to pursue patents, copyrights, and/or trademarks for various aspects of the new product. The case focuses on the interplay between marketing strategies and intellectual property issues in international View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Aug 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54794 Harvard Business School Case 518-047 Armarium: Luxury Fashion Brands for Rent Armarium, a two-sided online platform that offered consumers the opportunity to rent the most coveted,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?

needed and more seats on the board will be demanded. The board will need to monetize the membership in whatever fashion ensures a profitable return of capital for the venture fund's investors. So my advice, if they believe Ello is still... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Deighton & Sunil Gupta; Publishing; Financial Services

October 2024 (Revised December 2024)
Case

Kering Eyewear

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Dante Roscini and Elena Corsi

In June 2024, Roberto Vedovotto, CEO of Kering Eyewear, prepared to discuss the future of the recently acquired brands LINDBERG, a Danish optical eyewear brand, and Maui Jim, an American sunglasses brand. Vedovotto founded Kering Eyewear in 2014, convincing... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Luxury; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Italy; Europe; China

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10 Nov 2008
What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

need to bring trouble-shooting forums in house, Ruediger Voelske said, "Innovations and strategies can then be developed from forum experience." Others offered examples of interesting applications of the idea of involving customers in View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

fashion and consumer products, and tough tech. The NVC truly captures the spirit of entrepreneurship at HBS.” “In a world crying out for solutions to environmental, health, racial equity, and other social problems, the Social Enterprise... View Details

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407062 Liz Claiborne and the New Working Woman Harvard Business School Case 407-060 At age 47, with two decades of experience as a lead designer for a Fortune 500 fashion... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Solving Climate Change Starts with an Idea

embarking on their second encore career. There were entomologists and investment bankers and fashion designers. It was the most diverse group I’d taught in a while. I have an underlying thesis in teaching “How to Create a Climate... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic

strategy, we found that there were thirteen markets in America where the majority of fashion goods are sold. In each of those markets, there is a central place where people do their serious shopping. We've designed the stores to be an... View Details

25 Oct 2016
First Look

October 25, 2016

growing component of many firms' retailing strategies, particularly in the fashion industry. Outlet stores offer attractive prices in locations far from central shopping districts. The main perspectives on why outlet stores exist can be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 2018 (Revised May 2019)
Case

Rev. Georgiette Morgan-Thomas & The American Hat Factory

By: Steven Rogers and Ariel Rogers

On a sunny Monday morning, Rev. Morgan-Thomas walked into her newly acquired hat factory thinking, “What have I gotten myself into? Things are worse than I imagined. Can I ever turn this company around given all of the known and unknown problems? Can I make it... View Details