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10 Dec 2014
News

Front-Row Seat

where new ideas and unexpected strategies are the secret weapons that can lift one company over another. “Digital media is entirely about talented and creative people working in a hyper-col-laborative fashion to produce compelling... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

Despite all this, the online draft will certainly not be the same. Apart from the lost entertainment value—NFL draft fashion has become a much-watched spectacle in recent years—there are concerns about potential technical challenges. The... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

01 Jun 1996
News

Keepers of the Flame

wanted to work with," says Wallace, who combines a winning personality with a team-spirit approach to the ACOG mission. "I try to support him in any fashion that will allow him to make the best use of his time. When I get involved with... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

Facebook ads to sales and account management. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817056-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-020 Macy's Reinvents Its Millennial Business Molly Langenstein, Macy’s executive vice president for View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Mar 2016
HBS Case

Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'

They spend much more time paying attention to reviews of other people like them and trying to understand and gauge in an unbiased fashion what the real quality is of these products and services, particularly those in which you can’t... View Details

Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Advertising; Travel

12 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

drivers of an international consumer culture. Beauty companies formed an important component of a wider business ecosystem, which included movie studios, pageant organizers, and fashion magazines. Yet the process of homogenization,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

larger forces that, taken together, have helped fashion business and society today. Overarching themes of her book tackle the corporation writ large, the changing nature of work, and defining moments in technology. What can business... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

the recognition that no matter how much technology we have, how many PowerPoint slides we have, how many knowledge management systems we have, the fact of the matter is that people learn from experience. Simulation probably helps, but trying to transfer knowledge and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

Yet, why do gray zones persist and why are they unlikely to disappear? In Moral Gray Zones, Michel Anteby shows how these spaces function as regulating mechanisms within workplaces, fashioning workers' identity and self-esteem while... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Media

This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

12 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

Coty. When Beetz was hired as chief executive, it was still a fragmented collection of recently acquired brands. The case describes how Beetz re-ignited the dormant celebrity fragrance business with the successful launch of a new Jennifer Lopez fragrance line. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Teaching Interest

Overview

By: Geoffrey G. Jones

I currently teach the history of global entrepreneurship over the last 200 years. The 28-session course called Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism has become one of the most popular second year electives in the MBA program at the Harvard Business School. The cases,... View Details

May 2011
Article

Underdog Branding: Why Underdogs Win in Recessions

By: Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan and Jill Avery

Underdog stories about overcoming great odds through passion and determination are particularly resonant during difficult times as they inspire us and give us hope when the outlook we face is bleak. They promise that success is still possible, a much needed message in... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Brand Building; Brand Management; Brand Positioning; Competitive Positioning; Brands and Branding; Economics; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Advertising Campaigns; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry

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30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30

fashion without intervening predictions. Subjects were yoked so that the same history of outcomes was observed in all conditions. The results revealed the Gambler's Fallacy when outcomes were experienced (with or without predictions).... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008

relationship formation based on the characteristics of 'settings', or the places and times where actors meet. We argue that bridging relations form when organizations participate in two types of settings: unusually popular or fashionable... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2010
News

Fair Trade

of prestige skin care brands in East Asia, where a preference for lighter skin led to its incorporation into global brands. As in India, these preferences were rooted historically, but they have grown stronger over the recent past .A striking feature of the whitening... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

May 25, 2016
Comment

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

By: John A. Quelch

Healthcare and education are two issues in which citizens around the world, rich and poor, are passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic... View Details

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08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

incremental sustainability strategies over decades at his firm. Tompkins, who went on to manage the fashion company Esprit, opted in 1989 to exit business entirely having concluded that capitalism could never be sufficiently sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

platform for local fashion commerce. Oliver Segovia needs to evaluate where AVA should go next and answer some complicated personal questions. The case considers issues related to e-commerce platforms, diaspora-based international... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2013
News

Who Are We?

range from Fortune 100 and start-up companies to not-for-profits and municipalities. He has helped position Bangkok, Thailand, as a global fashion capital and FootJoy as the number one shoe and glove brand in golf. With FootJoy, he notes,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Dan Morrell; social media,; Twitter; SodaStream; consulting; consultant; CEO; farming; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

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Front-Row Seat

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

Keepers of the Flame

First Look at New Research: February 21

Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

The Times Captures History of American Business

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

First Look: August 5, 2008

Media

Media

First Look: August 12, 2008

Overview

Underdog Branding: Why Underdogs Win in Recessions

First Look: March 30

First Look: January 15, 2008

Fair Trade

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

November 8, 2016

First Look: September 17

Who Are We?