Lifestyle - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Nov 2018
HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

jimkruger In the mid-1990s, Target was a discount superstore behemoth. The retailer had set itself apart from chief rival Walmart with a focus on more upscale but wallet-friendly fashion and lifestyle lines, spurring double-digit growth... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

08 Apr 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It

No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle It used to be that we equated power and prestige with a leisurely, luxurious lifestyle. Today, lack of leisure time may just be the real status symbol. Does Le Pliage Help or Hurt the Longchamp... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto; Retail; Fashion

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

theaters reached almost every American town, diffusing new lifestyles and creating a new celebrity culture around movie stars that exercised a powerful influence on how beauty, especially female beauty, was defined.24 Max Factor forged... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

02 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

create a barrier, the technology has got to be hard to execute. Some companies have patents; some don't. We encourage them to have patents because it's a more litigious environment than it was ten years ago. We also look at the management team. If we've got a founder... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Barley

01 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

executive positions take a toll on the health of top managers, often causing cardiovascular and immune-system illnesses. Reconstructing life and death at GE For his research, Nicholas chose to look as far back as the 1930s in examining the work and View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

27 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

Organizations and Human Resources at Université du Québec à Montréal; and Wharton doctoral candidate Serenity Lee. "Sharing information about one’s personal lifestyle and beliefs online with the wrong colleague may expose employees to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

20 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

incentives are disproportionately tied to stock price. Surprise Seven: You Are Still Only Human Warning signs: You give interviews about you rather than about the company. Your lifestyle is more lavish or privileged than that of other top... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

then we might rob potential cheaters of the desire to cheat as a means of lowering psychological distress. This strikes me as a very real possibility, and one that could be implemented by a wide range of mental health and lifestyle... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

fuzzy logic, and you have the makings of Nicholas Carr's article. Carr's examples of railroads and electric power played out over eighty years, (not forty, as he suggests), turning society, business organizations, and lifestyles inside... View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Are You Supporting Your B Players?

to for lifestyle reasons. There are others who aren't ever going to be stars, "which is fine," said DeLong. Unlike A players, B players are often more secure in their objectives and know where they want to go. They need less... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

actions were taken by physicians following DTCA discussions with patients. Such actions involved referring the patient to a specialist, suggesting a lifestyle change, and recommending an OTC (over-the-counter) drug or diagnostic test. For... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Building Communities as Well as Companies

go out and try to raise $5 million.—Keith Clinkscales, Vanguarde Media "Many of my colleagues stepped up their lifestyles and encumbered themselves with big houses once they began making money," he said. "For me, it was... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil

and experiments throughout the company, pursuing systemic and lifestyle shifts that remake the fabric of the firm. Ideas for change and experimentation do not descend from the top down, but rather emerge from all levels of the company and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 May 2004
What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

security," Aamir Rehman commented that "the lifestyles of some executives make them unstable despite their wealth." Fernando das Neves Gomes diagnosed the problem in this thoughtful way: "I think much of the time the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

above are numerous in a channel that includes, in your comments, food and tobacco producers of unhealthy products (Christy Hitchens, Tom Dolembo); lifestyle equipment and service providers; developers and manufacturers of high-cost... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

The first is: Are these transitory feelings that may fade in intensity with progress in the war on terrorism? Let's assume instead that what we may experience is an intensification of trends in personal lifestyles already noticeable prior... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

are having to respond to a far greater diversity of cultures and lifestyles as new markets are opened up worldwide. In the twenty-first century, beauty is again being reimagined anew. Order this book:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

casual but cultured lifestyle of California's Napa Valley, his coach Fern Mandelbaum, cofounder of toy maker Skyline, questioned whether other Americans shared his concept of Napa. "I thought, 'Come on, Fern, I will tell you what it... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

19 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Finding Success in the Middle of the Market

(for economic reasons) or decide to (for lifestyle reasons) to trade down. General Motors and Ford used to control midfield in the U.S. auto market with the Chevrolet Malibu and the Ford Taurus. Nowadays, the Toyota Camry controls... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto; Retail

21 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

company's efforts on its entire value chain from its raw materials sourcing to the lifestyle of its end consumers. The plan especially centered on wood, which represented 60% of IKEA Group's total procurement in volume and constituted a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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