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- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
distinction is possible because strategy and business model are different constructs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-036.pdf The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
president and CEO, Margaret Clark, was contemplating the launch of a new, lip-plumping product called "Four Carat Pout." Clark faced many decisions concerning the launch: marketing the product as a luxury brand or a retail item;... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
telegraph varied commodity by commodity and the bulk of communications continued by sea post until the early twentieth century. London had a unique role as the international service centre for the emergent global economy, providing... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
firms do not have a succession plan. Maintaining best practices around physical and mental health is not a luxury or a frill, but an essential aspect of risk management. CEOs and top management need to prioritize taking care of their own... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
service at prom time. At Harvard College, where he starred in both football and baseball, he organized team meals and other activities at the Varsity Club. And at Harvard Business School, he started a housing agency to help entering... View Details
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
customers on social networks such as Facebook. Professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski provides a fresh look into the interpersonal dynamics of these sites and offers guidance for approaching these tantalizing markets The 'Luxury Prime': How View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding
practice of onboarding new employees. Although hiring is already a forgotten luxury for many firms, at least for the time being, others are still bringing aboard new people, such as those who made hiring commitments before the outbreak... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg
- Web
Industry Information - Alumni
and news on emerging designers, disruptive technologies and global brands in the fashion and luxury goods industries. United States Census Bureau: Retail Trade Provides the industry monthly sales and inventory data, annual survey data... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Avenue, a luxury department store chain, has been hard hit by the 2008 financial crisis and stock market crash. Speculation about impending bankruptcy is rampant in the press. The CEO, Stephen Sadove, must decide how to respond. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
tend to fluctuate wildly, along with market demand. A one-percent difference in demand can equal up to a 10-percent change in price, according to the HBS case. Economic downturns hit the industry especially hard, as the expensive cheese is somewhat of a View Details
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Harvard Business School
joined American Express as a marketing vice president in the travel-related services division. Before his retirement in 1993, he was promoted to senior vice president for worldwide communications. Wilkinson was a trustee and national... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
like after the crisis requires a keen understanding of the changing needs of your customers. One example from the current crisis is the extent to which consumers have shifted from expensive luxury goods to more practical items. That's why... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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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
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Anddria Clack
backgrounds and industries, given my last five years spent in the throes of the US financial services industry. I knew that I would be making a significant pivot in my career after business school, and I wanted to develop the personal... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
A dozen budding social entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for innovative products and services during the annual Social Enterprise Conference in February, and four came away with top honors. The sold-out event marked the 13th year of the... View Details
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Tessa Vacher-Desvernais
literature, languages, and creative arts. When Tessa completed her master’s degree at the ESSEC Graduate Business School, she began her career with another hybrid: luxury brands eager to embrace modernity. She was selected for a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Customizing Couture Online
flash-sale site Gilt Groupe. Today, luxury shoppers, once uncertain about the Internet, see it as a way of “accessing special things,” Magnúsdóttir says. More Retail Revolutions Sparking the Flash Sale Gilt Groupe founders Alexis Maybank... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
McKinsey before coming to HBS. Beck, cofounder and CEO of beauty retailer Bluemercury, tells Uberoi, a member of the student-run Retail & Luxury Goods Club, how she went from consultant to entrepreneur to retail maven, with 70-plus stores... View Details
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
advantages, great employee and customer loyalty, and a smoother on-ramp in leadership succession. A book excerpt from The Ownership Quotient: Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage by HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?
COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details