Textile Product Mills - Publications - Faculty & Research

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

June 2018
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The Grommet in 2018

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Karen Gordon Mills and Lena Goldberg

The Grommet, an online product launch platform, was at the brink of scaling its business. The Grommet's daily launch and sale of innovative consumer products, using personal videos created by product makers, had led to its initial success. In 2014, the company launched... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Value Capture; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Product Launch; Value; Retail Industry

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Roberto Verganti is in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Design Theory and Practice for the double degree program MS/MBA conducted jointly by the Harvard Business School and the... View Details

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July 2020
Case

Amanda and Kristen: Mented Cosmetics

By: Steven Rogers, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Alterrell Mills

The co-founders (Black HBS alumnae) of an e-commerce beauty startup explore the unmet needs within the beauty industry. This case study examines the entrepreneurial opportunities that come from identifying an underserved market, specifically within the Black community... View Details

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01 Jan 2011
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Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

Russia to build a textile business. "Half the workers in this country are employed in small businesses. We need to make sure they have the tools to grow their companies, create stable jobs, and move our economy forward." View Details

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Edward T. Bedford Corn Products Refining Company, 1906–1930 Edward J. Bednarz Pinkerton's, 1967–1979 Olive Ann M. Beech Beech Aircraft Corporation, 1950–1968 Eugene N. Beesley Eli Lilly & Company, 1969–1973 Hernand Behn International... View Details

05 Jun 2018
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We still don’t know much about the jobs the AI economy will make—or take

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Managing the Future of Work

Caring Company By: Joseph B. Fuller & Manjari Raman Faculty Lynda M. Applegate Prithwiraj Choudhury Joseph B. Fuller Shane Greenstein Nien-he Hsieh William R. Kerr Karen G. Mills Frank Nagle Jan W. Rivkin Raffaella Sadun Willy C. Shih... View Details

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

The Nigerian Film Industry (2008) Nigeria Financial Services (2008) Norway Norway’s Fish and Fish Products Cluster (2017) PAKISTAN Textiles Cluster in Pakistan (2007) Peru Lima Financial Services Cluster... View Details

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Cumnock Hall | About

Textile School—the first school in Massachusetts where the theory and technique of textile manufacturing was taught. He acquired the Appleton mill with a group of family and... View Details

05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

competitiveness fundamentals to productivity and prosperity outcomes. On these indicators Sweden is compared to a peer group of other advanced EU and OECD countries. The Scorecard finds Sweden's competitiveness to be solid overall,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

Construction Productivity Stagnated? The Role of Land-Use Regulation By: Leonardo D’Amico, Edward Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko, William Kerr and Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto 2024 | Working Paper | Faculty Research We document a Kuznets curve for... View Details

04 Apr 2023
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Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

01 Dec 2023
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Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Podcast - Business & Environment

entertainment industries are integrating climate change into their storytelling and TV show and film production processes. This episode features Sam Read, Executive Director of the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance, a consortium of major... View Details

01 Apr 2020
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Facebook May Be Hit Harder Than You Think by COVID-19

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

chief product officer and executive vice president for Creative Cloud. Belsky is a venture partner with Benchmark and an early advisor and investor in companies including Pinterest, Uber, sweetgreen, and Periscope. He is also cofounder... View Details

22 Apr 2020
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Oil Prices to Remain Low, Sen Says

12 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 12

School Case 413-120 Kvadrat: Leading for Innovation In 2013, Anders Byriel, CEO of the family-owned Danish textiles company, Kvadrat, considered the firm's strategic plan. In 2000, Byriel and Mette Bendix, Kvadrat's View Details