Beauty - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
News

We Rise

Above: Illustration by Hannah Barczyk When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

19 Jan 2023
News

Forged in Fire

realized, I was inspired to move beyond myself, and I realized that I had an opportunity: I lost my vision, but I could help other people find theirs. And I learned from Bill that I've been given this beautiful gift of blindness disguised... View Details

26 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

Within each city, more Airbnb rooms cropped up during popular travel periods, such as Christmas and the summer. Sports games, festivals, and other events also led to a spike in listings. In Cambridge, Mass., the biggest listing period came during college graduation... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel

01 Jun 2004
News

Massport, Back on Course

you have cash, customers, and a product. The beauty of this turnaround is we have all three. It’s more of an organizational and cultural turnaround. I want to get people inside, as well as people outside, thinking about Massport as a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Massport; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

01 Jan 2004
News

A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

at Harvard Business School. MBA in hand, he arrived at P&G at the age of 30 as an assistant brand manager for Joy dishwashing detergent. A variety of other assignments followed, such as helping turn around P&G's beauty products business... View Details

30 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)

intersection Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) was focused on when she founded S’well, a reusable water bottle company that creates products that are both beautiful and eco-friendly and infuse innovation with inspiration. The mission had a strong... View Details

Keywords: Retail

01 Mar 2013
News

Leveraging Female Talent

a lot of books and articles on gender studies. I decided that I would also talk to people, research some companies, look at the data, and let that inform my path. That's the beauty of being at HBS—finding questions that are researchable... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

07 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands

exists at the intersection of the healthcare and beauty industries, educating consumers on the modern way to take care of their skin. It's designed to be a more inviting and accessible experience for minimally invasive cosmetic... View Details

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

Tan, MBA 2023 Komo is a food delivery platform that combines sustainability with beautiful & reusable foodware. ---------------------------------------------------- Circular Economy Contestants MoveItCarmen Marin de Leon, MBA... View Details

26 Aug 2020
News

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

beauty care routines, using fewer plastic items in our own beauty care routines or buying more from farmer's markets or local stores that don't use as much plastic. It's basically for us meant a shift in how... View Details

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother

on a beautiful beach right in our neighborhood. I’m also very passionate about animals and I look forward to learning about the local animal rescue organizations in Rhode Island and how I can get involved. View Details

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

infoscape "will cause [people] to stop in their tracks and really take a look. We are endeavoring to create a feeling, engender a mood, provide a sense of the drama and the beauty of what goes on in our halls. We want to attract... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

25 Apr 2023
News

Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

environments and watching our classmates sip and twirl beautiful cocktails or elegant wines. And we were standing there with a can of La Croix or a Diet Coke and feeling a little bit childish and not part of the experience.” The two got... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 1999
News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

but I am in a position to contribute, and I do. The biggest gift I ever made, $25 million, was to the University of Wisconsin to build a new sports facility. It made sense because I'm a Wisconsin senator, a sports fan, and a professional team owner. It is a View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

29 Jul 2020
Blog Post

To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS

Vermont to social gatherings at night. I had a memorable and delicious Friendsgiving in November that the entire section attended. And the most special event my section organized truly made me feel seen and appreciated. They threw me a View Details

12 May 2022
News

Turning a Moment into a Movement

Even though Aisha Dozie (MBA 2002) had served on the boards of several private and nonprofit organizations over her career, her two-year search for the directorship of a public board proved to be a “pretty tricky and convoluted” process. The founder and CEO of Bossy... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2020
News

Tried and Tested

lot of fantastic complementarities between fieldwork and lab work. Zoë’s projects have all of this rich complexity from the field, where you can see beautiful things like long-term outcomes and high stakes. But I also think her job is... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Scientific Research and Development Services

March 2015
Case

Unilever: Combatting Global Food Waste

By: David F. Drake, Janice H. Hammond and Matthew G. Preble

The global consumer goods company Unilever was on pace to hit a number of aggressive targets by 2020 as part of the Unilever Sustainable Living Project, including a goal to halve the waste associated with the disposal of its products. Unilever's chief supply chain... View Details

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25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

supposed to go to Qingdao, China, to help with a chain of beauty salons. Conversations were difficult given language barriers, leading to difficulties understanding the scope of the business until students were just about to leave.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

Highlights Ekta Chopra, e.l.f. Beauty CDO Lou Panaccione, OOFOS CEO and Co-Founder OOFOS Recovery Footwear Show Hide Details Concepts Setting Objectives Defining Target Audience Determining Value Proposition Identifying Metrics Featured... View Details

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