Publications

Research Summary

Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

Career Coach

Crystal Yao

IBM, Crystal pivoted to a Corporate Strategy & Development internship at Creative Artists Agency. She can provide insights into industry recruiting timelines and strategy,... View Details

December 2021
Supplement

Troverie (B)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Lindsay N. Hyde and Olivia Graham

Resolves the questions raised in Troverie (A); recounts pivots and efforts to raise capital from strategic investors and sell Troverie; and shares the founder's post-mortem reflections on what went wrong and what he might have done differently. View Details

Keywords: Startup; Failed Startup; Luxury Goods; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Failure; Luxury; Fashion Industry; United States

14 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

How Can Start Ups Grow?

implies that these firms would find it especially difficult to increase the scale of their operations and grow. Hence, understanding the factors that influence growth in such firms would be a conservative test of growth in other firms.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

April 1995 (Revised January 2003)
Case

Anasazi Exclusive Salon Products, Inc.

By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green

Anasazi, a hair-care products start-up based in the Midwest, is having growing pains as it tries to develop a new distribution model for the professional hair salon industry. The company has completed several rounds of venture financing but, to continue, needs to raise... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Financial Condition; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Planning; Fashion Industry; Iowa

16 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design

report, Axios.com recently reported that garment production continues to grow annually by 2.7%, while 25% of garments remain unsold and less than 1% are recycled into new garments. Estimates are that the View Details

Profile

Ann Chao

industry are often at odds with one another; with my creative passion and business background, I hope to better understand and work with people... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

30 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-048.pdf Behavioral Decision Research, Legislation, and Society: Three Cases Author:Max H. Bazerman Abstract No abstract available. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-049.pdf View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Oct 2020
News

Sewn with Love

In the midst of a global pandemic and widespread protests against racial injustice, the fashion industry can seem pretty frivolous. Fashion-industry leader Kikka Hanazawa (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

02 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

industry and how this new and unfamiliar industry was established among Indian consumers as a legitimate market category. Through extensive field... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

September 2003 (Revised November 2005)
Case

Best Buy Co., Inc. (A): An Innovator's Journey

By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey

The CEO of Best Buy, a hugely successful retailing company, has hired consulting firm Strategos to imbue the company with an improved innovative capability. The six-month program of experimental learning yields new business ideas and also trains Best Buy employees as... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Management Teams; Creativity; Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employees; Learning; Training; Programs; Retail Industry; United States

September 2020 (Revised March 2022)
Case

JOANN: Joannalytics Inventory Allocation Tool

By: Kris Ferreira and Srikanth Jagabathula

Michael Joyce, Vice President of Inventory Management at JOANN, championed an effort to develop and implement an inventory allocation analytics tool that used advanced analytics to predict in-season demand of seasonal items for each of JOANN’s nearly 900 stores and... View Details

Keywords: Analytics; Machine Learning; Optimization; Inventory Management; Mathematical Methods; Decision Making; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Resource Allocation; Distribution; Technology Adoption; Applications and Software; Change Management; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; United States; Ohio

22 Aug 2018
Blog Post

MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships

location or further your pre-HBS industry experience. As summer winds down and our second-year MBA students are preparing to come back to class, we wanted to take the opportunity to share reflections from... View Details

05 Aug 2010
What Do You Think?

What Is Customer Opinion Good For?

Jacoline Loewen pointed out that "Asking the customer's opinion is great for quality control check(s), but for creative strategy get beyond the client." Gerald Nanninga commented that "consumers are very good at explaining frustrations... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Technology

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Prepare for Your Interview with Research

industries from apparel, textiles & fashions to manufacturing and robotics. These reports will help to educate you quickly on an industry by... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS

many retail speakers as I could, typically 1-2 presentations a week, covering everything from large fashion brands to small e-commerce start ups. I found I always learned at least one useful thing per session that helped boost my... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

A Life by Design

As a girl growing up in Riverdale, New York, Ivy Ross (PMD 68, 1994) was surrounded by modern design — and disliked it. The home she lived in and the furniture she sat on reflected the avant-garde... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

January 2014
Case

Maricopa, Inc.: Finding the Right Treatment for Growth

By: William A. Sahlman, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Joseph B. Fuller and Shikhar Ghosh

The founders of Maricopa, Inc., a startup that sold proprietary hair-care products directly to salons, were preparing a board presentation to address the young company's inability to meet financial projections. While the products had caught on with customers, the... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Financial Condition; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Planning; Fashion Industry; Iowa