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  • November 2010 (Revised July 2011)
  • Supplement

Oriflame S.A. (B)

By: David F. Hawkins and Karol Misztal
Exercise for recording derivative hedging transactions, accompanied by a technical note on IFRS derivative accounting. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; International Accounting; Currency Exchange Rate; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Standards; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • October 2006 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

The ColorMatch Hair Color System

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Matthew Beecher
Describes the challenge of finding the right market for a product. View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Invention; Markets; Product; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • March 2006 (Revised October 2006)
  • Teaching Note

L'Oreal and the Globalization of American Beauty (TN)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones
Teaching Note to 805086. View Details
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • October 2005 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

MD Beauty, Inc.

By: William A. Sahlman and Elizabeth Kind
Describes some of the issues confronting the entrepreneurial team responsible for creating a highly successful natural beauty and skin care company. They are considering selling all or some portion of the company's stock. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Stocks; Financial Strategy; Management Teams; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • August 1996
  • Case

ThermoLase

By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
John Hansen, CEO of ThermoLase, must develop a plan of action to exploit the company's new development-stage revolutionary hair removal technology with negligible revenues and a $500 million market capitalization. This nascent public Thermo Electron spin out company... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Plan; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • September 1988
  • Supplement

Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (E)

By: Benson P. Shapiro
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • July 1977 (Revised February 1978)
  • Case

Rose Milk

By: Stephen A. Greyser
Keywords: Advertising; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • 01 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil

building a better car. When Amazon.com bested Barnes & Noble on the Internet, among B&N's responses was to sue Amazon, alleging fraudulent advertising. Then the laggard company enters phase three: Cosmetic change. Executives... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

virtually banding together to replace nearly all aspects of a transaction. Take buying cosmetics. It used to be customers went to a cosmetics store such as Sephora to sample products, purchase them, and then return to replenish after... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 22 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 22

forces within the team. Ends with a discussion of bridging differences in teams across both geographic and cultural divides. Purchase this note: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410051-PDF-ENG Radiant Cosmetics: What's in a Pout? Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries

Vietnamese manicurists, Korean dry cleaners, Haitian cab drivers, Gujarati motel owners. Anyone who lives in an American city can see how immigrants tend to cluster in industries along ethnic lines. Is this because they are forced to by circumstance or because they... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Beauty & Cosmetics; Beauty & Cosmetics; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Peeling Back the Global Brand

served no purpose at all beyond cosmetic appeal. Yet, silly as it seemed, the effect was real in terms of consumer preferences, he said. We talked about brand more and more as a hierarchy of persuasive elements.— Hans-Willi Schroiff... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 13 Sep 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories Before 2000: Global Visions and Local Expressions

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • January 2025
  • Case

Olive Young: Formulating Beauty Innovation

By: Rebecca Karp and Shu Lin
Sun-jung Lee, CEO of Olive Young, South Korea's largest beauty and health retailer, saw significant potential in the U.S. market and considered three pathways: replicating Korea's omnichannel model, adopting a digital-native approach with curated products, or relying... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Distribution Channels; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; South Korea; East Asia; United States
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  • August 2002
  • Teaching Note

Sa Sa Cosmetics, TN

By: David E. Bell
Teaching Note for (9-502-085). View Details
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • 22 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

Universalization of L'Oréal Lal, Rajiv, and Carin-Isabel KnoopHarvard Business School Case 513-001 In 2010, half of the world's cosmetics sales came from the so-called emerging markets for the first time; L'Oréal opened three new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2018 (Revised October 2020)
  • Case

Shiseido: Reinvesting in Brand

By: Jill Avery and Nobuo Sato
Shiseido was in the midst of a six year corporate turnaround, trying to reverse the effects of decades of under-investment in R&D and marketing which had led to a cycle of declining customer support and brand value. Would the CEO’s VISION 2020 plan, centered on four... View Details
Keywords: Brand Management; Brand Value; Turnaround; Brand Portfolio; Brand Communication; Global Brands; Digital Marketing; Return On Investment; Marketing ROI; Internet Marketing; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Value; Growth and Development Strategy; Investment Return; Consumer Behavior; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Japan; Asia
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  • March 2004 (Revised November 2012)
  • Teaching Note

P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project (TN)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Traces changes in P&G's international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product innovation rather than geographic expansion and shifts power from local subsidiary to global business management.... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Globalization; Global Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Business or Company Management; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Hong Kong; Japan; Taiwan; Europe
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  • November 2003
  • Supplement

P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Paolo de Cesare and A.G. Lafley review the strategic and organizational challenges they face in deciding whether to make the prestigious Japanese beauty product, SK-II, a global brand. In a three-part videotaped interview, they discuss the challenges, reveal the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Brands and Branding; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Japan
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  • 11 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes

confectionery hadn’t (yet) been found to be poisonous. The use of certified colors didn’t become mandatory until 1938, when Congress passed the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Even so, the initial Food and Drug Act shone a light on the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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