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  • March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
  • Case

ASOS PLC

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world’s largest online fashion specialists in 2018. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 85,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand... View Details
Keywords: ASOS; AsSeenOnScreen; Online Fashion; Online Apparel; Nick Beighton; Nick Robertson; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Social Media; Marketplaces; Shipping; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Age; Gender; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Succession; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; United Kingdom; England; London
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  • March 2021
  • Teaching Plan

The Black New Venture Competition

By: Karen G. Mills, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Martin A. Sinozich and Gabriella Elanbeck
Black entrepreneurs encounter many unique obstacles when raising capital to start and grow a business, some stemming from deep systemic discrimination. During their second year at Harvard Business School (HBS), MBA students Kimberly Foster and Tyler Simpson decided to... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Startup; Start-up; Startup Financing; Financing; Startups; Start-ups; Business And Community; Business And Society; Business Growth; Discrimination; Women; Women-owned Businesses; African Americans; African-american Entrepreneurs; African-american Investors; African-American Protagonist; African-American Women; Early Stage Funding; Early Stage; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Innovation Competitions; Entrepreneurial Financing; Business Plan; Business Startups; Diversity; Gender; Race; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Small Business; Leadership; Information Technology; Competition
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  • February 2020
  • Case

Leading Change in Talent at L'Oréal

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Vincent Dessain and Emer Moloney
Jean-Claude Le Grand just stepped into a new role as Executive Vice-President for Human Resources at the global cosmetics company, L’Oréal. He is now responsible for the hiring, development, promotion, and retention of 83,000 employees worldwide. The highly successful... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Business Headquarters; Business Divisions; Business Organization; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Demographics; Diversity; Gender; Nationality; Multinational Firms and Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Management; Jobs and Positions; Employment; Human Capital; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Networks; Social Psychology; Attitudes; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Business Strategy; Advertising Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; France; Paris
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  • November 1995 (Revised February 2017)
  • Case

Luna Pen (A)

By: Kathleen McGinn and Michael Wheeler
Discusses the negotiation of a possible trademark infringement involving a German conglomerate and a Taiwanese trading firm. View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Law; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Gender; Culture; Trademarks; Power and Influence; Germany; Taiwan
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  • 17 Dec 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

gender assumptions. "Even his humor was carefully orchestrated to make a point." "Levitt's summation was, 'Boys, you'd better wake up now, because there are going to be more and more women in management, and they're going... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail
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Press / Media

By: Debora L. Spar

I'll have a girl, please

American Public Media [Marketplace], 12 September 2006

DR. DEBORAH SPAR: "The ability to choose gender is really only the first... View Details

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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

text messages you send to us, and any other mobile information you or your wireless carrier provide. Other Personal Data such as gender provided in connection with the Services. SOURCES OF INFORMATION We may receive information directly... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Every Trick in the Book

four-inch-thick shelves that run along both sides of the 1,000-square-foot space; many have a handwritten recommendation alongside. The books are arranged in unexpected and frequently shifting categories. “Our Culture, Our Country” includes books on View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 06 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School

In 1962, the Harvard Business School faculty voted for women to be directly admitted to the two-year MBA Program for the first time. In September 1963, eight female students enrolled in the Class of 1965, alongside 676 men. The School has come a long way toward View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
  • 03 Apr 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

Summing Up How Important is Leadership Gender in Influencing the Way We Work? Any attempt to describe behaviors on the basis of gender runs the risk of stereotyping, generalizing, and generally... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 20 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced

firms tend to thrive only in parts of the world that embrace gender diversity, like Europe. Q1. You mention in the paper that most research on diversity and performance tends to focus on a specific industry or country—and the results of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Women Negotiating in the New Millenium

it's possible that women have the expectation that men are better" at negotiation. Simmons College's Kolb, an authority on gender issues, asserted that people need to take another look at the routine interactions they have in their... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Nov 2017
  • News

In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

  • 04 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

make the most of star power. Q: Why did you think there might be an important gender aspect to your research into star performers and their career development? How did you study this topic in depth? Boris Groysberg: A few years ago, my... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

Even so, the executives brought the issue to Harvard Business School Professor Robin J. Ely. Eighteen months and more than 100 employee interviews later, Ely’s research team reached a conclusion that challenged steadfast beliefs about the forces underpinning View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

For the last quarter century, many fought hard to overcome gender discrimination in the workplace by raising awareness, strengthening antidiscrimination policies, and encouraging more women to enter the corporate world. At first blush,... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 10 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s Men and Women of the Corporation, published 41 years ago this year, has inspired and informed a generation of scholars studying gender, status, and power. The book is full of insights and concepts that have become cornerstones in our... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
  • 13 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

Women don't have a problem developing an effective leadership style. What they do struggle with more than men, however, is claiming the authority to lead, according to Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn. The gender gap in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 30 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

of all, the studies show. The findings are detailed in the paper Investors Prefer Entrepreneurial Ventures Pitched by Attractive Men, published in the March 2014 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Our paper provides concrete proof that View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 10 Feb 2014
  • HBS Case

Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines

point of making sure her gender would not be the focus of the case, Mukunda certainly considered the fact that she was the first woman to take the helm at Anglo American—and took note of the singular challenges therein. Even before they... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing