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- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
case, lighter-skinned women have been favored in India’s ads. Advertisements in the 1980s told stories of dark-skinned women unable to find husbands until they applied fairness creams. Later, skin lightening brand Fair & Lovely linked... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
Special Forces units while serving in Afghanistan. Saffron currently sells for $2,500 per kilogram because its harvesting and processing are so labor intensive. During the summer after their first year at HBS, Miller served as a brand... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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Brian Kenny | About
Brian Kenny Bio Brian Kenny is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) at Harvard Business School. He has led marketing and communications work for several global institutions. As the School’s first CMCO, Brian has oversight of the HBS View Details
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
BATNAs in Negotiation: Common Errors and Three Kinds of 'No' By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—The best alternative to a negotiated agreement (“BATNA”) concept in negotiation has proven to be immensely useful. In tandem with its value in practice, BATNA has become a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Energy, IT, real estate, and sustainability
Professor Henderson’s current research focuses on the energy, information technology, and real estate sectors and the challenges firms encounter as they attempt to act in more sustainable ways. This work is an outgrowth of her decade-long examination of the... View Details
- February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Legal Services Industry; China
Eccles, Robert G., and Catherine Zhang. "Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-065, February 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
motorcycles that are substantially less cost.” Peter Barnet, similarly concerned about too much time spent on tariff reduction, suggested that the Company “create a flanking brand that is not the full Harley Davidson Hog and is ‘designed... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Energy Group, Allstate, and Johnson Publishing. She’s even served in the White House. leading innovative arts and cultural events as special assistant and social secretary to former President Barack Obama. In 2019, she became co-owner and CEO of Black Opal, LLC, which... View Details
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Historical Data & Sources - Business History
Harvard Business Review 90 (July/August 2012): 141-45 Natura Annual Reports, 2007-2013 Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016 Download Data Set in Excel Pampers Brand Sales by Country Courtesy of Proctor & Gamble Map created by John Regan,... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition
home the top cash prize of $75,000. Runner Up winner Hue earned a $25,000 prize. Led by cofounders Janvi Shah, Nicole Clay, and Sylvan Guo (all MBA 2022), Hue helps brands and retailers embed TikTok-style shoppable videos on its... View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
watchmaking revival began when Nicolas Hayek, a former management consultant, bought up several of the industry's suffering brands and production companies and consolidated them into the Societe Suisse de Microelectronique et d'Horlogerie... View Details
- 22 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS
grad school. I had accepted an offer to move to Miami and work at Restaurant Brands International (Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes) in their Leadership Development Program. While I was honored and excited about the opportunity, I... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
expansion. Entering a new market is not cheap: QT's past experience has shown that it takes up to five years or about 50 stores before the brand begins to stand out in consumers' minds. A QuikTrip store costs an average of $4.2 million to... View Details
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Jiaojun Wang
enthralled by the best food I have ever tasted, and the brand was no other than “KFC.” Now that KFC is ubiquitous in China, I never forget the simple joy it brought to me and my family. Who is one person from your life that you admire the... View Details
- 04 Oct 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com
- October 2014
- Case
McKinsey & Company, 2012
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2012, McKinsey & Company (McKinsey) was the world's premier management consultancy, providing advice to CEO's and top executives of leading companies around the globe. Many consulting firms were bigger but few could match the reputation McKinsey had built over more... View Details
- 09 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase
Testing data on 13,000 shoppers To show how the model works, Ascarza and Padilla fed it some customer data supplied by an international retailer that sells its own brand of beauty products exclusively in its stores and on its website.... View Details
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The Challenge of Color - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
artists in the 1920s and ’30s the ability to achieve extraordinary nuances in gradations of tone, texture, and saturation. Related industries responded, and by the end of the 1920s photographers could choose from a broad range of paper View Details
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Networking Opportunities - Recruiting
Hire Talent Networking Opportunities Hire Talent Networking Opportunities Engage with Student Clubs Connect with 50 career-related clubs to target your ideal candidates and build your brand on campus. Connect with MBA Students Learn about... View Details
- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
Courtesy Michelle Freyre Courtesy Michelle Freyre When Michelle Freyre (MBA 1997) was a brand manager at Neutrogena, Michael McNamara, global president of the beauty brand at the time, asked what she wanted... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon