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- 16 Jan 2013
- News
Warby Parker tries to re-focus eyeglass industry
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
of eyeglasses can cost more than a month's wages. That's because much of the world relies on highly trained specialists who use sophisticated and expensive equipment, in a market that provides consumers with choice and fashion in eyewear.... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- September 2002 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Silhouette v. Hartlauer
Silhouette, an Austrian eyeglass frame manufacturer, sued Hartlauer, an Austrian retail discounter, for reselling Silhouette frames within the European Union (EU) that Hartlauer had purchased outside the EU. Does the EU follow the principle of exhaustion of trademarks? View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Trademarks; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; European Union
Bagley, Constance E., and Claude Mosseri-Marlio. "Silhouette v. Hartlauer." Harvard Business School Case 803-055, September 2002. (Revised July 2003.)
- July 2013 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Carl Zeiss and Free-Form Production: Can We See Clearly Yet?
By: Willy Shih
The prescription eyeglass lens industry was complicated and highly fragmented, and even though many of the tools and techniques employed have been relatively unchanged over the last century, there was still a surprising pace of innovation. An aging population around... View Details
Keywords: History; Demand and Consumers; Disruptive Innovation; Vertical Integration; Theory; Technology Adoption; Health Industry
Shih, Willy. "Carl Zeiss and Free-Form Production: Can We See Clearly Yet?" Harvard Business School Case 614-007, July 2013. (Revised March 2015.)
- March 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Help the World See: Self-Sustaining Eye Care in Belize
In 1992, Help the World See (HTWS), a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to improving eye care in developing countries, established permanent, self-sustaining eye care clinics in Belize in conjunction with the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired (BCVI). The... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Belize
Dees, J. Gregory, Jaan Elias, and Jeffrey Orenstein. "Help the World See: Self-Sustaining Eye Care in Belize." Harvard Business School Case 897-142, March 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
to others. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/314015-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 614-007 Carl Zeiss and Free-Form Production: Can We See Clearly Yet? The prescription eyeglass lens industry was complicated and highly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2024
- News
A Wide Net
Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
and read the letter, slowly. When he was done, he said only, “Never been about money in Lee family.” He was quiet for a long time. Then, “You’re not going to get PhD?” “Maybe later, Abuji,” I said. And in the moment, I meant it. He put his View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
sends them into the field to help distribute glasses to children in need. The departing team member went to a school in a tough neighborhood in the Bronx to present a new pair of eyeglasses to an eighth grader with severely impaired... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- Web
Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
measurement technology for the telecommunications market, utilizing a proprietary, patented optical process development by leading quantum researchers at Boston University. Social Enterprise Track, 2001 Low Cost Eyeglasses Neil Houghton,... View Details
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
eyeglasses that can be calibrated by the user to circumvent the need for an optometrist. The second, VisionSpring, follows a different approach, working to build a network of entrepreneurs who sell View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Profile
Colt Stander
Chances are there haven’t been many MBA candidates who have designed eyeglasses for Nickelodeon and Geoffrey Beene, or the mobile console for a micro-ablation tool used in surgical suites. “I’ve had the unusual experience,” Colt Stander... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
inexpensive and easy-to-purchase eyeglasses available to the one billion people in the world in need. In his remarks to the students and attendees, judge Michael Cronin (MBA '77), cofounder and managing partner of Weston Presidio Capital,... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
category. Both winning teams addressed health-care issues. The social enterprise team of Neil Houghton, Ashley Magargee, Naomi Weinberg (all MBA '01), and Marcel Acosta won for their venture Low Cost Eyeglasses, whose aim is to supply View Details
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
106 eyeglass stores that to date has delivered word-class eyeglasses to 1.5 million people at the base of the pyramid at an entry price of under $15, when previously this was only available at $125 or more. ... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
down from the semicircular banks of seats in Aldrich 9. Price tags (retailers wouldn't have to re-mark them for discounted sales). Billboards. Sheet music (self-turning scores). Eyeglasses with news headlines projected inside the lens... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
eyeglasses and for software for cardiologists, says she expects to see fewer Internet-related plans this year. Myra Hart observes that while some students may not be as willing to take the risk of implementing their plan right out of the... View Details