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- Faculty Publications (216)
- 26 Aug 2014
- News
When It Comes to Producing Female Entrepreneurs, Harvard, Stanford, MIT Lead the Way
Keywords:
Educational Services
- April 2017 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Helena Rubinstein: Making Up the Modern Woman
By: Geoffrey Jones and Kathy Choi
This case examines the entrepreneurial career of Helena Rubinstein before 1938. Rubinstein is widely considered the single most important female entrepreneur in the United States in the 20th century. She was born in Poland but immigrated to Australia where she started...
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Keywords:
Female Entrepreneur;
Brands and Branding;
Luxury;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Jones, Geoffrey, and Kathy Choi. "Helena Rubinstein: Making Up the Modern Woman." Harvard Business School Case 317-116, April 2017. (Revised February 2023.)
- Web
Men’s Discomfort with Women’s Health Starves Tech Companies Serving Female Customers - Blog: RaGE Report
Companies Serving Female Customers HBS Staff Author HBS Staff This piece was written in collaboration with The Institute for Business in Global Society. (copy credit: Liz Szabo) Although the women’s health technology sector is growing...
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- 28 Jun 2023
Female and Focused on STEM - Inside the MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Program at Harvard
Get ready to be inspired as we bring together a remarkable panel of female current students and alumni from the Harvard MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Program for a virtual Q&A. Whether you are a current STEM undergraduate student, an...
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- 2016
- Working Paper
On Her Account: Can Strengthening Women's Financial Control Boost Female Labor Supply?
By: Natalia Rigol, Rohini Pande, Erica Field, Simone Schaner and Charity Troyer Moore
Rigol, Natalia, Rohini Pande, Erica Field, Simone Schaner, and Charity Troyer Moore. "On Her Account: Can Strengthening Women's Financial Control Boost Female Labor Supply?" Working Paper, November 2016.
- September 2019 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Dove and Real Beauty: Building a Brand with Purpose
By: Mark R. Kramer, Myriam Sidibe and Gunjan Veda
Unilever subsidiary Dove soap became a "brand with a purpose" and created shared value when the company decided to launch a Campaign for Real Beauty to combat the artificial media-driven stereotype of female beauty that causes appearance anxiety in women and girls...
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Keywords:
Stereotype;
Body Image;
Female;
Self-Esteem;
Brands and Branding;
Mission and Purpose;
Advertising Campaigns;
Gender;
Resource Allocation
Kramer, Mark R., Myriam Sidibe, and Gunjan Veda. "Dove and Real Beauty: Building a Brand with Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 720-361, September 2019. (Revised June 2021.)
- January 2018
- Case
Mary Barra, CEO, General Motors
By: Nitin Nohria, Kerry Herman and Sarah Gulick
Library case detailing the career of Mary Barra, GM’s CEO from January 2014, and her handling of the GM ignitions scandal, GM’s move into electric and autonomous car development, and activist investors.
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- July 2022 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
By: Ayelet Israeli
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-055. When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique...
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Keywords:
Female;
Female Ceo;
Female Entrepreneur;
Female Protagonist;
Health & Wellness;
Healthcare;
Price Policies;
Minimum Advertised Price;
Differentiation;
Positioning;
Growth;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Price;
Disruption;
Distribution;
Distribution Channels;
Competitive Strategy;
Competition;
Growth Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Product Development;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Advertising;
Business Startups;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Social Issues;
Social Enterprise;
Retail Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Health Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Education Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Canada;
United States;
United Kingdom
- March 2019 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
By: Ayelet Israeli
When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique product. Fifteen years later, the...
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Keywords:
Female;
Female Ceo;
Female Entrepreneur;
Female Protagonist;
Health & Wellness;
Healthcare;
Price Policies;
Minimum Advertised Price;
Differentiation;
Positioning;
Growth;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Price;
Disruption;
Distribution;
Distribution Channels;
Competitive Strategy;
Competition;
Growth Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Product Development;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Advertising;
Business Startups;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Social Issues;
Social Enterprise;
Retail Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Health Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Education Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Canada;
United States;
United Kingdom
Israeli, Ayelet. "The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth." Harvard Business School Case 519-055, March 2019. (Revised April 2021.)