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- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
examines, in particular, Dior's innovative strategy to combine a high-fashion business in Paris with a ready-to-wear business in New York, and his subsequent pursuit of licensing opportunities in jewelry and other luxury products. The...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
location. A new fashion designer in France aspires to set up shop in Paris rather than Lyons because of the cachet associated with being a fashion designer in Paris. So in some cases the location of a new venture is a critical facilitator...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
breath, then begins to recount her first excited trips to unlock the paradox of what made Pixar special. At the time, the company was in the midst of producing the movie Ratatouille—an unlikely story about a rat in Paris who yearns to be...
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- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
culminated in the signing of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, which held for about two years before collapsing in the wake of Watergate. The account in this working paper carefully describes—but does not analyze nor draw lessons from—core...
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Carmen Nobel
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
company successfully produces and positions a trash bin so that it is regarded as an "art object" (and which has been displayed as such in the Paris Louvre). Though it is a tangible product, a Vipp bin's price cannot be even...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
http://hbr.org/product/collective-genius-the-art-and-practice-of-leading-innovation/an/13296E-KND-ENG?referral=01240 August 2013 Harvard Business Law Review Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Evaluating the Impact of the Argentina Ruling By: Alfaro, Laura Abstract—Recent...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system...
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Global Climate Change
border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none">This database provides analyst reports and data. Use the CARRES screen to access analysis on emission trading in a global perspective. This includes reports and...
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- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
of faces, people wearing different outfits. It was just ... It's like a deer in the headlights. I'm looking around, just staring. I also remember thinking to myself, "This is not going to work." My first three months were horrible. I arrived in View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
its commitment to the Paris Agreement, which is to reduce 2030 emissions to 50 percent of 2005 emissions. Importantly, the IRA, IIJA, and CHIPS Act together represent a return to industrial policy in the US, with significant direct...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
she just burst into laughter,” says Karsenti, who was born in Paris and raised from the age of three in Miami by parents who were both entrepreneurs. “I just loved business. I remember going on a family vacation and being outside a bakery...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
larger store is scheduled to open in Paris in December.) A boutique’s location and “wow” factor may not always translate to hard-and-fast sales, but image is all-important in the world of luxury. A shopper’s first impression is of utmost...
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- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
conquering Paris or New York. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/07/the-growth-opportunity-that-lies-next-door/ar/ Working PapersSelection, Reallocation, and Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Gains from Multinational Production...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
whether Chinese or Brazilian, to be offered to consumers worldwide, both by local firms and by Western multinationals anxious to offer their consumers more choices. Whether Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro become as globally relevant as beauty capitals as View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
lucrative industry,” says Moon, who is an investor in an esports team. Fans cheer on their favorite gamers during a Paris competition (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images) Esports entrepreneurs are asking the same types of questions the...
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- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
number might sound small, but it's actually quite large, considering that the Paris climate goals ask us to try to reduce global emissions by 7 percent year on year for the next 10 years to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius....
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
cities, the state of the dirt roads had scarcely changed. But as the new century dawned, pressure for improvement began to mount from several sources. The bicycle had been an immediate hit with the American public since its introduction at the 1867 View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
accelerated flow of creative talent into the United States, primarily New York, reinforcing that city’s status as a hub of talent, fashion, and retailing to match Paris. Helena Rubinstein took advantage of the American citizenship of her husband and fled from View Details
- March 2021
- Case
Founders Factory
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and James Barnett
In January 2020, Founders Factory (FF) Executive Chairman Brent Hoberman and CEO Henry Lane Fox were considering FF’s expansion strategy. FF operated as a venture capital (VC) fund built around an accelerator and incubator, and organized around sectors within...
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Expansion;
Global Range;
Business Model;
Talent and Talent Management;
Experience and Expertise;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Global Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
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South Africa;
Johannesburg;
Europe;
France;
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United Kingdom;
England;
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United States;
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Rayport, Jeffrey F., and James Barnett. "Founders Factory." Harvard Business School Case 821-009, March 2021.
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
Georges Viana surveyed a factory floor filled with silent, outdated machinery. Then, a quick, scuttling movement caught the corner of one eye: rats. He hadn’t known what to expect when he arrived in the city of Caen, 150 miles west of his View Details