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- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
When working professionals were shifting to home offices a year ago as COVID-19 was spreading, comedians and pundits predicted that people would no longer need bras and pants that aren’t stretchy. Instead customers would make room for...
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- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
disadvantaged community in Denver. How do you do it? My husband is an incredible co-parent– he packs lunches, changes diapers, cooks dinner, sings, and looks up calming tricks on YouTube. Singing keeps things lighthearted, silly, and joyful. There is more singing in...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
the typewriter, keeping thirty short stories at a time out for consideration and ignoring hundreds of rejections. He was the purest sort of entrepreneur, fashioning something out of nothing more substantial than a typewriter, paper, and...
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Diane S. M. von Furstenberg
women, von Furstenberg created an entire line of moderately priced fashions and accessories. Though she began in New York boutiques, she was an early pioneer in the use of QVC and the Home Shopping Network...
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Fabric & Apparel
Conde M. Nast
Nast transformed his first magazine, Vogue, from a low revenue and low readership publication into a premier fashion magazine that generated millions in revenues. Such turnarounds were typical of most Nast publications, including Glamour...
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Publishing & Print Media
Ralph Lauren
Lauren built a $1 billion+ fashion business, one of the greatest successes in the last half of the 20th century. He is one of the most influential contemporary designers, responsible for developing the American look and establishing New...
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Fabric & Apparel
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Alex Nelson
During the long, cold winters in her home state of Minnesota, Alex Nelson daydreamed of "a better car heater that would warm up immediately, like a hair dryer." Although she never built that heater, the daydream symbolized her...
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- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
In the midst of a global pandemic and widespread protests against racial injustice, the fashion industry can seem pretty frivolous. Fashion-industry leader Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), CEO of VPL, a women’s underwear and athleisure company,...
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Maureen Harmon
- Web
Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
table conversation,” says Shilla. “I was raised to understand that it’s not enough to observe injustices; we had to be part of the solution. We believe we must leave the planet a better place than we found it.” An artful approach to service, media Shilla’s View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
football, repair capitalism Business lessons for a global century Chocolates for a cause Safe water for millions Nature belongs to everyone Capitalize on the network The world at home Quiet your mind (Images via the HBS Bulletin,...
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Dawn Dobras
career, including 13 years at Gap Inc, Dawn built consumer brands in beauty, fashion and home with a deep focus on retail, DTC and omni-channel in settings. As former CEO of Credo Beauty (largest clean...
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- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
service. Many of these copycats focus on non-U.S. countries, but others are challenging Birchbox on its home territory. Can Birchbox defend its position? How? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912010-PDF-ENG Moda...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Dan Fenn
society in the United States and abroad. True to Teele's vision, as the Bulletin reported, HBS became involved in a variety of ways with management training programs at home and in countries such as Turkey, France, Switzerland, Manila,...
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Dan Fenn
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
"nudge" help here? What do you think? Original Article Books with one-word titles are in fashion these days. Two current ones, Nudge and Enough, help us understand the roots of the current housing and credit crises as well as...
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by Jim Heskett
- Profile
Nneka Ezeigwe
in the oil and gas industry. Now, I’m excited about ways I can contribute to the economic growth occurring in my home country. This summer, I’ll be working with McKinsey & Co. in a consulting role in Nigeria. I’m looking forward to...
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Manufacturing/Energy
- Web
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment Initiative Careers...
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- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
to the inaccuracy of barrel bombs to examine the effect of having one's home destroyed on political and community loyalties. We find that refugees who lose a home to barrel bombing, while more likely to feel...
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Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
inventory needs. Take, for example, a large American manufacturer of men's blazers. As part of our research into lean retailing, we tracked the demand for different sizes of a blue blazer. Far from a trendy fashion item, the blue blazer...
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- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
Gehrke (MBA ’73) presides over this weekly happening or, as she describes it, this “mini-laboratory for budding entrepreneurs.” The businesses in question aren’t of a high-tech nature, however: GreenFlea is an indoor-outdoor market that is View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022) and Nembu Emmanuel Photo courtesy Pelkins Ajanoh The earthy cassava root is a dietary staple for millions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. For Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022), the tuber was also the starting point for CassVita, an...
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Deborah Blagg