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High-Potentials in the Downturn: Sharing the Pain
Carter, Nancy M.; Silva, ChristineArticle HBS-F0909G-ELeadership and People ManagementA Catalyst poll of business school graduates who went to work for corporations or professional firms reveals how these up-and-comers are faring during the recession.Starting at €8.20
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Women in Management: Delusions of Progress
Carter, Nancy M.; Silva, ChristineArticle HBS-F1003B-ELeadership and People ManagementNew research shows that female managers continue to lag behind men at every career stage, right from their first professional jobs-and that's among graduates from elite MBA programs. The aggressive efforts this past decade to create opportunities for women weren't nearly as fruitful as we'd thought. To achieve anything close to gender equality, organizations have a lot of work to do.Starting at €8.20
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High-Potentials in the Downturn: Sharing the Pain (Spanish version)
Carter, Nancy M.; Silva, ChristineArticle HBS-F0909GLeadership and People ManagementA Catalyst poll of business school graduates who went to work for corporations or professional firms reveals how these up-and-comers are faring during the recession.Starting at €8.20
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Hennes & Mauritz, 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713512-EStrategy"In 2012, Hennes & Maurtiz (H&M) was the second-largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. Sales for fiscal 2012 were $18.1 billion and operating profits were $3.3 billion. H&M operated 2,776 stores, 93% of them outside its home base of Sweden. Over the past decade, H&M had passed Gap in sales, but the company had failed to keep up with Inditex's growth and its Spanish rival had larger sales and greater profitability than H&M. H&M had also ...Starting at €8.20
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Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women
Ibarra, Herminia; Carter, Nancy M.; Silva, ChristineArticle HBS-R1009F-ELeadership and People ManagementThough companies now invest heavily in mentoring and developing their best female talent, all that attention doesn't translate into promotions. A Catalyst survey of over 4,000 high potentials shows that more women than men have mentors-yet women are paid $4,600 less in their first post-MBA jobs, hold lower-level positions, and feel less career satisfaction. To better understand why, the authors conducted in-depth interviews with 40 participants i...Starting at €8.20
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Gap, Inc., 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713511-EStrategy"Between 2000 and 2012, Gap, Inc. (Gap) ceded its world leadership position in specialty fashion retailing to Inditex of Spain and H&M of Sweden. These two companies, each less than a quarter of Gap's size in 2000, were now setting the pace in the globalStarting at €8.20
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Benetton Group S.p.A., 2000
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713510-EStrategy"In 2000, Benetton was one of the leading mass fashion competitors in the world with approximately $1.9 billion in sales across 5,500 stores in 120 countries. But the company's fortunes seemed to be on the wane. Operating profits had fallen 9% from the prior year to $299 million. Having almost matched global leader, Gap Inc.'s revenues in 1985, Benetton was now only one seventh of Gap's size. Moreover, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) of Sweden had passed ...Starting at €8.20
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Hennes & Mauritz, 2000
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713509-EStrategyIn 2000, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) was the second-largest and most global player in the fashion retail business. It operated 682 stores, 80% of them outside its home country of Sweden, and achieved revenues of $3.0 billion and operating profits of $375 million. In 1999, when H&M announced plans to enter the U.S., sales had grown 20% per year and operating profits, 30%, for a decade. After the August announcement of U.S. expansion plans, its share pr...Starting at €8.20
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Inditex: 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713539-EStrategyIn the 11 years since its public offering, Inditex and its flagship brand, Zara, had expanded into 86 countries, achieved $21.6 billion in revenue, and become the largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. In marked contrast to the general malaise of the Bolsa de Madrid, Inditex's share price tripled from 2008 to 2012 and traded at 25 times expected 2013 earnings, a 15% premium over Swedish rival, H&M. From 1,080 stores in 2000, it had expa...Starting at €8.20
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Inditex: 2000
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713538-EStrategyIn 2000, Inditex was one of the largest specialty apparel retailers in the world, with $2.4 billion in sales from 1,080 stores across 33 countries. Zara, Inditex's main brand, produced popular designer items at a fraction of design-house prices and could push an item from design to display in less than two weeks. This left most other fashion retailers, who took between 9-12 months for this process, far behind. However, Inditex was still only one-...Starting at €8.20