HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
| Published: | June 25, 2007 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
She may have been the first self-made African American millionaire. Born of emancipated slaves, Madam C.J. Walker traveled from the cotton fields to business fame as a purveyor of hair-care products that offered beauty and dignity. Harvard Business School's Nancy F. Koehn and Katherine Miller explain what motivated her triumph.
Published in 2000
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
| Published: | October 30, 2000 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Leveraging ambition, customer input, intuition, and a keen commercial imagination, a daughter of immigrant shopkeepers created a leader in the global prestige cosmetics market. HBS professor Nancy Koehn examines the genius of Estée Lauder.
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