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Alas, brand loyalty is short lived. Once Karl Lagerfeld has seduced a girl, Chanel can hope to keep her for life. At Bonpoint, customers grow up and move on, so every 10 years the company must attract new ones. That is where the Cohens excelled. "I always insisted that we have someone in the studio with a baby in her arms," says Marie-France. In 1993 she hired Domitille Brion as a studio designer. "My jeunesse," Marie-France says whenever she refers to Brion, who is now an independent consultant. Together, over 10 years they honed the key codes that...
...Saltonstall professor of population policy, received $18.8 million from the Gates Foundation last year to research new ways to measure health status in developing countries. Edwards said that funding from charitable organizations has helped to promote research, including his own, in areas that may not have profit potential to attract commercial investment, but that offer large benefits for the world’s poorest. Edwards and Murray both praised the foundation’s commitment to establishing a timetable. Edwards called the move as “brilliant and decisive.” The foundation also said in its statement...
...approach of former University President Lawrence H. Summers and represented in the College’s administration by former Deputy Dean of the College Patricia O’Brien. These administrators saw that Harvard lagged behind its peers in student satisfaction surveys. Rather than simply asserting that Harvard will attract top students regardless of how it treats them and ignoring the problem as was done in the past, they worked proactively and gave student life a much-needed infusion of money...
...they have made, not only financially, but also offering great advice as a community partner. That’s incredibly important to us.”The University recently gave $200,000 to the HSBA, matching funds from businesses, in order to improve the marketing of Harvard Square and attract more shoppers, according to Power.“We really appreciate that they are around the table and that they bring their expertise and don’t necessarily exert their influence when they could,” Jillson says.“When they come to the table, they...
...India's 1.2 billion people have been lucky enough to study past high school. And India needs educated workers. Despite its economic boom and massive young population, India faces a serious skills shortage. Wage rates are growing by 20% a year, sometimes more, as Indian companies battle to attract educated workers. It helps that as opportunities at home improve, more students are deciding to return to India after their studies abroad. But if the world's universities can set up shop in India, not only will more Indians get a chance at a good education, fewer students will have...