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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
very substantial product differentiation from their competition or, in the case of the “Truth” anti-tobacco campaign, no competition — just a villain that was an easy target. I don’t know if the agency...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
US elections. David Perpich (MBA 2007) oversaw the development of that groundbreaking paywall and has led the company in the development of successful new digital products such as NYT Cooking. Now we ask Perpich—named president and...
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Jonathan Assayag
Player two years in a row. More importantly, he says, "My school is still competing in the competition today, and the robotics program has become a key differentiator against the public high schools in the region." Jonathan...
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- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
"massive availability of real estate" have made location differentiation a moot point. Retailers looking to differentiate on selection have fared no better, considering that the latest Coach bag...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
product categories the frantic effort to keep up with the competition by adding features and gimmicks can paradoxically result in a “sea of sameness.” In a personal narrative voice, and drawing extensively on the experiences of family and...
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- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
but also that NEAD chains produced more transplants for highly sensitized and blood type O recipients. Read the paper: http://kuznets.fas.harvard.edu/~aroth/papers/Nonsimultaneous%20Chains%20AJT%202011.pdf Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
information technology as being subject to fashion, but the same thing happens, the network effect. This is important when we start talking about B2B hubs." The third characteristic is differentiated View Details
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by Kenneth Liss
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
money to invest. Associate Professor Ramana Nanda further differentiates between crowdfunding through donations or lending and equity crowdfunding. In the case of donations, which is currently much more common, funders expect little if...
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- 17 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete
holds true in most health care service markets in the United States: You should think about what market position you occupy, how it is differentiated from others’, and whether you are fulfilling the needs of your target market. It’s...
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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
Boston's Legal Sea Foods restaurant chain, where he met his future partner, Christopher Nessen. A production chef at the company, Nessen provided the culinary and technical expertise for Kettle Cuisine. He was well acquainted with the...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
product offerings, start treating the third party suppliers like partners, and invest in local distribution centers.” Other concerns included those associated with changing customer shopping habits, the use of new technologies, and...
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Maxeme Tuchman
college?'" Convinced, Max stuck it out. But to improve her remaining high school experience, the counselor offered participating in an off-campus internship for which Max quickly secured a position at MTV, where she served as wardrobe stylist and View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
stimulates the body’s circadian rhythms, cuing the production of cortisol during the day to keep you alert and melatonin at night to ready your body for rest. “It’s based on about 15 years of scientific research from NASA, the NIH, and...
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Dan Morrell
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
times when they are less fatigued or have available time. And all respondents seem to compartmentalize expectations of how long various tasks should take, clearly differentiating the wait for a computer response from that of filling a gas...
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by James Heskett
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Terrance McGuire
has served his venture career well. “Being known for treating people fairly and celebrating their successes, as opposed to calling them your successes, is the right way to not only live your life but it’s the right way to View Details
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
incumbent that faces a low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as price or the number of ads a product carries, we allow the incumbent to consider changes in its...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
refining its branding and retail-customer strategy—and it also seeks to expand in other markets, especially China. To become a leading year-round supplier to retailers, Camposol needs to increase the product volumes it controls, likely...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
When private equity (PE) firms buy a company, they typically follow a standard playbook to create value—streamlining operations, restructuring debt, changing management, and cutting costs. However, as digital technologies and artificial intelligence allow companies to...
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- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
on and enough customers to make it a viable business. They’re not settling for half-measures. “If we have great content but we don’t have a differentiated experience, we fail,” she says. “And the reverse is true too.” The urgency to get...
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- 18 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'
have been filed in the US patent system,” Choudhury says. “If you look at the way knowledge gets subsequently recombined, then that knowledge production becomes much bigger than the initial transfer.” Choudhury has long been investigating...
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