American Jewelry Market - Publications - Faculty & Research

Edward J. Bednarz

Bednarz secured Pinkerton’s position as the market leader in the office security business. Between 1968 and 1976, Pinkerton’s financial performance was among the top 50 companies in the United States in terms of both return on assets and... View Details

Keywords: Services

01 Feb 1997
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New Releases

explore the dynamics of the rapidly evolving digital environment. Market Driven Health Care by Regina E. Herzlinger (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.) Informed and assertive consumers, powerful new technologies, and ferociously... View Details

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

three-part interview with Harvard Business School Marketing professors Rajiv Lal and José B. Alvarez, they discuss who is winning this revolution and which brands appear to be losing ground. Sean Silverthorne: Among the retailers you have... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

Depression. As 2,000 alumni convened on campus Monday, October 13, the U.S. stock market soared to its biggest one-day numerical gain since 1933, following on the heels of an 18 percent decline the previous week, the worst such drop in... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

01 Jun 2005
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Ideas: Books

Non-Government Organizations in the 21st Century by John A. Quelch and Nathalie Laidler-Kylander (Thomson South-Western) Using twelve HBS cases, Professor Quelch and Laidler-Kylander (MBA ’92) examine how NGOs like Oxfam America, Doctors Without Borders, and Care USA... View Details

Keywords: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chandler

01 Dec 2017
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Yoga Inc.

old—a blip for an entity that dates, some believe, to the third millennium BCE. Yoga was widely introduced in the United States in the 1950s and ’60s, as Indian practitioners emigrated to the country, and Americans traveled to the source... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

William L. Clayton

In 1916, Clayton moved Anderson, Clayton and Company’s headquarters to Houston, Texas, where he grew the company into the world’s largest cotton trading organization. During World War I, the firm handled 1 million bales of cotton a year. By World War II, the firm was... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

Howard L. Aller

Aller led American Power and Light during the height of its growth. Under his leadership, the company functioned as an umbrella organization for over 20 regional utility providers in the West and posted exceptional View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

01 Jun 2009
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Faculty Research Online

fundamental ways. In his blog on marketing issues, Professor John Quelch discusses why marketers must start planning today to reach consumers after the recession. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6139.html.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2018
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Case Study: A Good Fit

Illustration by Matt Chinworth Illustration by Matt Chinworth Every year, millions of Americans resolve to lose weight, but few sustain their loss over time, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The reason lies in... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

Lauder, founded Estée Lauder Cosmetics. By the time she retired from public life in the mid-1990s, this company had become one of the largest cosmetics manufacturers in the world and was recognized as one of the leading players in the global View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail

01 Jun 2003
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Male Consumers as Man-of-Action Heroes

products and activities that help them escape the daily pressures of families and careers, in order to become rebels for a day. But in a working paper titled “Man–of–Action Heroes: How the American Ideology of Manhood Structures Men’s... View Details

Keywords: Douglas; Holt; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Dee Ward Hock

In 1970, Hock created a reverse holding company tying together thousands of independent banks to create the Visa Network. His aggressive marketing and sharp negotiation skills enabled Visa to quickly capture 20% of the charge card... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Fast Answer

Automobile and motor vehicle industry

Where can I find statistics on and analysis of the automobile industries? You may begin with the following databases: IBISWorld - Provides automobile industry market reports including US, Australia, UK, China, and Global.... View Details

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

of the American Marketing Association's 2010 Sports Marketing Lifetime Achievement Award. The power of "The Rings"—the brand power of the Olympics—derives from the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

01 Oct 1998
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Playing to Win

No less intense was the off-field rivalry between the world's leading athletic equipment companies. With their dueling events, giveaways, and advertising - and through the on-field heroics of the teams and stars they equip - the companies' ongoing multinational View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

Will K. Kellogg

Kellogg invented corn flakes and created a breakfast cereal empire. Practicing pioneering advertising techniques, he managed to change the American breakfast style. Today, the Kellogg Company carries on the tradition of innovative... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

01 Jun 2007
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More Faculty Honors

Long Run, has received the 2006 Berry-AMA Book Prize from the American Marketing Association as the best marketing book reviewed last year. For details and more faculty awards,... View Details

Keywords: awards; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Jay C. Hormel

Hormel, known as the “Spam Man” for his most popular product, pioneered the canned meat business. As a result of his successful marketing campaigns and promotions, 70% of urban Americans used canned meats in... View Details