Publications

October 1988
Case

Beef Industry Council: ""Beef--Real Food for Real People"" Campaign

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

William Bernbach

Bernbach catapulted the Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agency into national prominence with innovative and creative campaigns. Doyle Dane Bernbach broke into the front ranks of advertising agencies with... View Details

Keywords: Services

23 Apr 2014
HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

companies will manage the marketing of e-cigarette brands to maximize profitability for their shareholders” The growing sales of electronic cigarettes also caught the attention of regulators. The products had been completely unregulated—they could be View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Advertising

28 Jul 2021
Video

Aroon Purie

Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India Today, discusses the importance of producing valuable content that people are willing to pay for when moving to digital magazines rather than print and the role that social media plays in advertising. View Details

March 1996 (Revised October 1997)
Case

Dewar's (B): Preliminary Results of the Repositioning Campaign

By: Alvin J. Silk and Lisa Klein Pearo

Reports the strategic choices made by Dewar's and briefly describes the implementation of the campaign from its launch in September 1993 through September 1995. View Details

Keywords: Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Advertising Campaigns; Food and Beverage Industry

Educators

01 Oct 1998
News

Short Takes

recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, HBS assistant professor Charles King III investigates whether, indeed, cigarette companies advertise to magazine readers between the ages of 12 and 17. As King and... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

Video

Patrick Chalhoub

Patrick Chalhoub, CEO of Dubai-based luxury retailer Chalhoub, discusses how his business in the 1980s identified the luxury brands it sold in the region, and how the family developed the first Concept... View Details

September 2001 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Cafe de Colombia

By: Rohit Deshpande and Alexandra de Royere

Discusses sustaining brand equity after a highly successful commodity-product branding ad campaign. View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Brands and Branding; Advertising Campaigns; Product; Goods and Commodities; Colombia

Educators

Introduction - The Product - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Introduction Chapter Images The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Product: Consumer Relations The place of the photograph in advertising is unquestioned. It can accomplish things which no drawing or painting can possibly... View Details

spring 2001
Article

Banner Advertising: Measuring Effectiveness and Optimizing Placement

By: John Deighton and Lee Sherman

Keywords: Advertising; Measurement and Metrics

The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising 1865 - 1910 National Markets Advertising... View Details

27 Sep 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Large-Scale Demand Estimation with Search Data

Keywords: by Tomomichi Amano, Andrew Rhodes, and Stephan Seiler; Retail

April 1978
Case

FTC and Listerine Antiseptic

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Pharmaceutical Industry

Jerry Della Femina

Della Femina was part of a new breed of executives that shook up the staid world of advertising in the late sixties. Wildly creative and eccentric, Della Femina pushed the envelope of provocative advertising... View Details

Keywords: Services

April 2008 (Revised February 2010)
Teaching Note

Microsoft adCenter

By: Peter A. Coles and Benjamin Edelman

Teaching Note for [908049]. View Details

Keywords: Technology; Advertising; Software; Information Technology Industry

Stanley B. Resor

Though his wife Helen was the creative genius behind JWT’s ad campaigns, Resor was a pioneer in the business of advertising. Under his leadership, JWT became a leader, not only in print advertising, but also in radio advertising and... View Details

Keywords: Services

Thomas J. Burrell

Burrell created his agency to capitalize on the untapped potential of the black market in America, and in the process, he became a pioneer of target marketing and built the largest black-owned advertising agency in the United States. He... View Details

Keywords: Services

2015
Book

Strong Brands, Strong Relationships

By: Susan Fournier, Michael Breazeale and Jill Avery

From the editorial team of the ground-breaking Consumer-Brand Relationships: Theory and Practice comes this new volume. Strong Brands, Strong Relationships is a collection of innovative research and management insights that build upon the foundations of... View Details

Keywords: Brand Building; Brand Management; CRM; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Advertising; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry