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Making Markets
Use these resources to analyze broken markets and validate your proposed solutions. Understand the Current Marketplace: Gain a sense of the current landscape, major players, and future trends within an industry or sector in order to... View Details
- July 1988 (Revised October 1992)
- Exercise
Sellars' Market
By: David E. Bell
A shop owner has limited shelf space for display of impulse purchase products near the cash register. He must select only nine to display. Exercise shows the relevance of opportunity cost or resource pricing. By setting an appropriate charge for the shelf space the... View Details
Keywords: Marketing
Bell, David E. "Sellars' Market." Harvard Business School Exercise 189-001, July 1988. (Revised October 1992.)
- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.... View Details
- February 2007 (Revised June 2007)
- Background Note
Brazilian Real Estate Market
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Luke Ingles
From the late 1990s to 2004, Brazil had a reputation as a burgeoning market for foreign investment across many asset classes. Classified as one of the top emerging markets by Goldman Sachs' BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) Reports, the country has exhibited... View Details
- September 2002
- Background Note
Business Marketing Course Overview
By: Das Narayandas
Provides an overview of the Business Marketing course taught at HBS. View Details
- February 2006 (Revised September 2007)
- Background Note
Winner-Take-All in Networked Markets
Discusses platform structure in new networked markets, that is, whether a market that exhibits network effects will be served by a single platform or by rival platforms. Defines "platforms" and "platform structure"; describes factors that influence the odds that a... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Growth Management; Network Effects; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Winner-Take-All in Networked Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-131, February 2006. (Revised September 2007.)
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Reinventing Marketing
The following article is the fifth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. "With the time-honored marketing maxim "the customer is king" now reverberating throughout all parts of the firm, the... View Details
- 20 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Marketing Mix Right
Businesses rely on solid marketing strategies to boost sales—yet the tools used to evaluate these strategies often provide misleading results, leaving managers with the inability to accurately measure how they can get the best bang for... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- September 1981 (Revised July 1987)
- Background Note
Glossary of Marketing Terms
Provides definitions of marketing terms. View Details
Keywords: Marketing
Tedlow, Richard S. "Glossary of Marketing Terms." Harvard Business School Background Note 582-044, September 1981. (Revised July 1987.)
- September 2020 (Revised July 2022)
- Teaching Note
Algorithmic Bias in Marketing
By: Ayelet Israeli and Eva Ascarza
Teaching Note for HBS No. 521-020. This note focuses on algorithmic bias in marketing. First, it presents a variety of marketing examples in which algorithmic bias may occur. The examples are organized around the 4 P’s of marketing – promotion, price, place and... View Details
- February 22, 2023
- Article
How to Seed Organic Marketing in a Video-First World
By: Ayelet Israeli, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Matt Higgins
Early direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies relied on plentiful capital and low-cost digital marketing to power growth. But as this sector has matured, capital is more constrained, social media is more cluttered, and customer acquisition costs are rising. DTC companies... View Details
Keywords: Online Business; Ecommerce; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Omnichannel Retail; Omnichannel Retailing; Influencer Marketing; Consumer; Organic Growth; Video Advertising; Promotion; Celebrities; Online Advertising; Online Channel; Online Communities; Online Community; Go To Market Strategy; Platform; Media; Media Content; Digital; Digital Culture; Digital Influencers; Direct To Consumer Marketing; Direct-to-consumer; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Sales; Digital Platforms; Digital Marketing; Digital Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Internet and the Web; Advertising; Business Model; Growth Management; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Communication Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Fashion Industry; Advertising Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; North America
Israeli, Ayelet, Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Matt Higgins. "How to Seed Organic Marketing in a Video-First World." Harvard Business Review (website) (February 22, 2023).
- Article
Exchange Rates and Foreign Direct Investment: An Imperfect Capital Markets Approach
By: K. A. Froot and Jeremy Stein
Keywords: Corporate Finance; Market Imperfections; Foreign Direct Investment; Markets; Financial Instruments; Asset Pricing
Froot, K. A., and Jeremy Stein. "Exchange Rates and Foreign Direct Investment: An Imperfect Capital Markets Approach." Quarterly Journal of Economics 106, no. 4 (November 1991): 1191–1217. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 2914, March 1989.)
- Article
Foreseeing Marketing
By: R. Deshpande
Deshpande, R. "Foreseeing Marketing." Journal of Marketing 63, no. 4 Special (October 1999): 164–167.
- April 2006 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
Marketing New York City
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Anita Elberse and Marie Bell
New York City is a pioneer in the emerging field of municipal marketing. The city's first chief marketing officer must develop a marketing organization with a self-funded business model that creates value for the city by leveraging the city's assets, including physical... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Goals and Objectives; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Value Creation; New York (city, NY)
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Anita Elberse, and Marie Bell. "Marketing New York City." Harvard Business School Case 506-022, April 2006. (Revised October 2008.)
- January 2024
- Case
Sprouts Farmers Market
By: Rajiv Lal, Forest L. Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
Sprouts Farmers Markets (Sprouts) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based chain of 400-plus natural foods stores in 23 U.S. states and $6.4 billion in sales as of 2022. In its product assortment, brand image, and store environment, Sprouts emphasizes freshness, health, innovation,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Strategic Planning; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Retail Industry; United States; Arizona
Lal, Rajiv, Forest L. Reinhardt, and Natalie Kindred. "Sprouts Farmers Market." Harvard Business School Case 524-059, January 2024.
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Origins of CE Marking: Standards, Business, and the European Market in the 1980s–1990s
By: Grace Ballor
Many products—from consumer electronics to machinery to children’s toys—bear the CE Mark, the symbol of conformity to the ‘essential requirements’ of European standards governed by the process of CE Marking. This working paper traces the development of the system of... View Details
Keywords: Business And Government; Market Liberalization; Standards; Markets; Trade; Integration; Business History; Globalization; Business and Government Relations; Europe; European Union
Ballor, Grace. "The Origins of CE Marking: Standards, Business, and the European Market in the 1980s–1990s." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-142, June 2021.
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
and changing market dynamics, all while still launching new products and services to remain competitive. Robinhood has adapted to many changes and, if anything, has proven to be a disruptor in how it has taken the concept of investing and... View Details
- October 11, 2005
- Article
Ambidextrous Marketing
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Ambidextrous Marketing." Wall Street Journal (October 11, 2005).
- July 1993
- Supplement
Marketing Management--1993
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Marketing Management--1993
." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 593-511, July 1993.
- October 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Marketing Massachusetts
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A., and Susan Smith. "Marketing Massachusetts." Harvard Business School Case 593-017, October 1992. (Revised December 1992.)