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  • January 2008 (Revised September 2008)
  • Supplement

Marketing the "$100 Laptop" (C)

By: John A. Quelch and David Chen
In October 2007, the OLPC reported production delays and missed its shipment date. In early November, the $100 PC finally went into production, with initial shipments planned for Uruguay and Mongolia, and mid-month launched the "Give One, Get One" program. It enabled... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; For-Profit Firms; Partners and Partnerships; Information Infrastructure; Problems and Challenges; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Computer Industry; Canada; Mongolia; Uruguay; United States
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Quelch, John A., and David Chen. Marketing the "$100 Laptop" (C). Harvard Business School Supplement 508-065, January 2008. (Revised September 2008.)
  • 06 Mar 2020
  • Working Paper Summaries

Consumer Protection in an Online World: An Analysis of Occupational Licensing

Keywords: by Chiara Farronato, Andrey Fradkin, Bradley Larsen, and Erik Brynjolfsson; Service

    Strategies for Two-Sided Markets

    Many blockbuster products and services that have redefined the global business landscape are built around platforms that tie together two distinct groups of users in a network. Examples include credit cards that link consumers and merchants; operating systems that... View Details

    • September 2004 (Revised March 2007)
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    G.I. JOE: Marketing an Icon

    In the winter of 2003, Billy Lagor, the Hasbro toy company's brand manager for G.I. JOE, faced a set of decisions that would ultimately determine the 2004 marketing plan for the G.I. JOE brand. Under consideration were three different ways to market the military action... View Details
    Keywords: Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    McGovern, Gail J. "G.I. JOE: Marketing an Icon." Harvard Business School Case 505-030, September 2004. (Revised March 2007.)
    • 29 Oct 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’

    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. Watch out... View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products
    • March – April 2009
    • Article

    Market Research and Innovation Strategy in a Duopoly

    By: Dominique Lauga and Elie Ofek
    We model a duopoly in which ex-ante identical firms must decide where to direct their innovation efforts. The firms face market uncertainty about consumers' preferences for innovation on two product attributes and technology uncertainty about the success of their R&D... View Details
    Keywords: Profit; Innovation and Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Research and Development; Competitive Strategy
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    Lauga, Dominique, and Elie Ofek. "Market Research and Innovation Strategy in a Duopoly." Marketing Science 28, no. 2 (March–April 2009): 373–396.
    • January 2000 (Revised June 2000)
    • Case

    Alloy.com: Marketing to Generation Y

    By: John A. Deighton and Gil McWilliams
    A profitable dot com company? Alloy.com retails clothing to teens by catalog. Alloy uses a Web site to convert prospects and build community. The result is a business with the economics of a direct marketer and the market capitalization of an Internet start-up. The... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Business and Community Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Customer Relationship Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Startups; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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    Deighton, John A., and Gil McWilliams. "Alloy.com: Marketing to Generation Y." Harvard Business School Case 500-048, January 2000. (Revised June 2000.) (request a courtesy copy.)
    • 25 May 2011
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    Online grocery market reaches maturity

    • 13 Jan 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Intermediaries for the IP Market

    Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & David Yoffie
    • Teaching

    Overview

    By: John T. Gourville
    John studies consumer behavior, broadly defined. He specializes in pricing, product assortment, the marketing of innovation, and new product adoption. View Details
    • 17 Mar 2020
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    From Sweetheart to Scapegoat: Brand Selfie-Taking Shapes Consumer Behavior

    Keywords: by Reto Hofstetter, Gabriela Kunath, and Leslie K. John
    • 21 Sep 2023
    • Blog Post

    Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

    The challenge posed to students in HBS’s FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) course sounds a bit like a premise for reality TV: Travel to unfamiliar markets where you might not speak the language, work in teams with students you might not know,... View Details
    • 14 Feb 2017
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    The Value of a Facebook Fan: Does “Liking” Influence Consumer Behavior?

    • 2015
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    Percentage Cost Discounts Always Beat Percentage Benefit Bonuses: Helping Consumers Evaluate Nominally Equivalent Percentage Changes

    By: Bhavya Mohan, Pierre Chandon and Jason Riis
    Marketing offers that are framed as a "percentage change" in consumer cost vs. benefit can have highly non-linear impacts in terms of actual value for consumers. Even though two offers might appear identical, we show that consumers are better off choosing the offer... View Details
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    Mohan, Bhavya, Pierre Chandon, and Jason Riis. "Percentage Cost Discounts Always Beat Percentage Benefit Bonuses: Helping Consumers Evaluate Nominally Equivalent Percentage Changes." Journal of Marketing Behavior 1, no. 1 (2015): 75–107.
    • June 2005
    • Background Note

    Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market

    By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han
    Provides an overview of the Japanese apparel market, which was a 13.1 trillion yen industry in 2003, reflecting 5.5% year-over-year shrinkage since 1997, when retailers logged 17.5 trillion yen in sales. Compared to their global counterparts, Japanese apparel shoppers... View Details
    Keywords: Trends; Financial Crisis; Trade; Emerging Markets; Sales; Luxury; Competition; Segmentation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Asia; China; Japan; Korean Peninsula
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    Lal, Rajiv, and Arar Han. "Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 505-068, June 2005.
    • August 1993
    • Case

    Nestle S.A.: International Marketing (B)

    By: John A. Quelch
    Describes organization changes announced by Nestle's chariman in 1991 and updates the description of Nestle's marketing organization. View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Structure; Globalization; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland
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    Quelch, John A. "Nestle S.A.: International Marketing (B)." Harvard Business School Case 594-011, August 1993.
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    Marketing - Faculty & Research

    influenced by social factors. Companies are recognizing that there is a large market at the "bottom of the pyramid" and marketing to these consumers may require a new... View Details
    • March 1997
    • Background Note

    Copper and Zinc Markets 1996

    By: Peter Tufano
    Provides background information on copper and zinc markets as of mid-1996. Discusses supply and demand conditions, forecasts of the spot prices of the metals, and contracts for future delivery (forwards, futures, and options). View Details
    Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Metals and Minerals; Supply and Industry; Mining Industry
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    Tufano, Peter, and Alberto Moel. "Copper and Zinc Markets 1996." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-055, March 1997.
    • 25 Oct 2010
    • HBS Case

    Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market

    Tesco PLC is the third-largest retailer in the world, just behind Wal-Mart and Carrefour. But that didn't make the UK-based chain immune from many costly mistakes as it entered the US market in 2006. For example, it opened some of its... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    The 4 Minds of the Customer: A Framework for Understanding and Applying the Science of Decision Making

    By: Ryan Hamilton and Uma R. Karmarkar
    Scientists have spent decades creating powerful and detailed descriptions of how people make decisions. Unfortunately, many of these theories make contradictory predictions and are difficult to understand and implement. We introduce the 4 Minds framework as a practical... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer Choice; Market Research; Decision Making Process; Decision; Marketing Research; Consumer Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions; Marketing; Decision Making; Segmentation; Research
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    Hamilton, Ryan, and Uma R. Karmarkar. "The 4 Minds of the Customer: A Framework for Understanding and Applying the Science of Decision Making." Marketing Science Institute Report, No. 17-109, May 2017.
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