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- 2023
- Chapter
Marketing Through the Machine’s Eyes: Image Analytics and Interpretability
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Flora Feng and Kannan Srinivasan
he growth of social media and the sharing economy is generating abundant unstructured image and video data. Computer vision techniques can derive rich insights from unstructured data and can inform recommendations for increasing profits and consumer utility—if only the... View Details
Zhang, Shunyuan, Flora Feng, and Kannan Srinivasan. "Marketing Through the Machine’s Eyes: Image Analytics and Interpretability." Chap. 8 in Artificial Intelligence in Marketing. 20, edited by Naresh K. Malhotra, K. Sudhir, and Olivier Toubia, 217–238. Review of Marketing Research. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
- 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
Lauga, Dominique, and Elie Ofek. "Market Research and Innovation Strategy in a Duopoly." Marketing Science 28, no. 2 (March–April 2009): 373–396.
- October 1990 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Zenith: Marketing Research for High Definition Television (HDTV)
Managers at Zenith must decide what marketing research, if any, needs to be done now in order to assess market potential and consumer preference for a technological innovation, high definition television (HDTV) that is yet to be introduced. The case describes various... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Research; Marketing; Television Entertainment; Electronics Industry
Sultan, Fareena. "Zenith: Marketing Research for High Definition Television (HDTV)." Harvard Business School Case 591-025, October 1990. (Revised July 1991.)
- September 1984
- Background Note
Marketing Research: An Overview of Research Methods
By: Robert J. Dolan
Broadly describes the scope of marketing research, and describes experiments, non-survey methods, and internal data. View Details
Dolan, Robert J. "Marketing Research: An Overview of Research Methods." Harvard Business School Background Note 585-039, September 1984.
- 2014
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Marketing Reading: Brand Positioning
By: Jill Avery and Sunil Gupta
This Reading addresses the principles of brand positioning and demonstrates how companies can strategically craft powerful, resonant, and unique brand positions to help products stand out amidst the cacophony of the marketplace. Strategic brand positioning provides... View Details
Keywords: Brand Positioning; Branding; Consumer Research; Defensive Strategies; Market Positioning; Marketing; Product Differentiation; Product Positioning; Strategic Positioning; Value Proposition; Customer Relationship Management; Organizational Structure; Customer Satisfaction; Brands and Branding
Avery, Jill, and Sunil Gupta. "Marketing Reading: Brand Positioning." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing 8197, 2014.
- January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
Since founding CancerScan in 2008, Jun Fukuyoshi and Yoshiki Ishikawa had helped to improve cancer screening rates in Japan. Between 2005 and 2007, awareness of breast cancer in Japan rose from 55% to 70%, but the incidence of breast cancer screenings remained... View Details
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation." Harvard Business School Case 514-057, January 2014. (Revised March 2014.)
- Article
Factors Affecting Trust in Market Research Relationships
By: C Moorman, R. Deshpande and G. Zaltman
Moorman, C., R. Deshpande, and G. Zaltman. "Factors Affecting Trust in Market Research Relationships." Journal of Marketing 57, no. 1 (January 1993): 81–101.
- Article
The Organizational Context of Market Research Use
By: Rohit Deshpandé
Deshpandé, Rohit. "The Organizational Context of Market Research Use." Journal of Marketing 46, no. 4 (Fall 1982): 98–108.
- January 1976 (Revised February 1981)
- Case
Daisy (B): Researching the Women's Shaving Market
Star, Steven H., and Nancy J. Davis. "Daisy (B): Researching the Women's Shaving Market." Harvard Business School Case 576-135, January 1976. (Revised February 1981.)
- December 2016
- Article
Social Network Utilization and the Impact of Academic Research in Marketing
By: Stav Rosenzweig, Amir Grinstein and Elie Ofek
The forces that drive the impact of academic research articles in the marketing discipline are of great interests to authors, editors, and the discipline’s policy makers. A key understudied driver is social network utilization by academic researchers. In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Social Networks; Academic Reserach; Human Capital; Country Of Origin; Scientometrics; Social and Collaborative Networks; Research; Marketing; Gender; Human Resources; Social Media
Rosenzweig, Stav, Amir Grinstein, and Elie Ofek. "Social Network Utilization and the Impact of Academic Research in Marketing." International Journal of Research in Marketing 33, no. 4 (December 2016): 818–839.
- June 1999
- Teaching Note
Markets for Technology and the Returns on Research TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
The purpose of the readings and class discussion is to help students understand why it often is so difficult for companies that conduct research to capture its value in their commercial businesses. Often new technology leaks more easily to the market. Students can... View Details
- November–December 2012
- Editorial
Research Priorities of the Marketing Science Institute, 2012–2014
By: John A. Deighton, Ross Rizley and Susan Keane
Deighton, John A., Ross Rizley, and Susan Keane. "Research Priorities of the Marketing Science Institute, 2012–2014." Marketing Science 31, no. 6 (November–December 2012): 873–877. (Editorial.)
- 1985
- Chapter
The Use of Market Research in Industrial Organizations
By: Rohit Deshpandé and G. Zaltman
Deshpandé, Rohit, and G. Zaltman. "The Use of Market Research in Industrial Organizations." In A Strategic Approach to Business Marketing, edited by Robert Spekman and David Wilson, 58–66. American Marketing Association, 1985.
- March 2023
- Article
Reaching for Rigor and Relevance: Better Marketing Research for a Better World
By: Shilpa Madan, Gita Venkataramani Johar, Jonah Berger, Pierre Chandon, Rajesh Chandy, Rebecca Hamilton, Leslie John, Aparna Labroo, Peggy J. Liu, John G. Lynch, Nina Mazar, Nicole Mead, Vikas Mittal, Christine Moorman, Michael I. Norton, John Roberts, Dilip Soman, Madhu Viswanathan and Katherine White
Over the past several decades, scholars have highlighted the obligations and opportunities for marketing as a discipline to play a role in creating a better world — or risk becoming irrelevant for the largest problems facing consumers and society. Climate change,... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Marketing; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Research
Madan, Shilpa, Gita Venkataramani Johar, Jonah Berger, Pierre Chandon, Rajesh Chandy, Rebecca Hamilton, Leslie John, Aparna Labroo, Peggy J. Liu, John G. Lynch, Nina Mazar, Nicole Mead, Vikas Mittal, Christine Moorman, Michael I. Norton, John Roberts, Dilip Soman, Madhu Viswanathan, and Katherine White. "Reaching for Rigor and Relevance: Better Marketing Research for a Better World." Marketing Letters 34, no. 1 (March 2023): 1–12.
- November 2020
- Case
Axis My India
By: Ananth Raman, Ann Winslow and Kairavi Dey
Pradeep Gupta founded Axis My India (AMI) as a printing and publishing company in 1998. In 2013, AMI expanded into consumer research and election forecasting. Although a relatively unknown entity, AMI predicted several election results accurately. Gupta describes AMI’s... View Details
Keywords: Market Research; Operations; Management; Infrastructure; Logistics; Service Operations; Political Elections; Forecasting and Prediction; Asia; India
Raman, Ananth, Ann Winslow, and Kairavi Dey. "Axis My India." Harvard Business School Case 621-075, November 2020.
- Summer 2013
- Article
Negotiating Taste: Food Market Research in the Hagley Library
By: Ai Hisano
Hisano, Ai. "Negotiating Taste: Food Market Research in the Hagley Library." Digest: A Journal of Foodways and Culture 2 (Summer 2013).
- Fall 2024
- Article
The Credit Rating Agency Market in Africa: Landscape and Future Research Directions
By: Saveshen Pillay and Anywhere Sikochi
We explore the role of credit ratings in global markets and highlight potential opportunities for research on the African credit rating agency market. We trace the evolution of credit ratings and conduct a comprehensive literature review of existing studies globally... View Details
Keywords: Credit Rating; Credit Rating Agencies; Credit; Conflict of Interests; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Markets; Africa
Pillay, Saveshen, and Anywhere Sikochi. "The Credit Rating Agency Market in Africa: Landscape and Future Research Directions." Journal of Financial Reporting 9, no. 2 (Fall 2024): 103–122.
- Research Summary
Research
Professor Norton's research can be grouped into two broad areas. First, he explores the effects of social norms on people’s attitudes and behavior, addressing the key role that social factors play in shaping the preferences of individuals. This work has a particular... View Details