Consumer - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Apr 2014
News

A corporate leader’s legacy in India

a multinational conglomerate with interests ranging from technology to energy to consumer products. It is also a major employer and dedicated provider of philanthropic assistance in India. “Apart from values and ethics which I have tried... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Faculty Research Online

recent Mindful Leadership conference taught with a Buddhist meditation master. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6482.html. The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding Research by Assistant Professor Anat Keinan and colleagues explains how and... View Details

Career Coach

Liuna Fekravar

Credit Fund – London), Man Capital (Egyptian family office investing vehicle – London), Credit Suisse (Oil & Gas IBD – Houston; Consumer & Retail IBD – London) View Details

17 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

transforming locally engaged citizens into viewers consuming programming from distant sources. In response to such concerns, many regulatory agencies, including the Federal Communication Commission in the United States, curtail the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

The choices available to consumers in the postwar boom transformed societal norms and expectations. With the advent of fast food, for example, millions of men, women, and children began to break bread — or hamburgers, chicken wings, and... View Details

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

2013
Working Paper

Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space

By: Joseph P. Davin, Sunil Gupta and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

We study the impact of peer behavior on the adoption of mobile apps in a social network. To identify social influence properly, we introduce latent space as an approach to control for latent homophily, the idea that "birds of a feather flock together." In a series of... View Details

Keywords: Social Influence; Social Network; Mobile App; Peer Effects; Latent Homophily; Latent Space; Proxy Variables; Familiarity; Behavior; Consumer Behavior; Applications and Software; Social and Collaborative Networks; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Power and Influence; Social Media

Citation

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17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

of both their consumers and regulators. “Usually, with debt collection, the object is to dial for dollars—collect as much as you can in the first phone call, and then outsource the work to the legal system,” says Campbell, whose research... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

25 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 25

reduction in monopoly price leads to the production of units that cost less than their value to consumers (standard channel); (ii) regulation calms down existing consumers because a reduction in the profits... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional

of Information Technology at Harvard Medical School), noted that most health care marketing in the past was centered around physicians. The basis of competition in the near future, he predicted, would shift to one driven by consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Dec 2020
News

Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

in developing countries where laying fiber just doesn’t make sense, although there are real questions about cost and sustainability. Apart from the hard-core mobile gamers, though, what will the average consumer do with all this speed?... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

Profile

Tessa Vacher-Desvernais

by making people feel uniquely connected with a brand. Changes in consumer shopping patterns made me want to build brands of the future. Digital was an invaluable echo chamber to the craftsmanship of heritage products. Technology provided... View Details

Keywords: Retail/Hospitality; Financial Services

28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

class grew with large disposable income, and these foreign brands returned, it pushed the local brands to improve their quality and services. Competition rose and consumers benefitted. Q: So at this very fortunate time, Ranjan Kapur comes... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

Profile

Patrick Akl

Growing up in Lebanon, Patrick Akl lived with a fascination for consumer electronics – and with the ever-present fear of war. “We often had to sleep in an underground bunker,” Patrick says. “And the conflict caused setbacks in my father’s... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Setting the Legislative Agenda

shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive risk taking. Reform the credit rating system. Make... View Details

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Jun 2002
News

History Matters

marketing strategist in the wake of a softening economy, shrinking advertising budgets, and eroding consumer confidence, in addition to the aftershocks of September 11. “In this volatile environment, marketers and CEOs realize with new... View Details

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Entrepreneurship: Failing Well

Most ventures fail. Most lives are built on journeys that did not get to their desired destination. How can we think about failure as a necessary part of growth and learn to fail well? View Details

Career Coach

Gavra Nwamadi

Gavra is a former Bain consultant and career-switcher into Private Equity, having secured a summer internship in PE during her RC year. She has extensive expertise in Management Consulting, particularly across EMEA where she has worked on several projects within the... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All)

12 Jul 2011
News

Phone Fun

“Mobile phones are becoming more, not less relevant,” he observed in Campaign, noting that the devices are such a mainstay of modern culture that young consumers will find a way to afford them, even during economic downturns. A key... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

13 Jul 2011
News

China Boot Camp

itinerary of meetings with policymakers and senior executives of major consumer products, textile, software, energy, microfinance, and banking concerns. The trip offered an intense introduction to the overall issues facing China as well... View Details

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

29 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

what you mean by the “circular economy” and what you do at Closed Loop Partners? The circular economy is simply a system focused on minimizing waste and making the most of the resources we already have. That’s in contrast to the linear system, where we extract... View Details

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