Business Marketing - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 2002 (Revised April 2003)
Course Overview Note

Business Marketing: Course Overview Note for Instructors

Details the structure and execution of the Business Marketing course taught in the elective curriculum of the MBA program at HBS. View Details

Keywords: Marketing

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March 2004 (Revised June 2004)
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Business of Life, The

By: Debora L. Spar

Every day, around the world, babies and children are being sold. Frequently, these transactions appear to be above or beyond the market. Orphaned children are never "sold"--they are only "matched" with their "forever families." Eggs are "donated," and surrogate mothers... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Markets; Social Issues; Family and Family Relationships

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08 Aug 2011
News

Treasury, Stock Markets After U.S. Debt Rating Cut

29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing

Boston College's greatest marketing campaign lasted about six seconds. It's called the "Flutie Effect." In a 1984 game against the University of Miami, BC quarterback Doug Flutie threw a last-second "Hail Mary" pass 48... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Advertising; Sports

19 May 2020
News

U.S. Equity Markets Stubbornly Ignore the Doom Everywhere

20 Feb 2014
HBS Seminar

Feng Zhu, Harvard Business School

Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

closes by offering advice to circular economy entrepreneurs about how to align impact with profit. Carbon Credit Ratings and Market Integrity: A Conversation on the Calyx Global Case 09 APR 2025 | Climate Rising In this bonus episode of... View Details

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

businesses over the long run: companies such as Tata Group, founded in India in 1868, or Mexican bakery Grupo Bimbo, started in 1945. What sets these firms apart? What can leaders in developed markets learn... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

take profits from one market and cross-subsidize losses in another. They've got to have a big, strategic world view, and be able to see broad cross-market trends and commonalities. In the P&G case, it was the global View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

21 Feb 2015
News

The making of Hillary 5.0: Marketing wizards help re-imagine Clinton brand

October 2009 (Revised April 2021)
Case

Ingrid Johnson and Nedbank Business Banking

By: Michael Tushman and David Kiron

This case discusses the issue of leading change at the business banking division of Nedbank, a prominent South African bank, between 2005 and 2009. (This timeframe, beginning just 11 years after Apartheid's end, covers Ingrid Johnson's leadership of this division... View Details

Keywords: Leadership And Change Management; Leadership; Leading Change; Banks and Banking; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Change Management; Leadership Style; Banking Industry; South Africa

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February 2014 (Revised April 2014)
Case

Komatsu in China

By: Krishna Palepu, Akiko Kanno and Nobuo Sato

Komatsu built a very successful business in China over the last two decades. But it is now facing rising competition from lower cost domestic Chinese companies which are themselves trying to become global players. Facing the same situation, Caterpillar is implementing... View Details

Keywords: Leading A Global Business; Building A Business In Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Construction Industry; China; Japan

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October 2022
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Volt Lines: Leading a B2B Service Provider through a Crisis (A)

By: Navid Mojir and Gamze Yucaoglu

Volt Lines was a next-generation transportation service in Istanbul, Turkey. The company was trying to disrupt the traditional corporate transportation market by developing software that allowed it to offer subscription-based transportation. Under the subscription... View Details