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19 Apr 2018
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02 Feb 2016
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08 Aug 2013
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Cause Marketing Gets Personal

says. A natural at fundraising and policy-making, Langer excelled at establishing cause-related marketing at NABCO. "I used to think I'd be terrible at marketing, until I realized how different it is to sell something your heart is in,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

November – December 2008
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Holding a Mirror up to Marketing

By: John A. Quelch and Katherine Jocz

The Dove campaign addressed a common concern that crossed cultural boundaries. Confronted by standard visual stereotypes of beauty in the global media, many young women develop self-image and self-esteem problems. The Dove Real Beauty campaign rejected these narrow... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Advertising Campaigns; Welfare; Diversity; Emotions; Government and Politics

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01 Jun 2018
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Disrupting India’s Dental Market

all confined to India, although some of the auxiliary services Clove has developed could be marketed beyond. For example, Singh created an online marketplace for dental instruments and equipment, called OneIvory, as a supplier to... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

August 2009 (Revised August 2010)
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Slanket: Responding to Snuggie's Market Entry

By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

How does a pioneer in a new product category deal with the runaway success of a follower? Can search engine marketing and social media help? In 2008 Slanket CEO, Gary Clegg, found that his product, a blanket with sleeves, had been eclipsed by The Snuggie, another... View Details

Keywords: Digital Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web

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January 2008 (Revised September 2008)
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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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22 Oct 2018
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HBS Marketing Club Presents: The Brand Summit

and a competitive edge in the market. Of course, this is easier said than done. In a world of rapid technology advancements and changing consumer preferences, marketers are constantly tested on how quickly they can adapt and reassess... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

February 2023
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Nexus Market (B): After the Ultimatum

By: Tsedal Neeley and Jeff Huizinga

This case reveals how the situation with Nexus Market and its Ukrainian and Russian subcontractors was resolved. The conclusion to the story of a Silicon Valley start-up executive facing an ultimatum from a team of Ukrainian subcontractors to cut ties with a separate... View Details

Keywords: International Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Technology Industry; United States; Ukraine; Russia; Europe

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01 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing Challenges of the China Olympics

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.Normally, the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Sports

30 May 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Lessons Unlearned? Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza; Banking

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

Harvard Business Publishing has released new toolkits to help managers make key marketing decisions on market analysis, breakeven analysis, customer lifetime value, profit and pricing, and analyzing the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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eBay Auctions as Markets

An examination of eBay from an industrial organization and competitive firms perspective. Exploits survey data as a measure of information dispersion. View Details

February 2023
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Disruption and Credit Markets

By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina

We show that over the past half century innovative disruptions were central to understanding corporate defaults. In a given year, industries experiencing abnormally high VC or IPO activity subsequently see higher default rates, higher segment exits by conglomerates,... View Details

Keywords: Default; Corporate Bonds; Disruption; Corporate Finance; Bonds

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