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- April 2014 (Revised May 2014)
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Harvard Business School Executive Education: Balancing Online and Offline Marketing
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
- February 1998 (Revised February 1999)
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FreeMarkets OnLine
Describes the marketing strategy of an entrepreneurial start-up engaged in electronic purchasing for large manufacturers. By creating an electronic bidding platform, the company has been able to cut down procurement costs by about 15%. The case question concerns how... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Bids and Bidding; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Production; Electronics Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "FreeMarkets OnLine." Harvard Business School Case 598-109, February 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
company, and Negotiation Mastery has given me additional skills that I have put into practice and have resulted in much more successful agreements. Jacqueline Ryan Integrated Marketing Manager at YumEarth Develop the negotiation skills... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Opportunistic Returns and Dynamic Pricing: Empirical Evidence from Online Retailing in Emerging Markets
- February 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Where to Grow Next at Online Marketplace OLX
By: Thales Teixeira, Leandro A. Guissoni and Samy Dana
The CEO of OLX Brazil, an online classifieds platform business, is debating among multiple paths to grow sustainably (i.e., profitably) without the need for investor money. The options under consideration are (1) penetration growth by focusing on the core, (2) new... View Details
Keywords: Online Marketplace; Growth; Customer Acquisition; Facebook; Two-sided Network; E-commerce; Classifieds; Naspers; Schibsted; Innovation; Startup; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Brazil
Teixeira, Thales, Leandro A. Guissoni, and Samy Dana. "Where to Grow Next at Online Marketplace OLX." Harvard Business School Case 519-064, February 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- 2018
- Working Paper
Opportunistic Returns and Dynamic Pricing: Empirical Evidence from Online Retailing in Emerging Markets
By: Chaithanya Bandi, Antonio Moreno, Donald Ngwe and Zhiji Xu
We investigate how dynamic pricing can lead to higher operational costs through more product returns in the online retail industry. Dynamic pricing has been widely applied by many online retailers. Research has shown that, in response to dynamic pricing, some customers... View Details
- May–June 2023
- Article
Need for Speed: The Impact of In-Process Delays on Customer Behavior in Online Retail
By: Santiago Gallino, Nil Karacaoglu and Antonio Moreno
The impact of delays has been widely studied in various offline services. The focus of this study is online services, and we explore the impact of in-process delays—measured by website speed—on customer behavior. We leverage novel retail and website speed data to... View Details
Keywords: Online Retail; Quasi-experiments; Abandonment; Synthetic Control; E-commerce; Internet and the Web; Consumer Behavior; Policy; Retail Industry
Gallino, Santiago, Nil Karacaoglu, and Antonio Moreno. "Need for Speed: The Impact of In-Process Delays on Customer Behavior in Online Retail." Operations Research 71, no. 3 (May–June 2023): 876–894.
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
Students and Recent Graduates Those Considering Graduate School Mid-Career Professionals Prepare for your next opportunity by learning how to apply basic statistics to real business problems. Meet Arjun, an HBS Online participant who took... View Details
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
sets and understand them has helped me make major decisions on future state reporting. Kali Pfaff What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course... View Details
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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
thought the course was very manageable on top of a full-time job." Abby Katz Senior Marketing Manager at Mavrck Build greater self-awareness and explore how you can adapt your leadership style to meet specific organizational challenges.... View Details
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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
Participant What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of Specialization Prove your mastery of strategy or leadership and... View Details
The Value of Descriptive Analytics: Evidence from Online Retailers - Marketing Science
Does the adoption of descriptive analytics impact online retailer performance, and if so, how? We use the synthetic difference-in-differences method to analyze the staggered adoption of a retail analytics dashboard by more than 1,500 e-commerce websites, and we... View Details
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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
and Societies: Leave blank Description: Leading with Finance is a 6-week, 40-hour online certificate program from Harvard Business School. Leading with Finance helps students understand key financial levers that drive financial... View Details
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
This course is part of the Strategy track. Introduction to Economics for Managers ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Economics for Managers $1,850 Next 8-week session starts August 6th Enroll Now Gain economic... View Details
- March 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
USA TODAY Online
By: John A. Deighton and Anthony St. George
How should USA TODAY use its brand franchise to build a publishing business on the World Wide Web? Advertising Age described the first steps as "a case study in how not to do it," but by the end of 1997 USA TODAY Online is the most visited news site on the Web. Now the... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Design; Profit; Revenue; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Information Industry
Deighton, John A., and Anthony St. George. "USA TODAY Online." Harvard Business School Case 598-133, March 1998. (Revised November 1999.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- April 1998
- Case
E! Online (A): www.eonline.com
E! Online is the on-line brand extension of the cable-TV channel dedicated to entertainment news. E! Online must compete with other entertainment sites on the web, as well as create synergy between E! Online and E! Entertainment Television in order to build a... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Internet and the Web; Service Operations; Television Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Carrie Ardito, and Dickson Louie. "E! Online (A): www.eonline.com." Harvard Business School Case 898-010, April 1998.
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Online AI Course | HBS Online
business. "HBS Online courses are excellent for anyone who wishes to learn more about a particular subject area or further develop their career." Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate Services Manager at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Understand the... View Details
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
Now Key Concepts Identify a business opportunity Evaluate an idea and assess the market Explore the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship Leverage experiments to validate concepts and refine your business strategy Discover the key... View Details
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Marketing in the Age of Web 2.0
By: Jill Avery
Web 2.0 technologies empower consumers to create their own personalized experiences on the web, and to share them with others. Hence, web content is democratized and consumers' experiences online are largely social rather than individualistic. View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Internet; Brands and Branding; Marketing; Marketing Communications; Internet and the Web; Social Media; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry
Avery, Jill. "Marketing in the Age of Web 2.0." Simmons Magazine, SOM Edition 90, no. 3 (Fall 2008): 21.
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Scaling Ventures, HBS Online
This course is for startup founders and senior leaders who have achieved product-market fit and now need to successfully guide their company through cycles of rapid growth and organizational change. Topics include optimal growth rate, recruiting and motivating... View Details