Publications

April 2004 (Revised March 2006)
Teaching Note

Inside Intel Inside (TN)

Teaching Note to (9-502-083). View Details

Keywords: Semiconductor Industry

August 2003 (Revised November 2005)
Teaching Note

Electronic Arts Introduces The Sims Online (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-503-008). View Details

Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry

February 2003 (Revised February 2006)
Teaching Note

BMWFilms (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-502-046). View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry; United States

June 2002 (Revised September 2005)
Case

Online Music Distribution in a Post-Napster World

Provides a description of the rise and decline of Napster, the free Internet music-swapping service. Also describes second-generation peer-to-peer services (e.g., Gnutella) as well as paid subscription services (e.g., MusicNet, pressplay). View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Internet and the Web; Price; Marketing Channels; Service Operations; Music Industry

November 2001 (Revised August 2002)
Case

Audio Spotlight, The

Joe Pompei, a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab, has invented a breakthrough audio invention. The invention is an "Audio Spotlight" that projects a narrow beam of sound in the same way a laser beam projects a narrow beam of light. He must now decide how to... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Independent Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Value Creation

August 1999
Teaching Note

Onsale, Inc. TN

Teaching Note for (9-599-091). View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry

1999
Working Paper

Machines and Mindlessness: Social Responses to Computers

By: Clifford Nass and Youngme Moon

June 2007
Article

Companies and the Customers Who Hate Them

By: Gail McGovern and Youngme Moon

Keywords: Customers; Business Ventures

Find at Harvard

April 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Teaching Note

Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service (TN)

By: Youngme E. Moon and John A. Quelch

Teaching Note to (9-504-016). View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Food and Beverage Industry

1998
Working Paper

Are People Polite to Computers? Responses to Computer-Based Interviewing Systems

By: Clifford Nass, Youngme Moon and Paul Carney

October 2003 (Revised August 2005)
Case

American Legacy: Beyond the Truth Campaign

By: Youngme E. Moon and Kerry Herman

The hard-hitting "Truth" campaign has been one of the most successful antismoking initiatives in history. The focus of the "Truth" campaign is to dissuade teenagers from smoking. The sponsor of the campaign, the American Legacy Foundation, is now trying to decide... View Details

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Communication Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Brands and Branding; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

May 2002 (Revised October 2005)
Case

Marketing Antidepressants: Prozac and Paxil

By: Youngme E. Moon and Kerry Herman

Describes the marketing of Prozac and Paxil, two of the best-selling mental health drugs in history. Set in 2001, several months before the expiration of Prozac's patent, Eli Lilly (Prozac's manufacturer) and GlaxoSmithKline (Paxil's manufacturer) must decide how to... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Product Positioning; Competition; Ethics; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Brands and Branding; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

March 2009
Supplement

(PRODUCT) RED Video (A) & (B)

By: Youngme E. Moon and Michael I. Norton

Keywords: Media

May 2005 (Revised March 2007)
Teaching Note

Sony EyeToy

By: Anita Elberse and Youngme E. Moon

Teaching Note to (9-505-024). View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry

August 2004 (Revised July 2006)
Case

PROPECIA TM: Helping Make Hair Loss History

By: Marta Wosinska and Youngme E. Moon

In late 1997, Tom Casola, brand manager for Propecia, debates the best approach to market this breakthrough one-a-day pill for hair loss. This launch would be atypical for a prescription drug because of the key position of the consumer. As a result, the team's... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Communication Strategy; Customers; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product; Performance Effectiveness; Problems and Challenges; Quality; Pharmaceutical Industry

July 2004 (Revised March 2007)
Case

Sony EyeToy

By: Anita Elberse and Youngme E. Moon

In early 2004, less than a year after its launch, Sony's EyeToy, a unique video gaming concept, had become a tremendous success across Europe. Developed for use with Sony's PlayStation 2 console, the revolutionary technology allowed users standing in front of a small... View Details

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Software; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Europe

March 1999 (Revised August 1999)
Case

Coop, The: Market Research

By: Ruth Bolton and Youngme E. Moon

Daryl Buckmeister, CEO of The Chicken Coop, must decide whether to invest in market research, how much money to spend, and which programs to fund. His two vice presidents (of quality and marketing) have presented very different proposals. View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Cost; Research; Markets; Quality; Decisions; Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry

January 2004
Article

Managing Price Expectations through Product Overlap

By: John T. Gourville and Youngme Moon

Keywords: Management; Price; Product

Find at Harvard

Read Now

October 2006 (Revised October 2007)
Case

Google Advertising

By: Youngme E. Moon and David Chen

In mid-2006, Google is the number one search engine in America with 99% of its revenues deriving from its simple, text-only advertising services. It is on track to bring in roughly $9.5 billion in advertising revenue in 2006, which would place it fourth among American... View Details

Keywords: Digital Marketing; Disruptive Innovation; Media; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Advertising Industry; United States