Differentiation - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 3

after Craigslist's entry. The impact of Craigslist's entry on the classified-ad side appears to propagate to other sides of the newspapers' market. On the subscriber side, these newspapers experience an increase in subscription prices, a decrease in circulation, and an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control

they forge relationships with user groups. Danielle Kost: How can companies engage user communities more effectively? What advantages can they provide a firm? Frank Nagle and Sonali K. Shah: User communities can differentiate a firm’s... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

17 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

holds true in most health care service markets in the United States: You should think about what market position you occupy, how it is differentiated from others’, and whether you are fulfilling the needs of your target market. It’s... View Details

Keywords: by Alumni Bulletin Staff; Health

05 Dec 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

low-cost strategy, eliminating management choice going forward? And do such strategies have much longer lives than those associated with other forms of differentiation among offerings to customers? When does friction trump scale in the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

17 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 17

Publication:Quantitative Marketing and Economics 7, no. 3 (September 2009): 237-266 Abstract This study presents a signaling model of advertising for horizontally differentiated products. The central ingredients of the model are two... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 May 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands

company? So long as they are not triumphalist, large banks like JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo that were less involved in chasing too-good-to-be-true subprime returns have a differentiating advantage. But it's hard to rebuild consumer... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Banking; Financial Services

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Ratcheting, Competition, and the Diffusion of Technological Change: The Case of Televisions Under an Energy Efficiency Program By: Amano, Tomomichi, and Hiroshi Ohashi Abstract—In differentiated goods markets with societal implications,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

establish new policies for treating Prime members differentially in the next distribution crisis? Will we see Amazon go after its retail competitors by increasing its retail store network beyond Whole Foods and some high tech test stores?... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

can control." Improving The Odds What are some other ways that VC firms can influence their rate of success, asked Sahlman. In an increasingly competitive environment, how does a firm differentiate itself? "The odds are... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

standards of U.S. firms. The SEC should also be granted the resources to more systematically verify the accuracy of these disclosures by foreign cross-listed firms. If the information were more reliable, investors could use the information to better View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

10 Mar 2021
News

Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

don’t, the better. Data is the differentiator and will only become increasingly important. Can you give an example? For the past 30 years we’ve operated in an environment where interest rates have slowly declined. I don’t know what the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investing; leadership; diversity; career experience; higher education; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 13

organizational characteristics affect the stringency of monitoring through reputation, customer loyalty, differential impacts of government sanctions, and the standardization and internal monitoring of operations. We test our theory in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

computer companies prominent in 1975; it has entered and exited businesses, but it is recognizably the same institution. Common vocabulary and guidance for consistent decisions. The need for fast decisions and actions in far-flung or View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

performance management system into corporate governance processes. The Balanced Scorecard strategy map portrays, on a single page, a company's strategy. It includes the financial outcomes expected; performance with targeted customers and the organization's View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

15 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture

needs and provides real health benefits, differentiating itself from the competition. Founded as a remote-first company, Rootine was positioned well when the pandemic forced companies to move to a remote work environment. With their... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

25 May 2021
Blog Post

Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics

Dozie shared. “And this started way before Bossy Cosmetics. As a woman in banking, I recognized the connection between how I felt and how I performed. I knew the world didn’t need just another pink or red lipstick though. We needed a clear point of View Details

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

cross-groups' similarities and one difference across 10 non-U.S. nations. Seven European (individualist) and three East Asian (collectivist) nations (N=1028) support three hypothesized cross-cultural similarities: (a) perceived warmth and competence reliably View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

unique characteristics that differentiate them from for-profit concerns: The real value creators for nonprofits are the dispersed units, where money is raised and good deeds accomplished. With for-profits, headquarters is usually where... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Apr 2017
News

Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

Silicon Valley’s name is dominant in the history of entrepreneurship. So where does that leave other cities that want to get in on the action? On April 13 in Spangler Auditorium, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a panel of area business leaders discussed what View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

22 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Avant Ski Makes Turns in Ski Media Objectivity

include industry expert features, such as ski patrollers and instructors. Avant Ski further differentiates itself with its family-oriented, non-expert tilt on information that’s custom built for busy professionals—a different perspective... View Details

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