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- May 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
United States Army
By: Rajiv Lal and Laura Coleman
After three months of close collaboration, the Leo Burnett USA/Worldwide agency and partner Cartel and Images advertising/creative team were poised to unveil to senior Army officials at the Pentagon their replacement to the "Be All You Can Be" campaign to help increase... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Decisions; Globalization; Recruitment; Management Teams; Marketing Strategy; United States
Lal, Rajiv, and Laura Coleman. "United States Army." Harvard Business School Case 504-038, May 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- May 2017
- Case
Promontory, Inc.
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Amy Handlin
Promontory, Inc. is a small, privately owned firm in the promotional products (specialty advertising) industry. After starting the firm two years ago with the intention of pursuing a high-quality/high-price strategy, the CEO is seeking methods of increasing sales... View Details
Keywords: Salesforce Management; Marketing Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Business Model; Sales; Advertising Industry
Cespedes, Frank V., and Amy Handlin. "Promontory, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-535, May 2017.
- March 2009
- Teaching Note
Publicis Groupe 2009: Toward a Digital Transformation (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [309085]. View Details
- March 2006 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Massive Incorporated (B)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Clark Gilbert and Victoria Winston
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Product Launch; Digital Marketing; Business Startups; Advertising Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Clark Gilbert, and Victoria Winston. "Massive Incorporated (B)." Harvard Business School Case 806-127, March 2006. (Revised February 2007.)
- July 2002
- Case
Bradley Marquez: Reduction in Force (B)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
DeLong, Thomas J., and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan. "Bradley Marquez: Reduction in Force (B)." Harvard Business School Case 403-007, July 2002.
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
Q: When is a trash can not a trash can? A: When it’s a Wi-Fi hotspot, air-purity monitor, and advertising billboard—all in one. Bigbelly solar-powered trash cans have been street corner fixtures in Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
shown to users who performed similar searches, they find that Google's prominent placement of its Flight Search service increased the clicks on paid advertising listings by more than half while decreasing the clicks on organic search... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 2015
- Book
Strong Brands, Strong Relationships
By: Susan Fournier, Michael Breazeale and Jill Avery
From the editorial team of the ground-breaking Consumer-Brand Relationships: Theory and Practice comes this new volume. Strong Brands, Strong Relationships is a collection of innovative research and management insights that build upon the foundations of... View Details
Keywords: Brand Building; Brand Management; CRM; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Advertising; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry
Fournier, Susan, Michael Breazeale and Jill Avery, eds. Strong Brands, Strong Relationships. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2015.
- January 1996 (Revised January 1996)
- Teaching Note
Colonial Broadcasting Co. TN
By: Arthur Schleifer Jr. and George Wu
Teaching Note for (9-894-011). View Details
- May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Teaching Note
Brand Activism: Nike and Colin Kaepernick
By: Jill Avery and Koen Pauwels
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-046. Nike’s selection of politically polarizing Colin Kaepernick as the spokesperson for the thirtieth anniversary of its iconic “Just Do It” campaign catapulted the brand into the media spotlight and made it a political flashpoint... View Details
- January 2011 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
BBVA Compass: Marketing Resource Allocation
By: Sunil Gupta and Joseph Davies-Gavin
BBVA Compass, the 15th largest commercial bank in the U.S., is a part of the BBVA Group of Spain, the second largest bank in Spain with $755 billion in assets. In December 2010, Frank Sottosanti, Chief Marketing Officer of BBVA Compass, was reviewing the marketing... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Resource Allocation; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Banking Industry; United States
Gupta, Sunil, and Joseph Davies-Gavin. "BBVA Compass: Marketing Resource Allocation." Harvard Business School Case 511-096, January 2011. (Revised April 2012.)
- September 2010
- Case
NetApp
By: Das Narayandas and Elizabeth A. Kind
NetApp had undertaken an award-winning overhaul and upgrading of its channel strategy design that accounted for 46 percent of North America sales in 2006. Nonetheless, NetApp senior management announced they expected to grow revenue another 30% in fiscal 2007 with half... View Details
- September 1989 (Revised January 1991)
- Case
Massachusetts Lottery
By: John A. Quelch
Describes the role of state lotteries, lottery marketing, and the operation of the Massachusetts State Lottery, including reference to Massachusetts lottery advertising. Highlights the success of state lotteries while also noting growing criticism, particularly of... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Marketing; Advertising; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; Massachusetts
Quelch, John A. "Massachusetts Lottery." Harvard Business School Case 590-009, September 1989. (Revised January 1991.)
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Neck & Neck: Leveraging the Club Neck Information (TN)
Teaching Note for 111112. View Details
- March 1996 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Vistakon: 1 Day Acuvue Disposable Contact Lenses
By: Alvin J. Silk, Bruce Issacson and Marie Bell
Vistakon, an independent and entrepreneurial subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, pioneered the production and marketing of disposable contact lenses with the 1987 launch of Acuvue, the first disposable extended-wear lens--a soft contact lens that patients wear for a... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Business Subsidiaries; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Price; Risk Management; Marketing; Product Positioning; Production; Performance Effectiveness; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Silk, Alvin J., Bruce Issacson, and Marie Bell. "Vistakon: 1 Day Acuvue Disposable Contact Lenses." Harvard Business School Case 596-087, March 1996. (Revised February 1999.)
- June 2015
- Article
Does Google Leverage Market Power Through Tying and Bundling?
By: Benjamin Edelman
I examine Google's pattern and practice of tying to leverage its dominance into new sectors. In particular, I show how Google used these tactics to enter numerous markets, to compel usage of its services, and often to dominate competing offerings. I explore the... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Antitrust; Google; Tying; Bundling; Competitive Strategy; Search Technology; Law; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Does Google Leverage Market Power Through Tying and Bundling?" Journal of Competition Law & Economics 11, no. 2 (June 2015): 365–400.
- July 2022
- Case
FIJI Water: Carbon Negative? (Abridged)
By: Michael W. Toffel, George Serafeim, Francesca Gino, Stephanie Van Sice and Tom Quinn
In the midst of increasing press scrutiny of the bottled water industry’s environmentally harmful practices, FIJI Water made a series of sustainability promises. The boldest of these was a pledge to go “carbon negative.” The company said that not only would they offset... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Footprint; Carbon Offsetting; Environmental Accounting; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Pollution; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Non-Governmental Organizations; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry; Fiji; United States
Toffel, Michael W., George Serafeim, Francesca Gino, Stephanie Van Sice, and Tom Quinn. "FIJI Water: Carbon Negative? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 623-004, July 2022.
- June 1967 (Revised January 1968)
- Case
WTS-Pharmacraft: Fresh Deodorant
By: Walter J. Salmon
Salmon, Walter J. "WTS-Pharmacraft: Fresh Deodorant." Harvard Business School Case 513-159, June 1967. (Revised January 1968.)
- March 1998 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Pepsi Blue
By: John A. Quelch
Executives at Pepsico are considering a possible redesign of the Pepsi carbonated beverage packages worldwide to give the brand a modern, up-to-date image and "ownership" of the color blue against Coca-Cola's "ownership" of the color red. View Details
Quelch, John A. "Pepsi Blue." Harvard Business School Case 598-097, March 1998. (Revised August 1998.)
- May 2025
- Case
Initial Financial Statements at Blank Corporation: Bridging Content and Commerce
By: Jung Koo Kang, Panje Jayden Kim and David Allen
This accounting case is intended to teach students how to compile an income statement, a balance sheet, and a cash flow statement. It focuses on Blank Corporation, an innovative South Korean company that bridged content and commerce by selling products directly through... View Details