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  • January 2024
  • Case

Flashfood: The Magic of Commitment

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
Josh Domingues had accomplished what countless young entrepreneurs long to achieve: founding a promising company that aspires to make the world a tangibly better place. Shocked to learn that international food waste cumulatively amounted to the world’s third largest... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneur; Founder; Startup; Business Model; Business Startups; Food; Applications and Software; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability; Canada
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Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Flashfood: The Magic of Commitment." Harvard Business School Case 824-131, January 2024.
  • 25 Apr 2023
  • Op-Ed

How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

the internet has enabled high-income consumer markets that respond to direct-to-consumer branding and low-cost producer markets that respond to data-driven coordination, more tightly coordinated models of global business have become... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products
  • Research Summary

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ECONOMICS OF THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICEC INDUSTRY

Professor Silk’s recent research has been focused on the economics of the advertising and marketing services industry. He has conducted econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on the... View Details

  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

2000, that number had increased to 60 percent—and another innovation was about to make the process even easier: genealogical DNA testing. Paul Cusenza (MBA 1986), then at biotech firm Perlegen Sciences, began thinking about the potential of View Details
Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 07 Jun 2023
  • HBS Case

3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook

the same customers. The Ordinary reduces costs. The no-frills cosmetic brand eschews the kind of product customization and coveted celebrity endorsements often seen in the industry, cutting research and development and advertising costs. At the same time, its View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Action Plan: In Context

Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012) knows that many people think of etiquette as outdated, nothing more than “stuffy, stuffy old manners.” She has made a career—and now a Netflix series, Mind Your Manners—out of updating this old-fashioned perspective. “I see etiquette as the... View Details
Keywords: April White; communication; manners; business; entrepreneurship; China; human behavior
  • Web

Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

direct-to-consumer efforts on the back burner, it was at a crossroads. The partnership had been successful, and the company had amassed promising data on the impact of ElliQ, the AI companion they had created to alleviate loneliness and... View Details
  • 26 Aug 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing

established brands are facing a loss of credibility as they are being disrupted by direct-to-consumer brands,” says Vettese, whose research project was guided by HBS professor Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Rise of DTC Brands – Implications for Legacy Brands Professor Rajiv Lal This modified case discussion did not require pre-reading. + More Info – Less Info We discuss the forces that have given rise to many direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands... View Details
  • 06 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Short Intensive Programs 2024 Preview: From Climate Change to Formula 1

year of exploring the direct-to-consumer market. Schlesinger considers it a perfect module for their subject and a unique opportunity for all MBA students. “We have all the flexibility in the world to design something that is uniquely... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Pet Project

Illustration by Shane Cluskey Like pet owners everywhere, Katie Spies (MBA 2019) would do anything for her dog. In 2014, when her Italian greyhound, George, started experiencing seizures and other health problems that didn’t respond to medications, the vet recommended... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade
  • 05 Jun 2019
  • Blog Post

Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project

completed an Independent Project under the guidance of a professor.   In recent years, the beauty industry has fundamentally changed – incumbents are being disrupted by direct-to-consumer brands, customer data is being used to deliver a... View Details
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

created by employees. The risk of product liability may make it unwise to pursue certain marketing strategies, such as widespread direct-to-consumer advertising of a drug with known risk factors that must be balanced against the potential... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
  • 20 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Getting the Marketing Mix Right

firms; and by using direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA). First, they employed the complex mathematical formulas of traditional models to study different marketing strategies used by the drug companies. They found that the IPS property... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 May 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?

had booked 400,000 pre-orders for its Model 3 sedan—a $35,000 vehicle that won’t even go into production until 2017. None of those sales were made through franchised dealerships; Tesla uses only direct-to-consumer sales. Meanwhile, car... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto
  • 22 Nov 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Side Effects: The Case of Propecia

by the company, Wosinska said. As to the question of whether direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) ultimately works to sell prescription drugs, Wosinska said studies indicate it creates market growth for all players, but not much market... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • 06 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs

experience thus far? One of the highlights of my HBS experience so far has been the Moving Beyond Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Short Intensive Program (SIP). I love marketing and am interested in pursuing entrepreneurship post business... View Details
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

traditional processes, enable companies to straddle industry boundaries, and open up powerful opportunities for learning. Direct-to-Consumer Brands: A Fad That Will Go Away or Disruptive Force That's Here to Stay? Faculty: Professor Rajiv... View Details
  • 25 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

direct-to-consumer or “Main Street” services (think retail and restaurants), which have the lowest average wages, $29,400. “We find that the supply chain economy is a distinct and large segment of the economy, and includes manufacturers... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service
  • 20 Jan 2023
  • News

Free Spirits

Anheuser-Busch, that means a foray into the direct-to-consumer channel, which is an entirely new world for the company, notes Whitworth. Traditional beer is a tightly regulated industry, for all the right reasons, with a tangle of laws... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality
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