Publications

2003
Article

Don't Blame the Computer: When Self-Disclosure Moderates the Self-Serving Bias

By: Youngme Moon

Keywords: Information Technology; Prejudice and Bias

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2024
Working Paper

Patent Hunters

By: Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun, Katie Moon and Paula Suh

Analyzing millions of patents granted by the USPTO between 1976 and 2020, we find a pattern where specific patents only rise to prominence after considerable time has passed. Amongst these late-blooming influential patents, we show that there are key players (patent... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Product Launch; Product; Innovation and Invention

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January 2007
Class Lecture

Brand Positioning (FSS)

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Positioning

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July 2004 (Revised March 2006)
Teaching Note

Vans: Skating on Air (TN)

Teaching Note to (9-502-077). View Details

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry

January 2000
Teaching Note

Autobytel.com (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-500-015). View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry

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

March 2006
Course Overview Note

Consumer Marketing: Rethinking the Core

Outlines the structure and content of an advanced MBA course entitled Consumer Marketing: Rethinking the Core. The course, which is part of the second-year curriculum at the Harvard Business School, focuses on a reexamination of several fundamental marketing paradigms... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Consumer Behavior

March 2006
Teaching Note

American Legacy: Beyond the Truth Campaign (TN)

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns

July 2004 (Revised March 2006)
Teaching Note

The Birth of the Swatch (TN)

Teaching Note to (2-504-096). View Details

Keywords: History; Fashion Industry

July 2004 (Revised February 2005)
Teaching Note

Marketing Antidepressants: Prozac and Paxil (TN)

Teaching Note to (9-502-055). View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Pharmaceutical Industry

April 2004 (Revised March 2006)
Teaching Note

Ikea Invades America (TN)

Teaching Note to (2-504-094). View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry

May 2003 (Revised January 2006)
Teaching Note

NTT DoCoMo: Marketing i-mode (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-502-031). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Japan

October 2000 (Revised March 2001)
Case

BizRate.com

BizRate is a market research firm that collects point-of-purchase customer feedback data from retailing merchants. It then makes its findings available to consumers in the form of "BizRate star ratings," which are displayed on its website. To date, its primary revenue... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Marketing Channels; Internet and the Web; Customer Relationship Management; Trust; Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Business Divisions; Debates; Retail Industry

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February 2022
Case

Paul Polman

By: Elizabeth A. Keenan, Youngme Moon and Susie Ma

Over his 40-year career, Paul Polman had led some of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, making his biggest mark as CEO of Unilever—a multi-national corporation that produced everything from soap to soup. Polman was also well-regarded as a leader in corporate... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Leadership; Corporate Accountability; Personal Development and Career; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Social Issues; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

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08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?R=1057-HBK-ENG&conversationId=262835&E=1462 Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd Author:Youngme Moon Publication:Crown Business/Random House, 2010 Abstract Every few years... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

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