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- May 2022
- Supplement
Maestro Pizza (B): The Competition Awakens
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Fares Khrais. "Maestro Pizza (B): The Competition Awakens." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-400, May 2022.
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1939494 Working Papers Competing Ad Auctions By: Ashlagi, Itai, Benjamin Edelman, and Hoan Soo Lee Abstract—We present a two-stage model of competing ad auctions. Search engines attract users via Cournot-style... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
advertisements to building their own outlets and content. Kraft Foods, for example, is now one of the largest publishers of food-related materials. IBM is launching thought leadership communities. PepsiCo uses social networks to reach... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
advertisers attain this. In our research, two colleagues and I use infrared eye-tracking scanners to determine exactly what people are looking at when they watch video ads. We also use a system that analyzes facial expressions to reveal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
convenience. It’s the advertisers who pay the freight for Google’s search services. Defining markets, identifying consumers, and tracing the impact of high tech intercompany “deals” on competition and resulting costs for consumers may be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
the fair, with its theme of "Building the World of Tomorrow," as an ideal venue for institutional advertising and image making. This fair was to be more than merely a "showroom for the display of goods"; it was to be,... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Teaching has been a lifelong passion of mine. As the third generation of academics in my family, I see good teaching as a means to give back and to encourage others to share my passion for discovery. I’ve been very lucky to have many teaching opportunities, both as an... View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Technology Strategy; Machine Learning; Data Science; ＂Marketing Analytics＂; Data Visualization; Analysis; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Corporate Strategy; Software; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
successful firms or nonprofits would get free advertising through the popular press, eliminating their need for private marketing while increasing their ability to win elections in other locales around the world. Citizens in mismanaged... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
here cover a wide range including outright sale, renting, charging by the transaction, advertising and subscription models, licensing, or even giving away the product and selling after-sale support and services. Having a sense of price... View Details
- January 2023
- Case
Proday: Calling the Right Play
By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
Sarah Kunst knew the elements of a successful startup from her tenure at venture capital firms. In April 2018, however, her own app – Proday, a home fitness platform featuring exercises filmed by professional sports stars – was floundering. Kunst theorized that... View Details
Keywords: Social Media; Entrepreneurship; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Product Launch; Social Marketing; Failure; Sports; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Technology Industry; United States
Hyde, Lindsay N., Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Tom Quinn. "Proday: Calling the Right Play." Harvard Business School Case 823-005, January 2023.
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
individuals near a firm's headquarters—for the presence of a large, non-managerial individual shareholder in a firm. These shareholders have a large impact on firms, controlling for selection effects. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-028.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
Dealmaking Strategies for a Competitive Marketplace, is a reference to this phenomenon. Companies are telling their marketing managers, "Get your advertising spend down by 20 percent over the next 12 months," and so the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- May 2024
- Teaching Note
The Meteoric Rise of Skims
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 524-023, "The Meteoric Rise of Skims." View Details
Keywords: Brand; Branding; Direct-to-consumer; DTC; Influencers; Influencer Marketing; Fashion; Growth; Direct Marketing; Influence; Reputation; Social Influence; Consumer Goods; Consumer Products; Female Entrepreneur; Female Protagonist; Entrepreneurship And Strategy; Brand ＆ Product Management; Competitive Advantage; Online Followers; Retail; Retail Formats; Retailing; Online Retail; Celebrities; Celebrity; Celebrity Endorsement; Go To Market Strategy; Apparel; Startup Marketing; Startups; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Distribution Channels; Digital Marketing; Advertising; Power and Influence; Social Media; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
- March 2009
- Teaching Note
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll: The MTV Approach to Tackling HIV/AIDS (TN)
By: Tarun Khanna, Sonali R. Bloom and David E. Bloom
Teaching Note for [709429]. View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
to strengthen the company's advantage in the mobile advertising industry. AdMob displayed advertising on global devices, powered 6,000 websites and 1,000 applications, and served over 6 billion View Details
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
Trump, the demographics of opposition to the president put unique pressure on business leaders. He is astoundingly unpopular with the young. In August, among adults under 35, Trump had a disapproval rating of 62 percent with only 22 percent approval. View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional
situation to the traditional separation of church and state in newspapers. In the best newspapers, he said, there is a virtual "wall" between the editorial and advertising staff. The same rules apply to Internet health care. "If we don't... View Details
- 17 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News
not just to share anything that would benefit your political party if it were true.” The findings provide a key lesson for companies that advertise and share content on social media to gain a following: Sharing high-quality, accurate... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- September 2024
- Supplement
National Public Broadcasting (B)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
Abstract: This (B) case supplement is designed for use by faculty only to support classroom instruction in conjunction with... View Details
Abstract: This (B) case supplement is designed for use by faculty only to support classroom instruction in conjunction with... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Media; Ownership; Strategy; Advertising; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "National Public Broadcasting (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 225-706, September 2024.
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
MBA '83), vice chairman of advertising firm Arnold Worldwide. "It takes longer than you think to get everybody on the bus. And even then, is your vision clear? Does everyone know where they're going? Sometimes you think everybody is on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman