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- February 1995
- Teaching Note
Catalina Marketing Corporation TN
By: David E. Bell
Teaching Note for (9-594-026). View Details
Keywords: Advertising Industry
- October 2011 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
The American Repertory Theater
By: Rohit Deshpande, Allen S. Grossman and Ryan Johnson
When Diane Paulus, artistic director and CEO of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) first started in 2008, she attracted media coverage around an aesthetic that aimed to give the audience more ownership over the theater experience, excited theatergoers by... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Arts; Business Model; Leading Change; Media; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; North and Central America
Deshpande, Rohit, Allen S. Grossman, and Ryan Johnson. "The American Repertory Theater." Harvard Business School Case 512-026, October 2011. (Revised May 2015.)
- Portrait Project
Mora Segal
"When I grow up, I am going to be a judge, a senator... or maybe even president! Oh no you're not, little girl..." When I was seven years old my picture appeared in an advertisement in Newsweek for the National Organization for... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
distribution company in its own right. On October 30, 2006, it relaunched its Website—and, in effect, its business. With its new, consumer-facing home page, and with new offerings for advertisers and affiliates as well as video... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- April 2000 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
DoubleClick Buys Abacus (A)
By: John A. Deighton
By acquiring Abacus, DoubleClick won the power to serve ads with unprecedented precision, because it brought together Web surfers' online and offline identities. Several competitors had developed advanced systems for serving ads on the web, but DoubleClick had the... View Details
Keywords: Information; Rights; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Competitive Advantage; Social Issues; Customer Focus and Relationships; Digital Marketing; Advertising Industry
Deighton, John A. "DoubleClick Buys Abacus (A)." Harvard Business School Case 500-091, April 2000. (Revised June 2001.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- November 1987 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Actmedia, Inc.
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Cespedes, Frank V. "Actmedia, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 588-036, November 1987. (Revised September 1994.)
- April 1987 (Revised March 1989)
- Case
Saatchi & Saatchi Co. PLC
By: David J. Collis
Keywords: Advertising Industry
Collis, David J. "Saatchi & Saatchi Co. PLC." Harvard Business School Case 387-170, April 1987. (Revised March 1989.)
- May 1982 (Revised April 1984)
- Case
Consolidated Foods Corp. (A)
Top management at Consolidated Foods was concerned about consumer complaints and threatened boycotts, some relating to television and print ad content and others relating to sponsorship of television programs thought to portray excessive sex or violence. Describes the... View Details
Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "Consolidated Foods Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 382-158, May 1982. (Revised April 1984.)
- Video
Vimal Shah
Vimal Shah, Co-Founder and Chairman of Bidco Africa, discusses the group’s strategic approach to marketing soap products in Kenya, targeting the bottom of the pyramid market with multiple brands at different price points to compete with large multinationals such as... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
A Streamlined Time Inc.
only do we create this amazing, premium content, and we also produce at scale, but at the same time, we’re actually taking that content and layering on top of it technology and data insights and targeting opportunities that are creating a whole slew of new... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
As a youngster, I used to create “stores” in my driveway, selling things to other neighborhood kids. It was an entrepreneurial inclination fostered by growing up in a family that owned retail stores and enjoyed telling stories of their sales. View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
stores and enjoyed telling stories of their sales. Advertising was a popular career with a certain amount of glamour in the 1950s and 1960s. I, too, liked the thought of developing ideas that would motivate consumers. As an undergrad at... View Details
- spring 1981
- Article
From Competitor to Consumer: The Changing Focus of Federal Regulation of Advertising, 1914-1938
By: R. S. Tedlow
Tedlow, R. S. "From Competitor to Consumer: The Changing Focus of Federal Regulation of Advertising, 1914-1938." Business History Review 55, no. 1 (spring 1981).
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
In the marketplace, Brand Trump is authentic. It stands for aspiration and success, but more the ostentatious and flashy success that appeals to the newly wealthy, the entrepreneur, the outsider. For these consumers, brand Trump clearly delivers; Trump hotels, and... View Details
Alfred N. Steele
Arriving at Pepsi after defecting from an alienating position at Coca-Cola, Steele immediately began a highly involved rehabilitation process at the battered soft drink maker. Steele installed a more autonomous management structure, instituted an extensive View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- Career Coach
Sarah Sikowitz
has 15+ years' experience in digital media, marketing and advertising, most recently as Principal Analyst for Forrester Research, covering marketing, advertising and innovation firms. Sarah enjoys partnering with students and alumni on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Extra! Extra! Newspapers Miss the Story
yet less than 5 percent of the newspaper industry offers any targeted advertising products.” The irony, he notes, is that “the Internet will eventually eat into traditional print revenue, but the overwhelming effect will be net growth.”... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Ready for Take-Off
marketplace matching educational institutions with student-loan lenders and lenders with secondary markets. Caroline A. Oberg (MBA '98) of ODAC, Inc., a software solution transforming the advertising media procurement process. Kristin S.... View Details
Keywords: Spingboard
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
his stock-in-trade as the advertising revenues for Vibe, Spin, and Blaze, the three magazines he now oversees at Vibe/Spin Ventures. As a founding member of the Vibe team, Clinkscales has watched the magazine's circulation grow from... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
Daniel F. Gerber, Jr.
to advertise his product for 15 cents a can to build a vibrant wholesale business. The now famous “Gerber baby symbol” was introduced to build brand identity and reassure skeptical consumers. Though it took ten years to build a wholesale... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco