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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
LEVITT The details differ slightly, but the story, in its telling, is always the same. Ninety or so MBA students sit nervously awaiting the start of their first Marketing class. At the appointed time — not a minute more or less — a slight man with bushy eyebrows View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
Are brand management issues faced by a powerful for-profit company such as Toyota the same as those navigated by an international non-government organization (NGO) such as the Red Cross? Yes and no. In their... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Levitt Brand
A consultant and professor with a Ph.D. in economics from Ohio State University, Ted Levitt had already published two articles in the Harvard Business Review when he joined the HBS faculty in 1959. One year later, observed HBS marketing... View Details
- 22 Dec 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
Dove: Maintaining a Brand with Purpose
- November 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Midway: Licensing, Distributing and Building Brands in China
Midway has built its business as a Chinese licensee of Western brands, principally Disney. It is now considering whether to develop its own brands and whether its core business is distribution or brand marketing. View Details
Arnold, David J. "Midway: Licensing, Distributing and Building Brands in China." Harvard Business School Case 502-032, November 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- 09 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands
experience to the American mass market. Wall Street bought into the vision of Starbucks as the "third place" after home and work. New store openings and new product launches fueled the stock price.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
rock scene, and last summer's launch of Blaze, a monthly that covers hip hop and caters to 12-to 24-year-olds, Vibe/Spin Ventures now reaches 1.5 million readers. Martha as Mentor As important as circulation... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Jun 2010
- News
Obama's Tarnished Brand
- February 2025
- Teaching Note
Influencer-Led Brand Building: Hairitage and the McKnights
By: William R. Kerr and James Palano
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 825-066. Mindy McKnight started in 2009 as an early influencer on social media whose videos of creative hairstyles for girls launched her family on an entrepreneurship journey. The McKnights transitioned from YouTube ad revenue to brand... View Details
- 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... View Details
- March 2012 (Revised April 2012)
- Teaching Plan
Branding Yoga (TP)
By: Rohit Deshpande, Rohit Deshpandé, Kerry Herman and Annelena Lobb
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Branding Yoga (TP)." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 512-079, March 2012. (Revised April 2012.)
- 23 Apr 2012
- News
The Paradox of Personal Branding
- Article
Brand Tourists: How Non-Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride
By: Silvia Bellezza and Anat Keinan
This research examines how core consumers of selective brands react when non-core users obtain access to the brand. Contrary to the view that non-core users and downward brand extensions pose a threat to the brand, this work investigates the conditions under which... View Details
Bellezza, Silvia, and Anat Keinan. "Brand Tourists: How Non-Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride." Journal of Consumer Research 41, no. 2 (August 2014): 397–417.
- April 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Computer Power Group: Designing Brand Architecture
Computer Power Group (CPG), an Australian-based consulting, education, and staffing placement firm in the IT industry, is contemplating a brand architecture capable of structuring its eight branded business units. CEO Peter James is particularly curious about whether a... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Employment Industry; Education Industry; Consulting Industry; Australia
Fournier, Susan M., and Andrea Carol Wojnicki. "Computer Power Group: Designing Brand Architecture." Harvard Business School Case 500-060, April 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- August 2024 (Revised December 2024)
- Case
Influencer-Led Brand Building: Hairitage and the McKnights
By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and James Palano
Longtime hairstyle influencer Mindy McKnight had been building her “Cute Girls Hairstyles” audience across numerous online platforms for nearly two decades. Brand incubator Maesa took an innovative approach to producing successful brands: identifying white space in the... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Customer Focus and Relationships; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Power and Influence; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Kerr, William R., Daniel O'Connor, and James Palano. "Influencer-Led Brand Building: Hairitage and the McKnights." Harvard Business School Case 825-066, August 2024. (Revised December 2024.)
- 25 Feb 2011
- News
Building America's Most Innovative Brands
- 19 May 2011
- News
Brand Oprah Has Some Marketing Lessons
- 27 Nov 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand
A well articulated and adored brand is more valuable to a business than any single product. But they are also vulnerable—a crippled brand, like a a piece of fine crystal with an alarming crack, is one jostle... View Details
- 03 Nov 2014
- News
Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize
- 29 Mar 2013
- News