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01 Feb 2000
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The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

much more connected, pervasive, and easy to use. Greater customization will result, and the consumer will call the shots. "Companies that return power to the consumer will be the ones that thrive," Ballmer said, mentioning online banking and View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Pamela Thomas Graham

giving advice and not being in the position to actually execute it." Today, as president and CEO of CNBC, the financial news network viewed in almost 200 million households worldwide, the Detroit native's job is all about execution. Her dual role includes overseeing... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

sites focused on more specialized curated design esthetics. Determining the 2014 advertising budget for Wayfair.com is the big question in the case. Two ad budget decisions need to be made. The first decision is in regard to the amount of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

options. Brand manager Margaret Foley is facing an increasingly complex media environment in which her traditional media plan, focused on television, print, and radio advertising, has become less effective due to declining audiences, increased View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Mar 2012
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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

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

official International Olympic Committee (IOC) worldwide sponsors are said to pay $90 to $100 million each for the right to use the rings globally in their marketing efforts. These companies typically spend large additional amounts on View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

they find that Google's prominent placement of its Flight Search service increased the clicks on paid advertising listings by more than half while decreasing the clicks on organic search listings by about the same quantity. This effect... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

consumer goods company, first entered China, it encountered significant challenges. RB's strategy relied on selling high-margin products supported by cost-effective advertising and distribution, but the highly competitive Chinese market... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Martin November

Marty (HBS '98) is an MD/MBA and practicing OBGYN physician who has broad expertise in the healthcare sector as the former Medical Director for Patient Safety and Risk Management at Atrius Health, Harvard Medical School teaching faculty and hospital division director,... View Details

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From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024

revenue from the group’s Corporate Learning and Harvard Business Press components, as well as to a decline in advertising revenue. Focusing on long-term financial growth, the group continued its investment in new product development,... View Details

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

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom

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Management Training Program - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

provide classrooms and housing. 146, 105, 104 Through the joint venture, the program was advertised nationally, and enrollment grew to 75 students, a significant increase. The Management Training Program still functioned as a separate... View Details

20 Oct 2009
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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

September 2005 (Revised March 2007)
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Lifefont: The Case for RetailDriver

Examines how Lifefont (pseudonym), a multidivisional consumer packages goods company, develops a system to manage and measure the impact of promotional events in retail outlets. View Details

Keywords: Framework; Change Management; Compensation and Benefits; Cost vs Benefits; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Customer Relationship Management; Product Marketing; Salesforce Management; Advertising; Management Systems; Information Technology; Retail Industry

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01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

to drive innovation; and the way we interact with data. “Taking out the 37 years that I spent thinking about brands and advertising, the book took about 25 weekends of intense writing.” —Ambi Parameswaran (AMP 186, 2014), Nawabs, Nudes, Noodles: India through 50 Years... View Details

10 Dec 2014
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Front-Row Seat

battling it out over the issues of the day.” The Atlantic has been profitable for five years now, with advertising revenue up 40 percent over last year. For now, at least, all online content is free, including full articles from the print... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

advertising of marijuana, retail storefronts in Denver, Vail, and other ski towns have become the marketing battleground—featuring attractive sales staff in quality retail spaces in prime locations for foot traffic, all of which drives up... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

its own inventory. Today, Amazon is a classic example of “platformization”: The company grew from an online bookstore into a vast technological hub that provides logistics and advertising to third-party retailers and public cloud services... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

13 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing

and skills, showcase your roles that combine the engineering and business skill sets. These unique roles are highly sought after, but can be few and far between, and not well advertised. “The best way to advertise your role is to post on... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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