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  • 09 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.

In examining the way governments choose a structure in which to conduct investment promotion activities we found that most of the organizational issues fell within the realm of the public-private choice of management of certain nontraditional government activities.... View Details
Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint
  • November 2022 (Revised February 2024)
  • Case

The Globalization of Manchester City Football Group

By: Maria P. Roche, Tiona Zuzul, Exequiel Hernandez and Amy Klopfenstein
This case describes the efforts of City Football Group (CFG) to purchase Esporte Clube Bahia (Bahia), a Brazilian professional soccer club. CFG’s strategy was to acquire under-performing clubs worldwide, invest money in high-profile players, and improve the teams’... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Conglomerates; Geography; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Globalization; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Sports; Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Diversification; Expansion; Sports Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; England; South America; Brazil
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  • June 2024
  • Module Note

Value Creation Potential of New Business Models

By: David J. Collis
A business model is composed of three elements. These describe a generic way of creating value and identify the maximum potential value of that model for customers. The elements of a business model are the “job to be done” for the customer, the asset configuration, or... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Corporate Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation
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  • Web

Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

Model HBS Online vs. Other Top Business Schools with Online, Asynchronous Courses HBS Online HBSO Others Considered more impactful than other online programs by learners* Yes No The preferred brand among prospective online learners* Yes... View Details
  • 20 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Getting the Marketing Mix Right

assistant professor of marketing at Purdue University, and Sachin Gupta, the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and professor of marketing at Cornell University. Steenburgh believes that the model could help brand managers... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Oct 2023
  • News

Soldier On

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details
  • 28 Nov 2018
  • HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

and continue to build on your learning.” Just as important, the response had to be relevant to that customer. If a consumer searched for “sneakers,” the site should not only provide a list of sneaker-like shoes, but at the top of the list should be the particular View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • Web

All Functions - Recruiting

Receiving $26k 51% Receiving Brand Management 1% $125k 25th Percentile Base $125k Median $133k 75th Percentile Base $40k 100% Receiving $13k 86% Receiving General Marketing <1% N/A N/A N/A Product Management 8% $143k 25th Percentile Base... View Details
  • 19 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

industries that traditionally invested heavily in salesmen—insurance, automobiles, office machines, branded foods, and pharmaceuticals—did so because they believed salesmen were effective and persuasive in creating demand. American... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
  • March 2006 (Revised April 2007)
  • Case

Harley-Davidson: Preparing for the Next Century

By: Richard L. Nolan and Suresh Kotha
Harley-Davidson Co. exemplifies a remarkable management-led business transformation of a long standing manufacturing company. The company successfully met global competition and continues to innovate to maintain its market position. View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Transformation; Change Management; Innovation and Invention; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Motorcycle Industry
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  • 16 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

iStock Consumers make regretable decisions every day, even though easily available information should convince them to do otherwise: Twenty-six percent of consumers choose Advil or other branded headache remedies when they walk into a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail
  • 14 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

typical consumers think. That's fine if you only want to keep making incremental improvements to your products, says Jill Avery, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a former brand manager at Gillette, Samuel Adams, and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

May 2017 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Immigration and the Rise of American Ingenuity By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—We build on the analysis in Akcigit, Grigsby, and Nicholas (2017) by using U.S. patent and census data to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Research Summary

Design Driven Innovation

By: Roberto Verganti

Firms, managers and scholars have often balanced between two approaches to innovation: user centered (where incremental innovation is pulled by the market) and technology push (where innovation comes from breakthrough development in technologies). However there is a... View Details

  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

relationships with their competitors affect consumers' preferences. Through a series of experiments, we show that the competitive context in which a brand operates can affect consumers' purchase interest and purchase frequency. We show... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Virtual Job Search Teams - Alumni

cover in each session: Session 1: Introductions, Share Career & Life Criteria, and Your Marketing Plan Session 2: Positioning Statement & Branding Session 3: Informational Conversations & Energizing Your Networks Session 4:... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Unlocking the Power of Community

When Tara Fung (MBA 2016) explains Co:Create, the company she cofounded in 2022 and now leads as CEO, she doesn’t mention Web3 first. “We help innovative brands and creators unlock the power of community,” she explains. Co:Create does... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • Web

Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

digital tools and data-informed leadership to execute, innovate, and work smarter Identify what makes a successful personal brand to establish your own Gain frameworks and in-demand skills from a business curriculum with breadth and depth... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Action Plan: To the Letter

brand identity, Chacko says, worldwide representation is essential. A brand’s visual identity—its logo, colors, and, of course, fonts—is more important than ever in the fast-paced digital world, Chacko explains. Together, these... View Details
Keywords: April White; design; typography; change management; leadership; Special Design Services; Professional Services
  • 19 Jul 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Signaling to Partially Informed Investors in the Newsvendor Model

Keywords: by Vishal Gaur, Richard Lai, Ananth Raman & William Schmidt