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  • 11 Apr 2000
  • Research & Ideas

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sufficient for firms to be operationally effective," continues Crane. "Now strategy is much more customer driven, and a firm's brand is more important than ever." Marketing that brand, in fact, has become so essential that most startups... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • 02 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

currently the world's largest ice cream and tea—and one of the largest home and personal care—companies, with a portfolio of brands including Lux, Dove, Pond's, Calvin Klein, Lipton, Hellmann's, and Ben & Jerry's. Foreign firms during... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

years of experience at the likes of Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson, decided to set himself up as Spain's first pizza magnate and founded TelePizza. He believed that customers in Spain—and, indeed, throughout Europe—would respond enthusiastically to a... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
  • 20 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

of the world caught up. The company model was correct but incomplete. It came up short in creating unique market strategy, unique brand images, and unique value propositions. Competition became a zero-sum game. Everybody was imitating... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
  • 26 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

coffee for over a decade. In 2007, she began testing various coffee blends, which she later branded Yatooq, the Arabic word for “craving” or “longing.” She soon realized that the brewing process was just as important as the blend in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

growth. The case traces the evolution of Under Armour’s brand and describes how the company chose to extend or not extend its brand into adjacent categories and markets in the past. Now Under Armour needs to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Jun 2015
  • HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

in hospitals and homes to monitor millions of patients. Philips generates over one-third of its global sales from health care. Other companies like GE and Samsung are also active in health care. These brands enjoy some consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology
  • October 2016
  • Supplement

24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details
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  • 17 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707419 Lenovo: Building a Global Brand Harvard Business School Case 507-014 Announced in December 2004, the $1.75 billion acquisition of IBM's PC division by Lenovo, China's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 20

market share, but Knight's marketing approach had revolutionized the industry, his company had developed several ground-breaking shoe technologies, and Nike's brand had become one of the most recognizable in the world. In 1980, the same... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

For the school that so boldly launched the MBA 100 years ago and went on to become the bluest of blue-chip brands in business education, it seemed only fitting that Harvard Business School should mark its centennial year by examining the... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education
  • 08 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

fail—despite companies' powerful brands and other border-crossing advantages? Seduced by market size, the illusion of a borderless, "flat" world, and the allure of similarities, firms launch one-size-fits-all strategies. But... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

who simultaneously identify with multiple brands they represent to customers, we examine the relationships among identity conflict and enhancement, on the one hand, and objective sales performance, on the other. We find independent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

important to them, and they make those positions part of their consideration set when exploring brand loyalty. So CEOs have no choice but (to) become activists to maximize shareholder value.” This still leaves us with the question: When... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 11 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

a series of six "filters" to answer this critical question. If a company is going to make the investment required to aggressively pursue an Internet opportunity, management needs to believe in each of the following: Online shopping will quintuple in the next... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

218-001 Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelez International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business, which included several leading... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 10, 2015

Strengthening the Brand with Digital Marketing Accor, the world's leading hotel operator with a portfolio of fourteen hospitality brands (including Sofitel and Novotel) in 92 countries, prided itself on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

note:http://hbr.org/search/612067-PDF-ENG Quietly Brilliant: Transformational Change at HTC Michael L. Tushman and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Case 412-070 The case examines smartphone maker HTC's 2006 decision to become a branded... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

firms shifting display promotions away from smaller revenue brands toward larger ones following periods of poor financial performance. This indicates the behavior is determined by parties above brand... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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