Consumer Power - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Feb 2022
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Consumers Want to Use Their Purchasing Power to Address Ecological and Social Challenges, Says Geoffrey G. Jones

13 May 2014
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Harnessing the Power of Peer Pressure

Keywords: social data; peer pressure; product launch; consumer behavior

24 Apr 2014
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Creating connections among consumers

Using the power of crowdsourcing, Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) turned neighborly advice about good service providers into a national consumer network that has transformed the world of online reviews and ratings.... View Details

01 Sep 2008
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Negative Ad Power

Political candidates are often said to be marketed just like consumer products. But there’s a big difference. Consumer marketers such as Coke and Pepsi or Toyota and Ford focus on building up their brand,... View Details

Keywords: John A. Quelch;Katherine E. Jocz; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2020
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Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers

sensors, like smart watches, and telemedicine, which is a companion to these sensors. Both have become more powerful and more acceptable to consumers and to the health care industry, which has resisted these... View Details

Keywords: April White

03 Jun 2013
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The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business

09 Feb 2016
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Powering into the Future

have is having to plug them in all the time and charge them. So we use magnetic waves to move the power, and to move it very efficiently. There are applications across all of these consumer electronics, automotive vehicles, even medical... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Case Study: Power Nappy

Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Before she had a baby of her own, Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014) kept hearing from friends that the “natural” diapers on the market didn’t hold up as well as the old standards, like Pampers. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Saigal knew her... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

06 Dec 2021
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Elevator Pitch: Power Sourced

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Chaku Foods Nikki Okrah (MBA 2021), CEO and Founder Concept: A snack-food company in Okrah’s native Ghana that is building farming supply chain infrastructure for other consumer... View Details

Keywords: agriculture; Africa; food manufacturing; entrepreneurship; startup; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

18 Jul 2013
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Looking Back As We Look Forward

21 Nov 2017
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Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

Their answers suggest that clean power will take off over the next decade or so, but hydrocarbon fuels will remain dominant. The E & E Club teamed up with the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) to host the receptions—one in New... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

24 Apr 2014
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Betting big on star power can be a winning strategy in business—not just show business

to subsidize less popular offerings. And now these strategies are pervading other industries from consumer electronics to fashion. “Although risky, betting heavily on the most likely blockbusters and spending considerably less on the... View Details