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  • January 2019 (Revised December 2020)
  • Module Note

Market Attractiveness

By: Ashish Nanda
As a strategist, you must understand and calibrate the environment in which your organization operates. How generous or challenging is the environment? What forces drive the munificence or sparseness of your environment? How are those forces changing, and what is their... View Details
Keywords: Market Attractiveness; Markets; Situation or Environment; Strategy
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Nanda, Ashish. "Market Attractiveness." Harvard Business School Module Note 719-467, January 2019. (Revised December 2020.)
  • January 2017 (Revised February 2022)
  • Background Note

Assessing and Enhancing Market Attractiveness

By: Eric Van den Steen
This note gives students a systematic and comprehensive framework for analyzing and influencing market attractiveness. It pays explicit attention to value creation, complements, and the dynamics of market attractiveness. It also includes careful sub-frameworks for... View Details
Keywords: Market Attractiveness; Markets; Industry Structures; Strategy
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Van den Steen, Eric. "Assessing and Enhancing Market Attractiveness." Harvard Business School Background Note 717-466, January 2017. (Revised February 2022.)
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Marketing Strategies to Attract Foreign Investment

By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Foreign Direct Investment; Globalized Economies and Regions; Trade
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Wells, L. T., Jr. "Marketing Strategies to Attract Foreign Investment." In Multinationals in the Global Political Economy, edited by L. Eden and E. Potter, pp. 168–186. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.
  • 09 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

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

primary objectives of screening investment or negotiating with investors. These agencies had the flexibility to attract personnel with the marketing expertise successful investment promotion requires. In... View Details
Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint
  • November 2007 (Revised January 2013)
  • Case

Indonesia: Attracting Foreign Investment

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
Describes the economic development of Indonesia from independence after World War II to 2006 and the post-Suharto period. The coverage of the post-Suharto period provides evidence of how political and economic conditions are intertwined after a change in the political... View Details
Keywords: History; Situation or Environment; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Policy; Foreign Direct Investment; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry; Indonesia
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Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Indonesia: Attracting Foreign Investment." Harvard Business School Case 708-420, November 2007. (Revised January 2013.)
  • 2015
  • Other Teaching and Training Material

Marketing Reading: Digital Marketing

By: Sunil Gupta and Joseph Davin
Digital technology has changed how consumers search for information, interact with each other, and buy products. The popularization of these technologies has made it possible for companies to have a better understanding of their customers' decision journey and... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Buzz Marketing; Internet Marketing; Marketing; Marketing Management; Social Media; Social Networks; Viral Marketing; Word-of-mouth Marketing; Digital; Internet; Marketing Channels; Marketing Reference Programs; Online Advertising; Advertising Industry
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Gupta, Sunil, and Joseph Davin. "Marketing Reading: Digital Marketing." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8224, 2015.
  • 2000
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Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment

By: Louis T Wells Jr and A. Wint
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Marketing
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Wells, Louis T., Jr, and A. Wint. "Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment." Foreign Investment Advisory Service Occasional Paper, International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 2000. (This is a revised version of the author's earlier monograph by the same title, originally published in 1991 as Occasional Paper No. 1. The original version has been published in French, Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic.)
  • 2000
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Revisiting Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment

By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Country; Marketing; Foreign Direct Investment
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Wells, L. T., Jr. "Revisiting Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment." Foreign Investment Advisory Service Occasional Paper, January 2000.
  • 07 Feb 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients: Conflicts of Interest and Mutual Fund Portfolio Choice

Keywords: by Lauren H. Cohen & Breno Schmidt; Financial Services
  • 13 Jul 2016
  • HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

find first—the customer chicken or the service egg? “As a small company you cannot afford to focus on both with the same amount of effort. You may need to prioritize one side.” Preparing to teach a new course on e-commerce marketing next... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation
  • June 17, 2016
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Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

By: John A. Quelch
Recent events in Orlando underscore an important marketing truth: consumer safety and security are mission critical. A popular nightclub, Pulse, known as a safe place for the LGBT community, is put out of business at least temporarily by a terrorist act. Not far away... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Safety; Public Safety; Brand Attraction; Risk Management; Safe Environment Benefit; Marketing Safety; Global Brands; Advertising; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Crime and Corruption; Customers; Music Entertainment; Animation Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Problems and Challenges; Safety; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Tourism Industry; Travel Industry; United States
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Quelch, John A. "Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (June 17, 2016). (Republished by Fortune.com as "What the Orlando Tragedies Can Teach Businesses" on June 20, 2016.)
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What are the Industries Attracting Private Equity Investments in Latin America?: Evidence from Twenty-five Countries from 2001 to 2008

By: Roberto Charvel
This article shows what are the industries attracting private equity investments in Latin America over time. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurial Finance; Alternative Assets; Emerging Market; Business Ventures; Economics; Finance; Financial Services Industry; Latin America
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Charvel, Roberto. "What are the Industries Attracting Private Equity Investments in Latin America? Evidence from Twenty-five Countries from 2001 to 2008." Venture Equity Latin America 8, no. 18 (November 15, 2009).
  • January 2008
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Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets

By: Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David Scharfstein
It is well documented that the venture capital industry is highly volatile and that much of this volatility is associated with shifting valuations and activity in public equity markets. This paper examines how changes in public market signals affected venture capital... View Details
Keywords: Market Cycles; Venture Capital; Investment; Experience and Expertise; Public Equity; Volatility; Financial Services Industry
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Gompers, Paul, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner, and David Scharfstein. "Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets." Journal of Financial Economics 87, no. 1 (January 2008): 1–23. (Earlier versions distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 11385.)
  • December 2018 (Revised December 2020)
  • Course Overview Note

Introduction to the RC Strategy Course

By: Ashish Nanda
This note offers an overview of the Strategy course offered in HBS’s Required Curriculum. The RC Strategy course aims to help students become effective strategists. The note introduces the six modules of the course: What is Strategy, Market Attractiveness, Competitive... View Details
Keywords: Market Attractiveness; Strategic Interactions; Strategy; Corporate Strategy
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Nanda, Ashish. "Introduction to the RC Strategy Course." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 719-447, December 2018. (Revised December 2020.)
  • January 2020
  • Case

Hurtigruten: Sailing into Warm Water?

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Kerry Herman
As this case opens in 2019, CEO Daniel Skjeldam and his team have successfully reinvigorated Hurtigruten, a storied but struggling Norwegian ferry and cruise operator, and have established it as the leading provider of polar expedition cruises. They now face a critical... View Details
Keywords: Relative Cost Analysis; Market Attractiveness; Diversification; Decision Making; Expansion; Tourism Industry; Norway
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Rivkin, Jan W., and Kerry Herman. "Hurtigruten: Sailing into Warm Water?" Harvard Business School Case 720-410, January 2020.
  • August 2024
  • Case

Iogen: Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Sectors

By: George Serafeim, Charlotte Foody and John Mulliken
Brian Foody, CEO of Iogen Corporation, was an early leader in advanced biofuels, developing a range of technologies to transform agricultural waste into transportation fuel. With $100 million in revenue and 350 patents across various biofuel technologies, Iogen was... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Biofuel; Market Attractiveness; Decarbonization; Technological Innovation; Climate Change; Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Transformation; Market Entry and Exit; Strategy; Energy Industry; United States; United Kingdom
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Serafeim, George, Charlotte Foody, and John Mulliken. "Iogen: Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Sectors." Harvard Business School Case 125-037, August 2024.
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage
  • February 2007 (Revised June 2007)
  • Background Note

Brazilian Real Estate Market

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Luke Ingles
From the late 1990s to 2004, Brazil had a reputation as a burgeoning market for foreign investment across many asset classes. Classified as one of the top emerging markets by Goldman Sachs' BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) Reports, the country has exhibited... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Property; Brazil
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Retsinas, Nicolas P., and Luke Ingles. "Brazilian Real Estate Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 207-095, February 2007. (Revised June 2007.)
  • January 2019
  • Case

Understanding the Brand Equity of Nestlé Crunch Bar: A Market Research Case

By: Jill Avery and Gerald Zaltman
In early 2018, Nestlé announced the sale of its U.S. candy-making division and a select collection of 20 of its confectionery brands, including the Nestlé Crunch Bar, to Ferrero SpA for $2.8 billion. Under the terms of the Nestlé acquisition, each of the purchased... View Details
Keywords: Brand Equity; Marketing; Market Research; Qualitative Research; Marketing Communication; Customer Satisfaction; Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; North America; Italy
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Avery, Jill, and Gerald Zaltman. "Understanding the Brand Equity of Nestlé Crunch Bar: A Market Research Case." Harvard Business School Case 519-061, January 2019.
  • 16 Jul 2014
  • HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

and people don't like buying or paying for it. Therefore it takes skillful marketing to attract the attention of people and motivate the desired purchase behavior you are looking for." Amidst the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
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