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Personal Selling and Sales Management

By: Das Narayandas
Das is currently investigating benchmark practices in personal selling and sales management across a variety of industries.  He is also conducting field studies to understand how firms are leveraging interactive technologies to support their field sales efforts. View Details
  • November 2006 (Revised December 2006)
  • Module Note

Personal Selling and Sales Management

Develop a better understanding of what salespeople do, what motivates them to succeed, and how to effectively manage their efforts. View Details
Keywords: Salesforce Management
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"Personal Selling and Sales Management." Harvard Business School Module Note 507-039, November 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
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MBA Elective Curriculum Personal Selling and Sales Force Management

Personal selling is the primary (and sometimes the only) form of marketing activity for many firms, especially in a business-to-business context. The course focuses on the tactical component of managing a salesforce and on the strategic element of linking sales... View Details

  • November 2005
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Note on Personal Selling and Sales Management

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Das Narayandas
Provides the background materials for the Sales Module in the first-year marketing course taught at HBS. View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Management; Sales; Education Industry
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Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Das Narayandas. "Note on Personal Selling and Sales Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 506-038, November 2005.
  • August 2021
  • Technical Note

Brand You: Crafting Your Personal Brand

By: Jill Avery and Rachel Greenwald
Selling oneself is something that we have to do every day in both professional and personal settings. We face it when we apply for a job, advocate for a promotion or a raise, vie for a leadership position, attempt to land a new client, write a dating profile, or meet a... View Details
Keywords: Personal Brand; Brand Management; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Identity; Opportunities; Talent and Talent Management; Jobs and Positions; Strength and Weakness; Communication
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Avery, Jill, and Rachel Greenwald. "Brand You: Crafting Your Personal Brand." Harvard Business School Technical Note 522-031, August 2021.
  • 2015
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Selling to a Moving Target: Dynamic Marketing Effects in US Presidential Elections

By: Doug J. Chung and Lingling Zhang
We examine the effects of various political campaign activities on voter preferences in the domain of US Presidential elections. We construct a comprehensive data set that covers the three most recent elections, with detailed records of voter preferences at the... View Details
Keywords: Multi-channel Marketing; Personal Selling; Advertising; Political Campaigns; Dynamic Panel Data; Instrumental Variables; Marketing Communications; Political Elections; Advertising Campaigns; United States
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Chung, Doug J., and Lingling Zhang. "Selling to a Moving Target: Dynamic Marketing Effects in US Presidential Elections." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-095, June 2015. (Revised December 2015.)
  • September 2008
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Effect of Personal Taxes on Managers' Decisions to Sell Their Stock

Keywords: Taxation; Management; Sales; Stocks
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Jin, Li, and S.P. Kothari. "Effect of Personal Taxes on Managers' Decisions to Sell Their Stock." Journal of Accounting & Economics 46, no. 1 (September 2008).
  • November 2006
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Sell Yourself!

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Michael I. Norton
Helps students develop an effective sales pitch for their greatest asset--themselves. Also, broadens their understanding of how salespeople sell products and services. Before class, students are asked to interview a potential employer and to develop a preliminary sales... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Sales; Product; Service Operations; Interpersonal Communication; Personal Development and Career
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Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Michael I. Norton. "Sell Yourself!" Harvard Business School Exercise 507-045, November 2006.
  • 06 Aug 2019
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Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

Apple's 1984 ad, which aired, not surprisingly, on the 1984 Super Bowl when they announced the launch of the Macintosh personal computer. That is still in the advertising Hall of Fame. It was directed by Ridley Scott, who is a well-known... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting
  • 30 Mar 2015
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Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

the family business. The portrait of the business would also typically represent more than 90 percent of the owners' wealth. “If this transition is not managed well, the family has a higher risk of losing its wealth through bad investment decisions and overconsumption”... View Details
Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail
  • 02 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

forcing those who watch the show to watch the ad. Some of the hottest battles are being fought over showrooming—the practice whereby consumers visit a store to check out items in person before buying cheaper online (decoupling browsing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 25 Aug 2003
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Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

you by stores, researchers, and credit agencies belongs to those companies, not to you. They in turn resell that information to others. So if our personal information is such an asset, shouldn't we benefit from our asset as well? Why... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising
  • 26 Jul 2016
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Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?

the things they cleverly do is ask users to sign in using their Google account (or by establishing a new account). When you use something like Google Maps, Google keeps records and can mine that data to see where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing, and then View Details
Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih; Video Game; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 07 Nov 2016
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Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs

Tax strategies used by top executives on their own taxes can also show up in the companies they run. Source: Melpomenem New research shows that top executives who prefer to reduce personal taxes appear to also influence the strategies of... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • April 2011
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Designs by Kate: The Power of Direct Sales

By: John A. Deighton and Sarah Abbott
The sales representatives at Designs by Kate (DBK) sell private label jewelry at hosted parties and through online social media channels. They are also responsible for recruiting, training, and managing new sales reps. CEO and founder Kate Creevey designed the... View Details
Keywords: Direct Sales; Consumer Marketing; Marketing Management; Personal Selling; Sales Compensation; Sales Organization; Motivation and Incentives; Marketing Strategy; Salesforce Management; Performance; Compensation and Benefits; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Deighton, John A., and Sarah Abbott. "Designs by Kate: The Power of Direct Sales." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-284, April 2011.
  • October 2010 (Revised November 2010)
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Plavix: Drugs in the Age of Personalized Medicine

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Mara G. Aspinall and Rachel Gordon
PIavix, one of the world's best selling drugs in 2010, appears to have a limited future. Its patent was due to expire soon, and recently new data had been discovered that indicated that a small subset of the population would be at risk for stroke, heart attack, or even... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Product Positioning; Business and Government Relations; Genetics; Competitive Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Hamermesh, Richard G., Mara G. Aspinall, and Rachel Gordon. "Plavix: Drugs in the Age of Personalized Medicine." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-001, October 2010. (Revised November 2010.)
  • 06 May 2015
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Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?

Summing Up Personal Predictive Analytics: Should We Be Careful What We Wish For? The world of continuous monitoring of numerous sensors for machines and humans, limitless information storage capacity, and big data combined with rapid... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • April 2011
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Designs by Kate: The Power of Direct Sales (Brief Case)

By: John A. Deighton and Sarah Abbott
Teaching Note to 4277. View Details
Keywords: Direct Sales; Consumer Marketing; Marketing Management; Personal Selling; Sales Compensation; Sales Organization; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Channels; Compensation and Benefits; Sales
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Deighton, John A., and Sarah Abbott. "Designs by Kate: The Power of Direct Sales (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-285, April 2011.
  • April 2011
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Designs by Kate: The Power of Direct Sales, Faculty Spreadsheet (Brief Case)

By: John A. Deighton and Sarah Abbott
Keywords: Direct Sales; Consumer Marketing; Marketing Management; Personal Selling; Sales Compensation; Sales Organization; Marketing Strategy; Sales
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Deighton, John A., and Sarah Abbott. "Designs by Kate: The Power of Direct Sales, Faculty Spreadsheet (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 114-288, April 2011.
  • January 2017
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Transition at DataCo?

By: Frank V. Cespedes
The founder of a data analytics company has several issues with his key business developer, an early hire who has been instrumental in building the firm. The DataCo case study illustrates a common situation in entrepreneurial ventures: an early sales hire does well but... View Details
Keywords: Sales Management; Selling; Entrepreneurial Ventures; Performance Management; Professional Services; Salesforce Management; Sales; Marketing; Performance; Consulting Industry; United States; France
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Cespedes, Frank V. "Transition at DataCo?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 817-096, January 2017.
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