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How E-Commerce Will Trump Brand Management
Marketing Magazine ArticleThe Internet promises to give marketing the same boost in productivity that new operational strategies have given to manufacturing. -
What Makes a Successful Celebrity Brand?
Marketing SpotlightStars are using their influencer status to launch their own products and capture more profits for themselves. -
Are Your Ads Funding Disinformation?
Advertising Digital ArticleOnline advertising is opaque and often funnels money to sites that can damage your brand. Here’s how companies can protect themselves. -
The Mismanagement of Advertising
Marketing Magazine ArticleCompanies are spending more money than ever on advertising. So why are the results so disappointing? -
Should Your Brand Hire a Virtual Influencer?
Marketing SpotlightRelying on AI-generated personalities can be a low-risk, high-engagement strategy. -
What Marketers Should Know About Personality-Based Marketing
Marketing Digital ArticleUsing data to target customers has never been more controversial. -
How Prices, Ad Expenditures, and Profits Are Linked
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleCoordination between advertising and price strategies may lead to higher profits. Analyses of data from 227 businesses show the price-advertising relationship.... -
Advertising: "The Poetry of Becoming"
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticlePeople don't take vacations to "get away from it all," states marketing guru Ted Levitt, but to escape from modern commercialism. And the chief culprit... -
One Employee Went Freelance. Now Everyone Wants the Same Deal (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBlackbird, a Delhi-based advertising agency, agreed to let a star designer leave to start his own firm and then became his first customer, enlisting his... -
Holding Onto Your Marketing Budget in a Downturn
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleSix actions for marketing leaders. -
How Marketers Choose College Athlete Influencers
Marketing SpotlightHere are the characteristics that matter most. -
Does Your Company Come Across as Too Male?
Global Business Digital ArticleLook at your ads to find out. -
How GDPR Will Transform Digital Marketing
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleExpect increased contextual advertising. -
The Social Cost of Bad Online Marketing
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleStop feeding the bears. -
Stick to the Core—or Go for More?
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleAdvaark achieved phenomenal success selling one service very well. But now customers are asking for more, creating a strategic dilemma that could tear the company apart. -
The Costly Bargain of Trade Promotion
Marketing Magazine ArticleOne of the most significant phenomena in retailing in recent years has been the shift in power from manufacturers to the trade. In frequently purchased, heavily advertised goods, the dominant players have become the big chains like Safeway, Wal-Mart, Kroger, K mart, Toys “R” Us, Walgreen, CVS, Home Depot, and Circuit City. Partly as a […] -
Comparing the ROI of Content Marketing and Native Advertising
Brand management Digital ArticleWhich one should you invest in? -
Psychographics Are Just as Important for Marketers as Demographics
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleIt’s about why people buy, not just who they are. -
Men Buy More from Manly Men
Psychology Magazine ArticleGetting Tom Brady to promote your brand is an excellent idea, new research suggests. -
And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleBryant Pharmaceutical's flagship product, a popular arthritis medicine called Seflex, is selling well--but not well enough. With generic versions due...
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Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration and cross-selling necessary for supporting her firm's... -
A Primer on Programmatic Advertising
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details By 2016 the explosion of digital advertising was a global phenomenon. And many industry observers believed that programmatic advertising, that is digital... -
Videocon D2H: In Film Branding
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The case describes Videocon's experiences of in film branding of the Bollywood film titled "Sultan". It was a film with a crowd puller, popular Hindi... -
Marco Marketing Consultants: Re-evaluation of the Competitive Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Marco Marketing Consultants was a company based in Argentina with activities in several Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,... -
Scripps Networks' Integration of Recipezaar
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In July 2007, Scripps Networks acquired Recipezaar, a user-generated recipe and cooking Website with a captive community of 2.3 million visitors. By September,... -
Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Updates CEO Beers' progress two years after her initiation of a massive organizational change effort. Designed as an in-class handout. -
Eyeblaster: Enabling the Next Generation of Online Advertising
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Eyeblaster management has to decide on the best course of action to sustain its momentum from enabling online rich media advertising. Pressure from competitors... -
Amanda and Kristen: Mented Cosmetics
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The co-founders (Black HBS alumnae) of an e-commerce beauty startup explore the unmet needs within the beauty industry. This case study examines the entrepreneurial... -
E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were heralded by some as a healthcare game changer, enabling smokers to switch to a new product which carried lower... -
Gardenburger Advertising Strategy (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In 1997, Lyle Hubbard, CEO of Gardenburger, a producer and marketer of veggie burgers and meat alternative products, had called together his executive... -
Amazon Shopper Panel: Paying Customers for Their Data
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case introduces a new Amazon program that has consumers upload their receipts from transactions outside of Amazon, in exchange for money. Through... -
Using Social Media Data to Track the Effectiveness of a Communications Campaign
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Marketing experts have long been frustrated by the limited number of tools available to measure the impact of communications campaigns. New tools are... -
Sizmek Chapter 11: Surviving Walled Gardens in Their Ad Tech Empire
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case provides a post-mortem of the advertising technology (adtech) company Sizmek. Sizmek grew via multiple acquisitions, with the vision of becoming... -
Centurion Media: Doing the Right Thing
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Richard Bennett was faced with a serious ethical dilemma that would impact his career, family, and co-workers. Bennett, a regional vice president in the... -
S4Capital: Disrupting The Advertising Industry
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Set in 2021, the case highlights how S4Capital, a digital-first advertising and marketing services company, develops a disruptive and innovative business... -
V-Cola: Confidential Instructions for Cly Entman Client Services Director, Chikara Advertising
Communication Case Study5.00View Details This is information for one of the six roles to be used in the V-Cola negotiation exercise. Please see V-Cola General Instructions (912043) and Teaching... -
Konecta: Strategic Transformations in a Digital Era
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case analyzes the evolution of the business model of the Spanish multinational Konecta, which, since its origin, was dedicated to providing Contact... -
Note on Sensory Marketing: Shaping Consumer Perception and Behavior
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details How do our senses affect which products we like and don't like? How can products be made more sensorially engaging? What should managers consider when... -
Thinking Outside the Wine Box (A): Mekanism and the Franz for Life Campaign
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case provides an overview of "Franz for Life," an advertising campaign that independent advertising agency Mekansim created and executed to revitalize... -
Eyeo's Adblock Plus: Consumer Movement or Advertising Toll Booth?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case centers on Eyeo GmbH, a German software development company, whose main product is Adblock Plus, the world's leading ad blocking browser extension...
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How E-Commerce Will Trump Brand Management
Marketing Magazine ArticleThe Internet promises to give marketing the same boost in productivity that new operational strategies have given to manufacturing. -
Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration and cross-selling necessary for supporting her firm's... -
What Makes a Successful Celebrity Brand?
Marketing SpotlightStars are using their influencer status to launch their own products and capture more profits for themselves. -
A Primer on Programmatic Advertising
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details By 2016 the explosion of digital advertising was a global phenomenon. And many industry observers believed that programmatic advertising, that is digital... -
Videocon D2H: In Film Branding
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The case describes Videocon's experiences of in film branding of the Bollywood film titled "Sultan". It was a film with a crowd puller, popular Hindi... -
Marco Marketing Consultants: Re-evaluation of the Competitive Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Marco Marketing Consultants was a company based in Argentina with activities in several Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,... -
Are Your Ads Funding Disinformation?
Advertising Digital ArticleOnline advertising is opaque and often funnels money to sites that can damage your brand. Here’s how companies can protect themselves. -
Scripps Networks' Integration of Recipezaar
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In July 2007, Scripps Networks acquired Recipezaar, a user-generated recipe and cooking Website with a captive community of 2.3 million visitors. By September,... -
The Mismanagement of Advertising
Marketing Magazine ArticleCompanies are spending more money than ever on advertising. So why are the results so disappointing? -
Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Updates CEO Beers' progress two years after her initiation of a massive organizational change effort. Designed as an in-class handout.