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- June 2023
- Simulation
Artea Dashboard and Targeting Policy Evaluation
By: Ayelet Israeli and Eva Ascarza
Companies deploy A/B experiments to gain valuable insights about their customers in order to answer strategic business problems. In marketing, A/B tests are often used to evaluate marketing interventions intended to generate incremental outcomes for the firm. The Artea...
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Keywords:
Algorithm Bias;
Algorithmic Data;
Race And Ethnicity;
Experimentation;
Promotion;
Marketing And Society;
Big Data;
Privacy;
Data-driven Management;
Data Analysis;
Data Analytics;
E-Commerce Strategy;
Discrimination;
Targeted Advertising;
Targeted Policies;
Pricing Algorithms;
A/B Testing;
Ethical Decision Making;
Customer Base Analysis;
Customer Heterogeneity;
Coupons;
Marketing;
Race;
Gender;
Diversity;
Customer Relationship Management;
Marketing Communications;
Advertising;
Decision Making;
Ethics;
E-commerce;
Analytics and Data Science;
Retail Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States
- February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Priceline.com: Name Your Own Price
By: Robert J. Dolan
Priceline.com is a new concept shifting the setting of price from sellers to buyers. The company aspires to use its patented process of advertising units of demand at named prices to suppliers in many categories. This case focuses on its initial use in the airline...
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Keywords:
Price;
Internet and the Web;
Marketing;
Emerging Markets;
Consumer Products Industry;
Travel Industry;
United States
Dolan, Robert J. "Priceline.com: Name Your Own Price." Harvard Business School Case 500-070, February 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
- September 1990 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Kao Corp.
By: John A. Quelch
As the Japanese diaper market expands, Kao management must determine its response to new product introductions by its two major competitors. Options include launching a new premium priced brand or a new low priced brand, or increasing advertising and promotion...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Marketing Strategy;
Industry Growth;
Product Launch;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Products Industry;
Japan
Quelch, John A. "Kao Corp." Harvard Business School Case 591-012, September 1990. (Revised November 1994.)
- 17 Jun 2011
- News
Google Admeld Deal to Get Justice Review as FTC Builds Probe
- 28 May 2019
- News
Physician Burnout Costs the U.S. Billions of Dollars Each Year
- January 2000 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
AsiaMail.com: What's in a Name?
By: Myra M. Hart and Sharon Peyus
Three founders of an international Internet company (e-mail-based marketing) struggle with naming the company. As they prepare to invest more than $10 million of first-round venture funding in advertising and marketing, they search for a name that will have power and...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Brands and Branding;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Advertising;
Marketing;
Information Technology Industry;
Service Industry;
Asia
Hart, Myra M., and Sharon Peyus. "AsiaMail.com: What's in a Name?" Harvard Business School Case 800-132, January 2000. (Revised April 2000.)
- February 2012 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
The New York Times Paywall
On March 28, 2011, The New York Times website became a restricted site where most of the content was protected behind a "paywall." Users who exceeded the limit of 20 free articles per month were required to pay for either a digital or print subscription. The newspaper...
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Kumar, Vineet, Bharat Anand, Sunil Gupta, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "The New York Times Paywall." Harvard Business School Case 512-077, February 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
- 15 Dec 2010
- News
Should sensitive events be used in ads?
- 28 Aug 2020
- Video
Peter Vundla
Peter Vundla, who co-founded the first Black-owned advertising agency HerdBuoys in South Africa in 1991, discusses how the business started by exploiting the fact that white-owned companies had no understanding of Black consumers and their languages, and by providing a...
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- December 1986 (Revised August 1988)
- Case
LifeSpan Inc.: Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Raises the powerful issues of measuring marketing performance in a not-for-profit services setting. Also raises several interesting ethical issues. LifeSpan Inc., a Minneapolis based not-for-profit organization is the parent holding company of three hospitals and...
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Keywords:
Nonprofit Organizations;
Ethics;
Marketing Communications;
Health Care and Treatment;
Service Industry;
Health Industry;
Minneapolis
Menezes, Melvyn A. "LifeSpan Inc.: Abbott Northwestern Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 587-104, December 1986. (Revised August 1988.)
- 29 Jan 2014
- News
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
- October 2019 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
Gupta Media is a Digital Marketing firm started in 2005 that places advertisements and marketing promotions for its clients in digital media, mainly social media such as Facebook and Google. Over the years it had built its expertise in promoting music labels, artists...
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Digital Marketing;
Performance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Social Media;
Advertising Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Courtney Han. "Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age." Harvard Business School Case 520-031, October 2019. (Revised February 2023.)
- 06 Jan 2011
- News
Ego goes solo
- 29 Aug 2011
- News
Google gets a wake-up call on questionable ads
- August 2019
- Case
ClearScore, 2018
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In October 2017, Experian, one of the “Big Three” consumer credit reporting agencies in the United Kingdom made an offer to acquire ClearScore for a total consideration of £293 million. Founded by Justin Basini, Dan Cobley, and Nigel Morris in 2014, ClearScore was the...
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Keywords:
Fintech;
Financial Services;
Credit Card;
Credit Scores;
Startup;
Start-up;
Startup Financing;
Startup Marketing;
"Marketing Analytics";
Regulation;
Lending;
Television Advertising;
Entrepreneur;
Entrepreneurial Mindset;
Entrepreneurial Ventures;
Entrepreneurs;
Global Business;
Rapid Growth Stage;
Risk;
Net Present Value;
Testing;
Testing Strategy;
Geographies;
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Finance;
Strategy;
Credit;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Expansion;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Services Industry;
United Kingdom;
South Africa
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "ClearScore, 2018." Harvard Business School Case 720-369, August 2019.
- March 2013
- Article
Advertising's New Medium: Human Experience
Standard ad messaging and conventional creative executions and placements are rapidly becoming outmoded. To win consumers' attention and trust, marketers must think less about what advertising says to its targets and more about what it does for them. Rather than...
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Rayport, Jeffrey F. "Advertising's New Medium: Human Experience." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 3 (March 2013): 76–84.
Stephen A. Greyser
Stephen A. Greyser is Richard P. Chapman Professor (Marketing/Communications) Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, specializes in brand marketing, advertising, corporate communications, the business of sports, and nonprofit management. A... View Details
Keywords:
sports
- October 1995 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
Marketing the National Hockey League
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
One third of the 24 National Hockey League (NHL) teams are unprofitable. Another third are barely profitable. This case provides the background and market research data to help the senior managers of the NHL make decisions pertaining to how they would like to grow the...
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Keywords:
Advertising;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Research;
Sports Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Marketing the National Hockey League." Harvard Business School Case 596-059, October 1995. (Revised December 1995.)