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Holding Fast (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Lutz, Robert A.; Christensen, Clayton M.; Wittes, Jason; Galakatos, Nick; Gourville, John T.Article HBS-R0506A-EMarketingCEO Peter Walsh faces a classic innovator's dilemma. His company, Crescordia, produces high-quality metal plates, pins, and screws that orthopedic surgeons use to repair broken bones. In fact, because of the company's long-standing commitment to quality, some orthopedic surgeons use nothing but Crescordia hardware. And now these customers have begun to clamor for the next-generation technology: resorbable hardware. Resorbables offer clear advanta...Starting at €8.20
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The Cause and the Cure (Spanish version)
Christensen, Clayton M.; Cook, Scott; Hall, TaddyArticle HBS-R0512DMarketingThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Ted Levitt used to tell his Harvard Business School students, "People don't want a quarter-inch drill--they want a quarter-inch hole." But 35 years later, marketers are still thinking in terms of products and ever-finer demographic segments. The structure of a mar...Starting at €8.20
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Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done" (Spanish version)
Christensen, Clayton M.; Hall, Taddy; Dillon, Karen; Duncan, DavidArticle HBS-R1609DMarketingFirms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors, product developers focus too much on building customer profiles and looking for correlations in data. To create offerings that people truly want to buy, firms instead need to home in on the job the customer is trying to get done. Some jobs are little (pass the time); some are big (find a more fulfi...Starting at €8.20
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What Serves the Customer Best? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Nunes, Paul F.; Driggs, Woodruff W.; Herman, David; Rayport, Jeffrey; Dull, Stephen; Scafido, JoeArticle HBS-R0610A-EMarketingAs president of Scotch whisky maker Glenmeadie, Bob Littlefield is pleased to see the results of his CMO's recent marketing initiatives. There are new interactive capabilities on the company's Web site, a product information call center, and numerous other customer interfaces designed to deepen consumers' connection to the brand. Thanks to these front-end innovations, sales are up--and largely because of more loyal purchasing behavior, research s...Starting at €8.20
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Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done"
Christensen, Clayton M.; Hall, Taddy; Dillon, Karen; Duncan, DavidArticle HBS-R1609D-EMarketingFirms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors, product developers focus too much on building customer profiles and looking for correlations in data. To create offerings that people truly want to buy, firms instead need to home in on the job the customer is trying to get done. Some jobs are little (pass the time); some are big (find a more fulfi...Starting at €8.20