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Creativity in Advertising: When It Works and When It Doesn't
Reinartz, Werner; Saffert, PeterArticle HBS-R1306H-EMarketingDo highly creative ads really inspire people to buy products? Studies have found that creative messages get more attention and lead to positive attitudes about the products, but there's little evidence linking those messages to purchase behavior. To address this gap, Reinartz and Saffert developed a consumer survey approach that measures perceived creativity along five dimensions--originality, flexibility, elaboration, synthesis, and artistic val...Starting at €8.20
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Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate
Deshpande, RohitArticle HBS-F1012A-EMarketingVenezuelan-based Chocolates El Rey processes some of the best cacao beans in the world, for use in premium products from Belgium and Switzerland. But so far its own brand of chocolate is relatively hard to find outside its home market, and consumers aren't willing to pay a price comparable with those of Belgian or Swiss products. Overcoming the perception that premium products come exclusively from certain geographies is becoming the marketing an...Starting at €8.20