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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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Case of the Profitless PC (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Blackburn, Andy; Halprin, Matt; Veloria, Ruth; Dubinsky, Donna; Keeley, Larry; Quesnelle, George; Ward, Scott; Pifer, Philip; Moore, GeoffArticle HBS-98603-EMarketingThis fictitious case written by Andy Blackburn, a Boston Consulting Group vice president based in San Francisco, explores the question of how PC companies can make money in the increasingly price-competitive consumer market. The senior staff of Praxim, a multibillion-dollar maker of desktop computers, face some tough questions: Is it possible to make money selling personal computers to consumers? And if so, how? What resources need to be mustered...Starting at €8.20