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Tilt, 8. Knowing Who Your Competitors Are
Dawar, NirajBook Chapter HBS-0011BC-EMarketingTilt: Shifting Your Strategy from Products to Customers is an 11-chapter book published in 2013 by Harvard Business Review Press and written by Niraj Dawar, professor of marketing at the Ivey School of Business. The author presents his theory on how sustainable competitive advantage depends today on a company's ability to tilt, or shift, its business model from product innovation to value innovation. He explains that, unlike the traditional focus...Starting at €8.20
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Eyeblaster: Facilitación de la Siguiente Generación de Publicidad Online
Ofek, ElieCase HBS-508S15MarketingPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Eyeblaster gestión tiene que decidir sobre el mejor curso de acción para mantener su impulso de la habilitación de línea rica publicidad en los medios. La presión de los competidores está obligando a la empresa a reevaluar su estrategia de comercialización anterior que se centró principalmente en conseguir agencias de publicidad para su uso defensor de producto de gestión d...Starting at €8.20
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The Best Way to Name Your Product 2.0 (Spanish version)
Bertini, Marco; Gourville, John; Ofek, ElieArticle HBS-F1105CMarketingAlthough there's ample research to guide marketers in naming new products, little of it has addressed follow-on offerings, even though these make up the bulk of new products in many industries. Companies have two basic strategies to choose from. They can stick with a name, often adding a sequential indicator (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3), or they can come up with an entirely new name (Nintendo's Wii). Three questions managers should consider whe...Starting at €8.20
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A Better Way to Map Brand Strategy
Dawar, Niraj; Bagga, CharanArticle HBS-R1506G-EMarketingCompanies may want to shift a brand's position--to exploit less crowded territory, for example, or grow sales. Companies have long used perceptual mapping to understand how consumers feel about their brands relative to competitors', to find gaps in the marketplace, and to develop brand positions. But the business value of these maps is limited because they fail to link a brand's market position to business performance metrics such as pricing and ...Starting at €8.20
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In Search of a Second Act (HBR Case Study)
Ofek, Elie; Avery, JillArticle HBS-R1304X-EMarketingRiding the popularity of a great first product is easy; finding the next one is hard. Written by Elie Ofek and Jill Avery, this fictional HBR Case Study features expert commentary by Gauri Nanda and Ravi Sawhney. For teaching purposes, this is the case-only version of the HBR case study. The commentary-only version is Reprint R1304Z. The complete case study and commentary is Reprint R1304M.Starting at €8.20
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Marketing in the Age of Alexa
Dawar, NirajArticle HBS-R1803E-EMarketingOver the next decade, as artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa and Siri become the main channel through which people get information, goods, and services, the way companies acquire, serve, and retain customers will radically change. Because the bots will have deep knowledge about individuals' habits and preferences, they'll be able to anticipate a consumer's needs even better than the consumer herself can. They'll ensure that routine pur...Starting at €8.20
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From Niche to Mainstream (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Ofek, ElieArticle HBS-R1804M-EKnowledge and CommunicationRiku Nakamura relocated six years ago with his family from Tokyo to San Mateo, California, to spearhead the launch of Kenko USA, the first foreign subsidiary of a Japanese cracker company. However, Kenko USA hasn't taken off as hoped, and his family is ready to return home. Riku now ponders which course to recommend to Kenko's executive team: a lucrative private-label deal that would quickly drive revenue growth or a new branded marketing push th...Starting at €8.20
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From Niche to Mainstream (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Ofek, ElieArticle HBS-R1804Z-ERiku Nakamura relocated six years ago with his family from Tokyo to San Mateo, California, to spearhead the launch of Kenko USA, the first foreign subsidiary of a Japanese cracker company. However, Kenko USA hasn't taken off as hoped, and his family is ready to return home. Riku now ponders which course to recommend to Kenko's executive team: a lucrative private-label deal that would quickly drive revenue growth or a new branded marketing push th...Starting at €8.20
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Leaders for Knowledge Work: Types of Organizational Leaders
Maccoby, MichaelBook Chapter HBS-6436BC-EIn knowledge-creating companies, we find three kinds of leaders who have to work together: strategic visionaries, operational implementers, and bridge-builders. This chapter describes the different types of organizational leaders required for knowledge work and shows the role of social character in both facilitating and resisting the changes needed to make organizations more effective and efficient. This chapter is excerpted from "The Leaders We...Starting at €8.20
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The President We Need: Assess Personality Intelligence to Pick the Best Candidate
Maccoby, MichaelBook Chapter HBS-6439BC-ECiting history and using psychological analysis, in this chapter the author describes the qualities of a president who would be able to mobilize Americans to meet the tremendous challenges of our time. Since we can't always predict how a president will act from past behavior, he also lists the questions we should ask candidates to discover whether they have the Personality Intelligence we need in a president. This chapter is excerpted from "The ...Starting at €8.20