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Mind Your Pricing Cues (Spanish version)
Anderson, Eric; Simester, DuncanArticle HBS-R0309GMarketingFor most of the items they buy, consumers don't have an accurate sense of what the price should be. Research shows that consumers' knowledge of the market is so far from perfect that it hardly deserves to be called "knowledge" at all. Yet, people happily buy products every day. Is this because they don't care what kind of deal they're getting? No. Remarkably, it's because they rely on retailers to tell them whether they're getting a good price. I...Starting at €8.20
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Business Experiments (Spanish version)
Anderson, Eric T.; Simester, DuncanArticle HBS-R1103HMarketingTake one action with one group of customers, a different action (or no action at all) with a control group of customers, and then compare the results. The feedback from even a handful of experiments can yield immediate and dramatic improvements. In this article, the authors provide a step-by-step guide to conducting business experiments. They look at organizational obstacles to success and outline seven rules to follow.Starting at €8.20
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Business Experiments
Anderson, Eric T.; Simester, DuncanArticle HBS-R1103H-EMarketingThe power of analytics in decision making is well understood, but few companies have what it takes to successfully implement a complex analytics program. Most firms will get greater value from learning to do something simpler: basic business experiments. Managers need to become adept at routinely using techniques employed by scientists and medical researchers. Specifically, they need to embrace the "test and learn" approach: Take one action with ...Starting at €8.20
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Manik Distribution Agency: An Existential Challenge - Teaching Note
Sapna Popli; Bikramjit Rishi; Lovesh JethwaniTeaching Note IVEY-W33393-EMarketing, StrategyTeaching note for product W33392.Starting at €0.00
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Manik Distribution Agency: An Existential Challenge
Sapna Popli; Bikramjit Rishi; Lovesh JethwaniCase IVEY-W33392-EMarketing, StrategyMr. Dharamdas Desai was running a distribution agency in Madhopura, a town in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. He asked his son, Paresh, to analyze the business’s financial situation. Paresh found that the business’s post COVID compound annual growth rate was around 4 per cent and the operating profits had also declined. Paresh looked at the business situation and wanted to revamp the business strategically. Paresh came out with three alternat...Starting at €8.20
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Café Niloufer: Exploring Potential Growth Alternatives - Teaching Note
Bikramjit Rishi; Vinit DaniTeaching Note IVEY-W33645-EMarketing, StrategyTeaching note for product W33644.Starting at €0.00
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Paytm: Facing a Targeting Dilemma in a Competitive Market
Harvinder Singh; Bikramjit Rishi; Rahul Batra; Rohith K RCase IVEY-W27743-EDecision Analysis, MarketingPaytm was India’s first digital wallet service provider. It revolutionized the country’s digital payments landscape, but it was slow to adopt Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments. The entry of WhatsApp into the digital payments industry on November 6, 2020 intensified the competition in the UPI segment of the market that Google Pay and PhonePe already dominated by focusing on person-to-person (P2P) transactions. With a strong 400-million use...Starting at €8.20
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Paytm: Facing a Targeting Dilemma in a Competitive Market - Teaching Note
Harvinder Singh; Bikramjit Rishi; Rahul Batra; Rohith K RTeaching Note IVEY-W27744-EMarketing, StrategyTeaching note for product W27743.Starting at €0.00
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Café Niloufer: Exploring Potential Growth Alternatives
Bikramjit Rishi; Vinit DaniCase IVEY-W33644-EMarketing, StrategyIn February 2022, Café Niloufer, based in Hyderabad, India, was contemplating transforming its product lines of Irani tea, onion samosas, and Osmania biscuits, to grow its customer base over several other competitive brands. Anumula Shashank, Café Niloufer’s managing director, wanted to update the brand by strengthening their product portfolio to meet the needs of new-age consumers. Cafes/lounges that provided a variety of beverages were projecte...Starting at €8.20