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Case Study: Should a Funeral Company Shift Its Business Model?
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How AI Helps Scale Qualitative Customer Research
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A Better Strategy for Location-Based Advertising
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Why Companies Don’t Compete in the Middle Market
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Preparing Your Brand for Agentic AI
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AI Is Upending Marketing on Two Fronts
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Why Your Digital Investments Aren’t Creating Value
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Research Roundup: Salary Disparities, Managers Who Squash Ideas, Exclamation Points, and More
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Do You Know What Your Customers’ Aspirations Are?
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How to Get Your Customers to Trust AI
Customer experience Digital ArticleTransparency means showing what matters—clearly, consistently, and with purpose. -
5 Psychology-Backed Principles for More Effective Personalization
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleManaged sensitively and securely, “confessional commerce” can create a deeper, more valuable experience for users. -
The Risks of Prioritizing Short-Term Revenue Over Customer Fit
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New Research on Copycat Products, Your Pitch-Day Dress Code, When Hand Gestures Help Persuasion, and More
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Case Study: When High-Tech Beauty Marketing Harms Teen Health
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Marketing at the Speed of Culture
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4 Ways to Build Durable Relationships with Your Most Important Customers
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How to Do Influencer Marketing That Customers Actually Trust
Social marketing Digital ArticleFocusing on five key dimensions can help your company communicate with authenticity, even as customer faith in influencers is declining. -
Customers Expect Empathy. Here’s How to Deliver It.
Psychology Digital ArticleWhen people feel they’re treated empathically by a brand, they’re more likely to remain loyal and recommend it to others. -
The AI Tools That Are Transforming Market Research
Marketing Digital ArticleEight ways to experiment with “synthetic personas” and “digital twins.”
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Clean Winners: Sustainability Strategy That Puts Customers First
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Growing with Digital Marketing: Evidence, Metrics, and Mistakes
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Marketing, Updated and Expanded (featuring "Marketing Myopia" by Theodore Levitt)
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Marketing (Paperback + Ebook)
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Borusan Cat: Scaling AI in a Relationship Driven Market
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The Transformation Economy: Guiding Customers to Achieve Their Aspirations
Change management Book32.00View Details From the author who defined the Experience Economy comes the next big shift: the Transformation Economy. A fundamental economic shift is emerging. Goods,... -
Harvard Art Museums: When Art Meets Artificial Intelligence
Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case examines how the Harvard Art Museums (HAM) considered using generative artificial intelligence in a marketing campaign to increase visitor engagement... -
Unilever: Building for the Age of AI
AI and machine learning Case Study11.95View Details This case examines how Unilever undertook a broad marketing transformation as artificial intelligence (AI) and social platforms reshaped how consumers... -
Sehat Kahani: Digital Health Transformation in Pakistan
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LePrix: Reinventing How Businesses Source Pre-Loved Luxury
Business models Case Study11.95View Details This case examines LePrix, a B2B platform for authenticated pre-owned luxury goods, at a pivotal strategic inflection point. Founded by sisters Elise... -
Headphone Zone: Building A Premium Online Retail Brand In India Through Relationship Marketing
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Quano Technologies: Pricing a Niche Product in a Niche Market
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Meta: Digital Marketing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Facebook and Instagram
AI and machine learning Case Study11.95View Details Since 2013, Meta had been making significant investments in AI, many of which were directed toward enhancing its digital advertising business. However,... -
Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters: "Brewing" the Business Model that Fits (A)
Business models Case Study11.95View Details Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, launched in 2012, transformed India's coffee landscape by introducing specialty Indian coffee and driving the "third wave... -
Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters: "Brewing" the Business Model that Fits (B)
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Carbon Robotics: Weeding Out the Competition
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Eplay: Measuring Customer Acquisition Cost
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To Acquire or Retain? That Should (Not) Be the Question!
Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This note explores the perennial managerial question of whether firms should prioritize customer acquisition or retention. It introduces comprehensive... -
Jan & Jul: Outgrowing Amazon?
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Juan Valdez: Taking Colombian Coffee Global
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