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Case
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2007
(Revised from original 2006 version)
QuickBase
by
Clayton M. Christensen and Mark Szigety
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Abstract
Describes the challenge that engineers and marketing executives at Intuit Corp. faced when finding markets and applications for their QuickBase product. The breakthrough occurred when they abandoned their conventional modes of market segmentation, and instead strove to understand the jobs that their customers were "hiring" the product to do.
Keywords: Software;
Engineering;
Product Marketing;
Segmentation;
Jobs and Positions;
Consumer Behavior;
Information Technology Industry;
Citation:
Christensen, Clayton M., and Mark Szigety. "QuickBase." Harvard Business School Case 607-029, March 2007. (Revised from original September 2006 version.)