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      Deconstructing 'Customer Experience'
      Legendary Harvard Business School marketing professor Theodore Levitt warned his students and industry executives against “marketing myopia”—that is,...
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      • April 2021
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      Homing and Platform Responses to Entry: Historical Evidence from the U.S. Newspaper Industry

      By: K. Francis Park, Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
      We examine how heterogeneity in customers’ tendencies to single-home or multi-home affects a platform’s competitive responses to new entrants in the market. We first develop a formal model to generate predictions about how a platform will respond. We then empirically...  View Details
      Keywords: Single-homing; Multi-homing; Platform Responses; Newpaper; Television; Market Platforms; Market Entry And Exit; Newspapers; Television Entertainment; History; Journalism And News Industry; Media And Broadcasting Industry
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      Park, K. Francis, Robert Seamans, and Feng Zhu. "Homing and Platform Responses to Entry: Historical Evidence from the U.S. Newspaper Industry." Strategic Management Journal 42, no. 4 (April 2021): 684–709.
      • March 2021
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      The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance

      By: Ryan W. Buell, Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei
      This paper investigates the impact of customer compatibility – the degree of fit between the needs of customers and the capabilities of the operations serving them – on customer experiences and firm performance. We use a variance decomposition analysis to quantify the...  View Details
      Keywords: Customer Compatibility; Satisfaction; Profitability; Service Operations; customer Relationship Management; customer Satisfaction; Performance
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      Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei. "The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance." Management Science 67, no. 3 (March 2021): 1468–1488.
      • March 2021
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      Last Place Aversion in Queues

      By: Ryan W. Buell
      This paper documents the effects of last place aversion in queues and its implications for customer experiences and behaviors as well as for operating performance. An observational analysis of customers queuing at a grocery store, and four online studies in which...  View Details
      Keywords: Behavioral Operations; Queues; Reference Effects; Last Place Aversion; Transparency; customers; Behavior; Satisfaction; Service Operations
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      Buell, Ryan W. "Last Place Aversion in Queues." Management Science 67, no. 3 (March 2021): 1430–1452.
      • February 2021
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      How Transparency into Internal and External Responsibility Initiatives Influences Consumer Choice

      By: Ryan W. Buell and Basak Kalkanci
      Amid growing calls for transparency and social and environmental responsibility, companies are employing different strategies to improve consumer perceptions of their brands. Some pursue internal initiatives that reduce their negative social or environmental impacts...  View Details
      Keywords: Sustainable Operations; Corporate Social Responsibility; Operational Transparency; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Operations; Environmental Sustainability; Consumer Behavior; Perception
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      Buell, Ryan W., and Basak Kalkanci. "How Transparency into Internal and External Responsibility Initiatives Influences Consumer Choice." Management Science 67, no. 2 (February 2021): 932–950.
      • 2021
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      Harbinger Categories

      By: Eric Anderson, Chaoqun Chen, Ayelet Israeli and Duncan Simester
      Past spending by a customer is generally a positive signal of future spending at the same retailer. We show that there exist “Harbinger Categories” for which the reverse is true. The more purchases customers make in these categories, the less likely these customers are...  View Details
      Keywords: Churn; Churn Management; Churn/retention; Retention; Assortment Planning; Retail; Retailing; Retailing Industry; Preference Heterogeneity; customer Relationship Management; Retail Industry; United States
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      Anderson, Eric, Chaoqun Chen, Ayelet Israeli, and Duncan Simester. "Harbinger Categories." Working Paper, February 2021.
      • January 2021
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      Anodot: Autonomous Business Monitoring

      By: Antonio Moreno and Danielle Golan
      Autonomous business monitoring platform Anodot leveraged machine learning to providing real-time alerts regarding business anomalies. Anodot’s solution was used in various industries in order to primarily monitor business health, such as revenue and payments, product...  View Details
      Keywords: Technology Platform; Online Technology; Knowledge Sharing; Information Management; Sales; Value Creation; Product Positioning; Israel
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      Moreno, Antonio, and Danielle Golan. "Anodot: Autonomous Business Monitoring." Harvard Business School Case 621-084, January 2021.
      • January 2021 (Revised January 2021)
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      THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

      By: Jill Avery, Ayelet Israeli and Emma von Maur
      THE YES, a multi-brand shopping app launched in May 2020 offered a new type of buying experience for women’s fashion, driven by a sophisticated algorithm that used data science and machine learning to create and deliver a personalized store for every shopper, based on...  View Details
      Keywords: Data; Data Analytics; Artificial Intelligence; Ai; Ai Algorithms; Ai Creativity; Fashion; Retail; Retail Analytics; Digital Marketing; E-commerce; E-commerce Strategy; Platform; Platforms; Marketing Strategy; Brands And Branding; Consumer Behavior; Big Data; Preference Elicitation; Preference Prediction; Predictive Analytics; App Development; Marketing Channels; "marketing Analytics"; Advertising; Mobile App; Mobile Marketing; Apparel; Online Advertising; Referral Rewards; Referrals; Female Ceo; Female Entrepreneur; Female Protagonist; Data And Data Sets; Analysis; Creativity; Marketing Strategy; Brands And Branding; Consumer Behavior; Demand And Consumers; Forecasting And Prediction; Online Advertising; Online Technology; Mobile Technology; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Apparel And Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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      Avery, Jill, Ayelet Israeli, and Emma von Maur. "THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI)." Harvard Business School Case 521-070, January 2021. (Revised January 2021.)
      • 2020
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      In the Red: Overdrafts, Payday Lending and the Underbanked

      By: Marco Di Maggio, Angela Ma and Emily Williams
      The reordering of transactions from “high-to-low” is a controversial bank practice thought to maximize fees paid by low-income customers on overdrawn accounts. We exploit multiple class-action lawsuits resulting in mandatory changes to this practice, coupled with...  View Details
      Keywords: Overdraft; Payday Loans; Excessive Fees; Underbanked; Underserved; Banks And Banking; Financing And Loans; customers; Income; Business Processes
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      Di Maggio, Marco, Angela Ma, and Emily Williams. "In the Red: Overdrafts, Payday Lending and the Underbanked." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28242, December 2020.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      Biased Sampling of Early Users and the Direction of Startup Innovation

      By: Ruiqing Cao, Rembrand Koning and Ramana Nanda
      Using data from a prominent online platform for launching new digital products, we document that the composition of the platform's ‘beta testers’ on the day a new product is launched has a systematic and persistent impact on the venture's success. Specifically, we use...  View Details
      Keywords: Online Platforms; User Research; Market Platforms; Business Startups; Product Launch; Gender
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      Cao, Ruiqing, Rembrand Koning, and Ramana Nanda. "Biased Sampling of Early Users and the Direction of Startup Innovation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-059, November 2020.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      The Twofold Effect of Customer Retention in Freemium Settings

      By: Eva Ascarza, Oded Netzer and Julian Runge
      The main tradeoff in designing freemium services is how much of the product to offer for free. At the heart of such a tradeoff is the balancing act of providing a valuable free product in order to acquire and engage consumers, while making the free product limited...  View Details
      Keywords: Freemium; Retention; Retention/churn; Field Experiment; Field Experiments; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Mobile App; Mobile App Industry; Monetization; Monetization Strategy; Games, Gaming, And Gambling; Mobile Technology; customers; Retention; Product Design; Strategy
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      Ascarza, Eva, Oded Netzer, and Julian Runge. "The Twofold Effect of Customer Retention in Freemium Settings." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-062, November 2020.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      'Repayment-by-Purchase' Helps Consumers to Reduce Credit Card Debt

      By: Grant E. Donnelly, Cait Lamberton, Stephen Bush, Zoe Chance and Michael I. Norton
      Many consumers struggle to repay their credit card debt, in part because paying small portions of large bills often feels fruitless. We introduce a novel credit card payment option—repayment-by-purchase—and examine its influence on both the amount consumers’ repay and...  View Details
      Keywords: Consumer Debt; Goal Pursuit; Goal Progress; Financial Decison-making; Personal Finance; Credit Cards; Borrowing And Debt; Goals And Objectives; Motivation And Incentives; Decision Making
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      Donnelly, Grant E., Cait Lamberton, Stephen Bush, Zoe Chance, and Michael I. Norton. "'Repayment-by-Purchase' Helps Consumers to Reduce Credit Card Debt." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-060, November 2020.
      • September 2020
      • Case

      Hot Wheels: Launching The Mixed Play Experience

      By: Elie Ofek, Andres Terech and Nicole Tempest Keller
      Chris Down, Global Brand General Manager for Hot Wheels, and his team from the Advanced Play Group within Mattel, Inc., had developed an entirely new “mixed play” product experience that blended familiar Hot Wheels play in the physical world with breakthrough play in...  View Details
      Keywords: Toys; Go-to-market Strategy; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Decision Making; Marketing; Strategy; Los Angeles
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      Ofek, Elie, Andres Terech, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Hot Wheels: Launching The Mixed Play Experience." Harvard Business School Case 521-017, September 2020.
      • September 2020 (Revised October 2020)
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      Zameer Kassam Fine Jewelry: Engaging Clients

      By: Ryan W. Buell and Amy Klopfenstein
      Zameer Kassam Fine Jewelry (ZKFJ) designs custom engagement rings that tell the story of a couple’s relationship. The case describes the company’s process for engaging clients, which has historically been a relatively offline, high-touch experience. Obliged by...  View Details
      Keywords: Customer Engagement; Service Delivery; Health Pandemics; Online Technology; customer Satisfaction; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Growth And Development; Retail Industry
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      Buell, Ryan W., and Amy Klopfenstein. "Zameer Kassam Fine Jewelry: Engaging Clients." Harvard Business School Case 621-043, September 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
      • September–October 2020
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      Managing Churn to Maximize Profits

      By: Aurelie Lemmens and Sunil Gupta
      Customer defection threatens many industries, prompting companies to deploy targeted, proactive customer retention programs and offers. A conventional approach has been to target customers either based on their predicted churn probability or their responsiveness to a...  View Details
      Keywords: Churn Management; Defection Prediction; Loss Function; Stochastic Gradient Boosting; customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Profit
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      Lemmens, Aurelie, and Sunil Gupta. "Managing Churn to Maximize Profits." Marketing Science 39, no. 5 (September–October 2020): 956–973.
      • September 2020
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      Customer Supercharging in Experience-Centric Channels

      By: David R. Bell, Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno
      We conjecture that for online retailers, experience-centric offline store formats do not simply expand market coverage, but rather, serve to significantly amplify future positive customer behaviors, both online and offline. We term this phenomenon “supercharging” and...  View Details
      Keywords: Retail Operations; Marketing-operations Interface; Omnichannel Retailing; Experience Attributes; Quasi-experimental Methods; Operations; Online Technology; Marketing Channels; Consumer Behavior; Retail Industry
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      Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno. "Customer Supercharging in Experience-Centric Channels." Management Science 66, no. 9 (September 2020).
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      Forgoing Earned Incentives to Signal Pure Motives

      By: Erika L. Kirgios, Edward H. Chang, Emma E. Levine, Katherine L. Milkman and Judd B. Kessler
      Policy makers, employers, and insurers often provide financial incentives to encourage citizens, employees, and customers to take actions that are good for them or for society (e.g., energy conservation, healthy living, safe driving). Although financial incentives are...  View Details
      Keywords: Incentives; Motivation Laundering; Self-signaling; Motivation And Incentives; Behavior; Perception
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      Kirgios, Erika L., Edward H. Chang, Emma E. Levine, Katherine L. Milkman, and Judd B. Kessler. "Forgoing Earned Incentives to Signal Pure Motives." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 29 (July 21, 2020): 16891–16897.
      • July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
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      Pattern Brands

      By: Sunil Gupta, Elie Ofek and Julia Kelley
      In March 2020, direct-to-consumer (DTC) company Pattern Brands needed to decide how to allocate resources across its different brands. Pattern Co-Founders Nick Ling and Emmett Shine hoped to avoid the pitfalls faced by some DTC companies—such as inability to scale and...  View Details
      Keywords: Direct-to-consumer; Brands And Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Business Model; Business Startups; Growth And Development Strategy; Demand And Consumers; Business Strategy; Diversification; Competitive Advantage; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; North And Central America; United States; New York (city, Ny); New York (state, Us)
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      Gupta, Sunil, Elie Ofek, and Julia Kelley. "Pattern Brands." Harvard Business School Case 521-009, July 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
      • July 2020
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      Driving Transformation at the Majid Al Futtaim Group

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Esel Çekin
      The case opens with Alain Bejjani, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) Holding, anticipating on the Group’s next phase in the multi-year transformation journey and reflecting on the initiatives he implemented to create the Group’s growth-oriented culture. Founded in 1995,...  View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Growth And Development Strategy; Retail Industry; United Arab Emirates; Middle East; Dubai
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Esel Çekin. "Driving Transformation at the Majid Al Futtaim Group." Harvard Business School Case 121-002, July 2020.
      • June 24, 2020
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      Wolfgang Puck on Leading His Restaurants Through the Pandemic

      By: Boris Groysberg
      Chef Wolfgang Puck shares his experience leading his restaurants and other businesses through the pandemic crisis. He explains how his company has pivoted to find new sources of revenue and how he has become a vocal advocate for the restaurant industry. He also...  View Details
      Keywords: Coronavirus Pandemic; Restaurants; Restaurant Industry; Reopening; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Safety
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      Groysberg, Boris. "Wolfgang Puck on Leading His Restaurants Through the Pandemic." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 24, 2020).
      • June 2020 (Revised August 2020)
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      Majid Al Futtaim Retail Geographic Expansion: Brick or Click?

      By: Juan Alcácer and Alpana Thapar
      This case illustrates the challenges that retailers face when they aggressively pursue geographical growth by expanding both their physical store network and their online presence. It features Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) Retail, a franchisee of Carrefour hypermarkets in the...  View Details
      Keywords: Stores; Ecommerce; Digital Transformation; Strategy; Expansion; Geographic Location; Decision Making; Online Technology; Retail Industry; Middle East
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      Alcácer, Juan, and Alpana Thapar. "Majid Al Futtaim Retail Geographic Expansion: Brick or Click?" Harvard Business School Case 720-482, June 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
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