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Target the Right Market (HBR Case Study)
Avery, Jill; Steenburgh, ThomasArticle HBS-R1210X-EStrategySparkPlace is a two-year-old business with a hot new product: software that manages and measures the effectiveness of permission-based marketing campaigns for social media. The company is in the process of deciding on which of two customer segments to focus its strategy. Each segment has demonstrable advantages, but developing the product for and marketing to both segments simultaneously could pose big challenges. Is the argument against being "a...Starting at €8.20
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HubSpot: Lower Churn through Greater CHI, Teaching Note
Avery, Jill; Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis; Steenburgh, ThomasTeaching Note HBS-116051-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for case 110052. HubSpot, a web marketing startup selling inbound marketing software to small- and medium-sized businesses, is under pressure from its venture capital partners to rapidly acquire new customers and to maintain a low level of customer churn. The B2B SaaS company is in the midst of pursuing a Series C round of funding. To do so requires them to bring their business metrics into line with VC expectations and peer compan...Starting at €0.00
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Verne Global: Building a Green Data Center in Iceland
Steenburgh, Thomas; Okike, NnamdiCase HBS-509063-EMarketingVerne Global, a pioneering startup created to build the first large-scale data center in Iceland, faces critical challenges regarding its green strategy. Verne Co-Founder Isaac Kato is tasked with evaluating how the company can most successfully market and sell the green components of its service offering. Using only renewable energy in its data center facility, Verne can drastically reduce customers' carbon emissions, enabling customers to meet ...Starting at €8.20
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Target the Right Market (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Avery, Jill; Steenburgh, ThomasArticle HBS-R1210Z-EStrategySparkPlace is a two-year-old business with a hot new product: software that manages and measures the effectiveness of permission-based marketing campaigns for social media. The company is in the process of deciding on which of two customer segments to focus its strategy. Each segment has demonstrable advantages, but developing the product for and marketing to both segments simultaneously could pose big challenges. Is the argument against being "a...Starting at €8.20
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Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Customer Lifetime Value Analysis
Steenburgh, Thomas; Avery, JillCase HBS-511029-EMarketingCustomers are increasingly being viewed as assets that bring value to the firm. Customer lifetime value is a metric which allows managers to understand the overall value of their customer base and relate it to three customer strategies firms employ: asset acquisition - attracting new customers to the firm, asset maximization - maximizing the value the firm extracts from each customer, and asset retention - retaining existing customers for the lon...Starting at €8.20
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Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Pricing and Profitability Analysis
Steenburgh, Thomas; Avery, JillCase HBS-511028-EMarketingPricing is one of the most difficult decisions marketers make and the one with the most direct and immediate impact on the firm's financial position. This toolkit will introduce the fundamental terminology and calculations associated with pricing and profitability analysis. Users will learn how to produce and interpret demand curves and calculate the price elasticity of demand. The concepts of revenue, costs, and contribution margin, gross margin...Starting at €8.20
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HubSpot: Inbound Marketing and Web 2.0
Steenburgh, Thomas; Avery, Jill; Dahod, NaseemCase HBS-509049-EMarketingThe case 'HubSpot: Inbound Marketing and Web 2.0' introduces the concept of inbound marketing, pulling customer prospects toward a business through the use of Web 2.0 tools and applications like blogging, search engine optimization, and social media. Students follow the growth of HubSpot, an entrepreneurial venture which, in its quest for growth, faces significant challenges including: developing market segmentation and targeting strategies to de...Starting at €8.20
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UnME Jeans: Branding in Web 2.0
Steenburgh, Thomas; Avery, JillCase HBS-509035-EMarketingThis case introduces emerging Web 2.0 social media in virtual worlds, social networking sites, and video sharing sites, and encourages students to explore the opportunities and risks they present for brands. The case allows students to grapple with the strategic and tactical decisions that accompany marketing communications strategy and to combine information on consumer behavior with an understanding of brand objectives, in order to assess and e...Starting at €8.20
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Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Market Size and Market Share Analysis
Steenburgh, Thomas; Avery, JillCase HBS-510081-EMarketingMarketers frequently need to estimate the size of their markets -- both for existing products so that sales forecasts can be developed, and for new products so that market opportunities can be assessed. This toolkit enables students to size a market and generate a sales forecast using a market build-up methodology. Students learn to measure market demand and company demand and calculate market and product penetration rates and market share. The n...Starting at €8.20
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Target the Right Market (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Avery, Jill; Steenburgh, ThomasArticle HBS-R1210K-EStrategySparkPlace is a two-year-old business with a hot new product: software that manages and measures the effectiveness of permission-based marketing campaigns for social media. The company is in the process of deciding on which of two customer segments to focus its strategy. Each segment has demonstrable advantages, but developing the product for and marketing to both segments simultaneously could pose big challenges. Is the argument against being "a...Starting at €8.20