professor at the Harvard Business School
John Deighton is the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is an authority on consumer behavior and marketing, with a focus on digital and direct marketing. He initiated and has led the HBS Executive Education program in digital marketing and taught the elective MBA course, Digital Marketing Strategy.
Ordering In Uber is testing online delivery and offering a motley list of items in the DC area. But they’re not the only one. There are scores of start-ups offering to deliver whatever you want, whenever you want it: Is this a bold new world in commerce or just another tech trend that’s bound to implode?
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