The Parlor Room

Jill Avery on Building a Winning Brand Portfolio


Listen Later

What can you learn about brand portfolio strategy from Marriott's $13.3 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts? Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer Jill Avery joins host Chris Linnane in The Parlor Room to answer that question and discuss how Marriott overcame the challenge of managing its robust 30-brand portfolio.


GUEST

Jill Avery, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator


RESOURCES

Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB) program, HBS Online's most comprehensive offering featuring Avery's Personal Branding course (https://hbs.me/2x4kp65m)


"The Marriott-Starwood Merger: Navigating Brand Portfolio Strategy and Brand Architecture" (HBS case co-authored by Avery) (https://hbs.me/2p92p27a)


Related HBS Online blog posts:

What Are Mergers & Acquisitions? 4 Key Risks (https://hbs.me/2p9dyyz8)

3 Business Strategy Examples to Inspire Your Own (https://hbs.me/4unctjjj)

CORe vs. CLIMB: Which HBS Online Credential Program Is Right for You? (https://hbs.me/yb9js7eu)



Watch this episode on YouTube: https://hbs.me/5yaat7mw

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Parlor RoomBy Harvard Business School Online

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

21 ratings


More shows like The Parlor Room

View all
The Moth by The Moth

The Moth

27,270 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,007 Listeners

Women at Work by Harvard Business Review

Women at Work

1,389 Listeners