The Surprising Breadth of Harbingers of Failure

Previous research has shown that there exist “harbinger customers” who systematically purchase new products that fail (and are discontinued by retailers). This article extends this result in two ways. First, the findings document the existence of “harbinger zip codes.” If households in these zip cod...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Simester, Duncan, Tucker, Catherine Elizabeth, Yang, Clair
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130136