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- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
competition for the past 20 years: an ad hoc, laissez-faire vision promoted by the United States versus a managed vision relying on multilateral rules and international organizations promoted by the European Union. Although the American...
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Martha Lagace
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Business History - Faculty & Research
they balance what was potentially best for the Group, with what was best for SMT, and for the delicate relationships with their partners they had come to depend on? Keywords: Business Model ; Business Organization ; Decisions ; Business Strategy ; View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 22
PublicationsCompeting through Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart Publication:In Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy, edited by Giovanni Battista Dagnino. Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming An...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
Across a field setting (three entrepreneurial pitch competitions in the United States) and two experiments, we identify a profound and consistent gender gap in entrepreneur persuasiveness. Investors prefer pitches presented by male...
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- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
own partners. The case explores whether these initiatives will lead to a long-term competitive advantage. The firm believes what really will produce competitive advantage is its "Me-To-You-Mindset"...
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Martha Lagace
- October 2006
- Article
Location Choices across the Value Chain: How Activity and Capability Influence Collocation
By: Juan Alcacer
There has been a recent revival of interest in the geographic component of firm strategy. Recent research suggests that two opposing forces—competition costs and agglomeration benefits—determine whether firms collocate in a given geographic market. Unexplored is (1)...
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Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Sales;
Research and Development;
Cost Accounting;
Cost Management;
Markets;
Production;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Distribution;
Cost vs Benefits;
SWOT Analysis;
Telecommunications Industry
Alcacer, Juan. "Location Choices across the Value Chain: How Activity and Capability Influence Collocation." Management Science 52, no. 10 (October 2006): 1457–1471.
- 29 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Do Outlet Stores Exist?
have more data than they know what to do with." Do outlets cannibalize? One leading product manufacturer in the fashion apparel and accessories category agreed to provide Ngwe with consumer data in return for a detailed analysis of...
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- January 2021 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
Tech with a Side of Pizza: How Domino's Rose to the Top
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Susan Seligson
After hitting an all-time low in 2008, Domino’s Pizza underwent a vigorous rebranding, product development, and embraced innovative technologies to become the world’s leading international fast-food retailer. Domino’s considered itself as much a tech company as it was...
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Digital Marketing;
Digital Technology;
Innovation;
Scaling;
Data Analytics;
Turnaround;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Strategy;
Management;
Marketing;
Operations;
Human Resources;
Entrepreneurship;
Change Management;
Analysis;
Performance;
Customers;
Growth and Development;
Competitive Advantage;
Employees;
Training;
Leadership Development;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah L. Abbott, and Susan Seligson. "Tech with a Side of Pizza: How Domino's Rose to the Top." Harvard Business School Case 421-057, January 2021. (Revised February 2021.)
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
Change ; Growth and Development Strategy ; Growth Management ; Management Succession ; Risk Management ; Brands and Branding ; Product Positioning ; Organizational Change and Adaptation ; Competitive Strategy ; View Details
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Strategist?
exaggerated emphasis on sustainable competitive advantage has drawn attention away from the fact that strategy must be a dynamic tool for guiding the development of a company over time. "Strategy has become more about formulation than...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Case
On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website
jimkruger In the mid-1990s, Target was a discount superstore behemoth. The retailer had set itself apart from chief rival Walmart with a focus on more upscale but wallet-friendly fashion and lifestyle lines, spurring double-digit growth by double-digits each year for...
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Our Team - Impact Investments
School. Previously, Jonah was a Team Lead at Goldman Sachs where he led contracted projects on market research, competitive intelligence, and people strategy. Before joining GS, Jonah served as a Consultant with Cognoscere on an education...
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- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
phenomenological assumptions in negotiation research. Analysis of the citation rates of the articles in our data set by non-negotiation organizational research indicates that more open systems assumptions increase the likelihood that a...
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Martha Lagace
Robert C. Merton
Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of...
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- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
from its traditional focus on the midstream of the value chain. The case raises questions involving competitive positioning, corporate strategy, sustainable development, and the management of business and political risk. Purchase this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14483 The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization Authors: Maria Guadalupe and Julie M. Wulf Abstract This paper establishes a causal effect of competition from...
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Martha Lagace
- Article
Are Self-service Customers Satisfied or Stuck?
This paper investigates the impact of self-service technology (SST) usage on customer satisfaction and retention. Specifically, we disentangle the distinct effects of satisfaction and switching costs as drivers of retention among self-service customers. Our empirical...
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Service Delivery;
Information Technology;
Customer Satisfaction;
Competition;
Cost;
Banks and Banking;
Behavior;
Market Transactions;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei. "Are Self-service Customers Satisfied or Stuck?" Production and Operations Management 19, no. 6 (November–December 2010). (Awarded the Decision Sciences Institute Stan Hardy Award for Outstanding Paper Published during 2010 in the Field of Operations Management.)
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
turning to appraisers, actuaries, and evaluators, whether internal, external, or a combination. The Competitive Imperative of Learning Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July -...
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Martha Lagace
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Program Director and Senior Researcher for the U.S. Competitiveness Project, co-chaired by Professor Michael E. Porter and Professor Jan W. Rivkin. In that capacity, she supports the Young American Leaders Program and the HBS worldwide...
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
Suppliers and Cost Markets Competition and Differentiation Featured Exercises Develop effective pricing strategies Apply conjoint analysis to understand what customers value most Indentify sources of View Details