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- 1995
- Working Paper
Developing Organizational Capability to Compete
By: Michael Beer and R. A. Eisenstat
- October 2018
- Article
Competing with Complementors: An Empirical Look at Amazon.com
By: Feng Zhu and Qihong Liu
Platform owners sometimes enter complementors' product spaces to compete against them directly. Prior studies have offered two possible explanations for such entries: platform owners may target the most successful complementors so as to appropriate value from their...
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Keywords:
Amazon;
Complementors;
Co-opetition;
Entry;
Platform-based Markets;
Competition;
Digital Platforms;
Competitive Strategy
Zhu, Feng, and Qihong Liu. "Competing with Complementors: An Empirical Look at Amazon.com." Strategic Management Journal 39, no. 10 (October 2018): 2618–2642.
- January–February 2020
- Article
Competing in the Age of AI
By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
Today’s markets are being reshaped by a new kind of firm—one in which artificial intelligence (AI) runs the show. This cohort includes giants like Google, Facebook, and Alibaba, and growing businesses such as Wayfair and Ocado. Every time we use their services, the...
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Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence;
Algorithms;
Technological Innovation;
Business Model;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
AI and Machine Learning
Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Competing in the Age of AI." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 1 (January–February 2020): 60–67.
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Platforms
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Platforms." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-498, March 2013.
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Platforms
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Platforms." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-495, March 2013.
- November 2015 (Revised August 2016)
- Case
Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability
In January 2009, when Paul Polman was appointed CEO of Unilever, he inherited a company in long-term decline at the beginning of a major global financial crisis. As the first outsider ever recruited to lead the company, Polman lost little time in challenging the...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Competitive Strategy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Consumer Products Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 916-414, November 2015. (Revised August 2016.)
- November 2011
- Article
Competing Matchmakers: An Experimental Analysis
By: Tanjim Hossain, Dylan B. Minor and John Morgan
Platform competition is ubiquitous, yet platform market structure is little understood. Theory models typically suffer from equilibrium multiplicity—platforms might coexist or the market might tip to either platform. We use laboratory experiments to study the outcomes...
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Keywords:
Platform Competition;
Two-Sided Markets;
E-commerce;
Competition;
Two-Sided Platforms;
Monopoly
Hossain, Tanjim, Dylan B. Minor, and John Morgan. "Competing Matchmakers: An Experimental Analysis." Management Science 57, no. 11 (November 2011): 1913–1925.
- March 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Course Overview Note
Competing with Social Networks: Overview
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Overview." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 713-500, March 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
- September 2009 (Revised March 2010)
- Module Note
Competing Through Business Models (D)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Taylor Philip Larson
This note was prepared to aid students in the EC course "Competing through Business Models."
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Taylor Philip Larson. "Competing Through Business Models (D)." Harvard Business School Module Note 710-410, September 2009. (Revised March 2010.)
- September 2003
- Module Note
Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life
By: Leslie A. Perlow
Outlines how instructors can facilitate discussion within the Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life module to encourage students to begin a process of self-assessment that focuses on personal values, career development needs, and workplace culture.
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Keywords:
Working Conditions;
Goals and Objectives;
Organizational Culture;
Work-Life Balance;
Value
Perlow, Leslie A. "Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life." Harvard Business School Module Note 404-063, September 2003.
- Teaching Interest
Competing in the Age of Digital Platforms—(Executive Education)
By: David B. Yoffie
Summary
Without exception, the most valuable companies in the world today are platforms. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and many other firms have built their fortunes by facilitating innovation across global ecosystems or... View Details
Without exception, the most valuable companies in the world today are platforms. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and many other firms have built their fortunes by facilitating innovation across global ecosystems or... View Details
- 1994
- Working Paper
On the Foundations of Managerial Competence
By: M. C. Moldoveanu and H. Stevenson
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Failures
By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj J. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Failures." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-494, March 2013.
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Strategy
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-496, March 2013.
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
you decide to put together this collection of articles? Porter In retrospect, my work divides into three major areas. The first has to do with how firms compete in industries and gain competitive advantage. The next focuses on locations...
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Re: Michael E. Porter
- November–December 1987
- Article
Competing on the Eight Dimensions of Quality
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "Competing on the Eight Dimensions of Quality." Harvard Business Review 65, no. 6 (November–December 1987).
- Article
How to Compete in Stagnant Industries
Hamermesh, Richard G. "How to Compete in Stagnant Industries." Harvard Business Review 57, no. 5 (September–October 1979).
- 1984
- Book
Restoring our Competitive Edge: Competing Through Manufacturing
By: Robert H. Hayes and Steven C. Wheelwright
Hayes, Robert H., and Steven C. Wheelwright. Restoring our Competitive Edge: Competing Through Manufacturing. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1984.
- March 1, 2013
- Article
Nonprofits Need to Compete for Top Talent
Chertavian, Gerald. "Nonprofits Need to Compete for Top Talent." Harvard Business Review (website) (March 1, 2013).
- December 2012
- Article
Bolstering and Restoring Feelings of Competence via the IKEA Effect
By: Daniel Mochon, Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely
We examine the underlying process behind the IKEA effect, which is defined as consumers' willingness to pay more for self-created products than for identical products made by others, and explore the factors that influence both consumers' willingness to engage in...
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Mochon, Daniel, Michael I. Norton, and Dan Ariely. "Bolstering and Restoring Feelings of Competence via the IKEA Effect." International Journal of Research in Marketing 29, no. 4 (December 2012): 363–369.