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  • November 2017
  • Teaching Note

Tencent

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-426. Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking... View Details
Keywords: Tencent; Tencent Holdings; WeChat; Social Networking; Social Networks; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Video Games; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Portals; Payments; Mobile Payments; O2O; Online-to-offline; E-commerce; Messaging; Subscription Model; Freemium; Mobile App Industry; Smartphone; PC; Monetization Strategy; Antitrust; Streaming; Cloud Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Alibaba; Facebook; JD.com; Tesla; Bundling; Synergies; Digital Strategy; Imitation; Licensing; Agility; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Communication Technology; Blogs; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Price; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Media; Distribution Channels; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Opportunities; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Value Creation; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Segmentation; Business Units; Communication; Profit; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; Asia; China; Canton (province, China)
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  • February 2017
  • Case

Clear Channel (A): The Rise, 1972–2003

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
At the end of 2003, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a diversified media group with revenues of $8.9 billion, could claim leadership positions in all three of its main businesses. Clear Channel Broadcasting was the largest radio-station operator in the world, with... View Details
Keywords: Clear Channel; Clear Channel Outdoor; Radio; Outdoor Advertising; Concert Industry; Lowry Mays; Federal Communications Commission; Regulation; Regulations; Regulatory Environment; JCDecaux; Media; Growth Management; Consolidation; Competitive Strategy; Fair Value Accounting; Advertising; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; For-Profit Firms; Entertainment; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Public Equity; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Business History; Laws and Statutes; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Channels; Industry Structures; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Wireless Technology; Valuation; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Advertising Industry; Music Industry; United States; Texas
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  • 23 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

Often overlooked in essays on leadership is the role of the organization's measurement and management system. Effective leaders, however, know that measurement and management systems play a critical role in communication; in establishing the culture and View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 09 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 9

value by converting a waste stream into a useful and saleable by-product (i.e., implementing by-product synergy [BPS]). We show that BPS creates an operational synergy between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Strategy Explained - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

can achieve superior performance in the face of competition. Strategy defines the company’s distinctive approach to competing and the competitive advantages on which it will be based. A good competitive strategy is one that creates unique View Details
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

by-product produced is exactly the amount that can be produced using the entire waste stream). The operational synergy in the joint production process is manifested as one of two subsidies: the by-product is subsidized by the disposal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Corporate Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

of business units . More about business unit strategy Creating Corporate Value Added In diversified companies, corporate leaders can enhance competitive advantage by capturing synergies and harnessing fit... View Details
  • 08 Dec 2023
  • News

New Leadership Role and Structure

goal is to find opportunities for synergies and leverage so we can provide a seamless experience and unparalleled value proposition to anyone who attends Harvard Business School over the full span of their... View Details
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

cities such as Tulsa, OK and Columbus, OH. Smaller group sizes allowed for faster implementation of change and gave students transferrable concepts and skills to leverage throughout their careers. FIELD Immersion Press Release Synergies... View Details
  • 28 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

institutional entrepreneurship. Finally, the paper highlights future directions for research on this topic. Researchers are encouraged to use this paper to build sophisticated, targeted research designs that will add value to the growing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

overconfidence. Exaggerating synergies and ignoring integration costs Synergy is the idea that once merged, the value of two companies will be greater than the sum of the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

School, defines these multi-sided markets as platforms that serve two or more distinct groups of customers who value each other's participation. Examples: EBay provides markets for both buyers and sellers, dating club clients are both men... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 01 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Better by the Bundle?

bundle—known as an Extra Value Meal—for cheaper than the products would cost if purchased individually. “Bundling is pervasive in several markets, and it works in many cases” But those same customers might not View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

the value of shareholder proxy access. We find that firms that would have been most vulnerable to proxy access, as measured by institutional ownership and activist institutional ownership in particular, lost View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner

Does that influence its working atmosphere? Probably. It's much less political and more collaborative. Power is not much of an ingredient in the day-to-day activities here, but values are. But I don't know what degree of that is women and... View Details
  • 03 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit

It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

explores a method of value creation through exploiting synergies that exist in an environment where there is diversity. The context of the case is a farm where biodiversity is leveraged to create value. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

Stage 1, the CEO leads the change agenda and drives it from the top to reinforce the mission, values and vision. Leadership sets the ambitious vision and stretch targets. In Stage 2, the executive leader validates the strategy map as an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

bank's balance sheet. Consistent with synergies in banking operations, the authors find significant correlations between a bank's productivity through these channels. The resultant measures indicate that a bank's ability to generate... View Details
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

resources-processes-values framework. Resources refer to tangible and intangible assets, processes deal with activities that turn resources into goods and services, and values underpin decisions employees make and how they make them. (See... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower