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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Vets Support Homeless Comrades
hours by AFAA members seeking to call attention to the plight of homeless veterans and to raise funds for a local shelter that assists them. “We thought this would be an effective way to raise awareness about the New England Shelter for...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
which we make meaning in life. Role models My dad. He's my hero. I admire his enthusiasm, his ability to work with people and to pull teams together, and his love for and commitment to family. Where the new economy is going The new economy is led by businesses with...
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- December 1978 (Revised January 1986)
- Case
Pepsi-Cola (A)
By: Walter J. Salmon and Steven R. Palesy
Combining aspects of a functionally organized marketing management system, with a franchised channel of distribution network. Focuses on extending an innovative promotional program to a market where competitive conditions differ.
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Keywords:
Innovation Strategy;
Management;
Marketing;
Marketing Reference Programs;
Network Effects;
Distribution;
Organizational Design;
Franchise Ownership;
Competition;
Food and Beverage Industry
Salmon, Walter J., and Steven R. Palesy. "Pepsi-Cola (A)." Harvard Business School Case 579-108, December 1978. (Revised January 1986.)
- Web
Power and Influence - Course Catalog
dynamics and learning to use them as effective tools for analyzing your surroundings and achieving your goals. It is a course about getting things done in the real world, where politics and personalities often seem to hinder rather than...
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- August 1992
- Case
Otis Pacific Asia Operations (A): National Challenges
Describes the elevator market and Otis's competitive position in four markets: Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, and Japan. The student is asked to evaluate the strategic and competitive challenges in each market, especially in light of strong Japanese competition across the...
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Marketing Strategy;
Network Effects;
Problems and Challenges;
Global Strategy;
Goals and Objectives;
Service Delivery;
Competitive Advantage;
Competition;
Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
India;
Japan;
Malaysia;
Hong Kong
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Pacific Asia Operations (A): National Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 393-009, August 1992.
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
Networks Published: September 14, 2009 Many business leaders are mystified about how to reach potential customers on social networks such as Facebook. Professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski provides a fresh look...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 2018
- Working Paper
Platform Competition: Betfair and the U.K. Market for Sports Betting
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Neil Campbell
We examine two episodes of strategic interaction in the U.K. betting industry: (i) Betfair (an entrant multi-sided platform or MSP) vs. Flutter (also an MSP), and (ii) Betfair vs. traditional bookmakers. We find that although Betfair was an underfunded second mover in...
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Keywords:
Platform Design;
Betting;
Digital Platforms;
Design;
Network Effects;
Business Model;
Competition;
Cooperation;
Market Entry and Exit
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Neil Campbell. "Platform Competition: Betfair and the U.K. Market for Sports Betting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-057, November 2018.
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Books
human judgment, the authors show how to secure a place for ethics in our workplaces, institutions, and daily lives. Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader by Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback (Harvard Business Review Press) Becoming an View Details
- 05 Dec 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing
Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: How can marketing better align with corporate strategy? Can you place a value on View Details
- Profile
Jeff Bussgang
Jeff. “The case method is the only effective proxy for actually doing it yourself. It’s this simple – HBS really taught me how to become an entrepreneur.” Jeff dismisses the misperceptions some business professionals have regarding...
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- December 2007 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Queensland Sugar Limited
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Until industry deregulation in 2006, Queensland Sugar ran Australia's single desk marketing system for raw sugar exports. Since deregulation, eight of the ten Queensland sugar millers have elected to continue collective marketing through QSL. However, several millers...
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Goods and Commodities;
Trade;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Competition;
Marketing Strategy;
Supply Chain;
Network Effects;
Supply and Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Australia
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Queensland Sugar Limited." Harvard Business School Case 508-038, December 2007. (Revised March 2013.)
- April 2002 (Revised September 2002)
- Background Note
Capital Controls
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Laura Alfaro
Only in the waning years of the 20th century did international financial markets begin to enjoy the freedom from government regulation that they had experienced before the first world war. By 2002, international capital markets had grown to be enormous--$1.2 trillion...
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Keywords:
History;
Policy;
Business and Government Relations;
Change Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Governance Controls;
Governance Compliance;
Emerging Markets;
Financial Markets;
Network Effects;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Laura Alfaro. "Capital Controls." Harvard Business School Background Note 702-082, April 2002. (Revised September 2002.)
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
Q: What are you working on next? A: In researching several of the cases on networks for my course and the casebook, I was struck by the tremendous potential for this approach to transform the effectiveness...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
Sense & Respond Stephen P. Bradley and Richard L. Nolan, editors (Harvard Business School Press) In the Network Era - where access to and use of information technology is increasing at an ever-faster pace - the way companies interact with...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
Gretchen Howard (MBA 2002) came to HBS in part because she had a story in her mind about how her career would start: It was 2000, the apex of the dotcom bubble. She would move to Boston, study business, partner with a technologist from MIT, and build a transformative...
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- Career Coach
Suzie Rubin
goals. Suzie helps students to effectively sell themselves on paper, while networking and in interviews. She offers assistance navigating campus recruiting and conducting independent, self-directed job...
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Health Care
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
The Differentiated Network by Nitin Nohria and Sumantra Ghoshal (Jossey-Bass Publishers) The key to building an effective multinational corporation (MNC) is organizing its various parts as a differentiated...
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Judith A. Ross
- February 1999 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Onsale, Inc.
By: Youngme E. Moon
Onsale has been a pioneer in electronic commerce, offering excess and refurbished goods using an online auction format. The company is now planning to become a player in the highly competitive world of first-run computer merchandise as well. However, unlike other...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Transformation;
Customers;
Brands and Branding;
Auctions;
Network Effects;
Strategic Planning;
Competitive Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Retail Industry
Moon, Youngme E. "Onsale, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 599-091, February 1999. (Revised May 1999.)
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Download This
Downloading music from the Internet doesn’t kill CD sales after all, concludes a surprising new study by HBS associate professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Associate Professor Koleman Strumpf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “The View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)
I wanted to create many, many more. The Stability Network has 70 leaders in 25 cities in the United States and Canada. Getting people to come out about their mental illness is actually pretty hard, but we give them support, training, and...
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