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  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

cautionary tale of what can happen when companies go too far. Acer entered early into the contract manufacturing of personal computers, operating in low-wage Taiwan, and made good View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 03 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Box Office Power of Stars

interested in playing can join the simulation. New HSX traders receive "Hollywood dollars" and can increase the value of their portfolio by, among other things, strategically trading... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video
  • June 1998
  • Article

The Politics of Monetary Leadership and Followership: Stability in the European Monetary System Since the Currency Crisis of 1992

By: Rawi Abdelal
Despite widespread scepticism, there is a fundamental continuity in the stability of the European Monetary System (EMS) before and after the 1992 crisis. Although speculative pressures provoked European leaders to widen the fluctuation bands of the Exchange Rate... View Details
Keywords: Money; Leadership; System; Balance and Stability; Europe
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  • July–August 2020
  • Article

Price Bargaining and Competition in Online Platforms: An Empirical Analysis of the Daily Deal Market

By: Lingling Zhang and Doug J. Chung
The prevalence of online platforms opens new doors to traditional businesses for customer reach and revenue growth. This research investigates platform choice in a setting where prices are determined by negotiations between platforms and businesses. We compile a unique... View Details
Keywords: Business-to-business Marketing; Platform Competition; Two-Sided Markets; Price Bargaining; Daily Deals; Structural Model; Digital Platforms; Competition; Price; Negotiation
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  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

The Prophet of Start-Ups

development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life is the View Details
Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 11 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

profits (or worse, the short-term benefits come at the expense of long-term value creation). This phenomenon does not come out of the blue, but is attributable to fundamental... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • September 2017 (Revised April 2022)
  • Case

Tempur Sealy International (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
This case explores the long-term relationship between Tempur Sealy (TPX, a mattress manufacturer) and Mattress Firm (MFRM, a bedding retailer and TPX's largest customer). For almost 20 years, the firms enjoyed a mutually beneficial and commercially prosperous... View Details
Keywords: Porter's 5 Forces; Bargaining Power; Buyer Power; Customer Power; Supplier Power; Negotiations; Value Capture; Consumer Durables; Consumer Discretionary; Mattresses; B-2-B; Industry Dynamics; Compensation; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Competition; Cooperation; Private Equity; Distribution; Negotiation; Industry Structures; Customers; Relationships; Leadership; Distribution Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; South Africa
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  • 15 May 2017
  • Sharpening Your Skills

The Promises and Limitations of Big Data

discusses the water industry as an example, and the organizational changes and levers relevant to extracting value from emerging data-analytics technologies. Big Data: Big Deal or Big Hype? Google's announcement in 2008 that it could... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Utilities; Public Administration; Health
  • 19 Mar 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

In March 2010, CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (HBS MBA '93) stood in front of his employees at online retail giant Rakuten's Tokyo headquarters and dropped a bomb: all 7,100 workers would have two years to become proficient in English—the... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 01 Dec 2005
  • News

A Matter of Opinion

opened his eyes to the fact that “many different reasons bring people to the School, not just the lure of making money. One of my more conservative classmates said the purpose View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Golden State of Mind

It’s just another picture-perfect day in downtown San Mateo, California, a city that walks the line between high-tech polish and down-home simplicity tucked between San Francisco and the heart of Silicon Valley. “When you’re starting a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 04 Aug 2006
  • What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?

terms of where value is added in the supply chain . The value is created through the service of helping customers find what they want within the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 22 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022

intimidated, and I almost did the same for HBS. I thought it’d be a waste of time, effort, and money because I’d get rejected anyway. But I am so glad I did apply! I’ve never been in such a diverse,... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism in Historical and Global Perspective

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones
  • 30 Jun 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

Player A gets to keep the balance. But if declined, both players end up with nothing. Rationally, B should take any offer—even as little as $1—that's more than nothing. And yet, whenever this experiment is performed, B consistently rejects the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports
  • 30 Nov 2021
  • In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jun 1996
  • News

Keepers of the Flame

construction to finance. Atlanta, by contrast, has had to build about half its Olympic facilities (at a cost of $550 million) and raise about three times as much money as the LA committee. The 1996 Games... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 02 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

valuation we place on products we build ourselves. The researchers discuss the implications of the IKEA Effect for marketing managers and organizations more generally. Key concepts include: Successful assembly View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

ability to analyze its own failures, outside sources of technical assistance in analyzing failure can be engaged. For example, Frederick Reichheld at Bain and Company has demonstrated the value View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

(that total half the value of the U.S. market). "On the trading level," says Seifert, " we need a liquidity pool that gives us low-cost, cross-border access. To accomplish this, we are merging... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner