Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration

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Harvard Business Online: Business Strategy

Business Strategy equips current and aspiring managers and consultants with a simplified framework they can immediately apply to create value for customers, employees, and suppliers while maximizing returns and an organization’s competitive edge. The course features six weeks of content and weekly exercises enabling the opportunity to put learning into practice. Participants will learn how to evaluate trade-offs and align, prioritize, and formulate strategic initiatives for the greatest business impact.

Managing Turbulence

Even before the global pandemic, businesses and their leaders struggled with the extraordinary challenges of technological change, rapidly evolving consumer tastes, and a reconfiguration of the global economic order. COVID-19 added further turbulence, disrupting supply chains and causing an all-out war for scarce talent. How do the best business leaders manage through these disruptions? What strategies have proven successful in unstable environments with few certainties? How do leaders continue to grow when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges?

Driving Digital Strategy

Technology, like a relentless force of nature, is reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace. It poses a threat to those who resist and fail to adapt. But it also presents unparalleled opportunities to those audacious enough to harness its power. To thrive in this digital environment, leaders must strike a delicate balance between strengthening the core of their business and boldly building for the future.

Through a series of real-life case studies and thought-provoking discussions, we will explore the ever-evolving digital landscape including recent developments such as generative AI. We will challenge existing paradigms and develop a deep understanding of how technology impacts business strategy, operations, and leadership. We aim to ignite your entrepreneurial spirit and empower you to exploit the potential of technology to build your organization for the future.

Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

Today's global business environment offers many exciting prospects for talented executives and ambitious organizations. To take full advantage of emerging opportunities in China and beyond, businesses need exceptional leaders—forward-thinking executives who are skilled at strategy and ready to tackle challenges in the Chinese market, such as copycat competitors, labor costs, and other factors that can slow growth.

Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. An award-winning instructor, his academic work and consulting are focused on competitive strategy and the effects of digital technology on corporate performance. His research has been published in the very best, peer-reviewed journals of his profession and profiled by media outlets around the world, including Financial Times, Le Figaro, New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

Oberholzer-Gee teaches competitive strategy in the HBS MBA program and in executive education courses such as the Harvard General Management Program. He serves as faculty chair of the Senior Executive Leadership Program for China, the Driving Digital Strategy and the Managing Turbulence programs. He has held various leadership roles at HBS, including chair of the MBA program and Senior Associate Dean for the school’s global research centers.

He is a cohost of the popular TED podcast After Hours. Among his happiest times are when he is cooking and eating (not necessarily in this order.)

Featured Work

Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance

Get to better, more effective strategy.

In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In "Better, Simpler Strategy," Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee shows how these companies achieve more by doing less. At a time when rapid technological change and global competition conspire to upend traditional ways of doing business, these companies pursue radically simplified strategies. At a time when many managers struggle not to drown in vast seas of projects and initiatives, these businesses follow simple rules that help them select the few ideas that truly make a difference.

"Better, Simpler Strategy" provides readers with a simple tool, the value stick, which every organization can use to make its strategy more effective and easier to execute. Based on proven financial mechanics, the value stick helps executives decide where to focus their attention and how to deepen the competitive advantage of their business.

How does the value stick work? It provides a way of measuring the two fundamental forces that lead to value creation and increased financial success--the customer's willingness-to-pay and the employee's willingness-to-sell their services to the business. Companies that win, Oberholzer-Gee shows, create value for customers by raising their willingness-to-pay, and they provide value for talent by lowering their willingness-to-sell. The approach, proven in practice, is entirely data driven and uniquely suited to be cascaded throughout the organization.

With many useful visuals and examples across industries and geographies, "Better, Simpler Strategy" explains how these two key measures enable firms to gauge and improve their strategies and operations. Based on the author's sought-after strategy course, this book is your must-have guide for making better strategic decisions.

What Is Strategy? It’s a Lot Simpler Than You Think

To many people, strategy is a total mystery. But it’s really not complicated, says Harvard Business School’s Felix Oberholzer-Gee, author of Better, Simpler Strategy.

Eliminate Strategic Overload

As companies respond to intensifying competitive pressures and challenges, they ask more and more of their employees. But organizations often have very little to show for the efforts of their talented and engaged workers. By selecting fewer initiatives with greater impact, companies can make their strategies more powerful. A strategic initiative is worthwhile only if it does one or more of the following: (1) It creates value for customers by raising their willingness to pay. As your company finds ways to innovate or to improve existing products, the maximum price people will be willing to pay for the offering rises. (2) It creates value for employees by making work more attractive. Offering better jobs lowers the minimum compensation that you have to offer to attract talent to your business. (3) It creates value for suppliers by reducing their operating cost. As suppliers' costs go down, the lowest price they would be willing to accept for their goods falls. As companies expand the total amount of value created for their customers, employees, and suppliers, they position themselves for enduring financial success.

Books

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2021. View Details
Figueiredo, John de, Michael Lenox, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Rick Vanden Bergh, eds. Strategy Beyond Markets. Vol. 34, Advances in Strategic Management. Emerald Group Publishing, 2016. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. The Economics of NIMBY Problems: Why We Cannot Find Sites for Nuclear Waste Repositories. Basel, Switzerland: Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, 1998. View Details

Journal Articles

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Eliminate Strategic Overload." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 3 (May–June 2021): 88–97. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis Yao. "Integrated Strategy: Residual Market and Exchange Imperfections as the Foundation of Sustainable Competitive Advantage." Special Issue on Strategy and the Institutional Environment edited by Gautam Ahuja, Laurence Capron, Michael Lenox, and Dennis A. Yao. Strategy Science 3, no. 2 (June 2018): 463–480. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Koleman Strumpf. "The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales, Revisited." Information Economics and Policy 37 (December 2016): 61–66. View Details
Halaburda, Hanna, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "The Limits of Scale: Companies That Get Big Fast Are Often Left Behind. Here's Why." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 4 (April 2014): 95–99. View Details
Fisher III, William W., and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Strategic Management of Intellectual Property: An Integrated Approach." California Management Review 55, no. 4 (Summer 2013): 157–183. View Details
Fong, Christina, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor." Special Issue on Charitable Giving and Fundraising Journal of Public Economics 95, nos. 5-6 (June 2011): 436–444. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis A. Yao. "Antitrust—What Role for Strategic Management Expertise?" Boston University Law Review 90, no. 4 (August 2010): 1457–1478. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Joel Waldfogel, and Matthew White. "Friend or Foe? Cooperation and Learning in High-Stakes Games." Review of Economics and Statistics 92, no. 1 (February 2010): 179–187. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Joel Waldfogel. "Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout?" American Economic Review 99, no. 5 (December 2009). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Reiner Eichenberger. "Fairness in Extended Dictator-Game Experiments." Art. 16. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 8, no. 1 (July 2008). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Nonemployment Stigma as Rational Herding: A Field Experiment." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 65, no. 1 (January 2008): 30–40. View Details
Fan, Joseph P.H., Jun Huang, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Troy D. Smith, and Mengxin Zhao. "Diversification of Chinese Companies: An International Comparison." Chinese Management Studies 2, no. 1 (2008): 3–13. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Koleman Strumpf. "The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis." Journal of Political Economy 115, no. 1 (February 2007): 1–42. View Details
Elberse, Anita, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Superstars and Underdogs: An Examination of the Long Tail Phenomenon in Video Sales." MSI Reports: Working Paper Series 4 (2007): 49–72. (Featured in HBS Working Knowledge.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis Yao. "Strategy Frameworks and Teaching Antitrust to Business Students." Antitrust (American Bar Association) 21, no. 1 (Fall 2006): 13–15. (Harvard users click here for full text.) View Details
Leuz, Christian, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Political Relationships, Global Financing and Corporate Transparency: Evidence from Indonesia." Journal of Financial Economics 81, no. 3 (September 2006): 411–439. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Miki Mitsunari. "Information Regulation: Do the Victims of Externalities Pay Attention?" Journal of Regulatory Economics 30, no. 2 (August 2006): 141–158. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "A Market for Time: Fairness and Efficiency in Waiting Lines." Kyklos 59, no. 3 (August 2006): 427–440. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Joel Waldfogel. "Strength in Numbers: Group Size and Political Mobilization." Journal of Law & Economics 48, no. 1 (April 2005): 73–91. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Noorein Inamdar. "Merck's Recall of Rofecoxib: A Strategic Perspective." New England Journal of Medicine 351, no. 21 (November 18 2004): 2147–2149. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Hannelore Weck-Hannemann. "Pricing Road Use: Politico-economic and Fairness Considerations." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 7, no. 5 (September 2002): 357–371. View Details
Strumpf, Koleman, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Endogenous Policy Decentralization: Testing the Central Tenet of Economic Federalism." Journal of Political Economy 110, no. 1 (February 2002): 1–36. View Details
Frey, Bruno S., and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "The Cost of Price Incentives: An Empirical Analysis of Motivation Crowding-Out." American Economic Review 87, no. 4 (September 1997): 746–755. View Details
Frey, Bruno S., Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Reiner Eichenberger. "The Old Lady Visits Your Backyard: A Tale of Morals and Markets." Journal of Political Economy 104, no. 6 (December 1996). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Bruno S. Frey. "Fair Siting Procedures - An Empirical Analysis of Their Importance and Characteristics." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 15, no. 3 (Summer 1996). (Winner of Raymond Vernon Prize For the best research article published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management presented by Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.) View Details

Working Papers

Katsnelson, Laura, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Being the Boss: Gig Workers' Value of Flexible Work." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-124, May 2021. View Details
Luo, Jiao, Stephan Meier, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "No News Is Good News: CSR Strategy and Newspaper Coverage of Negative Firm Events." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-091, April 2012. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Julie Wulf. "Earnings Management from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives Below the CEO ." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-056, January 2012. (Revised August 2012.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Victor Calanog. "The Speed of New Ideas: Trust, Institutions and the Diffusion of New Products." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-063, April 2007. View Details
Elberse, Anita, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Superstars and Underdogs: An Examination of the Long Tail Phenomenon in Video Sales." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-015, September 2006. (Featured in HBS Working Knowledge.) View Details

My column in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung's Equity Magazine [in German]

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Gleichgewicht der Kräfte im Finanzsektor." Equity (November 2014), 8. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Darüber reden hilft – auch in der Risikoanalyse." Equity (October 2014), 8. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Wissen und Weisheit im Wettstreit." Equity (September 2014), 8. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Auf Vertrauen zu bauen, zahlt sich aus." Equity (May 2014), 8. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Neue Reize für das zerstreute Publikum." Equity (March 2014), 9. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "US- Firmen als nimmersatte Geldhamster." Equity (June 2014), 8. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Frauen sind die besseren Inspektoren." Equity (December 2013). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Bessere Geschäfte dank Immigranten." Equity (November 2013). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Notlösungen fressen viel Arbeitszeit." Equity (October 2013). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Innovationen wie einen Schatz hüten?" Equity (September 2013). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Unternehmen als Quelle des Wohlstandes." Equity (June 2013). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Spezialisten auf kostspieligem Blindflug." Equity (May 2013). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Finanzielle Anreize mit Nebenwirkungen." Equity (April 2013). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Gute Verhandler denken nicht nur an sich." Equity (October 2012). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Lukrativer Sprung in die digitale Welt." Equity (December 2012). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Den guten Vorsätzen treu bleiben." Equity (November 2012). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Berater im Widerstreit der Interessen." Equity (September 2012). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Bei klugen Dienstleistern ist guter Rat billig." Equity (June 2012). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Fehler auch als eine Chance nutzen." Equity (May 2012). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Korruption beeinträchtigt die Ertragskraft." Equity (April 2012). View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Die Angst des Herstellers vor dem Zulieferer." Equity (March 2012). View Details

Book Chapters

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis Yao. "Market Imperfections and Sustainable Competitive Advantage." Chap. 12 in Oxford Handbook of Managerial Economics, by Christopher R. Thomas and William F. Shughart II, 262–277. Oxford University Press, 2013. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Koleman Strumpf. "File Sharing and Copyright." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 10, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, 19–55. Chicago: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "The Helping Hand—A Brief Anatomy." In Economics and Psychology: A Promising New Cross-Disciplinary Field, edited by Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer, 229–239. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Howard Kunreuther. "Social Pressures in Siting Conflicts: A Case Study of Siting a Radioactive Waste Repository in Pennsylvania." In Managing Conflict in Facility Siting, edited by S. Hayden Lesbirel and Daigee Shaw. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Arbeitslosigkeit und Beschäftigungschancen—Ein Feldexeperiment [Unemployment and Labor Market Opportunities—A Field Experiment]." In Jahrbuch Normative und institutionelle Grundfragen der Ökonomik, Band 2: Experimente in der Ökonomik, edited by Martin Held, Gisela Kubon-Gilke, and Richard Sturn, 169–190. Marburg: Metropolis-Verlag, 2003. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Iris Bohnet. "Pay for Performance: Motivation and Selection Effects." In Successful Management by Motivation: Balancing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Incentives, edited by Bruno S. Frey and Margit Osterloh, 119–139. Berlin: Springer, 2002. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Learners or Lemmings: The Nature of Information Cascades." In Wharton on Making Decisions, edited by Stephen J. Hoch, Howard Kunreuther, and Robert E. Gunther, 273–286. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Your Contribution Counts! An Empirical Analysis of the Decision to Support Solar Energy." In Environmental Contracts: Comparative Approaches to Regulatory Innovation in the United States and Europe, edited by Eric Orts and Kurt Deketelaere, 425–434. London: Kluwer Law International, 2001. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Koleman S. Strumpf. "Local Liquor Control from 1934 to 1970." In Public Choice Interpretations of American Economic History, edited by Jac C. Heckelman, John C. Moorhouse, and Robert M. Whaples, 163–180. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Reiner Eichenberger. "Intrinsisch motivierte Fairneß: Experimente und Realität [Intrinsically Motivated Fairness: Experiments and Reality]." In Institutionen prägen Menschen: Bausteine zu einer allgemeinen Institutionenökonomik, edited by Martin Held and Hans G. Nutzinger, 148–170. Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 1999, German ed. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Moralische Erwägungen in der Demokratie: Der Streit um lokal unerwünschte Anlagen [Moral Considerations in a Democracy: The Debate on Locally Unwanted Facilities]." In Angewandte Ethik in der pluralistischen Gesellschaft, edited by Klaus Peter Rippe, 37–52. Freiburg: Universitätsverlag Freiburg Schweiz, 1999, German ed. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Bruno S. Frey. "Natural Environment: Fair Siting Procedures." In Economics as a Science of Human Behavior: Towards a New Social Science Paradigm. Extended 2nd ed. by Bruno S. Frey, 23–48. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Bruno S. Frey. "Public Choice, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and the Evaluation of Cultural Heritage." In Does the Past Have a Future? The Political Economy of Heritage, edited by Alan Peacock, 27–53. London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1998. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Bruno S. Frey. "Siting Policy, or: the NIMBY Problem." In Not Just for the Money: An Economic Theory of Personal Motivation, by Bruno S. Frey, 67–78. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1997. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Bruno S. Frey. "Zum Konflikt zwischen intrinsischer Motivation und umweltpolitischer Instrumentenwahl [The Conflict Between Intrinsic Motivation and the Choice of Environmental Policy Instruments]." In Elemente einer rationalen Umweltpolitik: Expertisen zur umweltpolitischen Neuorientierung, edited by Horst Siebert, 207–238. Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 1996, German ed. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Bruno S. Frey. "Voluntary Siting of Noxious Facilities: Additional Thoughts and Empirical Evidence." In Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation: Evaluating Models for Environmental Discourse, edited by Ortwin Renn, Thomas Webler, and Peter Wiedemann, 297–304. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Bruno S. Frey. "Fairness in Decisions on Siting Noxious Facilities: Theory and Empirical Results." In Environmental Standards in the European Union in an Interdisciplinary Framework, edited by Michael Faure, John Vervaele, and Albert Weale, 183–196. Antwerp: Maklu, 1994. View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Namrata Arora, and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy. "Coca Cola İçecek—Managing a Sudden Turbulence." Harvard Business School Case 725-368, August 2024. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Kate Stoppiello. "Tesla Motors in 2024--Turbulence Ahead?" Harvard Business School Case 724-446, January 2024. (Revised March 2024.) View Details
Collis, David, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Terrence Shu. "SimpliSafe—Safe from Disruption?" Harvard Business School Case 722-360, March 2022. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Hey, Insta & YouTube, Are You Watching TikTok?" Harvard Business School Case 723-426, February 2023. (Revised March 2023.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Maria P. Roche. "Walmart USA—Searching for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 722-395, January 2022. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Sascha L. Schmidt, Renate Imoberdorf, and Sebastian Koppers. "Sky Deutschland Analysis: Results." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 721-853, March 2021. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Koppers. "Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-441, March 2021. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Sascha L. Schmidt, Renate Imoberdorf, and Sebastian Koppers. "Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-440, March 2021. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Willy Shih, and Nancy Dai. "Zhejiang Geely Holding Group: Acquisition of Volvo Cars." Harvard Business School Case 619-041, February 2019. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Willy Shih, and Nancy Dai. "Volvo Cars: Acquisition by Geely." Harvard Business School Case 619-042, February 2019. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "BuzzFeed—What Future for Native Advertising and Branded Content?" Harvard Business School Case 718-511, May 2018. (Revised September 2018.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Buzzfeed — The Promise of Native Advertising." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 716-421, September 2015. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Robyn C. Davis, and Stephanie R. Khurana. "Your Value Based Strategy—An Exercise for the General Management Program." Harvard Business School Exercise 716-418, September 2015. View Details
Gupta, Sunil, Henry McGee, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Comcast Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 715-457, April 2015. (Revised June 2020.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Esel Cekin. "Turkcell." Harvard Business School Case 715-009, September 2014. (Revised February 2017.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Alan MacCormack, and Cassie Bordeau. "FIELD 2: Global Intelligence." Harvard Business School Module Note 715-406, August 2014. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "BuzzFeed — The Promise of Native Advertising." Harvard Business School Case 714-512, June 2014. (Revised August 2014.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and William W. Fisher III. "Intellectual Property Strategy at North Technology Group—Sailing Downwind." Harvard Business School Case 714-403, May 2014. (Revised June 2014.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dawn H. Lau. "Doing Business in Cambodia." Harvard Business School Case 714-429, November 2013. (Revised September 2015.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "FIELD 2—Working with Global Partners." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 713-443, October 2012. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Robin J. Ely, Daniela Beyersdorfer, Emilie Billaud, and Cigdem Çelik. "Doing Business in Turkey." Harvard Business School Case 713-433, September 2012. (Revised September 2015.) View Details
Abdelal, Rawi, Amy C. Edmondson, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Gustavo A. Herrero, and Regina Garcia-Cuellar. "Doing Business in Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 713-425, September 2012. (Revised September 2015.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Nancy Dai, and G.A. Donovan. "Doing Business in China." Harvard Business School Case 713-428, September 2012. (Revised September 2015.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Elena Corsi. "Doing Business in Ghana." Harvard Business School Case 713-429, September 2012. (Revised September 2015.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Ringier - Building a Digital-Age Media Company." Harvard Business School Case 713-423, September 2012. View Details
Kumar, Vineet, Bharat Anand, Sunil Gupta, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "The New York Times Paywall." Harvard Business School Case 512-077, February 2012. (Revised January 2013.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Julie M. Wulf. "Alibaba's Taobao (TN) (A) & (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 712-477, March 2012. View Details
Fournier, Susan, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, William W. Fisher III, and Robert Mnookin. "Calvin Klein and Warnaco Group: Negotiating a Trademark License." Harvard Business School Case 712-458, January 2012. View Details
Musacchio, Aldo, Thales S. Teixeira, Stephanie Galloway, Cassie Bordeau, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Immersion Experience Program Note: Brazil." Harvard Business School Publishing, 2011. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Raffaella Sadun, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey - Managing in the Shadow of Health Care Reform." Harvard Business School Case 711-403, March 2011. (Revised March 2011.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Bharat N. Anand, and Lizzie Gomez. "The Economist." Harvard Business School Case 710-441, March 2010. (Revised July 2010.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Julie M. Wulf. "Alibaba's Taobao (A)." Harvard Business School Case 709-456, January 2009. (Revised July 2009.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Julie M. Wulf. "Alibaba's Taobao (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 709-457, January 2009. (Revised July 2009.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Vincent Marie Dessain, Ane Damgaard Jensen, and Anders Sjoman. "Metro International S.A." Harvard Business School Case 708-429, September 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis A. Yao, Libby Cantrill, and Patricia Wu. "Lobbying for Love? Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment." Harvard Business School Case 707-470, January 2007. (Revised August 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Carole Winkler. "Clear Channel Communications, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 707-523, January 2007. (Revised July 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis A. Yao, Patricia Wu, and Libby Cantrill. "Free the Grapes--Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry." Harvard Business School Case 707-472, May 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Libby Cantrill, and Patricia Wu. "Note on Lobbying." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-471, January 2007. (Revised April 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. Dataset for "Clear Channel Communications, Inc." (CW). Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 707-811, April 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Lobbying for Love? Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendments (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 707-809, April 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. Dataset for "Wal-Mart's Business Environment". Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 707-810, April 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-544, April 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Lobbying for Love? Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-536, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Canyon Johnson Urban Fund (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-546, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-533, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Lifan Group: Automobile Production in China (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-539, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "eDonkey--Deciding the Future of File Sharing (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-538, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-535, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Amgen Inc.'s Epogen-Commercializing the First Biotech Blockbuster Drug (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-542, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Wal-Mart's Business Environment (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-541, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis A. Yao. "Strategies Beyond the Market--Course Note for Instructors." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 707-508, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis Yao. "Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-537, March 2007. (Revised April 2013.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Brighter Smiles for the Masses--Colgate vs. P&G (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-545, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Red Flag Software Co. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-547, March 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Forest L. Reinhardt, and Elizabeth Raabe. "UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?" Harvard Business School Case 707-511, February 2007. (Revised March 2007.) View Details
Hagiu, Andrei, Tarun Khanna, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Masako Egawa, and Chisato Toyama. "Production I.G: Challenging the Status Quo." Harvard Business School Case 707-454, October 2006. (Revised March 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "eDonkey--Deciding the Future of File Sharing." Harvard Business School Case 707-482, November 2006. (Revised March 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis A. Yao, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading." Harvard Business School Case 707-494, November 2006. (Revised March 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Lifan Group - Automobile Production in China." Harvard Business School Case 707-443, November 2006. (Revised March 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Wal-Mart's Business Environment." Harvard Business School Case 706-453, January 2006. (Revised December 2006.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "TCL Multimedia (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-440, September 2006. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Pai-Ling Yin. "Principles of Microeconomics for Strategists - An Online Tutorial (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 706-494, March 2006. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Alexa Arena. "Canyon Johnson Urban Fund." Harvard Business School Case 706-442, December 2005. (Revised September 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Apollo Hospitals--First-World Health Care at Emerging-Market Prices." Harvard Business School Case 706-440, October 2005. (Revised June 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis A. Yao. "Game Theory and Business Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-471, January 2005. (Revised March 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis Yao, and Filipa Azevedo Jorge. "Brighter Smiles for the Masses--Colgate vs. P&G." Harvard Business School Case 706-435, December 2005. (Revised February 2019.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, David Lane, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Red Flag Software Co." Harvard Business School Case 706-428, October 2005. (Revised February 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis A. Yao. "Amgen Inc.'s Epogen--Commercializing the First Biotech Blockbuster Drug." Harvard Business School Case 706-454, December 2005. (Revised August 2006.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Vincent Marie Dessain, Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Anders Sjoman. "Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer." Harvard Business School Case 706-441, December 2005. (Revised August 2006.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Yamato Transport: Valuing and Pricing Network Services (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 706-445, October 2005. (Revised May 2006.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and David Lane. "TCL Multimedia." Harvard Business School Case 705-502, June 2005. (Revised February 2006.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, and Masako Egawa. "Yamato Transport: Valuing and Pricing Network Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 704-475, January 2004. (Revised May 2006.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, and Masako Egawa. "Yamato Transport: Valuing and Pricing Network Services (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 704-477, February 2004. (Revised May 2006.) View Details
"Principles of Microeconomics for Strategists." Harvard Business School Tutorial 705-801, November 2004. View Details

Other Publications and Materials

"4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Disruptive Innovation." HBR IdeaCast (podcast), Harvard Business Review Group, October 13, 2022. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Koleman Strumpf. "Brief Amici Curiae: Supreme Court of the United States, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., et al., v. Grokster, Ltd., et al." Government Testimony Series, Washington, DC, 2005. View Details

Teaching

Harvard Business Online: Business Strategy

Managing Turbulence

Driving Digital Strategy

Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

Awards & Honors

Received the 2012 Robert F. Greenhill Award.

Received the 2011 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching.

Received the 2006 HBS Student Association Faculty Teaching Award.

Winner of the 2002 Helen Kardon Moss Anvil Award for best teacher in the Wharton MBA program.

Winner of the 1997 Raymond Vernon Prize for outstanding article for "Fair Siting Procedures—An Empirical Analysis of Their Importance and Characteristics" (with Bruno S. Frey, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, summer 1996).

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