Publications

09 Mar 2018
News

Best Buy CEO Says Turnaround Done, Room to Compete with Amazon

12 May 2014
News

How An Unlikely Foursome Competed In Harvard’s Top Business Plan Contest

Keywords: Arranged marriages; New Venture Competition; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

September–October 2017
Article

Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?: Neither Great Leadership Nor Brilliant Strategy Matters Without Operational Excellence

By: Raffaella Sadun, Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen

A recurring message in business education is that you can’t compete on the basis of management processes because they’re easily copied. Operational effectiveness is table stakes in the competitive universe, it is often assumed, and thus cannot serve as a sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Effectiveness

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June 2023
Simulation

Clash of Two Giants: Competing in the Age of Platforms Simulation

By: Feng Zhu and Marco Iansiti

spring 1987
Article

The Capital Factor: Competing for Capital in a Global Environment

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

Keywords: Capital; Global Range

January 2008 (Revised August 2009)
Module Note

Competing through Business Models (C): Interdependence, Tactical & Strategic Interaction

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart

Keywords: Business Model; Competition

1994
Chapter

The Product Development Imperative: Competing in the New Industrial Marathon

By: K. B. Clark and T. Fujimoto

Keywords: Product Development; Competitive Advantage

Article

Competing through Manufacturing and the New Manufacturing Paradigm: Is Manufacturing Strategy Passe?

By: K. B. Clark

Keywords: Competition; Strategy; Production

August 2007
Article

Vive La Resistance: Competing Logics and the Consolidation of U.S. Community Banking

By: Christopher Marquis and Michael Lounsbury

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Competition; Consolidation; Banking Industry; United States

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May 2003
Article

The Utilization of Competing Technologies within the Firm: Evidence from Cardiac Procedures

By: Robert S. Huckman

Keywords: Competition; Information Technology; Business Ventures

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June 2009 (Revised March 2010)
Teaching Note

Finland's S Group: Competing with a Cooperative Approach to Retail (TN)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Jordan Mitchell and Samuli Skurnik

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Keywords: Groups and Teams; Competition; Cooperation; Retail Industry

August 2020 (Revised December 2020)
Case

Satrix: Competing in the Passive Asset Management Industry in South Africa

By: Mark Egan, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha

In late 2017, Satrix, one of the largest passive asset management firms in South Africa and a pioneer in the industry since 2000, had to decide its strategy going forward in a market where passive asset management had become increasingly commoditized and... View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; South Africa; Africa

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