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- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
PublicationsWhen Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Hałaburda Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Ltd. Japan Research Center The Japan Research Center (JRC) helped facilitate research-related activities for Professor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell during a global research fellowship in Tokyo. He spent six... View Details
- November 2022
- Supplement
Why was Bosch so successful in the e-bike market
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Why was Bosch so successful in the e-bike market." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 723-856, November 2022.
- November 2022
- Supplement
What were the main external barriers to entering the e-bike market
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "What were the main external barriers to entering the e-bike market." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 723-854, November 2022.
- November 2022
- Supplement
Why component supplier and not as a OEM
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. " Why component supplier and not as a OEM." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 723-853, November 2022.
- February 2019
- Supplement
KITEA: Democratizing Furniture in Morocco (PowerPoint supplement)
This PowerPoint accompanies the KITEA cases and the associated teaching note. The KITEA series of cases (A-F) details how the Moroccan furniture company KITEA prepared for the entry of IKEA into the Moroccan market and describes the outcome of that entry. View Details
Keywords: KITEA; IKEA; Furniture; Furniture Industry; Entry Strategy; Responding To Entry; Localization; Competitive Interaction; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Business Strategy; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; Africa; North Africa; Morocco
- April 2010
- Course Overview Note
Competing through Business Models
This note was prepared to aid instructors in the EC course “Competing through Business Models” (CTBM). Describes the course objectives; the conceptual framework used in the course; some central principles that emerge from this framework; and the modular structure of... View Details
- June 2024
- Supplement
Washio
- June 2023 (Revised June 2025)
- Supplement
Keroche (A) - (F)
- January 2016 (Revised December 2024)
- Case
Airbus Versus Boeing (A)
Looks at the development of the competitive actions between Airbus and Boeing from 1992 to 2006. Begins with the question of whether Airbus and Boeing should collaborate on the development of a VLCT (Very Large Commercial Transport) or whether Airbus should develop... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competition; Cooperation; Strategy; Air Transportation Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Airbus Versus Boeing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 716-436, January 2016. (Revised December 2024.)
- 2014
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Strategy Reading: Industry Structure
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Strategy Reading: Industry Structure." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8101, 2014.
- October 2009
- Simulation
Strategy Simulation: Competitive Dynamics and Wintel
In this online simulation students study the dynamics of cooperation and competition between two markedly different businesses that both rely on the flow of PC sales. Playing the role of Microsoft or Intel, students determine product release schedules and pricing, as... View Details
- July 2009 (Revised February 2010)
- Course Overview Note
Competing Through Business Models: Introductory Note for Students
To aid students in the EC course, “Competing Through Business Models.” View Details
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Competing Through Business Models: Introductory Note for Students." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 710-409, July 2009. (Revised February 2010.)
- June 2009 (Revised March 2010)
- Teaching Note
The Newsprint Industry (TN)
Teaching Note for [703404]. View Details
Keywords: Media
- September 2004
- Article
Trust in Agency
Existing models of the principal-agent relationship assume the agent works only under extrinsic incentives. However, many observed agency contracts take the form of a fixed payment. For such contracts to succeed, the principal must trust the agent to work in the... View Details
Keywords: Trust; Agency Theory; Relationships; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Contracts; Business Model; Emotions; Forecasting and Prediction; Ethics; Standards; Risk and Uncertainty
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Trust in Agency." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 13, no. 3 (September 2004): 375–404.
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
When Losing Money Is Strategic—and When It Isn’t
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
limitations and constraints others have accepted, and set out to create new realities. This book is motivated by a simple observation: Leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, problem solving, business growth-and even... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Complements to the Case Method
bringing it to market, and devising a competitive advantage. The exercise, incorporated into the required Strategy course, was introduced in March to all 900-plus first-year students during a two-day event in the Batten Hall hive classrooms. “Strategic Brew” was... View Details
- May 2020
- Case
Trust Merchant Bank
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Pippa Tubman Armerding, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Salim Dewji
Trust Merchant Bank (TMB), a leading bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), needs to decide whether to enter the soon-to-be-liberalized insurance industry. Since its founding in 2004, TMB has played a pivotal role in reshaping the DRC banking landscape by... View Details
Keywords: Retail Banking; Financial Services; Financial Inclusion; Turnaround; Fintech; Banks and Banking; Financial Condition; Insurance; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Business Model; Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Monopoly; Banking Industry; Insurance Industry; Africa; Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Pippa Tubman Armerding, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha, and Salim Dewji. "Trust Merchant Bank." Harvard Business School Case 720-449, May 2020.
- February 2025
- Supplement
RHI Magnesita Video Supplement
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "RHI Magnesita Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 725-851, February 2025.