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- 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
- 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.
- Research Summary
Overview
I study strategic interaction between organizations that operate different business models. View Details
- June 2024
- Supplement
Zurich Insurance
- November 2022
- Supplement
HBS Case Video Bosch eBike
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "HBS Case Video Bosch eBike." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 723-860, November 2022.
- June 2009
- Simulation
Wintel
- September 2008 (Revised March 2010)
- Teaching Note
Linux vs. Windows (TN)
Teaching Note for [707465]. View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
Working PapersPlatform Rules: Multi-Sided Platforms as Regulators Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau and Andrei Hagiu Abstract This paper provides a basic conceptual framework for interpreting non-price instruments used by multi-sided platforms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
case to explore comprehensively how ambidextrous leadership works in practice, as well as business and HR leaders' active role in developing and promoting ambidextrous leadership. Cases & Course MaterialsHUGE and Digital Strategy View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
Review (forthcoming) Abstract Companies in Victorian Britain operated in a laissez-faire legal environment from the perspective of outside investors, implying that such investors were not protected by the legal system. This article seeks... 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
- June 2024
- Supplement
Washio
- 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
- June 2017 (Revised May 2018)
- Supplement
Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the construction industry by the premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 2000. Following its customers’ needs, Hilti moved from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. The introduction of the new... View Details
Keywords: Hilti; Business Model Innovation; Fleet Management; Decision-making; Implementation; Power Tools Industry; Europe; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Construction; Leasing; Strategy; Decision Making; Construction Industry; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Germany; Austria; Europe; United States; Asia; Brazil; China; Latin America; North America; Africa; Japan; Hong Kong
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Oliver Gassmann, and Roman Sauer. "Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 717-808, June 2017. (Revised May 2018.)