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  • November 1995 (Revised November 1999)
  • Case

National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry

By: Willis M. Emmons III and Ed Simnett
The British government privatized the nation's electric utility sector in 1991 through a complex process involving the restructuring of the industry as well as the creation of a new regulatory oversight body. National Power plc, the largest of the privatized power... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Trade; Energy Generation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Markets; Monopoly; Privatization; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry
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  • 13 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 13

against foreign monopolies and cartels. In the article we examine how the Norwegian authorities interacted with international cartels and trusts in seven different cases in the interwar period. The study shows that although there was a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

increased demand, but these plants are expensive to maintain. Besides, much of the key power equipment is aging rapidly. After government moved to weaken monopolies that utilities enjoyed, those companies had little incentive to invest in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities
  • 11 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

director to serve as a liaison between the other board members and the CEO. As clear-cut as these subjects may seem, the underlying question, as Lorsch sees it, is far more complex: What is the broader mandate of business in the context of today's society? "Nobody has... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 03 May 2016
  • First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

nonmarket forces that constrain those strategies are largely defined by two features: the delineation of its geographic markets by political boundaries and markets that have natural monopoly characteristics. While the pre-monopoly stage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

idea because the monopoly surplus is higher than that from a duopoly,” Luo explains. This intuition was originally developed by her colleagues Dennis Yao at Harvard Business School and Jim Anton from Duke University. “This threat is more... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking
  • 1998
  • Journal Article

Ford's Model-T: Pricing over the Product Life Cycle

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
The pricing decisions monopolistic firms make over time are determined to a large extent by the complex interplay of two distinct sets of elements: demand- and supply-based considerations. Demand factors include the possibilities of (a) exercising dynamic price... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Price; Information; Demand and Consumers; Monopoly; Product; Sales; Complexity; Auto Industry
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  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

being included into the standard, become standard-essential patents (SEPs). In an attempt to curb the monopoly power that they create, most standard-setting organizations require the owners of patents covered by the standard to make a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2008
  • Teaching Note

Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa (TN)

By: Tarun Khanna
Teaching Note for [708477]. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Monopoly; Strategic Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Leadership; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Competition; Developing Countries and Economies; Brands and Branding; Culture; Telecommunications Industry; Kuwait; Africa
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  • July 2016
  • Supplement

The EC Rains on Oracle/Sun (B)

By: Lena G. Goldberg
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Law; Antitrust; EC Regulation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Laws and Statutes; Monopoly; Business and Government Relations; Technology Industry; European Union; United States
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  • 25 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 25

concerning whether patents are a creative or a destructive influence on the process of technological development. In this paper I examine the basic patent tradeoff between incentives and monopoly distortions in light of recent... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Books

design rules. Thus, the computer industry was transformed from a quasi monopoly (dominated by IBM) into a large modular "cluster" of related subindustries, a development made possible by the decentralization and multiplication of design... View Details
  • April 2013
  • Article

Business Model Innovation and Competitive Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu
This paper provides the first formal model of business model innovation. Our analysis focuses on sponsor-based business model innovations where a firm monetizes its product through sponsors rather than setting prices to its customer base. We analyze strategic... View Details
Keywords: Business Model Innovation; Imitation; Sponsor-based Business Model; Strategic Revelation; Strategic Concealment; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Price; Competitive Strategy; Adoption; Value; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Product; Customers; Market Entry and Exit; Monopoly
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  • 12 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 12

sellers is significant. However, if this difference is below a certain threshold, then even the incumbent platform will distort its quantity downward. Since a monopoly incumbent would set the welfare-maximizing quantity, this result... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Golden State of Mind

other circumstances do you pay the most but get the least?” he asks, referencing California’s high tax rate and overloaded public services. “Any HBS student would tell you that’s a monopoly supplier. If we had six states, each would try... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 07 Sep 2021
  • News

Growing Home

broadcasting station. Ibaraki prefecture had only one broadcasting station, including TV and radio, so that studio had a monopoly on the airwaves. So we bought a station from Asahi Shimbun newspaper company and turned it around, making it... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 03 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The State of Customer Service Leadership

just a US phenomenon. The proportion of jobs devoted to services has shown gains in both more and less developed economies for decades. We found that the US does not have a monopoly on great service leaders or best practices in service... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

strategies. "Few Asian countries have done this," Porter commented, citing chronic problems such as inadequate infrastructure, skilled human resource shortages, deficiencies in science and technology, and lingering monopolies that have... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
  • January 2021 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Hester Pharmaceuticals (A): A Pricing Dilemma

By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
In August 2019, the leadership of Hester Pharmaceuticals (Hester) had a problem. Italy promised to be a key market for their new breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab, but for almost two years, its single-payer healthcare system had been unable to agree with Hester on a... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Price; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health Care and Treatment; Patents; Monopoly; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Human Needs; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy
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  • 02 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 2

users-sophisticated and unsophisticated. Only sophisticated users adjust their expectations in response to platforms' price changes. We study the effect of the fraction of sophisticated users on platform profits. A monopoly platform's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne