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- December 1998
- Case
Retail Financial Services in 1998: First Union
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Takia Mahmood
Provides an overview of First Union's current strategy for retail financial services. Retail Financial Services in 1998 should be given to all students as background material. The class should then be split into groups, with each group receiving one of the following... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Industry Structures; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Takia Mahmood. "Retail Financial Services in 1998: First Union." Harvard Business School Case 799-054, December 1998.
- 2001
- Book
Cases in e-Commerce
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Bernard J. Jaworski
Keywords: Technology; Digital; Services; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Service Delivery; Marketing
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Bernard J. Jaworski. Cases in e-Commerce. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin marketspaceU, 2001.
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
in how to integrate Web 2.0 into a brand in a way that both honors and expands the brand into the world. "I hope the big message coming out of this case is strategy before tactics," says Avery.... View Details
- January 1988 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (A)
By: David A. Garvin
Describes a comprehensive manufacturing strategy designed to reduce substantially the cycle time of orders (i.e. the time between the placement of an order by a customer and its delivery to the customer). To launch the strategy Digital has adopted manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Information; Time Management; Production; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
Garvin, David A. "Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (A)." Harvard Business School Case 688-059, January 1988. (Revised January 1997.)
- January 2004 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Yamato Transport: Valuing and Pricing Network Services (A)
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Tarun Khanna and Masako Egawa
Yamato Transport is the leading Japanese parcel delivery company and has dominated its industry for more than two decades. In response to new competitive challenges, Yamato must decide how to reposition itself in the industry and optimize the size of its network. The... 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.)
- 29 Feb 2016
- News
Bigbelly's Big Bet On the Digital Trash Can
- December 1998
- Case
Retail Financial Services in 1998: Merrill Lynch
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Takia Mahmood
Provides an overview of Merrill Lynch's current strategy for retail financial services. Retail Financial Services in 1998 should be given to all students as background material. The class should then be split into groups, with each group receiving one of the following... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Industry Structures; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Takia Mahmood. "Retail Financial Services in 1998: Merrill Lynch." Harvard Business School Case 799-055, December 1998.
- December 1998
- Case
Retail Financial Services in 1998: Fidelity Investments
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Takia Mahmood
Provides an overview of Fidelity Investment's current strategy for retail financial services. Retail Financial Services in 1998 should be given to all students as background material. The class should then be split into groups, with each group receiving one of the... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Industry Structures; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Takia Mahmood. "Retail Financial Services in 1998: Fidelity Investments." Harvard Business School Case 799-053, December 1998.
- December 1998
- Case
Retail Financial Services in 1998: Charles Schwab
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Takia Mahmood
Provides an overview of Charles Schwab's current strategy for retail financial services. Retail Financial Services in 1998 should be given to all students as background material. The class should then be split into groups, with each group receiving one of the following... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Industry Structures; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Takia Mahmood. "Retail Financial Services in 1998: Charles Schwab." Harvard Business School Case 799-052, December 1998.
- February 2020
- Case
Klöckner & Co: Steeling for a Digital World
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Hoping to get ahead of potential digital disruption at Klöckner & Co.—one of the world’s largest steel and metal distributors—CEO Gisbert Rühl set up both kloeckner.i (KCI), an internal transformation arm, and XOM Materials (XOM), an independent industry platform. KCI... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Market Design; Digital Platforms; Markets; Industry Structures; Supply and Industry; Technology Adoption; Transformation; Digital Transformation; Steel Industry; Information Technology Industry; Europe; Germany
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Klöckner & Co: Steeling for a Digital World." Harvard Business School Case 820-035, February 2020.
- July 2020
- Technical Note
Digital Natives Growing Without a Sales Force
By: Das Narayandas, Michael Norris and Amram Migdal
This brief case describes the rise of so-called digital natives (also called born-in-digital) in the 2000s and 2010s that successfully grew without a sales force. The case highlights the emergence of business-to-business Internet and cloud-based companies and their... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; Crisis Management; Health; Health Pandemics; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Social Issues; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Information Technology Industry; Australia; North and Central America; United States; Illinois; Chicago; California; San Francisco
Narayandas, Das, Michael Norris, and Amram Migdal. "Digital Natives Growing Without a Sales Force." Harvard Business School Technical Note 521-019, July 2020.
- September 1998
- Case
McDonald's: International Expansion Strategy
By: Gary W. Loveman and Sabina M. Ciminero
James Cantalupo, CEO of McDonald's International, and top management have a few months to decide how the McDonald's brand should be transferred into India. Faced with the challenges presented by the Indian market--80% of Indians are Hindus and cherish cows as sacred... View Details
- July 2003 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service
By: Youngme Moon and John Quelch
Starbucks, the dominant specialty-coffee brand in North America, must respond to recent market research indicating that the company is not meeting customer expectations in terms of service. To increase customer satisfaction, the company is debating a plan that would... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Recruitment; Marketing Strategy; Service Operations; Performance Improvement; Planning; Food and Beverage Industry
Moon, Youngme, and John Quelch. "Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service." Harvard Business School Case 504-016, July 2003. (Revised October 2018.)
- Web
Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
care for specific events.... June 2021 The CMS New Rule on Ambulatory Surgical Centers Earns Only Partial Credit by Junaid Nabi and Robert S. Kaplan The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid View Details
- 2004
- Book
Introduction to e-Commerce
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Bernard J. Jaworski
Keywords: Technology; Digital; Services; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Service Delivery; Marketing
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Bernard J. Jaworski. Introduction to e-Commerce. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin marketspaceU, 2004.
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
a routine part of most people's lives, there is no doubt that technology - especially Internet technology - is having a huge impact on the financial services industry. With much hype and headlines, Web... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- July 2002 (Revised April 2004)
- Supplement
GE's Digital Revolution
Presents interviews with Gerry Podesta, VP of GE Plastics Component of General Electric Co., and Gary Reiner, senior VP and CIO of General Electric Co. A revised version of an earlier video. View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Strategy; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "GE's Digital Revolution." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 303-801, July 2002. (Revised April 2004.)
- April 2002
- Background Note
Consolidation of Highly Fragmented Service Industries, The
Designed to familiarize students with the consolidation of highly fragmented labor-dependent service industries, offering insights into service firm growth and the ways services can, and cannot, increase their efficiency and effectiveness. Two frameworks are presented... View Details
Hallowell, Roger H. "Consolidation of Highly Fragmented Service Industries, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-192, April 2002.
- Article
Why the Wall Street Journal Online Will (Eventually) Go Free
Rayport, Jeffrey F. "Why the Wall Street Journal Online Will (Eventually) Go Free." Harvard Business Review Blogs (February 11, 2008).
- Article
Cloud Computing is No Pipe Dream
Rayport, Jeffrey F. "Cloud Computing is No Pipe Dream." Bloomberg Businessweek Online (December 9, 2008).