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  • 16 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

outside opportunities appear, one lesson should remain to the fore: The more you focus, the easier it becomes to channel and make the most of your resources. Once your business begins to sprawl, it becomes... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

key channel driving our findings: in states with an already established VC presence, the passage of anti-troll laws leads to a 19% increase in the number of firms receiving VC... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/819043-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 918-413 Gimlet Media: A Podcasting Startup When digital distribution becomes an option for an analog industry, the effects on incumbents can be devastating.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

also—and crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by one firm may have a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Sep 2024
  • HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 23 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 23

implement principles of open and distributed innovation.   Working Papers Competing with Privacy By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Andres Hervas-Drane Abstract—We analyze the implications View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

seasonal cycles, enhance the appeal for investors in the exit, and improve the valuation. However, while Çavuşoğlu was laying out the plans for his next move with movie distribution in 2014, Turkey’s Council View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

both brick-and-mortar and online retailers. We focus on product categories where consumers may purchase multiple products during a season and investigate a new reason why frequent assortment rotations can be valuable to a retailer. Namely, by View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’

book excerpt Forecasters From the introduction of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's Economic Forecasters By Walter A. Friedman This is a book about a group of... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
  • November 2009 (Revised May 2017)
  • Case

Miracle Life, Inc.

By: Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy
Miracle Life is a firm with a unique setup and organizational structure. Specifically, it is a network marketing firm, also known as multi-level marketing (MLM) firm, which utilizes a large distributor base and depends on this individual distributor base to sell its... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Cash Flow; Stocks; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Marketing; Distribution; Organizational Structure
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  • 07 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

three projects: Debian, a complete non-commercial distribution of Linux; the GNU Object Model Environment (GNOME), which is a graphical user interface for Linux-based operating systems; and Apache, a public... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

rights, and legal liability of companies and executives for violating human rights. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309097 DreamWorks SKG Inc.: To View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2002 (Revised October 2002)
  • Case

Andina Bottling Co.

By: V.G. Narayanan and Alberto Ballve
Andina Bottling develops an information system for monitoring the performance and operations of its various foreign and domestic subsidiaries. View Details
Keywords: Operations; Information Technology; Performance Evaluation; Decision Making; Business Subsidiaries; Measurement and Metrics; Business or Company Management; Distribution
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  • 19 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

Leadership Fellow Ming Min Hui: Figuring Out Her Mission

says, “we experienced a complete channel shift in terms of ticket purchases, school registrations and donations; with a corresponding lift in revenues.” On a personal level, Ming experienced a shift herself.... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 23 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience

Josephine (Jo) Tan (MBA 2021) always starts with a pencil sketch, a light grey roadmap of where things are going. Then bold black ink makes it permanent and watercolor paint gives it life. Recently she has added a step—bringing the almost... View Details
  • 27 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Self-confidence is not the real secret of leadership. The more essential ingredient is confidence in other people. Leadership involves motivating others to their finest efforts and channeling those efforts... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 22 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 22, 2016

transformed the definition of marketing in the company. Under Guler’s lead, OPET, once a local player in the downstream distribution market, became the second largest fuel distributor in Turkey. As assistant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How Can Start Ups Grow?

The track record is well known and sobering for any entrepreneur: 90 percent of all new ventures fail. It's not hard to see why. Start-ups often lack vital resources, must compete against established companies, and have little or no track... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
  • October 1999 (Revised October 2005)
  • Case

Autobytel.com

By: Youngme E. Moon
Autobytel enjoys first-mover advantage in the Internet new car buying space. According to a number of metrics, it is the online leader in this category. However, a number of competitors have sprung up, raising questions about the long-term viability of Autobytel's... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Internet and the Web; Marketing Channels; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Competition; Business Model; Service Operations; Budgets and Budgeting; Growth and Development; Auto Industry
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  • 28 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars

of its business that is hardly an auction market at all, as retail sellers use it as simply another channel to move goods that are in abundant supply. Sniping won't play a role in that part View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Web Services; Technology