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- January 2015 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Rebranding Godiva: The Yıldız Strategy
By: Rohit Deshpande and Esel Çekin
This case concerns Yıldız Holding’s acquisition of Godiva Chocolatier from its previous owner, Campbell Soup, and its salient strategy in preserving Godiva’s “made in Belgian” brand position. Provenance Paradox, a problem faced by companies in emerging countries trying... View Details
Keywords: Branding; Internationalization; Provenance Paradox; Acquisitions; Positioning; Innovation; Customer-centricity; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Emerging Markets; Product Positioning; Change Management; Innovation and Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Food and Beverage Industry; North America; Turkey; Japan
Deshpande, Rohit, and Esel Çekin. "Rebranding Godiva: The Yıldız Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 515-059, January 2015. (Revised July 2019.)
- March 2004
- Article
Strategy as Ecology
By: Marco Iansiti and Roy Levien
Keywords: Strategy
Iansiti, Marco, and Roy Levien. "Strategy as Ecology." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 3 (March 2004).
- Feb 10 2014
- Brochure
Strategy Comparison Chart
- September 2004
- Article
Diversity as Strategy
By: David A. Thomas
Keywords: Diversification
Thomas, David A. "Diversity as Strategy." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 9 (September 2004).
- July 1994
- Background Note
Retail Expansion Strategies
By: David E. Bell
Describes issues that should be considered by a retailer who is thinking of expanding the number of stores from one or two to many. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Cognition and Thinking; Expansion; Retail Industry
Bell, David E. "Retail Expansion Strategies." Harvard Business School Background Note 595-005, July 1994.
- December 1986 (Revised April 1987)
- Case
Motorola's Japan Strategy
By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Trade; Technology Industry; Communications Industry; Japan
Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Motorola's Japan Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 387-093, December 1986. (Revised April 1987.)
- Program
Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual
Summary When you improve value, everyone wins—your patients, your organization, and the global health care ecosystem. This live online program examines the latest strategies and organizational models for transforming the way health care... View Details
- Web
Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Health Care Courses Health Care Courses Executive Education Courses Health Care Curriculum Residents & Fellows Course Strategy for Health Care Delivery... View Details
- April 1992 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Conoco's: "Green" Oil Strategy (A)
Conoco faces challenges in formulating a proactive environmental strategy for its proposed oil development in Ecuador's pristine tropical rain forest region. The case outlines the innovative process in which Conoco collaborated with a wide range of often conflicting... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Conflict Management; Ecuador
Salter, Malcolm S., and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. Conoco's: "Green" Oil Strategy (A). Harvard Business School Case 392-133, April 1992. (Revised July 1993.)
- Article
History-informed Strategy Research: The Promise of History and Historical Research Methods in Advancing Strategy Scholarship
By: Nicholas Argyres, Alfredo De Massis, Nicolai J. Foss, Federico Frattini, Geoffrey Jones and Brian Silverman
Recent years have seen an increasing interest in the use of history and historical research methods in strategy research. This article discusses how and why history and historical research methods can enrich theoretical explanations of strategy phenomena. The article... View Details
Argyres, Nicholas, Alfredo De Massis, Nicolai J. Foss, Federico Frattini, Geoffrey Jones, and Brian Silverman. "History-informed Strategy Research: The Promise of History and Historical Research Methods in Advancing Strategy Scholarship." Strategic Management Journal 41, no. 3 (March 2020): 343–368.
- October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Newsweek: Driving a Digital First Strategy
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Suraj Srinivasan
The case describes the transformation at Newsweek, the storied news magazine that had fallen from its commanding position as a premier print publication unable to find its footing in the fast changing digital media landscape. After buying Newsweek and taking over as... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Analytics and Data Science; Performance Evaluation; Partners and Partnerships
Applegate, Lynda M., and Suraj Srinivasan. "Newsweek: Driving a Digital First Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 822-052, October 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
- 14 Jun 2019
- News
A Simple Strategy For Happiness
- March–April 1979
- Article
How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
By: M. E. Porter
Many factors determine the nature of competition, including not only rivals, but also the economics of particular industries, new entrants, the bargaining power of customers and suppliers, and the threat of substitute services or products. A strategic plan of action... View Details
Porter, M. E. "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy." Harvard Business Review 57, no. 2 (March–April 1979): 137–145.
- July–August 1983
- Article
End-Game Strategies for Declining Industries
By: Kathryn Rudie Harrigan and M. E. Porter
Many companies are faced with declining product demand beyond their control. A study of the strategies of over 95 companies that confronted declining markets suggests that companies can often be very successful if they analyze all the characteristics that shape... View Details
Harrigan, Kathryn Rudie, and M. E. Porter. "End-Game Strategies for Declining Industries." Harvard Business Review 61, no. 4 (July–August 1983).
- Research Summary
Formulating technology commercialization strategies
Even if young organizations succeed in acquiring the specialized talent necessary to further develop a recently-discovered technology, they may face an uncertain path in commercializing the original invention. Initial conceptions of what might constitute a useful... View Details
- December 2021
- Article
The Evolutionary Nature of Breakthrough Innovation: An Empirical Investigation of Firm Search Strategies
By: Dominika Kinga Randle and Gary P. Pisano
Breakthrough innovation has been an important topic of study for generations of scholars. Previous research in this domain has focused on exploring the way breakthroughs emerge from cumulative combination and recombination of prior technologies and knowledge components... View Details
Keywords: Breakthrough Innovation; Exploration And Exploitation; Search Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Strategy
Randle, Dominika Kinga, and Gary P. Pisano. "The Evolutionary Nature of Breakthrough Innovation: An Empirical Investigation of Firm Search Strategies." Strategy Science 6, no. 4 (December 2021): 290–304.
- 1977
- Chapter
Strategies for Change
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Strategies for Change." In Improving Life at Work: Behavioral Science Approaches to Organizational Change, edited by J. Richard Hackman and J. Lloyd Suttle. Goodyear Publishing Co., 1977.
- January 2011
- Supplement
Exit Strategy (B)
By: Clayton S. Rose and Justine Kelly Lelchuk
Case Supplement for 311075. View Details
Rose, Clayton S., and Justine Kelly Lelchuk. "Exit Strategy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-076, January 2011.