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  • 07 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

Purchase article: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=F0607E Competitiveness in Developing Economies: The Role of Clusters and Cross-Cutting Policies Author:Christian Ketels Publication:In Nurturing the Sources... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups

market against the more incumbent and larger companies, particularly during times with great uncertainty.” About the Author Rachel Layne is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: coldsnowstorm] Related Reading Why a Blended Workforce... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 22 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

When Protestors Knock at Your Door

factor. For industrial firms, other elements will come into play. LaMure: It varies by firm and industry. For most firms, however, it is probably helpful to consider how their response may help or hinder their competitive position in a... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 04 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

certifiers opt for a quick turnaround time at the expense of a lower accuracy. Finally, we investigate the opportunity of regulating transparency. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-062.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsThe Carbon View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 1995 (Revised October 1995)
  • Case

Schweizerische Maschinenfabrik Zug, A.G.

Schweizerische Maschinenfabrik Zug (SMZ), a 110-year old Swiss machinery firm, faces several issues at the end of 1992. It's not clear whether the company will be able to maintain its traditional price premium in the face of foreign competition. The firm must chart a... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Machinery and Machining; Globalized Markets and Industries; Manufacturing Industry; Switzerland
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  • 01 Feb 2008
  • What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

of any organization." Carol Holding associated brand value with sustainability: "As brand value will soon be included in a company's valuation ... we can more than ever monetize sustainable behavior." Others see the market... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • December 1998 (Revised December 1999)
  • Case

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Client Services

By: Thomas J. DeLong, David M. Darst, Ann K Rusher and Catherine M. Conneely
The 1997 merger of retail giant Dean Witter and investment bank Morgan Stanley was a year old when Bob Sculthorpe was appointed director of Private Client Services (PCS) at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (MSDW). The firm was still operating under two separate broker-dealer... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Divisions; Investment Banking; Brands and Branding; Salesforce Management; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry
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  • October 2022
  • Supplement

The SAH Group: The Time is Right, Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Juan Alcacer and Alpana Thapar
In January 2021, Jalila Mezni, CEO of the SAH Group, was preparing to present the company’s future growth plans to its board of directors. The Tunisian company was a leading producer and distributor of personal care and packaged hygiene products. In 2019, it expanded... View Details
Keywords: Growth Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Investment Decisions; Growth Management; Vertical Integration; Distribution; Competition; Strategy; Supply Chain; Presentations; Market Entry and Exit; Product Positioning; Consumer Products Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Health Industry; Tunisia
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  • 18 Jun 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Tech Investment the Wise Way

Business Model Concept This term "Business Model" is widely used, but seldom well defined. In our usage, the functions of a Business Model are to: identify a market segment, that is, the users to whom the technology is useful... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom
  • 2014
  • Book

Los Buenos Tiempos Son Éstos: Los efectos de la incursión de la banca extranjera en México después de un siglo de crisis bancarias [These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System]

By: Stephen Haber and Aldo Musacchio
This book is the Spanish edition of our award winning paper "These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18713, January 2013. The book examines the effects of foreign bank entry into Mexico. Foreign banks... View Details
Keywords: Banks And Banking; Mexico; Commercial Banking; Foreign Direct Investment; Competition; Financial Markets; Banking Industry; Mexico
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  • October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
  • Case

Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2003 (A)

By: David B. Yoffie, Pai-Ling Yin and Christina L. Darwall
Mike Ramsey, TiVo's CEO, must decide on which direction to build the company. Facing an onslaught of new competitors, a huge opportunity in the cable industry, and the possibility of becoming the new "user interface" for TV entertainment, Ramsey must balance the... View Details
Keywords: Television Entertainment; Profit; Product Positioning; Standards; Opportunities; Commercialization; Competition; Technology Adoption; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • 13 May 2014
  • Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

policy, scale, and entrenched competition have erected formidable barriers to entry. The major global giants like Amazon and eBay have either exited the market or not even tried to enter it. Thus, think of... View Details
Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail
  • 15 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Business leaders must respond to growing concerns about pollution, but both the environment and corporate coffers can be green, says Harvard Business School professor Forest Reinhardt. The key to success may depend on how the challenges are approached, said Reinhardt.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

government in the past: trying to resuscitate ailing industries and nurture new ones. This approach did not actually work. What the government ought to do, instead, is address the systematic weaknesses in the competitive environment in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
  • February 2001
  • Case

Free Trade vs. Protectionism: The Great Corn-Laws Debate

By: David A. Moss, Kevin P. Brennan, Matthew B. Gorin and Marian Lee
Examines the extended conflict between free traders and protectionists in nineteenth-century Britain. It culminates with Prime Minister Robert Peel's decision at the end of 1845 about whether to repeal the Corn Laws, a series of acts that had protected British... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; Change Management; Competitive Advantage; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Market Entry and Exit; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Great Britain
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  • 04 Mar 2014
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

managers can team with creative talent in six "culture industries": publishing, fashion, art-design, film, music, and food. Can Creativity Be Taught? Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity As global competition... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • Web

Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog

Paper Career Focus Leaders who aspire to run successful enterprises need to connect the dots tightly around their business model, their core technology and their competitive advantage in the market. Difficult enough, but the reward for... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2013
  • News

Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line

as generating a competitive market return that will meet the objectives of conventional investors who are exclusively looking to profit financially. Our conservation strategy contributes to our investment... View Details
Keywords: Louisa Rigali; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste

2011 host clubs Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship winner Student Business Plan winners Business Plan competition turns 15 In the throwaway graveyard where once trendy TVs, smartphones, and laptops go to become junk, Privahini Bradoo (MBA... View Details
Keywords: contests; awards; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

"eyeballs") has become so competitive that attention can be regarded as a currency. The rising cost of this ingredient in the marketplace is causing marketers to waste money on costly attention... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne