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  • October 2006 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

Production I.G: Challenging the Status Quo

By: Andrei Hagiu, Tarun Khanna, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Masako Egawa and Chisato Toyama
In July 2006, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa wondered how he could further enhance the success and visibility of his animation production company headquartered in Tokyo, Production I.G. For the year ended May 2006, Production I.G. had sales of 5,439 million yen ($47.3 million),... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Advantage; Markets; Animation Entertainment; Going Public; Growth and Development Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Tokyo
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  • Web

Capitalism and the State (CATS) - Course Catalog

Freedom , and Karl Polanyi’s Great Transformation ). We will then examine several critical tenets of market economies – including property rights and competition – and several of the most pressing problems... View Details
  • October 1993 (Revised February 1995)
  • Case

MCI Vision (A) (Condensed)

By: Frank V. Cespedes
Concerns the development, introduction, and first-year sales performance of Vision, a telecommunications service aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses. Introduced in 1990, Vision surpassed goals in that year, but was significantly below target in the first... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Product; Sales; Competitive Strategy; Valuation
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  • 21 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

the nation's private sector workforce—about 120 million people—but since 1995 they have created approximately two-thirds of the net new jobs in our country. They are also instrumental in driving the innovation that provides a competitive... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

James McNerney Jr.

McNerney: It’s all about being globally competitive and creating U.S. jobs. Illustration by Andy Friedman Related Links The Path to Economic Revival Making Their Way Squawk Box at HBS - Jim McNerney, Dean Nitin Nohria, and University... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • January 2010 (Revised March 2010)
  • Case

Transforming ASUSTeK: Breaking from the Past

By: Willy C. Shih, Ho Howard Yu and Hung-Chang Chiu
What happens when an original design manufacturer (ODM) firm tries to transform itself into a branded goods seller? The case traces the evolution of ASUSTeK from a motherboard supplier, to an ODM of desktop and notebook PCs, through its split into three companies that... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Disruptive Innovation; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Taiwan
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  • 21 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

from firms such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Marathon Capital, and FullCycle discussed the need for patient capital to be aligned on the longer timelines it may take for alternative energy investments to fully develop a return. As one example, waste to energy is... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Entertainment Moguls Ponder the Future at HBS Conference

managing director, Cowen & Co., and author of the influential book Entertainment Industry Economics; and Strauss Zelnick (MBA/JD '83), president and CEO, BMG Entertainment North America. Harold Vogel observed that while new technologies have created opportunities,... View Details
Keywords: Paula Maute
  • 01 Dec 1998
  • News

Faculty Retirements

Samuel Hayes and Hugo Uyterhoeven, two longtime HBS faculty members, retired in June. Summaries of their distinguished careers follow. Samuel L. Hayes, III, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, joined the HBS faculty in 1972. An expert on capital View Details
  • Web

Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
  • 21 Nov 2016
  • Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

essential are now lower in priority. “Managers get paid to manage today and tomorrow, not yesterday. If you haven’t defined a job well, you don’t really know who you are looking for,” he says. These changing sales competencies also emphasize a View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

success, market reaction, and merger waves. Offer prices are biased towards the 52-week high, a highly salient but largely irrelevant past price, and the modal offer price is exactly that reference price. An offer's probability of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Dec 2006
  • First Look

First Look: December 19, 2006

three-level system much like any organized sport. Markets occupy the first level, where the competition takes place; the institutional foundations that underpin those markets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

HBS Working Knowledge readers want it all, judging by our all-time most popular articles. Here you'll find stories on everything from maintaining a professional image to writing a business plan, from how to market on social media to why... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Up by the Roots

division and in time, had a revelation: “Seeing some of the trends in organic foods, I could see a lot of interest in the return to slow food and family farming,” he recalls. “I had a feeling the ginseng market had to turn around.” +... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

Faculty Books

Competitive Advantage by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton (DBA ’73) (HBS Press) Building on their previous works on strategy-focused organizations, the authors describe a multistage system enabling a manager to gain measurable... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

42,337 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that corporate profitability mean reverts faster in countries where product and capital markets are more competitive. Moreover, holding constant product, capital, and labor View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2004
  • News

Luxe Redux

Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher — or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; luxury; Retail Trade
  • 01 Jun 2018
  • News

Ask the Expert: Star Search

determine direction and how hiring can impact that direction. Working in an ultra-tight job market for a growing company—and with years at Bain Capital’s private equity group giving her insight on the importance of strong teams—Gulliver... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

more: http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631215066_chunk_g978063121506624 Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace