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- March 2021
- Case
Astralis Group: Determining a Brand Strategy
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emilie Billaud
After launching a Danish esports company in July 2019, and going public in December 2019 with multiple brands associated with different games, the Astralis leadership team was contemplating a shift to a single, corporate brand. While the original arguments for... View Details
Keywords: Brand Strategy; Esports; Video Games; Corporate Scope; Positioning; Ecosystem; Brands and Branding; Strategy; Business Ventures; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Sports; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Diversification; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Denmark; Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej, and Emilie Billaud. "Astralis Group: Determining a Brand Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 721-382, March 2021.
- 2003
- Book
Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases
By: L. M. Applegate, F. W. McFarlan and R. D. Austin
Applegate, L. M., F. W. McFarlan, and R. D. Austin. Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
- December 2024 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Strategy and CEO Succession at Starbucks
By: Krishna G. Palepu and David Lane
On August 13, 2024, Starbucks announced that Laxman Narasimhan who was appointed as the CEO only in September 2023, was stepping down as CEO and board director “with immediate effect.” Laxman would be replaced on September 9 by Brian Niccol, CEO since 2018 of Chipotle... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Management Succession; Cost Management; Labor Unions; Working Conditions; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Service Operations; Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Resignation and Termination; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Palepu, Krishna G., and David Lane. "Strategy and CEO Succession at Starbucks." Harvard Business School Case 125-040, December 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
- October 2013
- Blog Post
Negotiation Strategies for Doctors and Hospitals
By: Deepak Malhotra and Manu Malhotra MD
Malhotra, Deepak, and Manu Malhotra MD. "Negotiation Strategies for Doctors and Hospitals." Harvard Business Review Blogs (October 21, 2013). http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/10/negotiation-strategies-for-doctors-and-hospitals/.
- 19 Apr 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice: The Case of Goodwill Impairment
- 2010
- Working Paper
Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective
By: Geoffrey Jones
This working paper offers a longitudinal and descriptive analysis of the strategies of multinationals from developed countries in developing countries. The central argument is that strategies were shaped by the trade-off between opportunity and risk. Three broad... View Details
Keywords: History; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Developing Countries and Economies; Business and Government Relations
Jones, Geoffrey. "Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-076, March 2010.
- Web
News - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
shorter amount of time... 18 July 2019 Media Mention American College of Surgeons and Harvard Business School’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness Partner to Develop... View Details
- October 2019
- Teaching Note
Designing Executive Compensation at Kongsberg Automotive (A) and (B)
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Jonah Goldberg
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 119-009 and 119-010. View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
New Executive Education Programs
and the economy. Among the new offerings are Building Businesses in Turbulent Times, Opportunities in Mortgage Markets, the Global Energy Seminar, Business Strategy for Partners in Law Firms, View Details
- 2012
- Comment
The Balanced Scorecard: Comments on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries
By: Robert S. Kaplan
This paper provides the author's insights about five papers written in this volume about his published work on the balanced scorecard (BSC). The author finds that academic commentary on the BSC often ignores its role in strategy execution. The paper discusses how the... View Details
Keywords: Strategy Execution; Performance Management; Strategy; Public Sector; Balanced Scorecard; Performance
Kaplan, Robert S. "The Balanced Scorecard: Comments on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries." Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 8, no. 4 (2012): 539–545.
- Research Summary
Energy Strategy
Forest L. Reinhardt is writing cases and other materials on the strategic problems and opportunitites faced by firms in the energy industry. Significant economies of scale and scope, combined with rapid technological change, present firms in the industry with a... View Details
- 2019
- Editorial
Yes, Sustainability Can Be a Strategy
By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Sustainability Standards; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Performance; CSR; Environmental Sustainability
Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim. "Yes, Sustainability Can Be a Strategy." Harvard Business Review (website) (February 11, 2019).
- 2016
- Book
Strategy Beyond Markets
By: John de Figueiredo, Michael Lenox, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Rick Vanden Bergh
Strategy beyond markets has been an active area of research inquiry since the early 1990s. Since its inception, the scholarship emanating from this research stream has grown substantially in quantity, quality, and breadth. Likewise, firms across the world have... View Details
Keywords: Strategy
Figueiredo, John de, Michael Lenox, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Rick Vanden Bergh, eds. Strategy Beyond Markets. Vol. 34, Advances in Strategic Management. Emerald Group Publishing, 2016.
- 2015
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Strategy Reading: Competitive and Cooperative Dynamics
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Strategy Reading: Competitive and Cooperative Dynamics." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8131, 2015.
- December 2001
- Article
Strategy and Location: Part 1 and Part 2
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Strategy and Location: Part 1 and Part 2." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (December 2001).
- December 2007
- Teaching Note
Executive Compensation at General Electric (TN) (A) and (B)
By: V.G. Narayanan
Teaching Note for [105072] and [105070]. View Details
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
- December 2015 (Revised July 2020)
- Technical Note
Some Strategy Ingredients: Scale, Learning, and Market Structure
This note introduces students to some economic concepts and ideas that are important ingredients for strategy, such as scale, learning, and the effects of market structure on competition. The note approaches these ideas really from a strategy perspective with a focus... View Details
Van den Steen, Eric. "Some Strategy Ingredients: Scale, Learning, and Market Structure." Harvard Business School Technical Note 716-439, December 2015. (Revised July 2020.)