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- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Your Balance With Customers
Industrial Era, product innovation and operations management predominated. Product innovation ensured the continuous flow of new products that would sustain growth or market share or both. Operations management ensured that costs and quality were managed so that View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
You Are What You Eat
Writing in the magazine Pig Progress (September 23, 2010), Austria-based John Hodges (AMP 52, 1967),an expert on genetics and ethics in agriculture, food, and the environment, warned that the current system of agribusiness is untenable. “Driven by View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Noted & Quoted
education.” —HBS professor emeritus Howard Stevenson, author of Getting to Giving, on the importance of sales strategy in entrepreneurial ventures. (Bloomberg Businessweek online, December 2, 2011) “These are old friends.” —Lawrence... View Details
- 14 May 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams
competition between groups can provide motivation, but if competition becomes too strong, it can inhibit cooperation and lead to dysfunction. The best teams are those that not only combine the skills of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- September 2000 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Amazon.com: 1994-2000
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Meredith Collura
Enables a thorough analysis of Amazon.com and the company's value proposition, in terms of its business concept, digital business capabilities, and community and shareholder value. Examines the company's complex set of business models and web of business relationships,... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Asset Pricing; Capital; Financial Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Meredith Collura. "Amazon.com: 1994-2000." Harvard Business School Case 801-194, September 2000. (Revised November 2002.)
- November 2006 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
Two Ways to Fly South: Lan Airlines and Southwest Airlines
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Tarun Khanna, Jorge Tarzijan and Jordan Mitchell
To maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Looks at the different business models of two highly successful and profitable airlines: Chilean-based Lan Airlines and U.S.-based Southwest Airlines. Lan Airlines pursues a hub-to-spoke... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Service Operations; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation Industry; United States; Chile
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Tarun Khanna, Jorge Tarzijan, and Jordan Mitchell. "Two Ways to Fly South: Lan Airlines and Southwest Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 707-414, November 2006. (Revised March 2010.)
- September – October 1982
- Article
How Global Companies Win Out
By: T. M. Hout, M. E. Porter and E. Rudden
Hout, T. M., M. E. Porter, and E. Rudden. "How Global Companies Win Out." Harvard Business Review 60, no. 5 (September–October 1982).
- 2001
- Case
Encylopedia Britannica (A)
By: Vijay Govindarajan and Praveen Kopalle
Two Scotsmen, Colin Macfarquhar, a printer, and Andrew Bell, an engraver, formed a partnership in 1768 to publish a "Dictionary of Arts and Sciences." The initial three-volume set was published as Encyclopedia Britannica. By 1990, consumers were purchasing the volumes... View Details
Govindarajan, Vijay, and Praveen Kopalle. "Encylopedia Britannica (A)." 2001. (Case No. 2-0007.)
- January 1990 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Product Proliferation and Preemption
Examines whether product proliferation can be used as a preemptive device--as alleged in the FTC's 1982 complaint against four manufacturers of ready-to-eat cereals. View Details
Brandenburger, Adam M., and Vijay Krishna. "Product Proliferation and Preemption." Harvard Business School Case 190-117, January 1990. (Revised November 1992.)
- June 1987 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
Semiconductors: U.S. Response to Japanese Ascendency
Keywords: Competition; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Semiconductor Industry; Japan; United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "Semiconductors: U.S. Response to Japanese Ascendency." Harvard Business School Case 387-210, June 1987. (Revised September 1987.)
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
triumph since 1972 hold lessons for other kinds of organizations and companies? Sports and games serve as a handy source of metaphors for business. Performance metrics abound, and success and failure are on the scoreboard for all to see. But whether athletic View Details
- June 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Alibris (B)
Takes place more than two years after the (A) case. Alibris has weathered the storms and has built a popular, growing business. As the Christmas season of 2000 approaches, the company is confronted with two IT projects that both seem urgent and important. The first is... View Details
Keywords: Resource Allocation; Information Technology; Service Operations; Competitive Advantage; Information Management; Service Industry
McAfee, Andrew P. "Alibris (B)." Harvard Business School Case 601-166, June 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
March 2016 Harvard Business Review Lean Strategy By: Collis, David J. Abstract—Strategy and entrepreneurship are often seen as polar opposites. Yet the two desperately need each other: strategy without... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Gallery - 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 & View Details
- February 2023
- Supplement
Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A) Courseware
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield
In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details
- June 2018 (Revised January 2020)
- Teaching Note
Qualcomm Inc., 2019
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-514. View Details
- Web
Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog
equity investors seeking to identify brand asset potential. Educational Objectives: In the consumer/retail space, brands are often companies’ most valuable assets and sources of their sustainable competitive advantage. But, managing... View Details
- February 2009
- Teaching Note
Examining the Adoption of Drug-Eluting Stents (TN)
By: Elie Ofek and Peter Wickersham
Teaching Note for [509028]. View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
market capitalization. The book examines how misguided investment and acquisition strategies have created the paradox that, in media, the faster revenues grow, the worse their stocks perform. The Elements of Investing by Burton G. Malkiel... View Details
- Fast Answer
How do I prepare thirty minutes before my interview?
The top resources to use if you are pressed for time. To get an overview of a company, executives, recent activities and strategies use these databases: Capital IQ Quickly gain a holistic understanding of any company or firm... View Details