• February 2001 (Revised June 2001)
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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (C): The Sega Genesis

Describes the launch of Sega's 16-bit Genesis console in 1988 and its effect on competitor Nintendo. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Video Game Industry

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Coughlan, Peter J. "Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (C): The Sega Genesis." Harvard Business School Case 701-093, February 2001. (Revised June 2001.)

• 22 Oct 2015
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A Normative Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategy, Know-How, and Competition

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano

• fall 1994
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Racing to Invest? The Dynamics of Competition in Ethical Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ian Cockburn

Keywords: Investment; Competition; Ethics; Health

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Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ian Cockburn. "Racing to Invest? The Dynamics of Competition in Ethical Drug Discovery." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 3, no. 3 (fall 1994): 481–519.

• 19 Jul 2016
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Towards a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano

• February 2001 (Revised July 2001)
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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (G): Launching the Sega Saturn

Outlines the events leading up to the Sega's launch of its 32-bit console named Saturn. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Product Launch; Video Game Industry

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Coughlan, Peter J., and Deborah Freier. "Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (G): Launching the Sega Saturn." Harvard Business School Case 701-097, February 2001. (Revised July 2001.)

• January 2022
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Pushed into a Crowd: Repositioning Costs, Resources, and Competition in the RTE Cereal Industry

By: Young Hou and Dennis Yao

This paper exploits a natural experiment involving self-regulation in the ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast cereal industry to evaluate the performance impact of product repositioning. It then examines how a product's brand equity value declines with repositioning distance... View Details

Keywords: Positioning; Resources; Brand Equity; Competitive Dynamics; Non-market Strategy; Regulation; Repositioning; Product Positioning; Performance Evaluation; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry

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Hou, Young, and Dennis Yao. "Pushed into a Crowd: Repositioning Costs, Resources, and Competition in the RTE Cereal Industry." Strategic Management Journal 43, no. 1 (January 2022): 3–29.

• June 2001
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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (F): The Fall of 3DO

Outlines the events leading up to 3DO's exit from the home video game licensing business. 3DO's business model is considered flawed because of its incompatibility with industry structure and economics. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Video Game Industry

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Coughlan, Peter J., and Deborah Freier. "Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (F): The Fall of 3DO." Harvard Business School Case 701-096, June 2001.

• June 2001
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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (D): The Nintendo Super NES

Sets the scene for Nintendo's launch of its Super NES console in Japan and in the United States and describes consumer reaction to the console versus that of its major competitor at the time, Sega. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Video Game Industry; Japan; United States

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Coughlan, Peter J. "Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (D): The Nintendo Super NES." Harvard Business School Case 701-094, June 2001.

• 2025
• Working Paper

Management and Firm Dynamism

By: Nicholas Bloom, Jonathan S. Hartley, Raffaella Sadun, Rachel Schuh and John Van Reenen

We show better-managed firms are more dynamic in plant acquisitions, disposals, openings and closings in U.S. Census and international data. Better-managed firms also birth better-managed plants, and improve the performance of the plants they acquire. To explain these... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices; Productivity; Management Practices and Processes; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition; Business or Company Management; Performance Productivity

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Bloom, Nicholas, Jonathan S. Hartley, Raffaella Sadun, Rachel Schuh, and John Van Reenen. "Management and Firm Dynamism." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-052, April 2025.

• 02 Oct 2019
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The Limitations of Dynamic Capabilities

Keywords: by David J. Collis and Bharat Anand

• 2022
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Dynamic Pricing Algorithms, Consumer Harm, and Regulatory Response

By: Alexander MacKay and Samuel N. Weinstein

Pricing algorithms are rapidly transforming markets, from ride-sharing apps, to air travel, to online retail. Regulators and scholars have watched this development with a wary eye. Their focus so far has been on the potential for pricing algorithms to facilitate... View Details

Keywords: Competition Policy; Regulation; Algorithmic Pricing; Dynamic Pricing; Economics; Law And Economics; Law And Regulation; Consumer Protection; Antitrust Law; Industrial Organization; Antitrust Issues And Policies; Technological Change: Choices And Consequences; Competition; Policy; Price; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Microeconomics; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Law

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MacKay, Alexander, and Samuel N. Weinstein. "Dynamic Pricing Algorithms, Consumer Harm, and Regulatory Response." Washington University Law Review 100, no. 1 (2022): 111–174. (Direct download.)