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    Ryan L. Raffaelli

    Ryan Raffaelli is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the MBA course "Leadership: Execution and Action Planning" (LEAP) and serves... View Details

    Keywords: publishing industry; publishing industry; publishing industry; publishing industry; publishing industry; publishing industry; publishing industry; publishing industry; publishing industry
    • May 1994 (Revised September 1994)
    • Case

    STAR TV (A)

    By: Michael Y. Yoshino and J. Peter Williamson
    Concerns the decision whether or not to launch a satellite television service in Asia in the 1990-1991 period. STAR TV was a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa and Li-Ka Shing and was established to launch such a service. Li-Ka Shing's son, Richard, was CEO.... View Details
    Keywords: Joint Ventures; Decisions; Product Launch; Service Delivery; Adaptation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Asia; Europe; United States
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    • June 2024
    • Teaching Note

    Roku 2021

    By: David B. Yoffie
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-480. This case is used to explore the strategic concept of "look forward, reason back." Roku in 2021 is trying to figure out the future of television and streaming media. Students are asked to provide a vision for television and... View Details
    Keywords: Technology; Television Entertainment; Forecasting and Prediction; Decision Choices and Conditions; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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    • April 1992 (Revised April 1996)
    • Case

    Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.

    By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
    The board and management of General Cinema has to determine whether the acquisition of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ), thereby entering the publishing business, makes strategic sense. The case describes HBJ's involvement in several segments of the publishing industry:... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Boundaries; Supply and Industry; Segmentation; Publishing Industry
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    • July 1991 (Revised July 1993)
    • Case

    Alliant Health System: A Vision of Total Quality

    Alliant has been a leader in the health care industry in implementing total quality management. After five years, however, they do not have much to show for their efforts except a "foundation" of quality attitudes and processes. The case discusses their plans to "jump... View Details
    Keywords: Quality; Management Practices and Processes; Information Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
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      Michael E. Porter

      Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

      Keywords: e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry
      • September 21, 2018
      • Article

      Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn't It?

      By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng and Boris Groysberg
      Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We conducted a survey of over 5,000 board members... View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Innovation; Technology; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business Strategy
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      • January 1996 (Revised April 1996)
      • Case

      Digital Imaging in 1995: Opportunities in the Descent to the Desktop

      The dramatic shifts of the imaging industry from analog to digital technology is creating emerging markets in 1995. How can a competitor position itself to enter the market successfully? This case describes the key technologies, market segments, competitors, and... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
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      • November 2010 (Revised July 2011)
      • Case

      FreshTec: Revolutionizing Fresh Produce

      By: Jose B. Alvarez and Ryan Johnson
      Entrepreneurial produce packaging firm, which has developed a disruptive technology that keeps fresh produce and flowers fresh for significantly longer, faces strategic growth decisions. CEO Bob Wright must decide how best to bring his company's unique packaging... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Making; Disruptive Innovation; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Launch; Supply Chain; Value Creation; Service Industry
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      • July 2012 (Revised April 2014)
      • Case

      Research In Motion: The Mobile OS Platform War

      By: Alan MacCormack, Brian Dunn and Chris F. Kemerer
      The case describes competition in the market for smart phones in the US, and the position of one player, Research In Motion (RIM) who manufacture the popular Blackberry line of products. Early in 2011, RIM is in trouble. Its stock price has plummeted, amidst poor... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation; Product Development; Technology Strategy; Platform Strategy; Software; Hardware; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Applications and Software; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; United States
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        Michael Beer

        MICHAEL BEER

        Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

        • May 2004 (Revised April 2005)
        • Case

        Prudential Securities

        By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Amanda Cowen
        Prudential Insurance Co. attempted to diversify into financial services by building an investment banking franchise. Prudential's initial foray into the industry was its acquisition of The Bache Group in 1982. In 2000, the company decided to exit investment banking.... View Details
        Keywords: Investment Banking; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Diversification; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
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        • June 1994 (Revised September 1994)
        • Background Note

        Beating the Commodity Magnet

        By: V. Kasturi Rangan and George T. Bowman
        All markets follow a cycle of growth and maturity, then commoditization and decline. This note argues that while commoditization of an industry may seem inevitable, the better managed firms find a way to make money in the commodity cycle. These firms know how and when... View Details
        Keywords: Goods and Commodities; Financial Markets; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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        • March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
        • Teaching Note

        Spotify's Audio-First Strategy: Leading the Podcasting Market

        By: Hong Luo and Carol Lin
        Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-439. Within 15 years, CEO Daniel Ek had led Spotify from an ambitious startup to a multi-billion dollar company that had transformed the music industry. As part of Spotify’s next phase of growth, the platform would invest heavily in... View Details
        Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Divisions; Customer Relationship Management; Revenue; Music Industry
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        • September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
        • Case

        Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and The Cost of Capital

        By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
        In 2000, Eaton Corporation was a broadly diversified industrial conglomerate. But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed to... View Details
        Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Cost of Capital; Corporate Finance; Value; Valuation; Industrial Products Industry; United States; Denmark; Republic of Ireland
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        Technology and Operations Strategy

        By: Marco Iansiti
        Marco Iansiti studies the evolving nature of strategy, innovation and operations in the modern enterprise. Over the past 20 years, he has researched the processes for technology adoption, development, and integration in hundreds of firms across a wide... View Details
        • July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
        • Case

        Daewoo Group

        By: Francis Aguilar
        Focuses on the entrepreneurship of Chairman Kim Woo-Choong of Daewoo Group which became one of the 4 major group companies in Korea in just 17 years. The group's overall strategies are explored in conjunction with the evolution of Korea's industrial policies. The case... View Details
        Keywords: Joint Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Policy; Government and Politics; Business or Company Management; Business and Government Relations; Business Strategy; South Korea; United States
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        • October 2002 (Revised May 2004)
        • Case

        Starbucks and Conservation International

        By: James E. Austin and Cate Reavis
        Starbucks, the world's leading specialty coffee company, developed a strategic alliance with Conservation International, a major international environmental nonprofit organization. The purpose of the alliance was to promote coffee-growing practices of small farms that... View Details
        Keywords: Financial Crisis; Growth and Development Strategy; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Production; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Cooperative Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Alliances; Nonprofit Organizations; Food and Beverage Industry; Mexico
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        Environmental Management

        By: Forest L. Reinhardt
        Forest L. Reinhardt is exploring the strategic and operational problems of firms in environmentally significant industries. His book, Down to Earth: Applying Business Principles to Environmental Management (published in 2000 by Harvard Business School Press),... View Details
        • 08 Feb 2022
        • Cold Call Podcast

        What’s Next for Nigerian Production Studio EbonyLife Media?

        Keywords: Re: Andy Wu; Media & Broadcasting