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  • 02 Dec 2010
  • News

Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs

what we’re taught, most entrepreneurs launch businesses in unattractive, static fields and offer no competitive advantage. Clearly, the most successful entrepreneurs combine their deep knowledge of customers’ needs with a commitment to... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 1997
  • Chapter

Winners and Losers--Industry Structure in the Converging World of Telecommunications, Computing, and Entertainment

By: D. J. Collis, P. W. Bane and S. P. Bradley
Keywords: Supply and Industry; Communication; Information Technology; Entertainment; Competition; Conflict and Resolution; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • April 2011 (Revised May 2013)
  • Case

South Africa (A): Stuck in the Middle?

By: Richard H. K. Vietor and Diego Comin
Fifteen years after ending apartheid, formal unemployment in South Africa was still at 24%. While the country had grown at 4 to 5% annually during the 2000s, the financial crisis set it back by 1 million more unemployed. Moreover, it seemed as if the nation were stuck... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Inflation and Deflation; Policy; Employment; Wages; Competition; South Africa
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  • November 2009
  • Teaching Note

HTC Corp. in 2009 (TN)

By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for [709466]. View Details
Keywords: Competition; Decisions; Brands and Branding; Customer Value and Value Chain; Telecommunications Industry; Taiwan
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  • Web

Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog

consultants engaged in stewarding brand strategy; and Venture capital or private 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... View Details
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education

By: Tahir Andrabi, Natalie Bau, Jishnu Das, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Naureen Karachiwalla
We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public-school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with multiple public and private schools and clearly defined catchment boundaries. The program was randomized at the village-level, allowing... View Details
Keywords: Product Differentiation; Public Sector; Private Sector; Spending; Education; Competition
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  • November 2010 (Revised June 2011)
  • Case

La Fageda

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Joan Enric Ricart and Jordan Mitchell
La Fageda is a manufacturer of high-quality, naturally-made yogurts in northern Catalonia, Spain. La Fageda is substantially different from its main competitors such as multinational Danone in that it is a 270-person workers' cooperative with 60 percent of its... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Business Model; Production; Cooperative Ownership; Quality; Competition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Spain
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  • February 2009 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Windows Vista

By: Benjamin Edelman
Microsoft designs, modifies, publicizes, and distributes Windows Vista—against a backdrop of consumers already largely satisfied with their existing Windows XP systems. Microsoft must decide what features to include and what to drop, how to compete with its own... View Details
Keywords: Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Software; Computer Industry
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  • April 2007 (Revised June 2008)
  • Background Note

USG

By: Elie Ofek and Kerry Herman
Serves as a background note for purposes of class discussion around next-generation innovation at USG. Describes the company, its products, and competitors. Of relevance is the fact that it recently filed for Chapter 11 due to litigation over asbestos-related claims.... View Details
Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Innovation and Invention; Lawsuits and Litigation; Competition
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  • March 1995
  • Supplement

The Black & Decker Corporation (D): DeWalt Opportunities in Europe and Japan

By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes Black & Decker's challenges in international markets, particularly in Europe and Japan. View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Competition; Globalization; Problems and Challenges; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Japan; Europe
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  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

resulting currency position tends to rise in value when equity markets fall. This strategy works well for investment horizons of one month to one year. In the past 15 years the risk-minimizing demand for the dollar appears to have... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • May 2010
  • Supplement

Tremblant Capital Group Exhibits (CW)

By: Robin Greenwood
Brett Barakett, CEO and founder of Tremblant Capital Group, a New York-based hedge fund, must decide what to do with his fund's position in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, which has dropped in value by more than 40 percent in recent months. Tremblant is a hedge fund... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Stocks; Investment Funds; Consumer Behavior; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; New York (state, US)
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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
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

  PublicationsSeven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution Author:Robert L. Simons Publication: Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2012
  • Article

How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth--Until Now

By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
Societies that are better at utilizing tools are likely to be more productive. The authors have studied when 161 countries adopted 104 technologies over the past 200 years, and they conclude that profound economic advantages-as measured by per capita income-accrue to... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Wealth; Development Economics; Performance Productivity; Competitive Advantage
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  • Web

Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

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
  • Web

A Marketing Revolution - 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
  • 29 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

dynamic distinction helps for understanding whether and how sustainability practices can help companies establish a competitive advantage over time. The Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts This study of 6,000 private equity buyouts... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

companies must develop new expertise. Stevenson pointed to the Chief Technical Officer as a key figure in this transformation, a person combining the right technical acumen with an understanding of the competitive landscape. The CTO, said... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Shaila Ittycheria

core set of skills in finance," says Shaila, "but became more intrigued by the business groups' strategy teams." She joined the Online Services Group to work on acquisitions strategies. By the time she left, Shaila was a... View Details