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23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

customer vehicles at higher rates and are more likely to lose customers whom they fail, suggesting that competition intensifies pressure on facilities to provide illegal leniency. We also show that, at least in markets in which pricing is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

opportunity that's right for you. Entering StartUpLand will guide you as you seek your ideal entry point into this popular, cutting-edge organizational paradigm. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53337 2017... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
News

Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead

such as acquiring something they don’t have, acquiring something they’re finding it difficult to develop, or jump-starting their entry into a category where they want to be more successful. As the old saying goes, “Why mess with success?”... View Details

04 Nov 2014
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Publications November 2014 Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias Los Buenos Tiempos Son Éstos: Los efectos de la incursión de la banca extranjera en México después de un siglo de crisis bancarias [These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12

the market potential for the new product, and two competitive incentives arise for the incumbent: it can discourage entry through preemptive communication or by remaining silent and instilling a pessimistic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jun 2020
Book

Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System

Created by the people for the people, the American political system is instead "a private industry dominated by a textbook duopoly—the Democrats and the Republicans—and plagued and perverted by unhealthy competition between... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

April 2010 (Revised October 2010)
Case

Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining

By: Tarun Khanna, Aldo Musacchio and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

In 2009 the management of Vale, a Brazilian diversified mining company and the largest iron ore producer in the world, was under pressure from at least two fronts. First, the emergence of China as the most important consumer of iron ore in the last few years had... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Investment; Global Strategy; Risk Management; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Mining Industry; Brazil

20 Mar 2017
Book

Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies

Harhoff, director of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich. The book includes 25 original contributions providing an extensive view of user and open innovation by scholars from all over the world in a variety... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 1, 2006

students to debate the company's concept, its strategic decision on how quickly it would like to grow, and some key decisions on its supply chain. At the time of the case (2006), small "mom-and-pop" stores still dominated Indian retailing, but that was... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2010
News

Health IT at the Bedside

ordered not to eat anything in advance of a test but was still given his usual dose of insulin. At hospitals that have modern IT systems, when food is being withheld for studies, corrected insulin orders are automatically suggested in the computerized order View Details

Keywords: Sachin H. Jain; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

February 1984
Case

Chicago-Midway (B): Midway (Southwest) Airlines

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Air Transportation Industry

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September 2001 (Revised October 2002)
Case

Virgin Group, The: Filling in the Value Gap

By: Frances X. Frei, Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar and Corey B. Hajim

Chronicles the successes and failures of the Virgin Group. By examining these examples, students discover attributes of Virgin's overall service concept, which, at its core, competes on quality rather than on price. Students are challenged to consider how Virgin might... View Details

Keywords: Quality; Competition; Price; Business Conglomerates; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Market Entry and Exit

22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

practical implications to the literature on organizational change, emotions, and language in global organizations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55473 December 2018 Strategy Science The Strategy in View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

October 2022
Supplement

The SAH Group: The Time is Right, Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Juan Alcacer and Alpana Thapar

In January 2021, Jalila Mezni, CEO of the SAH Group, was preparing to present the company’s future growth plans to its board of directors. The Tunisian company was a leading producer and distributor of personal care and packaged hygiene products. In 2019, it expanded... View Details

Keywords: Growth Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Investment Decisions; Growth Management; Vertical Integration; Distribution; Competition; Strategy; Supply Chain; Presentations; Market Entry and Exit; Product Positioning; Consumer Products Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Health Industry; Tunisia

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; Insurance Industry

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

industry leaders? How competitive are existing, well-capitalized companies when they compete against user-manufacturers? Although there have been a number of studies on user innovation, little if any work has been done on the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

August 2010 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Cork'd: Building a Social Network for Wine Lovers

Lindsay Ronga and Gary Vaynerchuk are launching Cork'd, an online social network for wine lovers. Despite Gary's status as a celebrity wine connoisseur, the team faces a significant challenge: several other wine social networks are well established and already have... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Product Launch; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry