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  • March 1999 (Revised May 1999)
  • Case

Apple Computer--1999

By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak
In 1980, Apple was the leader of the PC industry, but by 1999, it had suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Wintel camp. This case examines Apple's efforts to create sustainable competitive advantage as the PC industry evolves. After discussing Apple's history and... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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  • 10 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 10

including a full or partial sale of the firm. Students must assess the firm's strategy including the key risks and success factors associated with this industry; evaluate basic financial reports; assess the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

exercise (Negotiation Strategy Simulation)—illuminate how through a thoughtful process of probing and testing, a negotiator may determine whether the other party tends to be cooperative or competitive. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

It's the dream business location. Vital infrastructure feeds the area. A committed workforce lives nearby. A large number of potential customers are packed around you. And it's the last place you thought to look: the inner city. But the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • March 2021 (Revised February 2025)
  • Teaching Note

Afterpay U.S.: The Omnichannel Dilemma

By: Antonio Moreno and Anibha Singh
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-086. In 2018, Nick Molnar, the founder of the Australia-based online payment service Afterpay began its expansion to the U.S. market. The service had gained a loyal following in Australia by enabling customers to pay for online... View Details
Keywords: Omnichannel Retail; Digital Marketing; Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Change Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Satisfaction; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; Global Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Product Development; Supply Chain Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Network Effects; Internet and the Web; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Australia
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  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

Hewlett-Packard Company's Personal Systems Group (PSG), gathered his thoughts before a meeting with his top executives and managers for product design and marketing. On the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

analysis are based on publicly available information, and also, and perhaps even more importantly, on our Chief Executive's survey we have conducted earlier this year. More than 4,500 Chief View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 03 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 3, 2007

were devastating. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307010 Lincoln Electric Harvard Business School Case 707-445 The case describes Lincoln Electric's business strategy View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 30 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 30, 2016

documented features of credit booms and busts, including the link between credit growth and future returns and the “calm before the storm”... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • April 1993 (Revised June 1994)
  • Supplement

MathSoft, Inc. (B)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan
Describes the president's decision regarding MathSoft's marketing channels and communications methods, and the company's sales results during the next five quarters. The (A) case market response model is also updated. View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Forecasting and Prediction; Curriculum and Courses; Learning; Knowledge Sharing; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Channels; Education Industry
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  • January 1999
  • Case

Prague Post, The

By: Paul A. Gompers
Lisa Frankenberg, co-founder of the Prague Post, is faced with several business and professional decisions. The English-language paper she founded is under pressure from competition and a Czech Republic recession. She must decide how to return the paper to... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Profit; Competition; Financial Crisis; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Czech Republic
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  • 21 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

more than $150 million in assets to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Such registration will subject these managers to regular reporting and inspections by the SEC, although these... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 22 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

in a Systems Business J. Bruce HarreldHarvard Business School Case 810-071 This short case describes the tensions that often arise between finance executives attempting to curtail unproductive activities and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 28, 2016

businesses. The strategy literature uses real option theory to explain the transition to scale, but does not consider the complex relationships between corporate ventures and their parent organizations. By... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

employed marketing and marketing strategies to diffuse products and brands internationally, despite business, economic, and cultural obstacles to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 1, 2015

Statistics Survive Another Day: Using Changes in the Composition of Investments to Measure the Cost of Credit Constraints By: Garicano, Luis, and Claudia Steinwender Abstract—We introduce a novel empirical View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

effectively ward off a predictable surprise." What's a veil of ignorance and how can it help executives avoid predictable surprises? A: American philosopher John Rawls developed the concept of a veil of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 31 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Exploring the Art of Business: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Felipe Ceron (MBA 2022)

are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? I am working at The Juilliard School as a View Details
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

strategy and organizational management. Products are being developed through open innovation, with input from people connected to each other and the company only through a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne