Publications

2006
Chapter

UK Competitiveness-Old Labour Market Institutions, New Collaborative Roles

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

Keywords: Labor and Management Relations; Working Conditions; Cooperation; Competitive Advantage; United Kingdom

June 2015 (Revised October 2015)
Case

High Liner Foods, 2015

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

In 2015, Canadian-based High Liner Foods Ltd was one of North America's largest frozen fish processors with extensive shares of both the food service and retail channels in Canada, the USA and Mexico. With over C$1 billion in revenues, the company had grown four fold... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Strategic Decision Making; Family Business; Commodities; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; North America; Canada

November 2010
Supplement

LAN Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America (B)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jorge Tarzijan

Provides updated facts on Lan Airlines as of 2010. It is meant to be used as a supplement to "Lan Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America" (Harvard Business School Case 709-410). View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation Industry; Latin America

November 1986 (Revised August 1989)
Case

Paul Revere Insurance Co. (A)

The Paul Revere Insurance Co. lost its number one position in disability insurance, its main product, and formulated a strategy to regain the lead through a comprehensive quality improvement effort. The case describes the forces influencing the strategic direction of... View Details

Keywords: Quality; Performance Productivity; Competitive Advantage; Insurance Industry; United States

2002
Chapter

Information and Competition: Early 21st Century

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Keywords: Information Management; Competitive Advantage

Web

Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) - Course Catalog

#1416), students can only take one of these two courses. SVC-S is an abridged version of the course Strategies for Value Creation. This integrated course combining elements of strategy and finance has four modules: (1) Understanding value creation, (2) Creating View Details

01 May 2013
News

Muneer Satter, MBA 1987

Goldman Sachs. I want to do everything I can to help our country be globally competitive so we can grow and create opportunities for all our citizens. HBS is a voice that is trusted and respected.” Longtime HBS supporter Muneer Satter... View Details

April 2010
Teaching Note

BYD Company, Ltd. (TN)

By: Robert S. Huckman

Teaching Note for [606139]. View Details

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Competitive Advantage; Labor; Competition; Problems and Challenges; Cost vs Benefits; Auto Industry; Battery Industry; China

August 1986
Article

Global High-tech Sangyou: Kawaritsutsu aru Kyousou no Gensoku (Global High-tech Industries: Changing Paradigms of Competition)

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

Keywords: Business Ventures; Competition

Find at Harvard

April 1995 (Revised July 1995)
Case

Power Play (B): Sega in 16-bit Video Games

Home video-game systems were pioneered by the U.S. company Atari in the mid-1970s. After going through boom and bust in the early 1980s, the industry was resurrected in the mid-1980s by the Japanese company Nintendo. With its 8-bit video-game system, Nintendo... View Details

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

2000
Book

Can Japan Compete?

By: Michael E. Porter, Hirotaka Takeuchi and M. Sakakibara

The result of a major piece of research, this book reveals that there have long been two Japans, the familiar one that was highly competitive, and another Japan, almost invisible, that was highly uncompetitive. The authors unravel this puzzle, and provide a solution... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Economy; Japan

29 Sep 2015
News

Harvard Study Highlights Business, Education 'Game Changer'

28 Sep 2015
News

Harvard Researchers Envison Better Business, Nonprofit Cooperation in K-12

01 Jun 2010
News

2010 Leadership Fellows

Eleven graduating MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the support of the School’s Leadership Fellows Program. The program awards key management positions for one year at competitive salaries. This... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

23 Nov 2016
Cold Call Podcast

Digital Change: Lessons from the Newspaper Industry

Keywords: Journalism & News

February 2025
Supplement

Kwame Spearman at Tattered Cover

By: Ryan Raffaelli

Keywords: Retail; Leadership; Leading Change; Competitive Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Retail Industry; United States

June 2023
Supplement

Applied Intuition (A)

By: Andy Wu

Applied Intuition CEO Qasar Younis provides an overview of the automotive industry and the role of simulation software in the development of autonomous vehicles. View Details

Keywords: Autonomous Vehicles; Software; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Valuation; Auto Industry; Technology Industry; California; Detroit

February 2019 (Revised September 2019)
Case

Amazon in Fashion

By: John R. Wells, Benjamin Weinstock and Gabriel Ellsworth

According to many analysts and industry observers, in 2018 Amazon became the largest retailer of apparel in the United States and the second largest in the world, behind Alibaba. Much of Amazon’s apparel was made by third-party retailers on its platform, but Amazon had... View Details