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  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Short Takes

Be Flexible In today's competitive and volatile business environment, depending on forecasting as the basis for planning and strategy has become a particularly risky way to operate. Especially vulnerable are manufacturing projects that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
  • July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Beohemija's Duel

By: Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
Vladimir Joksic, Director of Marketing for Serbia's Beohemija, along with his marketing team has managed to grow Duel, the firm's soap powder offering from single digits to almost 40% of the Serbian market in just a few short years. He has used innovative and... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Growth and Development; Innovation Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing; Product Launch; Competition; Consumer Products Industry
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  • September 1999 (Revised April 2001)
  • Case

Credit Suisse (A) (Abridged)

By: W. Earl Sasser and William E. Fulmer
Credit Suisse is looking for ways to differentiate itself from current and likely competitors. After two years of restructuring, the bank's leadership wants profitable growth. It has decided to emphasize customer service. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Competitive Advantage; Customer Satisfaction; Banks and Banking; Growth and Development Strategy; Banking Industry; Retail Industry
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  • 03 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 3

other forms of competition in strategy and organizations. Next, we organize and review the findings of three ostensibly separate theoretical perspectives that have arisen from game theory, competitive dynamics, and institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories of 2012

significant economic development of 2013. Use the "Comments" link to tell us what and why. Most Popular Stories In 2012 1. Clayton Christensen's "How Will You Measure Your Life?" Published: May 9, 2012 World-renowned... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 22 Aug 2019
  • News

Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

talent, you find great investments. Through that talent is where investment comes in and you can begin to see examples. Microsoft just opened up a development center in Nigeria and Kenya, five years ago that may not have happened. And... View Details
  • Web

FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness

the U.S. can (1) compete successfully in the global economy while also (2) supporting high and rising living standards for the average American. Company success without worker prosperity is not true competitiveness and is unsustainable. HBS faculty members View Details
  • Web

Online Personal Branding Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Marketing track. Introduction to Personal Branding ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! New Personal Branding $1,850 Next 3-week session starts September 24th Enroll Now View Details
  • 14 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 14

billion people, $1 to $3 a day; and 3) Extreme poverty: 1 billion people, less than $1 a day. Next, consider the roles of various groups in the value-creation relationship: consumers, coproducers, and clients. Specific strategies work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

today provides core benefits that align with the conditions necessary for democracy. A critical takeaway is that billions of marketing transactions help to develop the social glue that holds democratic societies together. Q: How can the... 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
  • Profile

Hayling Price

skills developed at HKS with the finance, strategy, and other core business skills taught at HBS. Together, they give me a 360-degree view on how we, as a society, can tackle our most intractable social challenges." HBS has become... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit/Government/Education
  • 17 Jun 2019
  • Blog Post

Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program

and drug development. These qualities straddle the science and business fields – for example, to instill a science-focused culture within an organization, or to craft a drug development strategy that... View Details
  • March 2003 (Revised November 2005)
  • Case

Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough

By: Laura Alfaro, Debora L. Spar, Faheen Allibhoy and Vinati Dev
In the years since independence, tiny, landlocked Botswana has gone from being one of the world's poorest nations to becoming a stable, prosperous state, blessed with the highest sustained growth rate in the world. This case highlights the role that foreign direct... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Economic Growth; Natural Environment; Developing Countries and Economies; Botswana
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  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

include: How does a team leader win the confidence of the group? What's the best method for developing team goals? How can individual performers be developed into team players? How do teams learn? When Goal... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • December 2003 (Revised April 2004)
  • Case

Dragon's Teeth Vineyards

By: Alan D. MacCormack, Marius Leibold, Sven Voelpel and Kerry Herman
Dragon's Teeth Vineyards (DTV) is a South African wine producer that is considering whether to use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its wine-making process. GMOs promise to lower the costs of wine production significantly through increased yields and reduced... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Genetics; Transition; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Product Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technology Adoption; Food and Beverage Industry; Biotechnology Industry; South Africa
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  • 13 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

A. Desai, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper examines how costly financial contracting and weak investor protection influence the cross-border operational, financing and investment decisions of firms. We develop a model in which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity

advantage? It's a conscious strategy to play to their strengths? A: I think that's right. For instance, Polaroid identified digital imaging as an opportunity very early on; in fact, you could argue that its mindset in terms of what the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts; Technology
  • 25 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 25, 2016

develop a theoretical model introducing principled pragmatism—a novel strategy process that enables entrepreneurs to make changes to their fledgling businesses while portraying faithfulness to enduring aims.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

"freemium" business model, which is used by some Internet businesses and smartphone application developers to give users free basic features of a digital product and access to premium functionality for a subscription fee. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne