Five Forces Framework - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

TDC's shares to force compulsory redemption under Denmark law. However, a pension fund that held 5.5% of the outstanding stock has rejected the offer. Should Nordic Telephone lower its 90% acceptance threshold and purchase TDC without a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Feb 2017
News

Harvard Business School Makes a Case for Diversity

last week, Rogers said that less than 1 percent of the roughly 10,000 HBS cases focus on a black executive, even though 9 percent of American companies are black-owned. Rogers, who has been teaching at HBS for five years, has set out to... View Details

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Field Course: Business of the Arts - Course Catalog

nonprofit cultural industries and those interested in serving on the boards of arts organizations. The course also provides useful insights and frameworks for students pursuing careers in a range of for-profit creative businesses... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Better Care at Lower Cost

The U.S. health-care industry isn’t immune to the forces of disruptive innovation that already have transformed other businesses, from computer manufacturing to retailing, HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen told 250 participants at the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2016
News

Off Script

top posts at Schering-Plough and Wyeth. Are there structural reforms that could be implemented in the drug industry to lower the market-driven price of drugs? Forcing pharma firms to invest in R&D a minimum percentage of the sales of any... View Details

Keywords: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

02 Nov 2010
News

Commanding Officers

Jefferson’s résumé confirms that if he’d opted to remain in the private sector, he would be making some serious money based on his leadership skills alone. Case in point: A West Point graduate and Green Beret, Jefferson was on a classified Special View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Mar 2023
News

The Latest Model

Prysm Group Cofounders Hurder (left) and Barrera: bringing an industry-agnostic approach to helping business leverage emerging technologies Prysm Group cofounders Hurder (left) and Barrera: bringing an industry-agnostic approach to helping business leverage emerging... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; blockchain; cryptocurrency; economic models; innovation; consulting; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2011
News

Li & Fung's Global Footprint

minimum wages to go up 13.5 percent a year. That’s an 82 percent increase in wages over five years. Higher wages will cause China’s growth engine to transition from low-cost exports to domestic consumption. My prediction is that over the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade

01 Oct 2002
News

Andrew H. Tisch

company focused on improving its sales force and restoring retailers' confidence in the quality of an expanded and more fashionable product line. After five years, Bulova was breaking even; when Tisch left... View Details

10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

bad process—one perceived as unfair, illegitimate, or simply confusing—can create unnecessary barriers to agreement and that good process design can promote breakthroughs. Principle 4: Breakthrough Negotiators Foster Agreement When Possible But Employ View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

01 Jun 2012
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From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’

provided assistance to more than 450 students over the years and continue to support students today.) After establishing and growing CPS Technologies into a thriving business, at the age of 40 with five children at home, Christensen... View Details

Keywords: awards

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Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) - Course Catalog

the critical insights, frameworks and tools needed. Graduates will be well-positioned for roles that demand a deep understanding of leading and scaling social enterprises and designing and implementing solutions that drive measurable... View Details

11 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms

to bring proven frameworks for teaching content about race, gender, and other dimensions of difference effectively. She turned to her good friend and Wharton colleague Creary. “We spent the last few years ensuring that we had a diverse... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Ask the Expert: On the Fly

always been intriguing to me,” says Carty, which explains his five decades in the field—starting at Air Canada, moving on to American Airlines (where he served as chairman and CEO), and including board stints with Porter Airlines, Virgin... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

brands based upon five ideas about transnational companies that are prominent in today's global discourse: quality, status, country-of-origin, citizenship, and American values. "Hence, managing the transnational brand requires... View Details

Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors

02 Dec 2002
What Do You Think?

How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

management's actions with the long-term interests of an organization and its investors is, of course, to delay payment of options until long-term performance has been proven. Charlie Cullinane suggests, for example, that an organization should "delay payment of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015

to present a 3-principle framework we call REVISE. This framework classifies forces that affect dishonesty into three main categories and then redirects those View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

tractable endogenous growth framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to acquire new product lines and exploitation R&D to improve their existing... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=107061 Understanding Industry Structure Harvard Business School Note 707-493 Examines the structural determinants of industry attractiveness (the Five View Details