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  • October 2010 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

By: Sunil Gupta and Kerry Herman
In September 2010, faced with increasing threat from social game companies such as Zynga, Ben Feder, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive Software. Inc., had to decide the long-term strategy of his video-game company. As a publisher of traditional video games for Xbox 360,... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Leadership Style; Marketing; Competitive Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • February 2020
  • Case

Intellectual Ventures Update 2020

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
After raising $6 billion and buying 60,000 patents, Intellectual Venture (IV) was confronted with a changing legal environment. After a number of important legal decisions, including the Supreme Court's so-called "Alice" decision, IV had to shift strategy. IV sold off... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology; Business Model; United States
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  • August 2011
  • Supplement

Better World Books Video

By: Michael I. Norton, Fiona Wilson, Jill Avery and Thomas Steenburgh
This video contains an interview with David Murphy, CEO of Better World Books. Topics discussed include: the opportunities and constraints offered by having a social mission, an update on the company, and the future of Better World Books. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Management Teams; Business Model; Social Enterprise; Publishing Industry
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  • 25 Feb 2020
  • News

From Das’s Desk

reunion model in several ways. First, we are taking a page from the positive response to the Insights program introduced at last year’s reunions. These sessions feature faculty members and other speakers addressing 10 key topics that... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
  • 17 May 2019
  • News

Putting Value on Diversity, Inclusion, and Leadership

David Thomas is president of Morehouse College and the former H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at HBS. In this interview he reflects on his legacy as a mentor and teacher. “The most important way I think that I have... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2001
  • News

Eric C. Feagler: Against the Odds

CSG Systems International, a Denver software publisher. “I realized there that my understanding of economics, finance, and other business disciplines was limited,” Feagler notes, explaining his decision to apply to HBS. “Earning an MBA... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Navy; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded

business solutions to poverty. “One day we were talking to villagers who live on $2 a day, and the next day we were meeting with business and government leaders,” recalls Kim. Last summer he built on this... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • News

The Year in Ideas 2015

advantage of our program as possible,” Huntsman says. To that end, CEC partnered with D.A.R.E., a nonprofit known for its youth-oriented antidrug and antiviolence outreach, to create a program designed especially for juvenile offenders.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Case Study: Something New

over and over. Additionally, because most women aren’t fashion design- ers, it reduces the overwhelming responsibility of designing some- thing from scratch. —Erica Keany Blob (MBA 2006) Change the business... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) - Course Catalog

into issues such as deal structures, incentives, business models and valuation in much greater detail than TEM. Approximately one-third of the cases concern technology-based businesses, though the emphasis... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

Inside Intel

conception of business as a contact sport. The target was Motorola. The 68000 might have been technically superior to the 8086, but Davidow figured out a way to make that undeniably important fact irrelevant. What mattered was not the... View Details
Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • August 1974 (Revised April 1983)
  • Case

Peter Olafson (A)

By: John J. Gabarro
Describes the problems facing a recent MBA graduate in his job as general manager of a cable television company owned by a parent corporation. Raises issues of corporate divisional relationships and the difficulties facing an inexperienced manager who seems to be... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Television Entertainment; Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Problems and Challenges
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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Addressing the housing needs of India’s poor

community engagement, design, and affordability as the key elements of improving housing conditions for the poor. It provides an alternative to traditional models of mass-housing developments that lead to social exclusion. “We envisioned... View Details
  • 17 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Why Global Brands Work

distractions including Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo will be sold off; they're now meaningless. U.S.-based models like Mercury will be discontinued. Can Ford recover? The answer lies in whether the common vehicle platforms developed for... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Auto
  • Summer 2025
  • Article

Dynamic Competition for Customer Memberships

By: Cristian Chica, Julian Jimenez-Cardenas and Jorge Tamayo
A competitive two-period membership (subscription) market is analyzed. Two symmetric firms charge a “membership” fee that allows consumers to buy products or services at a given unit price for both periods. Firms can choose between long- or short-term memberships. When... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Price Discrimination; Membership; Dynamic Competition; Competition; Price; Consumer Behavior; Business Model
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  • October 2024
  • Supplement

NOW PT (A)

By: George A Riedel, Allison J. Wigen and Dave Habeeb
Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Abstract: In fall 2021, a team of students from the HBS Impact Investing Fund considered Neurologic Optimal Wellness Physical... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Investment; Business Model; Health Industry; United States
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  • 02 Oct 2013
  • News

General Motors Takes a Look Under Tesla's Hood

Keywords: Tesla; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade
  • June 2020
  • Supplement

Comcast Corporation (B)

By: Sunil Gupta, Henry McGee and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
The (B) case, set in the summer of 2020, highlights the concern of Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, as the streaming war intensifies. In a short period of time several new streaming services, such as Disney+, Apple TV+, Quibi, and HBO Max were launched and cable subscription... View Details
Keywords: Cable Television; Industry Evolution; Television Entertainment; Disruption; Business Model; Competitive Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • July 2006 (Revised March 2010)
  • Case

Symantec vs. McAfee: Competing in the Consumer Anti-virus Industry

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
Symantec and McAfee hold 53.6% and 18.8% respectively, of the anti-virus software market as of 2006. While the market is concentrated with five firms controlling over 90%, Microsoft is on the eve of releasing a consumer security subscription packed called OneCare Live.... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Software; Information Technology Industry
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  • 30 Nov 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy