Publications

Article

How to Compete in Stagnant Industries

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

Keywords: Competition; Business Ventures

April 1988
Article

Service Sangyou ni okeru Kyousou: sono Rironteki Framework (Competition in Global Industries: a Theoretical Framework)

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ryoko Tohyama

Keywords: Competition; Theory; Framework

1998
Article

Kyousou no Rule wo Kaeru Shuhou to shite no Marketing (Marketing as a Tool to Change the Rules of Competition)

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

Keywords: Marketing; Change; Competition

June 1994
Supplement

Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (B)

By: David B. Yoffie

Updates the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Commercialization; Competition; Air Transportation Industry

1999
Chapter

Microeconomic Competitiveness: Findings from the 1999 Executive Survey

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Competition; Microeconomics

07 Mar 2013
News

Michael Porter discusses U.S. Competitivness with Charlie Rose

December 1998
Case

Retail Financial Services in 1998: First Union

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Takia Mahmood

Provides an overview of First Union's current strategy for retail financial services. Retail Financial Services in 1998 should be given to all students as background material. The class should then be split into groups, with each group receiving one of the following... View Details

Keywords: Investment Funds; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Industry Structures; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry

1983
Chapter

Analyzing Competitors: Predicting Competitor Behavior and Formulating Offensive and Defensive Strategy

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Behavior

June 2023
Supplement

Applied Intuition (B)

By: Andy Wu

Applied Intuition CEO Qasar Younis shares his perspective on the company's growth opportunities, the future of the autonomy industry, and his personal observations on strategy and leadership in technology. View Details

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

January 1995 (Revised March 1995)
Supplement

Apple Computer 1995 (A)

By: David B. Yoffie and Takia Mahmood

Updates Apple Computer--1992. Summarizes the key strategic actions from 1992 to 1995 regarding PCs, the PowerMac, multimedia, OS licensing, and alliances with IBM. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Alliances; Rights; Computer Industry

January 1995
Case

3M: Profile of an Innovating Company

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Afroze A Mohammed

Traces the birth and development of 3M Corp., focusing in particular on the origins of its entrepreneurially-based ability to innovate. In particular, it highlights the role of CEO William L. McKnight in creating a unique set of values, policies, and structures to... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Advantage; Organizational Culture

Educators

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Club Basketball | MBA

provide high-quality inter- and intra-collegiate competition to basketball players on campus. Annual Events 3-on-3 Tournament Club Email Address bball@studentclubs.hbs.edu Club Co-Presidents Pepe Munoz Elizondo Victor Liu Walker Jester... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

Latin American Conference

in Latin America. Speakers addressed the general lack of understanding of the region’s business dynamics and the worrying lag in competitiveness relative to emerging markets in China and India. The conference was sponsored by the HBS Club... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Sep 2007
News

MBAs Chosen for Leadership Fellows Program

Ten new MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the help of the School’s Leadership Fellows program. Now in its sixth year, the program provides fellows with one-year appointments at a competitive... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2012
News

Faculty Research Online

Why Do We Tax? With the next President set to take office, it's time to ask how the income tax system could be improved. Assistant Professor Matthew Weinzierl suggests how. US Competitiveness at Risk America's declining global... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

15 Nov 2020
News

Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard

Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. On April 16, video screens were glowing as spectators watched the finale of HBS’s annual New Venture Competition (NVC). COVID-19 turned the View Details

March 2018
Teaching Note

Sandlands Vineyards

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte

Teaching Note for HBS No.718-438. View Details