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  • September 2012
  • Case

Ringier - Building a Digital-Age Media Company

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee
Overview of the strategic re-orientation and diversification of Ringier, a Swiss based media company, as they confront the challenges of staying competitive and profitable in the new and increasingly digital media landscape. View Details
Keywords: Media And Publishing; Publishing; Media; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Diversification; Publishing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Switzerland
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Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Ringier - Building a Digital-Age Media Company." Harvard Business School Case 713-423, September 2012.
  • October 1999 (Revised March 2000)
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Credit Suisse (A)

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 Focus and Relationships; Banking Industry; Switzerland
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Fulmer, William E. "Credit Suisse (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-155, October 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
  • September 1975 (Revised June 1983)
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Note on the Structural Analysis of Industries

By: Michael E. Porter
Provides a framework for the analysis of industry structure. Identifies the major structural features that influence the profit potential in industries and some illustrative implications of these for strategy formulation. Can be used as a reference note for business... View Details
Keywords: Industry Structures; Business Strategy; Profit
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Porter, Michael E. "Note on the Structural Analysis of Industries." Harvard Business School Background Note 376-054, September 1975. (Revised June 1983.)
  • 27 Oct 2020
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Growing a Manufacturing Company with a Social Mission

Keywords: Manufacturing
  • 02 Aug 2024
  • HBS Case

How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

could gain profit from food they otherwise would have tossed. Domingues would charge stores a 5 percent service fee. After a string of rejections, he persuaded the owner of Farm Boy, a high-end Canadian grocery chain, to let him sell... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Information Technology
  • August 1965 (Revised December 1987)
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L.L. Bean, Inc.

Discusses the development and operations of a small manufacturing and mail order company doing $3 million sales. L.L. Bean operates in violation of most reasonable business principles, but it is profitable and growing. View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Operations; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Maine
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Tucker, Frank L., and Charles M. Leighton. "L.L. Bean, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 366-013, August 1965. (Revised December 1987.)
  • September 2012 (Revised March 2014)
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Reinventing Brainlab (A)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Vincent Dessain and Karol Misztal
The management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment. View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry; Germany
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Herzlinger, Regina E., Vincent Dessain, and Karol Misztal. "Reinventing Brainlab (A)." Harvard Business School Case 313-069, September 2012. (Revised March 2014.)
  • November 1997
  • Case

Colly Cotton Ltd.

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
Colly Farm is an entrepreneurial cotton farm complex that has to compete on a world market. In going public it has to satisfy the market that it can remain profitable in volatile times. View Details
Keywords: Earnings Management; Entrepreneurship; Going Public; Balance and Stability
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Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Colly Cotton Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 598-052, November 1997.
  • 05 Dec 2024
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Christopher Marquis, University of Cambridge Judge Business School

  • November 2012
  • Case

Ahold versus Tesco—Analyzing Performance

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Penelope Rossano
The case relates to understanding and comparing the performance of two leading retail companies—Ahold and Tesco. The case introduces the tools of Dupont and Modified Dupont Decomposition. While performance as measured by return on equity has been similar for the two... View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Retail Industry
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and Penelope Rossano. "Ahold versus Tesco—Analyzing Performance." Harvard Business School Case 113-040, November 2012.
  • 26 Feb 2018
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The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

made at hotels if Airbnb wasn't an option. The San Francisco-based home-sharing platform still made its mark on the hotel industry, however. The researchers found that Airbnb's growth through 2014 reduced hotel variable profits by up to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel
  • 2009
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Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies

By: Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu
Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision variables are strategic complements or substitutes as for one-sided firms, but also -and crucially so- on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in... View Details
Keywords: Two-Sided Markets; Strategic Complements; Strategic Substitutes; Cost; Investment; Profit; One-Sided Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Advantage
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Farhi, Emmanuel, and Andrei Hagiu. "Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-011, August 2007. (Revised February 2009.)
  • 2017
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HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Find, acquire, and run your own business. Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurs; Small Companies; Small Business Finance; Negotiation; Due Diligence; Sourcing; Search Funds; Search; Deal Sourcing; Deal Structuring; Funnel; Debt Financing; Small And Medium Enterprises; Small Business; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation Deal; Ownership; Equity; Borrowing and Debt
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Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company. Harvard Business Review Press, 2017.
  • 30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

benefit of increased labor is improved quality. The objective of this paper is to examine the effect of labor on profitability through its impact on quality. Since employees at retail stores perform both production-related activities and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

Last year, Harvard Business School professor Ranjay Gulati met with the marketing department of a large American corporation and posed a seemingly simple question: What do marketing people actually do? "I got this nervous laughter," says Gulati, an expert on... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • December 2013 (Revised February 2014)
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Reinventing Brainlab (B)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Karol Misztal
The management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment. View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Medical Specialties; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry; Germany
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Herzlinger, Regina E., and Karol Misztal. "Reinventing Brainlab (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 314-054, December 2013. (Revised February 2014.)
  • October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
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Dividend Policy at Linear Technology

By: Malcolm P. Baker and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
In 1992, Linear Technology, a designer and manufacturer of analog semiconductors, initiated a dividend. The firm increased its dividend by approximately $0.01 per share each year thereafter. In fiscal year 2002, Linear experienced its first significant drop in sales... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Return; Financial Condition; Taxation; Initial Public Offering; Financial Management; Semiconductor Industry
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Baker, Malcolm P., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Dividend Policy at Linear Technology." Harvard Business School Case 204-066, October 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
  • April 2021 (Revised August 2024)
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The Turnaround at Ford Motor Company

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Olivia Jung
This case describes the corporate turnaround of the Ford Motor Company under the charismatic leadership of Alan Mulally. Ford was in deep trouble in the early 2000s as its prices and debt ratings plummeted and employee morale suffered. In 2006, the company anticipated... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Transformation; Restructuring; Organizational Culture; Leading Change; Performance Improvement; Auto Industry; North America
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Edmondson, Amy C., and Olivia Jung. "The Turnaround at Ford Motor Company." Harvard Business School Case 621-101, April 2021. (Revised August 2024.)
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