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Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies

By: Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
Organizational structures are increasingly complex. In particular, more firms today operate as multi-sided platforms. In this paper, we study how platform firms use repositioning and cost-cutting in response to competition, elucidate external and internal factors that... View Details
Keywords: Platform Strategy; Repositioning; Cost-cutting; Intra-firm Learning; Multi-Sided Platforms; Cost Management; Product Positioning; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Journalism and News Industry
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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

team and a significant equity holder, if equity has been distributed. Acceptable Business Ventures The objective of the Student New Venture Competition is to provide a meaningful learning experience for students who are interested in... View Details
  • August 2013 (Revised November 2020)
  • Case

Tesla Motors

By: Eric Van den Steen
In mid-2013, Tesla Motors was riding a wave of success: It had launched its first really mass-produced car—the model S—to rave reviews; had recently raised first-year production targets; and had started taking orders for its next car, the Model X. Tesla seemed to be on... View Details
Keywords: Barriers To Entry; Economic Analysis; Learning Curve; Economies Of Scale; Innovation; Market Entry; Sustainable Competitive Advantage; Vision; Strategy And Leadership; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Advantage; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Learning; Economics; Analysis; Auto Industry
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  • November 2002 (Revised June 2003)
  • Case

NYSE vs. NASDAQ: International Competition

By: Estelle S. Cantillon and Tarun Khanna
Compares and contrasts the international strategies of the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ as they looked overseas for new sources of growth in the late 1990s. View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Financial Markets; Globalization; United States
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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

following criteria: Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA student Current Center for Public Leadership Graduate Fellow ; or Adrian Cheng Fellow (graduate students only). Full-time Harvard graduate student enrolled in one of the courses during the academic year in which the... View Details

    Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies

    We study how platform firms use repositioning and cost-cutting in response to competition, elucidate external and internal factors that constrain or enable these responses, and examine how the firms’ responses affect their performance. Our empirical context is... View Details
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    The Value of Data and Its Impact on Competition

    By: Marco Iansiti
    Common regulatory perspective on the relationship between data, value, and competition in online platforms has increasingly centered on the volume of data accumulated by incumbent firms. This view posits the existence of "data network effects," where more data leads to... View Details
    Keywords: Online Platforms; Data Network Effects; Analytics and Data Science; Value; Competition; Digital Platforms
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    • 01 Sep 2014
    • News

    Case Study: Declawing the Competition

    in subscriber growth and customer feedback. However, the lucrative market opportunity ($8 billion, growing at 4 percent year-over-year) and the low costs of entry are attracting new competition. New cat-focused subscription boxes have... View Details
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    The Five Forces - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Five Forces Threat of Substitute Products or Services Bargaining Power of Suppliers Bargaining Power of Buyers Threat of New Entrants Rivalry Among Existing Competitors The Five Forces is a framework for understanding the competitive... View Details
    • 26 Sep 2023
    • Cold Call Podcast

    The PGA Tour and LIV Golf Merger: Competition vs. Cooperation

    Keywords: Sports
    • 01 Sep 2016
    • News

    Research Brief: Cultivating Creativity through Competition

    given to their competitors. Using analytical software that evaluates visual similarities between designs, Gross compared each submission with prior entries by the same designer, and related the similarity to the number and quality of... View Details
    Keywords: Erin Peterson
    • November 2006
    • Case

    Competitive Headaches (A): The Analgesic Wars

    By: Dennis A. Yao
    Addresses the problem of competing with a me-too consumer product. Focuses on Bristol-Meyers' 1975 strategy for introducing a competitor to Tylenol in the analgesic market. View Details
    Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Consumer Products Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • 2023
    • Editorial

    American and Chinese Universities Must Reject Calls to Disengage: Restrictions on Entry of Scholars Will Set Back U.S. Advances

    By: William C. Kirby
    Keywords: Higher Education; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Competition; China; United States
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    • October 2016
    • Supplement

    Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel's Cellular Market (B)

    By: Joshua Margolis, Amram Migdal and Kerry Herman
    The case complements “Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel’s Cellular Market (A),” HBS case number 417-017, which addresses reforms to regulations in Israel’s telecommunications industry initiated and implemented under the leadership of... View Details
    Keywords: Market Reform; Political Leadership; Industry Regulation; Regulatory Reforms; Economic Sectors; Private Sector; Public Sector; Values and Beliefs; Ethics; Geography; Geopolitical Units; Country; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Market Design; Market Participation; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Telecommunications Industry; Communications Industry; Public Administration Industry; Israel
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    • 1986
    • Working Paper

    Price Competition with a Distribution of Switch Costs and Reservation Prices

    By: Jerry R. Green and Suzanne Scotchmer
    When there is a distribution of switch costs and of reservation prices for a good, and marginal cost of producing the good is zero, equilibrium in pure price strategies may (and sometimes must) exhibit price dispersion. Equilibrium may or may not exist, and there may... View Details
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    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Old Moats for New Models: Openness, Control, and Competition in Generative AI

    By: Pierre Azoulay, Joshua L. Krieger and Abhishek Nagaraj
    Drawing insights from the field of innovation economics, we discuss the likely competitive environment shaping generative AI advances. Central to our analysis are the concepts of appropriability—whether firms in the industry are able to control the knowledge generated... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning; Open Source Distribution; Policy
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    Social Enterprise Track | New Venture Competition

    an opportunity for eligible graduate students across Harvard University to explore social entrepreneurship and test ideas for social innovation in a rigorous and supportive environment. Social Enterprise Track entries may include... View Details
    • December 2018 (Revised May 2021)
    • Background Note

    Making UK Energy Smarter

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    This case describes the history of the United Kingdom's domestic energy industry and the country's efforts to create a more competitive, greener, and distributed power sector. On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom government and the industry regulator, the Office of Gas... View Details
    Keywords: Energy Policy; Regulation; Energy Markets; Subsidies; Oligopolistic Competition; Barriers To Entry; Wholesale; Electric Vehicle; Batteries; Energy Storage; Competition Policy; Energy; Policy; Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Vertical Integration; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Disruption; Energy Industry; United Kingdom
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    • 24 Apr 2019
    • Blog Post

    2019 New Venture Competition Student and Alumni Journeys

    The New Venture Competition is an annual student and alumni competition sponsored by Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative. The 2019 New Venture View Details
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    New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Solara Sacerdote Grand Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition 1_rwoq7e70 Trans Health HQ Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition... View Details