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      Entry into Platform-based Markets

      By: Feng Zhu and Marco Iansiti
      This paper examines the relative importance of platform quality, indirect network effects, and consumer expectations on the success of entrants in platform-based markets. We develop a theoretical model and find that an entrant's success depends on the strength of... View Details
      Keywords: Platform-based Markets; Winnter-take-all; First-mover Advantage; Indirect Network Effects; Video Game Industry; Quality; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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      Zhu, Feng, and Marco Iansiti. "Entry into Platform-based Markets." Strategic Management Journal 33, no. 1 (January 2012): 88–106.
      • December 2011 (Revised April 2013)
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      Brasil Foods

      By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
      In mid-2011, the management of Brasil Foods, a leading Brazilian branded foods producer and protein exporter, is evaluating strategies for international and domestic growth. The team has just received approval from Brazil's antitrust authorities to complete the merger... View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Brazil
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      Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Brasil Foods." Harvard Business School Case 512-013, December 2011. (Revised April 2013.)
      • December 2011 (Revised April 2012)
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      Transforming Verizon: A Platform for Change

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
      A new CEO steps into the shoes of his long-time predecessor who had created the U.S. telecommunications giant via a series of acquisitions and, before departing, had initiated the company's strategic repositioning. The new CEO reflected on Verizon's recent successes,... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Globalized Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Telecommunications Industry
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Transforming Verizon: A Platform for Change." Harvard Business School Case 312-082, December 2011. (Revised April 2012.)
      • December 2011
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      Platform Envelopment

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall Van Alstyne
      Due to network effects and switching costs in platform markets, entrants generally must offer revolutionary functionality. We explore a second entry path that does not rely upon Schumpeterian innovation: platform envelopment. Through envelopment, a provider in one... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Platforms; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Economic Systems; Development Economics; Business or Company Management; Business Strategy; Network Effects; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R., Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne. "Platform Envelopment." Strategic Management Journal 32, no. 12 (December 2011): 1270–1285.
      • November 2011 (Revised March 2014)
      • Case

      Jaipur Literature Festival — Beyond the Festival Template

      By: Tarun Khanna, Dennis A. Yao, Hillary Greene and Amrita Chowdhury
      Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), dubbed "the greatest literary show on earth" was an annual event held in late January at the Diggi Palace in Jaipur. JLF provided a platform for international authors and Indian language authors from the subcontinent to engage in a... View Details
      Keywords: Literature; Festival; Economic Development; Social Development; Literacy; Development Economics; Social Entrepreneurship; Organizational Structure; Social Issues; India
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      Khanna, Tarun, Dennis A. Yao, Hillary Greene, and Amrita Chowdhury. "Jaipur Literature Festival — Beyond the Festival Template." Harvard Business School Case 712-401, November 2011. (Revised March 2014.)
      • November 2011 (Revised May 2012)
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      SecondMarket—Providing Liquidity for Shareholders of Privately Held iContact

      By: William A. Sahlman, Ramana Nanda and James McQuade
      In 2011, SecondMarket was an online platform that facilitated secondary transactions of illiquid assets, including private company stock. This case explores reasons for the decline in small-cap IPOs in the United States from the 1990s to the 2000s and how the emergence... View Details
      Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations
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      Sahlman, William A., Ramana Nanda, and James McQuade. "SecondMarket—Providing Liquidity for Shareholders of Privately Held iContact." Harvard Business School Case 812-072, November 2011. (Revised May 2012.)
      • October 2011 (Revised December 2012)
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      eHealthpoint: Healthcare for Rural India

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Mona Sinha and Elizabeth Vrolyk
      Healthpoint Services sought to address rural India's shortage of quality and affordable healthcare with a multi-service platform that comprised telemedical health clinics called eHealthpoints, clean drinking water, a diagnostic lab, and a pharmacy. Could they convince... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; India
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., Mona Sinha, and Elizabeth Vrolyk. "eHealthpoint: Healthcare for Rural India." Harvard Business School Case 812-020, October 2011. (Revised December 2012.)
      • September 2011 (Revised March 2014)
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      Brightcove, Inc. in 2007

      By: Andrei Hagiu and David B. Yoffie
      Brightcove, a technology and services provider to content owners in the Internet television field, aimed to become a media distribution company in its own right. On October 30, 2006, it relaunched its Website—and, in effect, its business. With its new, consumer-facing... View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Diversification; Digital Platforms; Business Strategy; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Distribution; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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      Hagiu, Andrei, and David B. Yoffie. "Brightcove, Inc. in 2007." Harvard Business School Case 712-424, September 2011. (Revised March 2014.)
      • September 2011
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      Orientation to Leadership Intelligence Days, 2011

      By: Joshua D. Margolis and Anthony J. Mayo
      Julie Bornstein, senior vice president of Sephora Direct, is seeking to double her budget for social media and other digital marketing initiatives for 2011. A number of digital efforts implemented in the past two years seem to be bearing fruit and there is a desire to... View Details
      Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Borrowing and Debt; Investment Return; Resource Allocation; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Online Technology; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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      Margolis, Joshua D., and Anthony J. Mayo. "Orientation to Leadership Intelligence Days, 2011." Harvard Business School Module Note 412-057, September 2011.
      • August 2011
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      InnoCentive.com (B)

      By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric Lonstein
      InnoCentive.com enables clients to tap into internal and external solver networks to address various business issues. In 2008, InnoCentive introduced "InnoCentive@Work" (lC@W), which recognized clients' reluctance to share problems and solutions with an external... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Platforms; Cost vs Benefits; Intellectual Property; Networks; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Product; Groups and Teams; Communication Technology
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      Lakhani, Karim R., and Eric Lonstein. "InnoCentive.com (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 612-026, August 2011.
      • July 2011 (Revised January 2013)
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      Digital Microscopy Is Making Me Crazy!

      By: Willy Shih
      For Carl Zeiss Microimaging, modular hardware and software enabled customers to tailor Zeiss's broad range of microscopy systems hardware and software to meet a wide range of needs from basic scientific research in the biological and medical sciences to clinical... View Details
      Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Corporate Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Science-Based Business; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Business Conglomerates; Digital Platforms; Opportunities; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Computer Industry
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      Shih, Willy. "Digital Microscopy Is Making Me Crazy!" Harvard Business School Case 612-002, July 2011. (Revised January 2013.)
      • June 2011 (Revised June 2012)
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      Sephora Direct: Investing in Social Media, Video, and Mobile

      By: Elie Ofek and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
      Julie Bornstein, senior vice president of Sephora Direct, is seeking to double her budget for social media and other digital marketing initiatives for 2011. A number of digital efforts implemented in the past two years seem to be bearing fruit and there is a desire to... View Details
      Keywords: History; Leadership; Marketing Strategy; Marketing; Emerging Markets; Investment Return; Investment Funds; Budgets and Budgeting
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      Ofek, Elie, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Sephora Direct: Investing in Social Media, Video, and Mobile." Harvard Business School Case 511-137, June 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
      • June 2011 (Revised October 2012)
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      IBM China Development Lab Shanghai: Capability by Design

      By: Willy Shih, Kamen Bliznashki and Fan Zhao
      When IBM shifted from a traditional territory-based multinational organization to what it called a globally integrated enterprise, it established its headquarters for "Growth Markets" in Shanghai and "Established Markets" in New York. This positioned its China... View Details
      Keywords: Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Global Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Research and Development; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Information Technology Industry; China
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      Shih, Willy, Kamen Bliznashki, and Fan Zhao. "IBM China Development Lab Shanghai: Capability by Design." Harvard Business School Case 611-055, June 2011. (Revised October 2012.)
      • May 2011 (Revised January 2013)
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      Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa

      By: Elie Ofek and Ryan Johnson
      Nike's Football division needs to devise a strategy to excel at the 2010 World Cup games in South Africa. Nike has gone from a niche player in the market for football apparel and footwear in 1994 to a formidable competitor to Adidas in 2008 (with revenues of over $1... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Marketing; Business Divisions; Communication; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Planning; Competition; Apparel and Accessories Industry; South Africa
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      Ofek, Elie, and Ryan Johnson. "Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 511-060, May 2011. (Revised January 2013.)
      • May 2011 (Revised May 2011)
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      Nokia: The Burning Platform

      By: Juan Alcacer, Tarun Khanna and Mary Furey
      Overview on the state of Nokia since the “Emerging Nokia?” case was written. View Details
      Keywords: Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Marketing Strategy; Emerging Markets; Network Effects; Telecommunications Industry; Computer Industry
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      Alcacer, Juan, Tarun Khanna, and Mary Furey. "Nokia: The Burning Platform." Harvard Business School Case 711-514, May 2011. (Revised May 2011.)
      • April 2011 (Revised September 2011)
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      BlackRock Solutions

      By: Kenneth A. Froot and Scott Waggoner
      The BlackRock Solutions case examines the different functions and economics of a global asset manager's value chain, with particular emphasis on the "money management" and the "investment systems platform" businesses. Students analyze why BlackRock decided to unbundle... View Details
      Keywords: Investment Management; Strategic Vision; Organizational Behavior; Economies Of Scale And Scope; Unbundling Of Services; Strategic Planning; Risk Management; Financial Management; Asset Management; Competitive Advantage; Value; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Investment; Financial Strategy
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      Froot, Kenneth A., and Scott Waggoner. "BlackRock Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 211-082, April 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
      • April 2011
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      Samsung and Google TV

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Prithvi Raj and Crystal Jean Marrie
      This case describes Samsung's decision on how to pursue the growing market opportunity for internet-connected televisions, which enable consumers to access a range of web-based content including basic information (e.g. stock quotes, weather, news headlines, RSS feeds,... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Decision Choices and Conditions; Electronics Industry
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Prithvi Raj, and Crystal Jean Marrie. "Samsung and Google TV." Harvard Business School Case 711-505, April 2011.
      • 6 Apr 2011
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      Finding Technical Debt in Platform and Network Architectures

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Alan MacCormack
      Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Design
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      Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Alan MacCormack. "Finding Technical Debt in Platform and Network Architectures." MathWorks, April 6, 2011.
      • March 2011
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      MorphoSys AG: The Evolution of a Biotechnology Business Model

      By: Gary P. Pisano, Ryan Johnson and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      In the biotech world, the 18-year-old Munich-based company MorphoSys was a rarity: it was profitable. The company achieved this profitability not by developing and selling its own drugs, but by licensing access to its proprietary library of human antibodies. Recently,... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Profit; Intellectual Property; Rights; Risk Management; Digital Platforms; Product Development; Business and Shareholder Relations; Vertical Integration; Biotechnology Industry; Munich
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      Pisano, Gary P., Ryan Johnson, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "MorphoSys AG: The Evolution of a Biotechnology Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 611-046, March 2011.
      • March 2011 (Revised August 2014)
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      Social Media in Health Care

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Selin Gunal Tyler and Charles C. Huang
      This note reviews the social media firms in health care that help providers and consumers to interact and their nascent business models. View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Health Care and Treatment; Digital Platforms; Social and Collaborative Networks; Health Industry
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., Selin Gunal Tyler, and Charles C. Huang. "Social Media in Health Care." Harvard Business School Background Note 311-093, March 2011. (Revised August 2014.)
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