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- September 1988
- Case
Skil Corp.
The portable electric power tool market in the United States was approximately $1.1 billion in 1979. There were about a dozen manufacturers competing in the U.S. market, of which five were U.S. companies. Skil was the third largest U.S. competitor. Skil was acquired by... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Competitive Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Emerging Markets; United States
Porter, Michael E. "Skil Corp." Harvard Business School Case 389-005, September 1988.
- 24 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named
allows businesses to design and order industrial equipment online. Alumnus: Etienne Lacroix, MBA 2011 Region: Canada These teams will make their final pitches to a panel of judges on April 25 and a winner and crowd favorite will be picked... View Details
- Profile
Claire Freidman
school, and have stuck with that plan while on campus. After graduation, I'm moving out to Los Angeles to work in strategy and business development for Warner Bros. Entertainment. If you had asked me on my... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
Jain (Harvard Business School Publishing, 2002) is a fact in many organizations today. It can be summed up by the question, "What's new?" Karl Hansen commented, "New Marketing is just another way to help people try to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
discusses how the United States can reformulate some of these ideas from China to foster much-needed change at home. Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy by Joan Magretta (MBA 1983) (Harvard View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
out-satisfy Amazon. The managements of Walmart and Target didn’t just come up with emergency strategies on the spur of the moment. Clearly, their managements had for some time been plotting ways of competing against an organization that... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Porter Directs New Institute at HBS
A new Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC), directed by Michael E. Porter, opened at HBS in July. The interdisciplinary ISC is dedicated to enlarging and disseminating the body of research on competition and View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Snapshot: Gary DiCamillo, Polaroid's CEO
imaging with $2.2 billion in sales, is now in the early stages of an eighteen-month streamlining and consolidation strategy that was announced in December. He expects that within the next year an exciting line of Polaroid products -... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
If Mad Men advertising hotshot Don Draper was operating on Madison Avenue today, he would find competition coming from more than just other ad firms. A recent study by Harvard Business School professor emeritus Alvin J. Silk and... View Details
- June 2024
- Supplement
Zeswitz Music (A)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
Abstract: In July of 2013, Randy Shayler (HBS, 2012) acquired Zeswitz Music, a musical instrument rental company based in Reading,... View Details
Abstract: In July of 2013, Randy Shayler (HBS, 2012) acquired Zeswitz Music, a musical instrument rental company based in Reading,... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Strategy; Acquisition; Revenue; Marketing; Music Industry; Retail Industry; Pennsylvania
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Zeswitz Music (A)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 224-747, June 2024.
- May 2017 (Revised October 2017)
- Supplement
Uber: Changing the Way the World Moves (B)
By: Youngme Moon
This (B) case was written as a follow-up to the original case, “Uber: Changing the Way the World Moves” (HBS No. 316-101). It describes a slew of controversial incidents besetting the company in early 2017. View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Competitive Strategy; Transportation; Problems and Challenges; United States
Moon, Youngme. "Uber: Changing the Way the World Moves (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-125, May 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
- 16 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters
Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. "Interdepartmental coordination doesn't tend to happen organically. It needs some intervention to create collaborative... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- July 1998
- Case
Microsoft--1995 (Abridged)
By: Tarun Khanna and David B. Yoffie
Focuses on how Microsoft built one of the world's greatest franchises and poses questions about what, if anything, can stop the company. Teaching purpose: To teach building competitive advantage, the advantages of bundling, and the sustainability of competitive... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry
Khanna, Tarun, and David B. Yoffie. "Microsoft--1995 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 799-003, July 1998.
- October 1998
- Case
Conduit Communications
By: William A. Sahlman and Jon Biotti
Sahlman, William A., and Jon Biotti. "Conduit Communications." Harvard Business School Case 899-104, October 1998.
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
take a company rooted in its history, in one kind of business, and develop a strategy and execution around migrating that experience from the traditional venue of our retail stores into new business areas... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem
of data from this survey highlights the need for business leaders, policymakers, and academics to collaborate on practical ways to make progress,” something well within the nation’s reach, he added. In fact, the Project seeks to inspire... View Details
- December 2003 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Building Hedge Funds at Prospero Capital
This case discusses the issues facing a relatively new and small equity hedge fund as it attempts to expand its investor base. View Details
Chacko, George C., Randolph B. Cohen, Andrew J. Blackburn, and Mei Hu. "Building Hedge Funds at Prospero Capital." Harvard Business School Case 204-007, December 2003. (Revised December 2004.)
- 10 Jan 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management
Strategy Failures? What Really Drives Your Strategy? Why do so many companies veer off their strategic plan? Look for a disconnect between corporate strategy and how resources are allocated, say Harvard... View Details
- 30 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers
industry," he explains, "you have to make a bet on the future: Do you have a viable business strategy, and if so, is it one of growth, of maintenance, or of decline? Given your beliefs about the future, you then need to design a... View Details