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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

August 1994
Background Note

Note on Entering Foreign Markets: Opportunities for Smaller U.S. Companies

By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber

Designed specifically for the smaller U.S.-based company; provides a brief overview of the various means by which such companies can enter foreign markets and the sources of information and assistance, principally on exporting, available to them. View Details

Keywords: Trade; Information; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution; United States

Portrait Project

Andrew Huynh

of that meant taking advantage of the ample travel opportunities. I opted to refrain from big “HBS treks” to feed my inner introvert with more solo travel exploring the U.S. National Park System. While HBS was not my entry point to the... View Details

Web

Statistical Resources - Research Computing Services

standard errors using SAS An introduction to R The Cramer-Rao lower bound - derivation and examples Projection Matrices and Regression Sum of Squares The Frisch-Waugh-Lovell Theorem Matrix Derivation of the Frisch-Waugh-Lovell Theorem Delta Method Blogs Please see the... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Faculty Research Online

growth dispelled the idea that something about the “nature of India” made rapid growth difficult. Broad-ranging reforms in the mid-1980s and early 1990s deregulated legal barriers to entry into many industries and greatly reduced barriers... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

November 1986 (Revised April 1993)
Case

Fox Broadcasting Co.

Describes an attempt by Fox Broadcasting to enter the U.S. television broadcasting industry as a fourth network. Intended to integrate the analysis of major investment decisions with business strategy. Leads to a discussion of the investment decision based on industry... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

01 Jun 1997
News

MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96

expand its pool of women, minority, and international applicants. Toward that end, the Women's Student Association, for example, is helping MBA Admissions identify women who might not otherwise consider HBS in their career plans. Multiple View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

A Decade of Change

another social enterprise beyond the fellowship year. “The fellowship provides the opportunity to have a huge impact right away; it’s almost like you’re jumping two or three levels above the organization’s typical entry point,” said... View Details

21 Sep 2015
News

Helping Japan Build a Strong Economic Future

As a trade negotiator, economic official, and scholar, Naoko Munakata (MBA 1990) has been immersed in Japan’s economic revitalization effort for the last 25 years. In 2013, as director-general for trade policy in Japan, she helped to pave the way for her nation’s View Details

June 2001 (Revised May 2002)
Case

Innovation at Progressive (C): Auto Repair

By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar

Analyzes whether Progressive should enter the auto repair industry. The critical decision is whether the competencies that made Progressive succeed in the auto insurance industry can translate to the auto repair industry. View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Innovation and Invention; Insurance Industry; Service Industry; Auto Industry

January 1992 (Revised March 2006)
Case

The DAG Group

Chris Hackett and Val Rayzman have spent six months after graduating from business school exploring the possibility of building a chain of upscale drycleaners. This fragmented industry looked ripe for an innovative new entrant. Chris and Val have researched the... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Service Industry

10 Aug 2015
News

Seeding a Better Future for Colombia

format when he served as his country’s pavilion director during the Shanghai Expo, in 2009. The experience led to his leadership role as commissioner general for Colombia at Expo Milano 2015. This year’s Milan gathering runs through October and includes View Details

June 2013
Article

Vacancies in Supply Chain Networks

By: John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers

We use the supply chain matching framework to study the effects of firm exit. We show that the exit of an initial supplier or end consumer has monotonic effects on the welfare of initial suppliers and end consumers but may simultaneously have positive and negative... View Details

Keywords: Matching; Networks; Stability; Vacancy Chains; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain

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March 2002 (Revised May 2002)
Case

Genzyme: Engineering the Market for Orphan Drugs

Genzyme has made money with external technology in orphan drug markets generally considered to be too small to be attractive to other drug companies. Now competition is entering these same markets, placing Genzyme's business model under new pressures. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Information Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry