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- 28 Apr 2014
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- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem
Wal-Mart's and Microsoft's dominance in modern business has been attributed to any number of factors, ranging from the vision and drive of their founders to the companies' aggressive competitive practices. But the performance of these two... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
voluntary or involuntary. Salter explains that, on a global scale, overcapacity is linked to demographics. "From Asia alone, there will soon be over one billion laborers earning less than $4 a day dominating the world's workforce," he... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
year, with the goal of making the world of finance accessible to broader audiences by providing a rigorous but accessible overview of the biggest topics in finance. Finance is “the language of business, the lifeblood of the economy, and increasingly a View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
don’t remember many cases from 46 years ago, but “Head Ski” is implanted in my brain. Howard Head invented and popularized the first metal (aluminum) skis in the early 1950s, using many cutting-edge technologies. However, once he had View Details
- 2008
- Article
Industrial Specialization and Regional Clusters in the Ten New EU Member States
By: Orjan Solvell, Christian H.M. Ketels and Goran Lindqvist
Purpose—The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of regional concentration patterns within ten new European Union (EU) member states, EU10, and make comparisons with EU15 and the US economy.
Design/methodology/approach—Industrial... View Details
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Keywords: Geographic Location; Policy; Employment; Industry Clusters; Industry Structures; European Union; United States
Solvell, Orjan, Christian H.M. Ketels, and Goran Lindqvist. "Industrial Specialization and Regional Clusters in the Ten New EU Member States." Special Issue on Macro and Micro Level Competitiveness Competitiveness Review 18, nos. 1/2 (2008): 104 – 130.
- January 2014 (Revised April 2025)
- Supplement
The PGA Tour (C)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath
In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56... View Details
Keywords: PGA Tour; Tim Finchem; Deane Beman; Golf; Professional Golf; Business Model; Value Creation; Adaptation; Sports; Business Strategy; Sports Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Cole Magrath. "The PGA Tour (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 714-444, January 2014. (Revised April 2025.)
- 13 Dec 2022
- HBS Seminar
Christine Beckman, USC Price School of Public Policy
- 04 Jan 2022
- What Do You Think?
Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?
business utility akin to Zoom, but the early stages will be dominated by gamers.” Charles Morrissey saw a practical use now, saying that “the virtual university will finally deliver an alternative, low-cost substitute.” David Wittenberg,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
for instance, might argue that capitalism ignores issues of fairness in outcomes—but they can't say that it doesn't exist. “Our task is not to take immoral people and make them moral. Our task is to add texture to the dominant ethical... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- January 2014 (Revised April 2025)
- Supplement
The PGA Tour (B)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath
In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56... View Details
Keywords: PGA Tour; Tim Finchem; Deane Beman; Golf; Professional Golf; Business Model; Value Creation; Adaptation; Sports; Business Strategy; Sports Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Cole Magrath. "The PGA Tour (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 714-443, January 2014. (Revised April 2025.)
- December 2013 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
The PGA Tour (A)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath
In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56... View Details
Keywords: PGA Tour; Tim Finchem; Deane Beman; Golf; Professional Golf; Business Model; Value Creation; Competition; Adaptation; Monopoly; Globalization; Sports; Business Strategy; Sports Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Cole Magrath. "The PGA Tour (A)." Harvard Business School Case 714-442, December 2013. (Revised April 2025.)
- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?
after the launch of the Cayenne. While she hadn't set out to focus on gender specifically, she found that gender dominated the discussions about the new vehicle. (The Cayenne launch became the basis of an HBS teaching case that Avery... View Details
- 28 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration
importance of collaboration. Leaders often wish they could improve the way they collaborate, starting with how they approach working with others, she says. “Leaders tend to dominate the conversation; they don’t listen and shut down... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
marketing was dreadful, and its finances would have collapsed had it not been for CFO Fred Anderson’s work. The world of computers was dominated by Microsoft, especially after the introduction of its breakthrough product, Windows 95, in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
began to move into the position of dominance that it enjoys in the MBA curriculum today. Building on the foundational work of Adolf Berle and Gardiner Means on the separation of ownership and control in the large corporation, and of... View Details
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
control of human behavior by totalitarian government, replacing human hopes, emotions, and even relationships with an “inside out” dominance over human thought and behavior by an all-seeing entity called Big Brother. In the recent book... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised April 2025)
- Supplement
The PGA Tour (D)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath
In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56... View Details
Keywords: PGA Tour; Tim Finchem; Deane Beman; Golf; Professional Golf; Business Model; Value Creation; Adaptation; Sports; Business Strategy; Sports Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Cole Magrath. "The PGA Tour (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 714-445, January 2014. (Revised April 2025.)
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
Packard in the early 1980s what accounted for HP's extraordinary run he modestly replied, "I guess we found a way to make a better product." Where are those better products today? Referring to one of HP's most visible new product initiatives, the TouchPad, a... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- January 2014 (Revised April 2025)
- Supplement
The PGA Tour (F)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath
In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56... View Details
Keywords: PGA Tour; Tim Finchem; Deane Beman; Golf; Professional Golf; Business Model; Value Creation; Adaptation; Sports; Business Strategy; Sports Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Cole Magrath. "The PGA Tour (F)." Harvard Business School Supplement 714-447, January 2014. (Revised April 2025.)