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- Sep 2017
- Report
Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America
At a time of high dissatisfaction and distrust with the U.S. political system, Michael E. Porter and co-author Katherine M. Gehl use the lens of industry competition to determine why politics in America fails to deliver results for the average American. Applying the... View Details
- December 2006 (Revised August 2007)
- Background Note
Understanding Industry Structure
Examines the structural determinants of industry attractiveness (the Five Forces framework) and the implications of industry structure for strategy. View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Understanding Industry Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-493, December 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
- January 2008 (Revised January 2010)
- Background Note
Finding Information for Industry Analysis
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Ann Cullen
This note provides detailed instructions on finding resources for conducting industry analysis, with a special focus on resources available at Harvard Business School. It allows students to transition from doing a Five Forces analysis on the basis of a case, where all... View Details
Rivkin, Jan W., and Ann Cullen. "Finding Information for Industry Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 708-481, January 2008. (Revised January 2010.)
- December 2011 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Heavy Metal (A): Baosteel Enters Brazil
What is Baosteel, a top Chinese steelmaker, doing in Brazil? The company is responding to the Chinese government's "go global" policy and to the possible rise in iron ore input costs. But steel mills are complex, capital-intensive projects, and Brazil is an emerging... View Details
Keywords: Global Business; China; Developing Countries; Latin America; Industrial Development; Strategy And Execution; Analysis; Industrial Analysis; Heavy Industry; Country Analysis; Brazil; Economic Analysis; Natural Resources; Infrastructure; Planning; Capacity Planning; Contingency Planning; Demand Planning; Competition; Core Competencies; Corporate Strategy; Strategic Positioning; Five Forces; Bargaining Power Of Suppliers; Globalization; Government and Politics; Policy; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Mining; Steel Industry; Mining Industry; China; Brazil
Abrami, Regina M., and Iacob Koch-Weser. "Heavy Metal (A): Baosteel Enters Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 912-411, December 2011. (Revised May 2012.)
- 01 Jul 2020
- News
Fixing U.S. Politics
- 10 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Veterans in the MBA Program: Profiles of Service
More than five percent of current students in the Harvard Business School MBA Program have military backgrounds, representing all US Armed Forces branches as well as international service. HBS is grateful... View Details
- October 2021
- Article
Can European Electric Utilities Manage Asset Impairments Arising from Net Zero Targets?
By: Conor Hickey, John O'Brien, Ben Caldecott, Celine McInerney and Brian O' Gallachoir
This paper develops a framework to assess the ability of electric utilities to sustain the forced impairment of carbon emitting power plants and applies it to the European market. We present a new method to measure asset impairment, for both the company and the... View Details
Hickey, Conor, John O'Brien, Ben Caldecott, Celine McInerney, and Brian O' Gallachoir. "Can European Electric Utilities Manage Asset Impairments Arising from Net Zero Targets?" Art. 102075. Journal of Corporate Finance 70 (October 2021).
- February 2010
- Background Note
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Situation Analysis
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
Before managers can begin to formulate marketing strategies for their businesses, they must have a strong understanding of the internal and external marketing environments in which they are operating. In this note, we present three methods for collecting and analyzing... View Details
Keywords: Five Forces Framework; SWOT Analysis; Marketing Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Industry Structures; Strategic Planning
Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Jill Avery. "Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Situation Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 510-079, February 2010.
- July 2013 (Revised July 2015)
- Background Note
Innovating in Health Care—Framework
Contains the framework for the second-year Innovating in Health Care course. Delineates the role of six exogenous forces on new ventures: structure, financing, regulations, consumers, accountability, technology, and public policy and presents the essential elements of... View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Innovating in Health Care—Framework." Harvard Business School Background Note 314-017, July 2013. (Revised July 2015.)
- October 1989 (Revised November 2006)
- Background Note
Deployment, Focus, and Measuring Effectiveness
Written for a module in the Marketing Implementation course (second-year MBA elective). Offers a framework for considering relevant factors that affect sales force deployment and criteria for measuring sales effectiveness and the conduct of field marketing efforts. View Details
Cespedes, Frank V. "Deployment, Focus, and Measuring Effectiveness." Harvard Business School Background Note 590-044, October 1989. (Revised November 2006.)
- 05 Sep 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Structural Transformation: A Competitiveness-based View
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- August 1996
- Case
Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (B); The Partnership Meeting
Continues the plot about growth and sales strategies, and adds interesting pricing and sales compensation elements. The partners' meeting sharpens the disagreements among the five partners, and forces Anne Howard, the managing partner, to develop a clear action plan. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Price; Sales; Strategy; Asset Management; Partners and Partnerships; Service Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (B); The Partnership Meeting." Harvard Business School Case 597-022, August 1996.
- March 2006
- Course Overview Note
International Finance: A Course Overview Note
By: Mihir A. Desai
Describes the International Finance course at Harvard Business School, which argues that the forces of globalization have fundamentally changed the scope and activities of firms, thereby altering the practice of finance within these firms. As a consequence of an... View Details
- January 2019 (Revised December 2020)
- Module Note
Market Attractiveness
By: Ashish Nanda
As a strategist, you must understand and calibrate the environment in which your organization operates. How generous or challenging is the environment? What forces drive the munificence or sparseness of your environment? How are those forces changing, and what is their... View Details
Nanda, Ashish. "Market Attractiveness." Harvard Business School Module Note 719-467, January 2019. (Revised December 2020.)
- October 1976
- Background Note
Industry Structural Change
Presents a framework for understanding and predicting industry structural change. Examines 1) the important underlying forces causing structural change, 2) the key relationships among industry elements in the process of change, and 3) some implications of change for... View Details
Keywords: Framework; Industry Structures; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Corporate Strategy
Porter, Michael E. "Industry Structural Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 377-051, October 1976.
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
Last year, it took a teenager's 10-minute video of a Black man's murder to shine a light on the raw hostility that Black people face daily in America. George Floyd's death at the hands of a white police officer forced many to acknowledge the systemic racism that... View Details
- Article
Three Principles to REVISE People's Unethical Behavior
By: Shahar Ayal, Francesca Gino, Rachel Barkan and Dan Ariely
Dishonesty and unethical behavior are widespread in the public and private sectors and cause immense annual losses. For instance, estimates of U.S. annual losses indicate $1 trillion paid in bribes, $270 billion lost due to unreported income, as well as $42 billion... View Details
Ayal, Shahar, Francesca Gino, Rachel Barkan, and Dan Ariely. "Three Principles to REVISE People's Unethical Behavior." Perspectives on Psychological Science 10, no. 6 (November 2015): 738–741.
- 1999
- Case
Nucor Corporation (B)
By: Vijay Govindarajan
In January, 1999, Ken Iverson, the thirty-year leader of Nucor Corporation, was forced into retirement. Five months later, his successor, John Correnti, was asked to leave. The board of directors wanted fundamental shifts in Nucor's strategy and organization that... View Details
- November – December 2011
- Article
Explaining Influence Rents: The Case for an Institutions-Based View of Strategy
By: Gautam Ahuja and Sai Yayavaram
Research in strategy has identified and tried to explain four types of rents: monopolistic rents, efficiency rents, quasi rents, and Schumpeterian rents. Building on previous work on political and institutional strategies, we add a fifth type of rent: influence rents.... View Details
Keywords: Institutions; Influence Rents; Generic Strategies; Strategy; Organizations; Renting or Rental; Economics
Ahuja, Gautam, and Sai Yayavaram. "Explaining Influence Rents: The Case for an Institutions-Based View of Strategy." Organization Science 22, no. 6 (November–December 2011): 1631–1652.