Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2020 (Revised March 2020)
Case

SmileDirectClub: Better Is Better

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Direct-to-consumer; Brands and Branding; Strategy; Expansion; Online Technology; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Retail Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase

1991
Chapter

Information Technology and Strategic Advantage

By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Garth Saloner

Keywords: Information Technology; Competitive Advantage; Strategy; Information Technology Industry

Citation

2002
Case

Dell Computer Corporation

By: Vijay Govindarajan and Julie Lang

The world's largest direct-selling computer company grew from its philosophy that customers know what they want and Dell can deliver it through custom assembly of outsourced components. Through a combination of financial and non-financial measures, Dell turned itself... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Hardware; Customization and Personalization; Consumer Products Industry; Service Industry

Citation

Spring 2016
Article

Performance Responses to Competition Across Skill-Levels in Rank Order Tournaments: Field Evidence and Implications for Tournament Design

By: Kevin J. Boudreau, Karim R. Lakhani and Michael E. Menietti

Tournaments are widely used in the economy to organize production and innovation. We study individual contestant-level data from 2,796 contestants in 774 software algorithm design contests with random assignment. Precisely conforming to theory predictions, the... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Innovation Strategy

Citation

Find at Harvard

Read Now

April 1993 (Revised November 1995)
Case

San Miguel Corporation: Facing the 1990s

By: James E. Austin and Francisco Roman

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Corporate Strategy

Citation

Find at Harvard

2005
Report

State of the Region Report 2005: Competitiveness and Collaboration in the Baltic Sea Region

By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Örjan Sölvell

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Government and Politics; Baltic Countries

Citation

Read Now

February 1990
Case

Wood Structures, Inc.

Ostensibly a case about employee turnover in a small construction component company, Wood Structures, Inc. is actually a snapshot of the whole company. In particular it addresses issues of leadership, morale, and teamwork (or the lack thereof) in a company dependent on... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Retention; Business Strategy

Citation

Find at Harvard

2003
Book

Seizing Strategic IT Advantage in China

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Richard L. Nolan and Guoqing Chen

Keywords: Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Information Technology; China

Citation

Find at Harvard

1991
Book

The Great Corporate Balancing Act

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Balance and Stability; Corporate Strategy

Citation

04 Jan 2022
News

How Corporate Intelligence Teams Help Businesses Manage Risk

29 Nov 2018
News

Unilever Names New CEO as Big Brands Regroup, Tackling Consumer Shift

16 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

change). They can be used to diagnose a culture and to model how likely an individual leader is to align with and shape it. The authors offer five insights regarding culture's effect on companies' success: (1) When aligned with strategy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Sep 2015

Amsterdam MBA Fair

Meet HBS alumni and Admissions staff at this event brought to you by Ivy Circle Netherlands (with the support of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants). The event will feature top MBA programs in the United States and Europe. View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

Hopping to It

there.” Arista is doing well, thanks to its established stars along with newcomers such as Pink, Avril Lavigne, Usher, and OutKast — the latter two, along with Santana, won Grammys this year. Asked about his goals for the company, Reid said, “Today my View Details

Keywords: Arista; LA Reid; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

March 2018
Teaching Note

Sandlands Vineyards

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte

Teaching Note for HBS No.718-438. View Details

Citation

Purchase

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers

actually been marked by steady decreases in concentration since World War II. Executives, they write, "need to break free of the biases that lead them to pursue larger and larger cross-border deals. There are better, more profitable View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar

14 Dec 2016
Blog Post

Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

nothing to do with finance in any shape or form and 2) I wanted to find a career with meaning that would combine my aforementioned interests. I was less sure about what function I wanted, but I was intrigued by international strategy... View Details

Web

Driving Profitable Growth - Course Catalog

regarding these elements constitutes a firm’s growth strategy and impacts whether it can grow profitably. The course is organized into four modules. Module 1: Introduction to the Concept of Growth Strategy—How Fast to Grow? In the first... View Details

Web

Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog

spring course, Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) 1418, students cannot take both of them. Career Focus This course provides a general management perspective on corporate finance and is designed to improve your ability to... View Details