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  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

style, and thus set prices that limit market penetration. The winning strategy diverges from this approach in almost every respect. When innovators develop products that people want to pull into their lives, they create markets that serve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2011
  • Teaching Note

The Allstate Corporation (TN)

By: John R. Wells
Teaching Note for 708485. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Profit; Insurance; Performance Improvement; Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • August 1997 (Revised March 1999)
  • Case

VeriFone (1997)

By: Richard L. Nolan, Anne Donnellon and Donna B. Stoddard
VeriFone, a leading manufacturer of payment systems technology, was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in June 1997. The case describes the strategic challenges that VeriFone faces as it positions itself to compete in the Internet payment systems marketplace. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Internet; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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  • 17 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)

diseases in low-and middle-income countries. I am part of CHAI’s Global Malaria Strategy and Financing team, a team that provides direct technical and operational support to countries to strengthen their malaria programs and eradicate the... View Details
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

arising in clusters, including knowledge, skills, and input-output linkages. August 2013 Harvard Business Review Mastering the Intermediaries: Strategies for Dealing with the Likes of Google, Amazon, and Kayak By: Edelman, Benjamin G.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

diverse units, employees, and constituencies. In this chapter, we describe how effective leaders customize their organization's measurement and management system to partner with their employees for strategy implementation. We also discuss... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • Sep 2014
  • Survey

An Economy Doing Half Its Job

are struggling, as are small businesses. While HBS alumni saw strengths in elements of the business environment that influence firms' success, the weaknesses in elements that drive prosperity for the average American indicate that the American economy requires a View Details
  • 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 26 Oct 2016
  • Webinars: Career

Avoid the Mid-Career Slump

Do you feel stuck in your career? Are you working hard yet not making as much progress as you would like? Are you afraid you are plateauing prematurely or, even worse, heading for burnout? Or maybe you feel you're not performing to your potential? Welcome to the... View Details
  • 1994
  • Manual

Instructor's Manual and Teaching Notes for Strategic Management in Information Technology

By: D. B. Yoffie
Keywords: Information Technology; Corporate Strategy
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  • February 2019 (Revised October 2019)
  • Case

Extend Fertility: Conceiving the Market for Egg Preservation (A)

By: Debora L. Spar and Olivia Hull
In April 2003, entrepreneur and MBA student Christy Jones was planning a new venture to help women preserve their fertility. Her company, Extend Fertility, would commercialize a technique known as egg freezing, in which a woman’s eggs were extracted and stored at low... View Details
Keywords: Assisted Reproduction; Entrepreneur; Health And Wellness; Fertility; Infertility; Women's Health; Creating Markets; Egg Freezing; Fertility Clinic; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Marketing Strategy
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  • July 1997 (Revised December 1998)
  • Case

Sun Microsystems: Realizing the Potential of Web Technologies

Describes how Web technology has been deployed at Sun--how it has evolved from being perceived as an inappropriate use of company resources to become the centerpiece of the company's business strategy. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Business Strategy; Web; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • November 2012 (Revised March 2015)
  • Case

Pricing and Partnership at Zillow, Inc.

By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
As Zillow's real estate search service gains user adoption, some real estate professionals question Zillow's policies, fees, and power. Dissatisfied real estate professionals could remove listings from Zillow, reducing the service's value to users. Should Zillow... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Multi-Sided Platforms; Property; United States
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  • October 2003 (Revised November 2003)
  • Module Note

Organizing to Learn Module Note

By: Amy C. Edmondson
Teaches a framework for managing in dynamic or uncertain organizational contexts, designed for either MBA or Executive Education courses. Offers a new perspective on how managers can help stimulate and guide a collective learning process in their organizations. The... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Business Strategy
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  • June 2002 (Revised October 2004)
  • Case

Entropia (A)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Sameer Ahuja and Jason Tepperman
The Entropia management team and a Harvard Business School field study team look for applications for "grid computing" in the financial services industry, identifying a "go-to-market" plan for this new technology. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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  • 08 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 8, 2016

March 2016 Harvard Business Review Lean Strategy By: Collis, David J. Abstract—Strategy and entrepreneurship are often seen as polar opposites. Yet the two desperately need each other: strategy without... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2021
  • News

Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

cross-disciplinary expertise of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Harvard Business School, and Harvard Business School Online. “With these courses, you’re examining ‘How can I shift the way people think?’” explains Mills. “I came away with research-based... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 17 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

seven Cs. Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises As demonstrated after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese businesses have a unique capability for long-term survival. Hirotaka Takeuchi explains their strategy of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

predictably difficult situations need to understand that human judgment is still one of the most important tools. Company leaders need to offer better employee training on all these points. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52591 April... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Feb 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

practical to think so? Do the economics of education for management even permit it? What do you think? Original Article Strategy and implementation, two sides of the same coin, are often juxtaposed. How often have you heard someone say,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Industrial Giant

In an effort to survive in the new economy, some-industrial giants have tried to chart an evolutionary path that combines their industrial core with new post-industrial businesses. The companies from our study that are most clearly attempting to do so are Ford, General... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Davis Dyer & Frederick Dalzell; Manufacturing