Competitive Moves - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2000
News

A Place in the Sun

Brooke Shields and the rest of the cast and crew, and Evanson moved the island's clocks ahead one hour to provide additional daylight for filming ("turtle time" has been standard ever since). After the film crew left, Evanson says, "it... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

devoted to underlying theories or principles, since in business "practices and precedents have no weight of authority." The particulars of each business situation were paramount; they had to be understood and analyzed in detail. With these ideas in mind,... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

research agenda will move away from such parochialism towards exploring key issues in an internationally comparative framework. Within this context, I would like to see attention move beyond a strong... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

25 Feb 2020
News

Teachable Moments

1997. “Sometimes our students arrive at HBS thinking they are the sum total of their résumés,” says DeLong. “In courses like Authentic Leader Development or the Interpersonal Skills Development Lab, we try to move them away from this... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

competitive advantage. The sector’s unique hybrid status means that new entrants require not only the standard mix of tech and business savvy vital to the success of any startup, but also a high degree of what Gotsch calls “domain... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

25 Aug 2022
News

Open Market

Gretchen Howard (MBA 2002) came to HBS in part because she had a story in her mind about how her career would start: It was 2000, the apex of the dotcom bubble. She would move to Boston, study business, partner with a technologist from... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Keith Negley; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

04 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

promising directions for future research. Moving to a New Global Competitiveness Index Authors:Michael E. Porter, Mercedes Delgado-Garcia, Christian H.M. Ketels, and Scott Stern Publication:Chap. 1.2 in The... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

"Success has always been an American preoccupation, but the definition of success takes on a new urgency today, when every conventional measure of success seems to have a faster burn rate than ever before," say Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson. The HBS faculty... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

2017 CA: BVT Publishing Global Marketing Management: A Casebook By: Quelch, John A. Abstract—During the last quarter century, international business was shaken by a revolution in global competition unlike any previously experienced. As... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade

coordinating choices throughout the value chain while giving students a sense of how competitive dynamics work. A dashboard from the Strategic Brew simulation. Two years and thousands of hours in the making, Strategic Brew is the idea of... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education; Food & Beverage

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

to determine what was best for the technology, the process has become increasingly pressurized and competitive - a trend Lerner attributes to industry response to success of companies like Qualcomm in the licensing market. (The company's... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

04 Jan 2012
What Do You Think?

Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?

income mobility has not declined in the US, said "This metric of income inequality (ignoring mobility) causes meaningless chasing of rainbows Folks move up through the quintiles of earning all the time (therefore mitigating the issue... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

both the firm and their own energy. Richard Tedlow will present his observations of "why bad things happen to good companies," focusing on the 1982 and 1986 Tylenol crises. Michael Porter will continue to address the latest ideas in strategy and View Details

Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery

01 Mar 2015
News

Case Study: The Speed of Light

implemented. Service industries, by definition, are all about the people. Get that right and you will do well. — Jacob Navon (MBA 1984) If you’d said that your competitive advantage was something other than personal service/high quality,... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Jan 2003
News

James E. Burke, MBA 1949

competition for nearly one hundred years," Burke recalls. "Whenever we cared for the customer in a profound-and spiritual-way, profits were never a problem." The Tylenol crisis could have been a death blow to the brand and, potentially,... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

driving the M&A; boom of the 1990s is companies' need - in response to today's highly competitive global economy - for both speed and brawn. Firms must be imposing enough in terms of size and resources to hold their own in the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

2 console. The game concept was simple but groundbreaking. Standing in front of the EyeToy camera (which sits unthreateningly on top of the TV), users place themselves into the game, appearing "inside" it on the television. There they interact with objects on... View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

01 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

threaten their company's franchise or strategy. Is the firm hiring lots of new people who may not be well trained? Is the culture so internally competitive that employees may be tempted to do the wrong thing? Are information systems in... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

10 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 10, 2009

Working PapersInflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds Authors:John Y. Campbell, Adi Sunderam, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract The covariance between U.S. Treasury bond returns and stock returns has moved... View Details