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- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Creating the Office of Strategy Management
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- October 2008
- Case
Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998 (Abridged)
By: Huw Pill, Rafael M. Di Tella and Jonathan Schlefer
What caused the 1997-98 Asia Crisis: Asian nations' poor economic management, international financial contagion, close "crony" relations between local politicians and capitalists? This case examines how the crisis erupted in Thailand and spread in a chain of events... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Ethics; Financial Institutions; Financial Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Asia
Pill, Huw, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 709-004, October 2008.
- May 2006 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Creating Meaning for the Customer: The Case of GMACI
Excellence in exploiting customer information and leveraging its affiliation to the GM group are among the strategic options that GMAC Insurance CEO Gary Kusumi is considering. GMAC Insurance, the wholly-owned auto insurance subsidiary of General Motors, formed through... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Strategy; Auto Industry; Insurance Industry
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, Nathan Mangum, and Joshua Bellin. "Creating Meaning for the Customer: The Case of GMACI." Harvard Business School Case 106-073, May 2006. (Revised July 2007.)
- Web
Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
outcomes to increase patient value. Patients Participate actively in managing personal health, and, when faced with care and treatment options, seek assistance in understanding the expected outcomes. Health Plans Maximize value for patients, minimize paperwork, and... View Details
- October 2020
- Article
What Goes Down When Advice Goes Up: Younger Advisers Underestimate Their Impact
By: Ting Zhang and Michael S. North
Common wisdom suggests that older is wiser. Consequently, people rarely give advice to older individuals—even when they are relatively more expert—leading to missed learning opportunities. Across six studies (N=3,445), we explore the psychology of advisers when they... View Details
Zhang, Ting, and Michael S. North. "What Goes Down When Advice Goes Up: Younger Advisers Underestimate Their Impact." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 46, no. 10 (October 2020): 1444–1460.
- 26 Apr 2024
- HBS Case
Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory
Leaders intent on boosting team performance could learn from the old-school, military-style approach of Deion Sanders, a former star athlete and now the unorthodox coach behind the revival of two college football teams. “When I’m teaching executives, most of them say... View Details
- Web
The Diamond Model - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
elements in the business environment fit together and interact is critical for improving productivity. HOW Locations COMPETE Locations compete to offer the most productive environment for business. Quality... View Details
- Program
Disruptive Innovation
Implementing a strategy of low-cost positioning Scaling fast to take advantage of network effects Outsourcing activities that are not your current core competence Sourcing new leaders from inside the firm Expand your personal and... View Details
- April 2018 (Revised November 2019)
- Case
JD: Envisioning the Future of Retail (A)
By: Feng Zhu and Shirley Sun
JD, China’s second largest e-commerce company by gross merchandise volume (GMV) after Alibaba, had expanded rapidly from 2012 to 2016. When the company celebrated its 13th birthday in 2017, Richard Liu, its founder, deliberated on the company’s growth strategies. The... View Details
Zhu, Feng, and Shirley Sun. "JD: Envisioning the Future of Retail (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-051, April 2018. (Revised November 2019.)
- May 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
Ashar Group: Brokers and Co-opetition in the Life Settlement Industry
By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Jiahua Xu
Connecting life insurance policyholders with potential investors (called Life Settlement Providers), Ashar Group plays a pivotal role in the industry. Its current position is, however, increasingly being challenged by consumer-direct models, led by major providers... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Investment; Markets; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Financial Services Industry
Braun, Alexander, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy, and Jiahua Xu. "Ashar Group: Brokers and Co-opetition in the Life Settlement Industry." Harvard Business School Case 218-109, May 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- September 2017
- Case
NBCUniversal Telemundo: Transforming Latino Television
By: Henry W. McGee, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Christine Snively
In August 2017, Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, considered how the Miami-based Spanish-language TV network Telemundo could succeed in a rapidly shifting media landscape. Over the past few years,... View Details
Keywords: Television Industry; Television Advertising; Broadcasting; Telecommunications; Internet; Television Entertainment; Internet and the Web; Advertising; Digital Platforms; Digital Marketing; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Miami
McGee, Henry W., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Christine Snively. "NBCUniversal Telemundo: Transforming Latino Television." Harvard Business School Case 318-018, September 2017.
- 2012
- Case
UFIDA (F)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Guo Jia
As an extension of UFIDA (A-E), UFIDA (F) using early 2012 as the time node, looks at UFIDA's major steps taken during 2010-2011, accomplishments, and major future opportunities and challenges. The case focuses on the new market development of Cloud Computing and the... View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, and Guo Jia. "UFIDA (F)." Tsinghua University Case, 2012.
- May 2009
- Article
Lobbies and Technology Diffusion
By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
This paper explores whether lobbies slow down technology diffusion. To answer this question, we exploit the differential effect of various institutional attributes that should affect the costs of erecting barriers when the new technology has a technologically close... View Details
Comin, Diego, and Bart Hobijn. "Lobbies and Technology Diffusion." Review of Economics and Statistics 91, no. 2 (May 2009): 229–244.
- 26 Apr 2009
- News
Raise the educational bar
Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Responses to Environmental Protection in China
This article analyzes the closing gap between regulation and enforcement of environmental protection in China and explores its implications for doing business there. It identifies three major dimensions that characterize change in regulatory systems: priorities and... View Details
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The HR-Executive Suite Connection
compete, grow, and thrive. Details Become your organization's top resource for human capital strategy Apply your human capital insights to discussions about strategic opportunities, differentiated capabilities, and competitive threats Find new ways to View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
decide whether to compete on the ability to use customer information for pricing or whether even larger rewards could be found in leveraging the connection to the GM family. However, although jointly selling auto insurance and cars is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
factors that might affect the future course of this battle, such as the role of copy protection features in HD devices, the bundling of each format with video game consoles, and competing modes of delivering video content. A revised... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Unique Value Proposition - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
company must have different answers from your competitors. Otherwise, you are competing on operational excellence. Does the customer understand the difference? Do employees understand the difference? You must be able to define and explain... View Details
- 26 Apr 2023
- In Practice
Is AI Coming for Your Job?
The launch of ChatGPT seems to have reignited doomsday fears about artificial intelligence (AI) replacing workers en masse. Are these fears prescient or overblown? A recent survey shows 62 percent of Americans think AI will majorly impact work and jobholders over the... View Details