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- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
Asian industrial cluster with global scope which has no participants or competitors in the West. The case can also be used to expose students to the global supply chain for key information technology components. Taiwan and Korea are today... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
which reduced air loss and prevented compression, resulting in greater protection. This saran "barrier coating" had been a key sales point that Sealed Air emphasized to its customers. Low-cost competitors had begun offering an... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
also debuted Go-Car, a four-wheeled competitor to Grab and Uber, last spring and closed a $550 million funding round in August. To date, the only clear winners in this on- demand battle are consumers like Tommy Prabowo. Prabowo is a radio... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
differed from all other bubble products in that the interior of each bubble was coated with saran, which reduced air loss and prevented compression, resulting in greater protection. This saran “barrier coating” had been a key sales point that Sealed Air emphasized to... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
and desires of customers, employees, and investors sets them apart from the bulk of competitors that routinely emphasize one constituency to the detriment of others. Aisner: What are some of the skills that great service leaders must... View Details
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
visited factories producing clothing and fabric and compared the techniques used by competitors in different parts of the world, I began thinking about the factors firms consider when deciding what kinds of technology should be deployed... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
in terms of a looming competitor for the same FDI they try to attract, whereas firms based in Taiwan and Hong Kong view a rising China as representing an enormous investment and trading opportunity. The latter two economies have strong... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
didn’t do that. You have just one very obvious public competitor in Europe’s Airbus. Is that healthy? The investment levels are so high in this business that it’s natural that there would be only two players in the space. I think China... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
operate according to a business model that can be broken down into four elements: a customer value proposition that fulfills an important job for the customer in a better way than anything competitors offer; a profit formula that lays out... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog
allies or adversaries. The contemporary brandscape is crowded with new competitors vying to stake claims to rich, meaning-laden value propositions that reflect and leverage the zeitgeist. Iconic brands are toppled everyday by young... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
fund, with no proof of concept or track record of success—and the competitors he sought to disrupt are already sweeping over him. Hubris gets in the way of hitting singles and doubles; you hit the home runs when you have already swung at... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
life—not to be quiet because my boss or my competitor or colleague is fascinating me. It’s not a reason to be quiet and shut up.” After graduating, Herlaut found occasion to speak up—in her actions—after a prestigious firm passed her over... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
co-founded Constructeo, a maker of online collaboration tools for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry, with fellow HBS alumnus Bertrand Dumazy (MBA 1999). The mixed success of the company's product offerings led to a takeover by industry View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
that customers defect at a higher rate from the incumbent following increased service competition only when the incumbent offers high quality service relative to existing competitors in a local market. We provide evidence that this result... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
ideal shape of a solution to help these customers remains unclear, and competitors with a different product mix could be better positioned than McKesson to provide it. Finally, it could be too late altogether to reverse the trends eroding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
competitor requires artful activity; so does handling a sudden problem caused by a supplier. An artful manager operates without the safety net of a detailed specification, guiding a team or organization when no one knows exactly where... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
defining the computer industry's products. In large computer systems its most successful competitors were those enterprises that produced and sold IBM-designed "plug-compatible" hardware and "unbundled" software. In... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
also among the most successful, they set a thought-provoking example for competitors and other American companies that are themselves, David Thomas believes, becoming aware of the positive in the proactive. "More and more companies now... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Under Armour finds itself with a new record to beat: making the leap from $5 to $10 billion in sales—a feat only accomplished to date by competitors Nike and Adidas. At the heart of this challenge is how Under Armour can maintain its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
low barrier to entry and by the ubiquitous nature of the drug pricing problem. Baum had to decide whether Imprimis should stick with its already successful ophthalmology business or begin the endeavor of combatting high drug prices, going up against powerful View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne