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Mira Mehta

my goal of supporting economic development in West Africa through the for-profit sector, and participating in the New Venture Competition gave me the confidence I needed to launch my own company directly after graduating from school. What... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Books: Judo Strategy

Netscape’s head of engineering how he could ever hope to compete successfully with Microsoft, given the dominant position of Windows, he gave a very judo-like answer. ‘You can look at Microsoft’s operating system as an asset, or you can... View Details

Keywords: Microsoft; Netscape; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

is and how it can be used as a competitive advantage Craft a compelling positioning statement and resonant brand story Understand the roles brands play in consumers’ lives and the importance of building... View Details

20 Jun 2019
Blog Post

What is the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program? A Q&A with Bill Anderson, Senior Lecturer on Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

leadership at Harvard Business School, the university is in a unique position to take the lead in this training. What types of individuals are you looking for? We are looking for the next leaders who wish to think deeply about challenges... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Diversity and Community

commitments to diversity as seriously as our obligations to our customers and shareholders." In accepting Levi Strauss's award, Haas noted that the company "has always tried to be a source of positive change in the communities in which we... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

21 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 21

Hervas-Drane Abstract—We analyze the implications of consumer privacy for competition in the marketplace. We consider a market where firms set prices and disclosure levels for consumer information, and consumers observe both before... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Education Leadership Program (PELP) . 2002 Leadership Fellows program launches, enabling a select number of graduating HBS students to experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public-sector organizations for one year... View Details

11 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups

The coronavirus pandemic is spurring job applicants to seek positions at big companies and avoid startups in what new research calls an economic “flight to safety.” Job applicants using AngelList Talent, the largest online recruitment... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’

tightly linked, have grown apart. Now specialists help managers analyze their industries and position their businesses for competitive advantage, and strategy has become largely a job for experts, or... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery

06 Dec 2011
Op-Ed

Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis

take a grim view. The EMU has had no fiscal solidarity, no fiscal discipline, and no lender of last resort. To regain a level of competitiveness comparable to Germany's, weaker European economies would have to suffer through a painful... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

01 Dec 2003
News

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

base. As a result, they get cost savings, and we get sales.” Welcome to the new reality in U.S. manufacturing, where, more than ever, intense foreign competition is driving product and strategy innovations. Even those firms without direct... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

within an industry, its outcome is competitive convergence and eventually decreased profitability. The authors conclude that for Japan to succeed, "the missing link is strategy. Strategy rests on choosing a unique View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

03 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 3, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207077 Framedia Harvard Business School Case 207-057 Examines an acquisition in the highly competitive new media advertising industry in China in late 2005. The transaction... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

commodity, which is far from true, and have focused on lowering costs and improving their competitive position with the gains of one participant coming at the direct expense of others (zero-sum competition).... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

April 2010 (Revised March 2011)
Case

The Auction for Travelport (A)

By: Andrei Hagiu and Misha Sanwal

A senior Blackstone director is deciding how aggressively to bid for Travelport, a travel distribution business containing several key services and platforms. Travelport's most important properties were Galileo, one of the top 3 global distribution systems (GDSs),... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Product Positioning; Cost vs Benefits; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Competitive Advantage; Auctions; Industry Structures; Travel Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase

October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
Case

Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2003 (A)

By: David B. Yoffie, Pai-Ling Yin and Christina L. Darwall

Mike Ramsey, TiVo's CEO, must decide on which direction to build the company. Facing an onslaught of new competitors, a huge opportunity in the cable industry, and the possibility of becoming the new "user interface" for TV entertainment, Ramsey must balance the... View Details

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Profit; Product Positioning; Standards; Opportunities; Commercialization; Competition; Technology Adoption; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase

01 Oct 2000
News

Faculty Retirements

addition, he has held important administrative positions at the School, chairing Exec Ed's Advanced Management Program and its International Senior Managers' Program, as well as the MBA Program's Production and Operations Management unit... View Details

22 Mar 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

(BiGS), which he described as an interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate change and environmental... View Details

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers

Williams had nearly $8 billion in sales. The oil industry is becoming more competitive in part because of such cast-off purchases by companies like Williams. Stay Home. For many companies, it still makes a lot more sense to grow... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu are engaged in an ongoing project focused on understanding the convergence (or lack thereof) of corporate governance practices worldwide. That is, rules-on-books regarding corporate governance appear to converge in response to the... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

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