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- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
platform-based products (applications) and users of such products. We show that the unique equilibrium under platform compatibility leads to higher profits than the symmetric equilibrium under incompatibility. Notwithstanding,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
incentives on risk assessment and lending decisions. We first show that while high-powered incentives lead to greater screening effort and more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2022
- Supplement
Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Fares Khrais. "Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-401, May 2022.
- February 2017
- Case
Clear Channel (A): The Rise, 1972–2003
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
At the end of 2003, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a diversified media group with revenues of $8.9 billion, could claim leadership positions in all three of its main businesses. Clear Channel Broadcasting was the largest radio-station operator in the world, with... View Details
Keywords: Clear Channel; Clear Channel Outdoor; Radio; Outdoor Advertising; Concert Industry; Lowry Mays; Federal Communications Commission; Regulation; Regulations; Regulatory Environment; JCDecaux; Media; Growth Management; Consolidation; Competitive Strategy; Fair Value Accounting; Advertising; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; For-Profit Firms; Entertainment; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Public Equity; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Business History; Laws and Statutes; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Channels; Industry Structures; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Wireless Technology; Valuation; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Advertising Industry; Music Industry; United States; Texas
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Clear Channel (A): The Rise, 1972–2003." Harvard Business School Case 717-476, February 2017.
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
people are chronically disappointed and frustrated by their experiences as consumers and employees. We no longer trust large organizations to serve our needs. On every level, we are experiencing a divisive "us vs. them"... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
attention and energies on maximizing profit and financial value. This exclusive focus on profit and shareholder value maximization has led to environmental destruction and the concentration of wealth and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Visit & Contact Us Special Collections Baker Library Search Search Search U.S. Steel Exhibition Labor Practices Labor Practices: Header Labor Practices Labor Practices: Intro The decade following the war marked an era of... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
bringing it back to profitability in 100 days. His next stop was Burger King, where he helped relaunch the brand and turnaround same store sales. Lopdrup first joined Red Lobster as president in 2004, and led a company that was facing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
Australia, I think we are seen as a partner of choice. What about more bottom-line issues? We’ve identified growth opportunities and have about $50 billion worth of projects in the pipeline. We’ve launched two major profit-enhancing... View Details
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
Information" (CWCI). The instructions that follow use datasets from three of the cases in the course: "Slots, Tables, and All That Jazz: Managing Customer Profitability at the MGM Grand Hotel," HBS No. 106-029;... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
if outlet stores were closed down, while variable profits would decline by 23%. These results imply that the existence of outlet stores may enable firms to improve quality in their regular channels, thus counteracting brand dilution... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
(i.e., the profit obtained during liquidations stated as a percentage of the cost value of liquidated assets) by 2 to 7 percentage points in the cases we examined. The paper also identifies ways in which current practice in store... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
imminent new product and pricing plans, as well as its existing brand power, could greatly hamper AMD's growth and thwart its new initiatives—which included opening up its architecture for end users to customize and recast its brand... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
countries generally lack a solid technology base of trained scientists and world-class research universities. 2. Companies in developing countries must manage to eke out a profit while serving customers with low disposable income; per... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About
and Artificial Intelligence increasingly are becoming required capabilities, driving operating model performance and enabling growth like never before. Moreover, the design of new business models—or, for incumbent firms, the ability to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
all industries, Calkins inspires his readers to create and deliver effective business presentations and pitches. Master Growth Hacking: The Best-Kept Secret of New-Age Indian Start-Ups by Apurva Chamaria (SELP 1, 2017) and Gaurav Kakkar... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
firm profits can increase, decrease, or remain unchanged due to a carbon tariff. This suggests a carbon tariff's principal benefit is not to protect domestic firm profits, as some argue. Rather, it is to improve emissions regulation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
making the budgets available. Then, beyond that, the private sector can play a really important role. There are a number of companies in India where there’s a mandate to set aside 2 percent of profits for corporate social responsibility.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high growth. Rajesh Yabaji, Chanakya Hridaya, and B. Ramasubramaniam (Subbu) came together to create BlackBuck, with an aim to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
him to start a back-office services firm for their insurance company clients, which grew into ReSource Pro. By year-end 2007, ReSource Pro employed 250 people, of whom only four were U.S. based. With aggressive growth plans, Bruno began... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne