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  • March 2000 (Revised May 2001)
  • Case

Silicon Valley Bank

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Silicon Valley Bank, a $4 billion institution in California, has made its reputation by working with venture capitalists in backing start-up companies. In 1999, it is forced to compete with nonbank financial institutions that can give money on better terms and in a... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business Startups; Competitive Strategy; Financial Institutions; Financing and Loans; Financial Markets; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; California
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  • May 1997 (Revised May 2008)
  • Case

Intel Corporation: 1968-1997

By: Gary P. Pisano, David J. Collis and Peter K. Botticelli
Traces Intel's history and strategy from 1968 to 1997. Examines the company's decision to exit DRAMS and its entry into microprocessors. Focuses on how the company managed to achieve and sustain its competitive advantage in microprocessors, and the threats it faces in... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Information Infrastructure; Corporate Strategy; Industry Structures; Technology Industry
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  • November 1983 (Revised June 1985)
  • Case

Pepsi-Cola United Kingdom (A)

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Edward J. Hoff
On January 2, 1983 Pepsi-Cola United Kingdom had to develop a plan to defend its successful Diet Pepsi brand against the about to be introduced diet Coke. Contains useful material on competitive behavior and on U.S. versus U.K. consumer behavior. View Details
Keywords: Product Launch; Consumer Behavior; Planning; Competition; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
    • Article

    Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results

    By: Benjamin Edelman and Zhenyu Lai
    The authors examine prominent placement of search engines' own services and effects on users' choices. Evaluating a natural experiment in which different results were shown to users who performed similar searches, they find that Google's prominent placement of its... View Details
    Keywords: Search Engine; Organic Search; Sponsored Search Advertising; User Interface; Channel Substitution; Search Technology; Consumer Behavior; Online Advertising
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    • TeachingInterests

    Strategy Execution

    By: Dennis Campbell

    This course takes strategy as given and teaches what students need to know to execute and win in highly competitive markets. Using fundamental building blocks based on accountability systems and structures, this course is divided into seven modules:

    1.... View Details

    • November 2000 (Revised November 2005)
    • Case

    Tellme Networks, Inc.

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Nicole Tempest
    Tellme, an early-stage, venture-backed company based in Silicon Valley, leverages speech-recognition technologies to provide: 1) a "voice portal" with news and other information accessible through any telephone, and 2) turnkey application development and hosting... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Venture Capital; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Brands and Branding; Information Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry
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    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This working paper offers a longitudinal and descriptive analysis of the strategies of multinationals from developed countries in developing countries. The central argument is that strategies were shaped by the trade-off between opportunity and risk. Three broad... View Details
    Keywords: History; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Developing Countries and Economies; Business and Government Relations
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    • 03 May 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Learning by Supplying

    Keywords: by Juan Alcácer & Joanne Oxley
    • 18 Dec 2006
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

    as foundational skills, critical business functions, strategy formulation and implementation, and personal leadership. For the organization, according to Sasser and Narayandas, talent is key to competitive advantage. And for the talented... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Required Curriculum - MBA

    finance. Functions of modern capital markets and financial institutions. Standard techniques of analysis, including capital budgeting, discounted cash flow valuation, and risk analysis. Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) Recognizing... View Details
    • January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
    • Case

    Jumia's Path to Profitability

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens in September 2019 as Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara, co-founders and co-CEOs of Jumia, the leading Pan-African e-commerce platform, are contemplating the company’s path to profitability in the aftermath of a fragile investor sentiment, as the company... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Business Models; Business Model; Business Startups; Emerging Markets; For-Profit Firms; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; Africa
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    • 28 Feb 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 28

    Pierce, Jason A. Snyder, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Competition among firms can have many positive outcomes, including decreased prices and improved quality. Yet competition can have a darker side when... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 17 Nov 2015
    • HBS Seminar

    Kevin Boudreau, Harvard Business School, London Business School

    • Research Summary

    Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs ( Princeton University Press, October 2002)

    By: Rakesh Khurana
    In this book, I argue that the external CEO labor market was born in a burst of rhetoric about wresting control of corporations away from a group of self-interested insiders, as senior managers in the era of managerial capitalism had come to be portrayed. The rationale... View Details
    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Banking Regulation and the Low Risk Anomaly

    By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
    Minimum capital requirements are a central tool of banking regulation. Setting them balances a number of factors, including any effects on the cost of capital and in turn the rates available to borrowers. Standard theory predicts that, in perfect and efficient capital... View Details
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Cost of Capital; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United States
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    • November 2018 (Revised August 2020)
    • Case

    The Reinvention of Kodak

    By: Ryan Raffaelli and Christine Snively
    The Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) was a name familiar to most Americans. The company had dominated the film and photography industry through most of the 20th Century and was known for making affordable cameras (and the “Kodak Moment”) and supplying the movie industry... View Details
    Keywords: CEO; Leadership; Asset Management; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy
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    • 08 Apr 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective

    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
    • August 2008 (Revised June 2010)
    • Case

    Concha y Toro

    By: Rohit Deshpande, Gustavo A. Herrero and Ezequiel Reficco
    Chile's largest wine producer faces a price versus value positioning problem. Its highest quality wines are not priced competitively at retail because "Made in Chile" connotes great value and low price. View Details
    Keywords: Price; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Value; Food and Beverage Industry; Chile
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    • November 1986 (Revised April 1993)
    • Case

    Fox Broadcasting Co.

    Describes an attempt by Fox Broadcasting to enter the U.S. television broadcasting industry as a fourth network. Intended to integrate the analysis of major investment decisions with business strategy. Leads to a discussion of the investment decision based on industry... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
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