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Judo Strategy: Turning Your Competitors’ Strength to Your Advantage
Why do some companies succeed in defeating stronger rivals, while others fail? This is a question that, sooner or later, all ambitious competitors must face. Whether you’re a tiny start-up taking on industry giants or a giant moving into markets dominated by... View Details
- Sep 2017
- Report
Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America
politics industry, the authors analyze the classic duopoly with two dominant competitors. The research seeks to inspire action that shifts the nature of competition through powerful and achievable reforms—and reinvigorates the U.S.... View Details
- 2025
- Working Paper
Centralized Governance in Decentralized Organizations
By: Lin William Cong, Daniel Rabetti, Charles C.Y. Wang and Yu Yan
We systematically document governance centralization in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and study its drivers and economic implications. Using multiple data sources and granular on-chain transactional data, we compare our findings to those in corporate... View Details
Cong, Lin William, Daniel Rabetti, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Yu Yan. "Centralized Governance in Decentralized Organizations." Working Paper, March 2025.
- 22 Apr 2019
- HBS Seminar
Francesca Rossi, AI Ethics Global Leader, IBM
- Article
Creating Value Together
By: Maxim Sytch and Ranjay Gulati
Conventional wisdom suggests that companies should avoid growing dependent on their business partners. If one company, the thinking goes, grows too dependent on a counterpart by getting the entire input for a particular activity from it and is not able to switch... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Performance Improvement; Partners and Partnerships; Power and Influence; Value Creation
Sytch, Maxim, and Ranjay Gulati. "Creating Value Together." Business Intelligence. MIT Sloan Management Review 50, no. 1 (Fall 2008): 12–13.
- 21 Jan 2021
- Video
Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao
Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, President and CEO of VietJet Air, discusses her experience as a woman in a position of leadership and being included in the Forbes Power Woman List of 2017, relates her achievements to the experiences from her childhood, and expresses the... View Details
- July 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Teaching Note
Hilti (A): Fleet Management?
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jan Rivkin
This Teaching Note accompanies the case HBS No. 718-419, “Hilti (A): Fleet Management.” It provides guidelines for class discussion, as well as a board plan and transcripts of the associated videos, Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements.
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Keywords: Business Model Innovation; Total Customer Value; Innovation; Inventions; Business Models; Value Chains; Transformations; Focusing On Customers; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Making; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Construction; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Liechtenstein; Switzerland; Europe
- April 2013
- Article
The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization
By: Karthik Ramanna
The globalization of accounting standards as seen through the proliferation of IFRS worldwide is one of the most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an analysis of some international political dynamics of countries' IFRS... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Standards; IASB; IFRS; Politics; International Accounting; Globalization; Standards; Corporate Governance; Canada; China; India
Ramanna, Karthik. "The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization." Accounting, Economics and Law 3, no. 2 (April 2013): 1–46. (Published in a dedicated issue of the journal together with four discussions, including two by the chairpersons of the national accounting standards bodies of France and Japan.)
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
something to build on that's pretty strong,'' Habiby said. "The bad news is that the gap is still quite large." Plugging Into Power One of the challenges in bridging that gap is showing inner city residents how technology can... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 2020
- Book
Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage
By: Laura Huang
Having an edge is about gaining an advantage, but it goes beyond just advantage. It's about recognizing that others will have their own perceptions about us, right or wrong. When you recognize the power in those perceptions and flip them in your favor, you create an... View Details
Huang, Laura. Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2020.
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
A New Movement, as Whites Resist Oppression
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Why Global Success Depends On Separating Language & Culture
- 03 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)
The week of February 27 to March 3 is the inaugural Socioeconomic Inclusion (SEI) Week. HBS will be participating in events that highlight and celebrate socioeconomic diversity and inclusion on campus. This week is a powerful reminder of... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- News
Red Sneaker Effect Signals Authority And Accomplishment
- 18 Feb 2022
- News
When Remote Layoffs Are Inevitable, How to Cut Ties Gracefully
- March 2021 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
M-KOPA: Empowering Lives
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Wale Lawal and Pippa Tubman Armerding
The Pay As You Go solar power company in East Africa had sales of $71 million in 2019. It wished to grow to $300 million by 2025. M-KOPA, founded by three entrepreneurs in 2011, had grown nicely in Kenya and Uganda to reach nearly 750,000 households with an innovative... View Details
Keywords: Mobile Payment; Go-to-market Strategy; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Business Growth; Social Entrepreneurship; Renewable Energy; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Marketing Strategy; Developing Countries and Economies; Kenya; Uganda; Nigeria
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Wale Lawal, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "M-KOPA: Empowering Lives." Harvard Business School Case 521-085, March 2021. (Revised March 2024.)
- June 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
Sephora Direct: Investing in Social Media, Video, and Mobile
By: Elie Ofek and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Julie Bornstein, senior vice president of Sephora Direct, is seeking to double her budget for social media and other digital marketing initiatives for 2011. A number of digital efforts implemented in the past two years seem to be bearing fruit and there is a desire to... View Details
Keywords: History; Leadership; Marketing Strategy; Marketing; Emerging Markets; Investment Return; Investment Funds; Budgets and Budgeting
Ofek, Elie, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Sephora Direct: Investing in Social Media, Video, and Mobile." Harvard Business School Case 511-137, June 2011. (Revised June 2012.)