Competitive Positioning - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: December 21

study highlights the small-world system's evolutionary dynamics at both the macro level of the network and the micro level of an individual actor. This dual analytical lens helps establish that, in competitive and information-intensive... View Details

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

growing—with HBS Research Assistant Shirley Sun. Here, Simons discusses three leaders whose service left a powerful mark, leading to their own success. Business leaders might learn some important lessons from their experiences, he says. Dwight Eisenhower: Welcome input... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

15 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

bankrupt the company. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53093 2017 The Moral Responsibility of Firms Corporate Moral Agency, Positive Duties, and Purpose By: Hsieh, Nien-hê Abstract—A long-standing question... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

happens on the mat.” Rohit Deshpandé, the Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing and an expert in global branding, believes that Lululemon’s biggest accomplishment has been positioning itself as an upscale athletic leisure brand akin... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

04 Apr 2005
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

military services begins in structuring leadership positions of 'executive officer' ... principal assistants to designated leaders having command responsibilities ... growth positions to enhance individuals'... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

(Siko) Sikochi Abstract—We examine the influence of peer firms on trade credit policies of listed firms in the United States. We posit and find evidence that firms mimic their peers in formulating trade credit policies. The findings are... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Fixing Price Tag Confusion

well. In fact, partitioning should only be used by those sellers who want to sensitize people to a secondary benefit that might otherwise be taken for granted. Q: In general, how do consumers react differently to an all-inclusive price versus a partitioned price? A:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

BC Partners prefers to stick to its private-equity niche in Europe, looking for large, robust companies in strong competitive positions across a wide range of sectors. With 24 partners in offices in Milan,... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

21 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design

Grundfos was able to turn a potential liability into a competitive advantage. Leveraging regulation for competitive advantage. Grundfos was one of the few companies we visited that had managed to use... View Details

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

partners. Competition for funds among groups may inspire applicants to perform at a higher level: When announcing it was accepting proposals for its Youth Programming Wellness Grant, Target encouraged organizations to “think big.” GE,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

06 Jan 2010
What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

called "context," namely the competitive environment, whether it is due to legal, social, regulatory, or other kinds of change. For example, the rise of hackers changed the "context" in which information was... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2010
News

Lords of Strategy

customers, in other words — and its position vis-à-vis competitors. If an enterprise had different lines of business, it might view these in historical terms — “First we got into radio, which led us into television” — or as a capital... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2001
News

Q&A: Donna Dubinsky

system. Handspring’s Visor quickly distinguished itself from the competition through the addition of an expansion slot that allows users to add a variety of capabilities — digital camera, MP3 player, or cell phone, for example — to their... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; PalmPilot; Apple; Telecommunications; Information

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

less than enthusiastic about these ideas. He remarked, “Let me see if I get this question right. We want to create a government position to oversee AI across all segments of the US economy. Great idea.” After citing a number of ways he... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

Professor Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback write in the new preface to their book Being the Boss: The Three Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader, first published in 2011 and reissued this spring, “Leadership has always been hard, and in a world in which the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Books

implicit in the book’s title, the authors interviewed more than forty CEOs from both industry and the nonprofit sector, studied what successful managers do right, and drew on their own years of experience at Bain. They came up with four principles: costs and prices... View Details

Keywords: Management

21 Aug 2014
Blog Post

HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC

through the HBS Leadership Fellows program, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a select group of graduating HBS students to experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public-sector organizations for one year at a View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Prepare for Your Interview with Research

worldwide. CompetitorsDemonstrating your knowledge of a company’s competitors will show that you have an understanding of the firm’s competitive position in the market. OneSource Global Express provides a... View Details

11 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 11

structurally constrained context. Structural positions influence the resources available to actors and color the motivations that shape their actions. Resources equip actors to exert agency, while motivations propel them to do so. We... View Details