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The Strategy in Competitive Interactions
This paper reviews, discusses, and expands the “core guidance” definition of strategy as “the smallest set of choices to optimally guide (or force) other choices.” It first discusses what this definition contributes to the existing proposed definitions. It then... View Details
Keywords: Strategy Formulation; Strategy Definition; Strategy; Competition; Analysis; Competitive Strategy; Decision Making
Van den Steen, Eric J. "The Strategy in Competitive Interactions." Strategy Science 3, no. 4 (December 2018): 574–591.
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
The scandal spawned widespread questions about the value of competitive rankings—and even about the value of competition in general. Was the officer's behavior understandable? Did intense View Details
- December 2016
- Article
Health Care Needs Real Competition
By: Leemore S. Dafny and Thomas H. Lee
The U.S. health care system is inefficient, unreliable, and crushingly expensive. There is no shortage of proposed solutions, but central to the best of them is the idea that health care needs more competition. In other sectors, competition improves quality and... View Details
Dafny, Leemore S., and Thomas H. Lee. "Health Care Needs Real Competition." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 12 (December 2016): 76–87.
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg take a systemic approach to healthcare reform. Today's system is dysfunctional, they argue, rewarding participants who redirect costs and... View Details
- January 2022
- Article
Pushed into a Crowd: Repositioning Costs, Resources, and Competition in the RTE Cereal Industry
By: Young Hou and Dennis Yao
This paper exploits a natural experiment involving self-regulation in the ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast cereal industry to evaluate the performance impact of product repositioning. It then examines how a product's brand equity value declines with repositioning distance... View Details
Keywords: Positioning; Resources; Brand Equity; Competitive Dynamics; Non-market Strategy; Regulation; Repositioning; Product Positioning; Performance Evaluation; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
Hou, Young, and Dennis Yao. "Pushed into a Crowd: Repositioning Costs, Resources, and Competition in the RTE Cereal Industry." Strategic Management Journal 43, no. 1 (January 2022): 3–29.
- 19 Oct 2006
- Other Presentation
Value-Based Competition in Health Care
This presentation draws on a forthcoming book with Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press). Earlier publications about the work include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Competition in Health Care." MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, October 19, 2006.
- 24 Oct 2006
- Other Presentation
Value-Based Competition in Health Care
This presentation draws on a forthcoming book with Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press). Earlier publications about the work include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Competition in Health Care." Life Sciences Forum, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Boston, MA, October 24, 2006.
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The Wisdom of Competitive Crowds
By: Kenneth C. Lichtendahl, Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Phillip E. Pfeifer
When several individuals are asked to forecast an uncertain quantity, they often face implicit or explicit incentives to be the most accurate. Despite the desire to elicit honest forecasts, such competition induces forecasters to report strategically and nontruthfully.... View Details
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C., Yael Grushka-Cockayne, and Phillip E. Pfeifer. "The Wisdom of Competitive Crowds." Operations Research 61, no. 6 (November–December 2013): 1383–1398. (*Finalist in the Decision Analysis Society Publication Award, 2015.)
- 25 Oct 2006
- Other Presentation
Value-Based Competition in Health Care
This presentation draws on a forthcoming book with Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press). Earlier publications about the work include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Competition in Health Care." Healthways, Nashville, TN, October 25, 2006.
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
Last month HBS Working Knowledge offered an excerpt from Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, by Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg. The U.S. healthcare... View Details
- November 2016 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Three Problems in Protecting Competition
By: Benjamin Edelman and Lena Goldberg
In three mini-cases, readers see a range of disputes in competition law—and apply legal principles to assure fair competition. View Details
Edelman, Benjamin, and Lena Goldberg. "Three Problems in Protecting Competition." Harvard Business School Case 917-012, November 2016. (Revised March 2017.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 15 Feb 2007
- Other Presentation
Value-Based Competition in Health Care
This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Competition in Health Care." John F. Kennedy School of Government, Boston, MA, February 15, 2007.
- 15 Mar 2007
- Other Presentation
Value-Based Competition in Health Care
This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Competition in Health Care." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Boston, MA, March 15, 2007.
- 11 Jun 2007
- Other Presentation
Value-Based Competition in Health Care
This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Competition in Health Care." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Boston, MA, June 11, 2007.
- April 1992
- Background Note
Ethical Dimensions of Competitive Analysis
Presents some of the dilemmas of gathering competitive information and the appropriate limits for competitive analysis. Raises the issues involved and provides information about actual corporate practice. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Competition; Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Governance; Information Management
Porter, Michael E. "Ethical Dimensions of Competitive Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 792-088, April 1992.
- 11 Jan 2001
- Other Presentation
Competition and Antitrust
Presentation delivered to the American Bar Association, Fundamental Theory Task Force View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Competition and Antitrust." American Bar Association. Section on Antitrust Law. Task Force on Fundamental Theory, Washington, DC, January 11, 2001.
- May 11, 2012
- Article
Charlotte's Competitive Muscle
By: Bill George and Jim Rogers
George, Bill, and Jim Rogers. "Charlotte's Competitive Muscle." Charlotte Business Journal (May 11, 2012).
- November 1957 (Revised November 1984)
- Case
Competitive Bid (A)
Williams, Charles M. "Competitive Bid (A)." Harvard Business School Case 258-004, November 1957. (Revised November 1984.)