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- September 2020 (Revised June 2023)
- Exercise
Artea: Designing Targeting Strategies
By: Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli
This collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing—implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and targeting. Parts (B),(C),(D) Introduce algorithmic bias. The... View Details
Keywords: Algorithmic Data; Race And Ethnicity; Experimentation; Promotion; "Marketing Analytics"; Marketing And Society; Big Data; Privacy; Data-driven Management; Data Analytics; Data Analysis; E-Commerce Strategy; Discrimination; Targeted Advertising; Targeted Policies; Targeting; Pricing Algorithms; A/B Testing; Ethical Decision Making; Customer Base Analysis; Customer Heterogeneity; Coupons; Algorithmic Bias; Marketing; Race; Gender; Diversity; Customer Relationship Management; Marketing Communications; Advertising; Decision Making; Ethics; E-commerce; Analytics and Data Science; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
Ascarza, Eva, and Ayelet Israeli. "Artea: Designing Targeting Strategies." Harvard Business School Exercise 521-021, September 2020. (Revised June 2023.)
- July 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Novell: CEO-led Turnaround and Growth Strategy
By: Richard L. Nolan and Robert D. Austin
Novell CEO Jack Messman tried to return the company to its leadership position in the software industry through a strategy that embraces Linux and other open source software. This case serves as an introduction to open source software and strategies based on open... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Open Source Distribution; Applications and Software; Intellectual Property; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry
Nolan, Richard L., and Robert D. Austin. "Novell: CEO-led Turnaround and Growth Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 605-004, July 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
- February 1997
- Case
Archer Daniels Midland: Direction and Strategy
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Thomas N. Urban Jr
Sets out the strategy and competitive competencies of one of the leading grain trade and processing companies in the world. An overview of the company's innovations in corn and oilseed by-products is provided. The strategy of the firm is to add by-products to corn,... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Thomas N. Urban Jr. "Archer Daniels Midland: Direction and Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 597-039, February 1997.
- 2019
- Book
The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power
By: Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer and David B. Yoffie
The Business of Platforms explores the strategic, economic, and technology management challenges of digital platform businesses. We have five major themes in the book: 1) The world’s most valuable companies are all platforms, in part because platforms have... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Technology; Platform; Internet and the Web; Management; Competitive Strategy; Digital Platforms
Cusumano, Michael A., Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie. The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power. Harper Business, 2019.
- November 2010
- Article
The Strategy Research Initiative: Recognizing and Encouraging High-quality Research in Strategy
By: Joanne E. Oxley, Jan Rivkin, Michael D. Ryall and the Strategy Research Initiative
The Strategy Research Initiative—a cross-disciplinary group of mid-career, research-oriented faculty—has organized to coordinate activities that promote high-quality research in the field of strategy. This editorial essay summarizes the group's view of the... View Details
Oxley, Joanne E., Jan Rivkin, Michael D. Ryall, and the Strategy Research Initiative. "The Strategy Research Initiative: Recognizing and Encouraging High-quality Research in Strategy." Strategic Organization 8, no. 4 (November 2010).
- Research Summary
Resource Relatedness and the Location Strategy of the Multi-Business Firm
We provide new insights into firm location decisions by disentangling and comparing location strategies of multibusiness firms and standalone firms in the same industries. We find that units of multibusiness firms exhibit internal agglomeration, which is stronger than... View Details
- October 2011 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
HUGE and Digital Strategy
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Nicholas G. Karvounis
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Nicholas G. Karvounis. "HUGE and Digital Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 712-442, October 2011. (Revised August 2020.)
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Resources and Corporate Strategy
Keywords: Corporate Strategy
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Resources and Corporate Strategy." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-156-8C.)
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Scope and Global Strategy
By: Tarun Khanna
Keywords: Global Strategy
Khanna, Tarun. "Scope and Global Strategy." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 1576C.)
- August 2020
- Article
Strategies for Managing the Privacy Landscape
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane
Firms use consumer personal information to improve their products and services. Personal information is open to misuse, however, and when exploited for undesired or unexpected purposes reduces consumer’s trust in the firm and their willingness to provide personal... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Privacy; Privacy Threats; Strategy Framework; Strategy Interactions; Customers; Information; Management; Strategy; Technology Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Andres Hervas-Drane. "Strategies for Managing the Privacy Landscape." Long Range Planning 53, no. 4 (August 2020).
- April 1998
- Article
Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Creativity
By: David J. Collis
Collis, David J. "Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Creativity." Comportamento organizacional e gestão (April 1998): 61–80.
- November 1993 (Revised December 1997)
- Supplement
General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (B)
Updates General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (A). View Details
Murphy, Kevin J. "General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-049, November 1993. (Revised December 1997.)
- March 2008
- Background Note
Marketing Input and Innovation Strategy
By: Elie Ofek
This note develops a framework for considering the challenges of incorporating marketing input when setting innovation strategy. The framework lays out the possible innovation opportunities a firm can entertain and describes how the customer knowledge gained from... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Marketing; Research; Competition
Ofek, Elie. "Marketing Input and Innovation Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 508-090, March 2008.
- Fall 2012
- Article
Innovation Strategy and Entry Deterrence
By: Ozge Turut and Elie Ofek
We model an incumbent's decision to pursue radical or incremental innovation when facing a rival entrant. The radical innovation may yield lucrative financial returns but entails significant technological and market-related uncertainties. It is also particularly... View Details
Turut, Ozge, and Elie Ofek. "Innovation Strategy and Entry Deterrence." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 12, no. 3 (Fall 2012).
- May 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Intellectual Property and Strategy
By: David B. Yoffie and Deborah Freier
Explores the role of intellectual property in firms' strategies. Explains the legal and strategic differences between patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets and explores the multiple ways firms use these different legal protections to gain competitive... View Details
Yoffie, David B., and Deborah Freier. "Intellectual Property and Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 704-493, May 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- 2004
- Book
Global Strategy and Organization
By: Anil K. Gupta and Vijay Govindarajan
In the battle for global dominance, only those organizations that lead the ongoing globalization of their industries will succeed. That's why students need a strategic framework that they can apply in a global setting. View Details
Gupta, Anil K., and Vijay Govindarajan. Global Strategy and Organization. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
- Article
Geography, Location, and Strategy
By: Juan Alcácer, Bruce Kogut, Catherine Thomas and Bernard Yeung
Alcácer, Juan, Bruce Kogut, Catherine Thomas, and Bernard Yeung. "Geography, Location, and Strategy." Special Issue on Geography, Location, and Strategy. Advances in Strategic Management 36 (2017): 1–6.
- Research Summary
Life Planning for Executives
In this relatively new field of research and course development, Davis is researching through in depth interviews how executives create successful and fulfilling lives. He is leading a faculty team in designing an executive program for individuals wanting to transition... View Details
- September 1987 (Revised May 2017)
- Teaching Note
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System
By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for (9-187-081). View Details
- March 2014
- Teaching Note