Publications

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

01 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan

Since 1953, the regional bank Credito Emiliano has accepted curious collateral for small-business loans: giant wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Known locally as Credem, the bank is the subject of a new Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Food & Beverage

Jun 21 2016
Testimonial

Focusing on the Core Business to Create

09 Dec 2015
News

The $3.9 Trillion Impact Of A Harvard Degree

January 2008 (Revised July 2009)
Case

Studio Moderna - A Venture in Eastern Europe

By: Daniel Isenberg

Studio Moderna is the leading electronic retailer in 20 countries in and around Central and Eastern Europe, and use a multi-channel business strategy, organizational structure, and IT system. When management conflicts arise, Sandi Cesko, CEO and co-founder must decide... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Operations; Entrepreneurship; Retail Industry; Electronics Industry; Europe

16 Mar 2004
Other Presentation

UK Competitiveness: Entering a New Stage

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2003,... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United Kingdom

Read Now

08 Mar 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices

Keywords: by Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder & Michael W. Toffel; Auto

Web

Impact Stories - Business & Environment

policies, customer preferences, pure economics, and a whole slew of technology developments are shaping the industry." Carter Roberts MBA 1988 | The Business of Perspective “A combination of political... View Details

24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

could lead to substantial growth.” But new research suggests that small businesses are far more fiscally conservative than banks realize. In fact, firms with up to 10 employees hold back spending on their... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

23 Apr 2020
Blog Post

Fireside Chats with Harvard Faculty: A COVID-19 Symposium

On Tuesday April 14th, Harvard Business School hosted the MBA Program’s COVID-19 Symposium. The symposium consisted of a series of fireside chats between HBS faculty and several of Harvard University’s... View Details

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

that exploits and tricks people. And that business is made up of many relationships and actions that represent every human emotion possible and every human motivation. It's very hard if you're a religious... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

September 2008 (Revised February 2009)
Case

Ocean Tomo: Building a Market for Intellectual Property

By: Peter A. Coles, Andrei Hagiu and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

Ocean Tomo's management team sought to turn the company into the leading intermediary for intellectual property. Despite its increasingly important role in the global marketplace, IP remained a notoriously illiquid asset—difficult to value, harder to trade, and often... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Intellectual Property; Resource Allocation; Auctions; Market Design; Service Operations

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

patented a lead drug candidate that increases lifespan in a mouse model of a non-small cell lung cancer model by 50 percent. This View Details

Web

Eligibility | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

retirement accounts will be taken into account when calculating the amount of aid awarded. Assets borrowed against to attend HBS are excluded from this calculation. Substantial household assets or income may lead to View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

A Man without a Pause

Between the ages of 30 and 40, James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59) lived a life most would find enviable. An Olympic fencer and graduate of both law and business schools (he cofounded a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; World Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

Video

A Conversation with HBS Online Professor Mihir Desai

March 2020
Case

Forbidden City: Launching a Craft Beer in China

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Carole Carlson

This case describes a difficult choice faced by Victor Wang, Managing Director of Singapore-based Eurasian Brewing Company (EBC), concerning the competing product launch plans of Le Jie, Vice President of EBC's China and East Asian operations, and Vivian Chin, EBC's... View Details

Keywords: Subsidiary Management; Craft Brewing; Strategy; Decision Making; Organizational Structure; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Management Style; Food and Beverage Industry; China; East Asia