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- 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.
- 3 Jul 2007
- Other Presentation
Creating A Competitive South Africa
Competitiveness presentation delivered in Johannesburg, South Africa View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Creating A Competitive South Africa." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 3, 2007.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Product-Market Competition and Managerial Autonomy
By: Christian Alejandro Ruzzier
It is often argued that competition forces managers to make better choices, thus favoring managerial autonomy in decision making. I formalize and challenge this idea. Suppose that managers care about keeping their position or avoiding interference, and that they can... View Details
Ruzzier, Christian Alejandro. "Product-Market Competition and Managerial Autonomy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-082, January 2009.
- 1 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... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Competition in Health Care." Harvard Business School Alumni Reunion, Boston, MA, June 1, 2007.
- Research Summary
Capital Markets, Investment, and Competition
Michael E. Porter's research into issues of capital allocation, first published in the report 'Capital Choices,' is the basis for continuing research that examines how U.S. capital markets distort competitive behavior and investment. A report to the Competitiveness... View Details
- 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.
- 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.)
- 13 May 2003
- Other Presentation
The Competitive Advantage of Regions
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 2001,... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "The Competitive Advantage of Regions." Indiana Leadership Summit, Indianapolis, IN, May 13, 2003.
- 27 Feb 2004
- Other Presentation
The Competitive Advantage of Regions
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 2001,... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "The Competitive Advantage of Regions." Columbus Partnership Retreat, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, February 27, 2004.
- May 1993 (Revised December 1994)
- Background Note
Geography of Competition and Strategy, The
Addresses the role of geographic scope in competition and strategy. Makes distinctions between the geographic scope of competition (or the effective area over which firms compete), the geographic scope of competitive advantage (or the geographic area from which a firm... View Details
Enright, Michael J. "Geography of Competition and Strategy, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 793-135, May 1993. (Revised December 1994.)
- 2009
- Report
Clusters and Dubai's Competitiveness
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The Dubai Cluster Competitiveness Report presents a consistent analysis of the four clusters that currently dominate the Dubai economy: construction, financial services, tourism, and transportation and logistics. Each of the four cluster chapter provides a profile of... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Industry Clusters; Performance Evaluation; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Construction Industry; Financial Services Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Dubai
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Clusters and Dubai's Competitiveness." Report, Dubai Economic Council, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 2009.
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International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Research & Applications Research & Applications National View Details
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Antitrust & Competition Policy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Research Areas Research Areas Antitrust & Competition Policy CEO Leadership Environmental Quality Innovation & Innovative Capacity Philanthropy Social Progress Index Antitrust & Competition ...... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Competition Make Us More Creative?
Competition can bring out the best in salespeople, athletes, and participants in hot dog eating contests—but can it make employees more creative? A recent working paper by Daniel P. Gross finds that View Details
- Article
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.
- 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
- Mar 2012
- Article
Special Report: Restoring U.S. Competitiveness
Some of the world’s most original thinkers to expain the competiteveness challenge America faces and to help point the way forward. 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.