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- December 2015 (Revised July 2020)
- Technical Note
Some Strategy Ingredients: Scale, Learning, and Market Structure
This note introduces students to some economic concepts and ideas that are important ingredients for strategy, such as scale, learning, and the effects of market structure on competition. The note approaches these ideas really from a strategy perspective with a focus... View Details
Van den Steen, Eric. "Some Strategy Ingredients: Scale, Learning, and Market Structure." Harvard Business School Technical Note 716-439, December 2015. (Revised July 2020.)
- June 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Exercise
Building a Logic of Competition
Consists of 30 multiple-choice, true-false, and fill-in-the-blank questions. The first group of questions raises ideas about global competition, demographic change, mass customization, and technological innovation. The second group of questions suggests patterns of... View Details
"Building a Logic of Competition." Harvard Business School Exercise 798-072, June 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
Summing Up Three themes appear to characterize many of the responses to this month's column: (1) leadership talent is portable, (2) the reasons that we chase stars are traceable to human nature, and (3) women have qualities that explain why they have greater success in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- August 1998 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
MicroFridge: The Concept
By: John A. Deighton
Robert Bennett, who has a Master's degree in engineering, wants to exploit his idea to combine a refrigerator, freezer, and 500-watt microwave into an 87-pound, 4-foot-high appliance to sell to college students. Bennett must decide which markets to serve, which... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership Style; Sales; Product Development; Competitive Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Products Industry
Deighton, John A. "MicroFridge: The Concept." Harvard Business School Case 599-049, August 1998. (Revised August 2002.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- June 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Exploring Brand-Person Relationships: Three Life Histories (Condensed)
The idea that "relationships" exist between consumers and products has implicitly occupied a central place in brand marketing thought and practice. Now as relational (one-on-one) marketing is said to be replacing transactional (mass) marketing as the dominant paradigm... View Details
Fournier, Susan M. "Exploring Brand-Person Relationships: Three Life Histories (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 597-091, June 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- January 2014
- Case
MIT Mystery Hunt: The Answer is Secondary
By: Willy Shih and Karen Robinson
The MIT Mystery Hunt is an annual puzzle-based scavenger hunt at MIT. It is run every year by a different team, and every year is slightly different as teams try new ideas and decide whether to keep or ignore new ideas from previous years. As the Mystery Hunt has... View Details
Keywords: Puzzle-solving; Puzzle Hunt; MIT Mystery Hunt; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Education Industry; Massachusetts; Cambridge; United States
Shih, Willy, and Karen Robinson. "MIT Mystery Hunt: The Answer is Secondary." Harvard Business School Case 614-050, January 2014.
- 30 Aug 2012
- Other Presentation
New Opportunities for Company Performance and Purpose: Creating Shared Value
The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details
Porter, Michael E. "New Opportunities for Company Performance and Purpose: Creating Shared Value." Discovery Invest Leadership Summit, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 30, 2012.
- 13 Sep 2012
- Other Presentation
The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details
Porter, Michael E. "The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." CEO Creating Shared Value Discussion, Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance, Calgary, AB, Canada, September 13, 2012.
- 3 Oct 2012
- Other Presentation
The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details
Porter, Michael E. "The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." World Business Forum, World of Business Ideas and HSM Group, New York, NY, October 3, 2012.
- 28 Jan 2014
- Other Presentation
Creating Shared Value: The Path to Economic and Social Prosperity for Birmingham
The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Creating Shared Value: The Path to Economic and Social Prosperity for Birmingham." Chairman’s Luncheon, Birmingham Business Alliance, Birmingham, AL, January 28, 2014.
- August 2014
- Article
Incentives in a Stage-Gate Process
By: Raul O. Chao, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl and Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Many large organizations use a stage‐gate process to manage new product development projects. In a typical stage‐gate process project managers learn about potential ideas from research and exert effort in development while senior executives make intervening go/no‐go... View Details
Chao, Raul O., Kenneth C. Lichtendahl, and Yael Grushka-Cockayne. "Incentives in a Stage-Gate Process." Production and Operations Management 23, no. 8 (August 2014): 1286–1298.
- Article
The Stability of Edgeworth's Recontracting Process
By: Jerry R. Green
The core is the set of all unblocked allocations. Implicit in this definition is the idea that if an allocation is proposed which could be blocked, some coalition will form and issue a counterproposal which it can enforce. A process of successive counterproposals based... View Details
Green, Jerry R. "The Stability of Edgeworth's Recontracting Process." Econometrica 42, no. 1 (January 1974): 21–34.
- September 2011
- Article
What Drives Innovation?
By: Tom Nicholas
The idea that innovation drives economic growth is incontrovertible, but the factors that, in turn, drive innovation are not fully understood. This paper surveys the recent literature, focusing on three main drivers: intellectual property rights institutions, the... View Details
Nicholas, Tom. "What Drives Innovation?" Antitrust Law Journal 77, no. 3 (September 2011).
- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
As many entrepreneurs and business leaders can testify, a great conversation or brainstorm can turn an inkling of an idea into a gamechanger. A research paper goes inside those conversations and the people having them to learn the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
By: Jill Avery, Ayelet Israeli and Emma von Maur
THE YES, a multi-brand shopping app launched in May 2020 offered a new type of buying experience for women’s fashion, driven by a sophisticated algorithm that used data science and machine learning to create and deliver a personalized store for every shopper, based on... View Details
Keywords: Data; Data Analytics; Artificial Intelligence; AI; AI Algorithms; AI Creativity; Fashion; Retail; Retail Analytics; E-Commerce Strategy; Platform; Platforms; Big Data; Preference Elicitation; Preference Prediction; Predictive Analytics; App Development; ＂Marketing Analytics＂; Advertising; Mobile App; Mobile Marketing; Apparel; Online Advertising; Referral Rewards; Referrals; Female Ceo; Female Entrepreneur; Female Protagonist; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Creativity; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Channels; Digital Marketing; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; AI and Machine Learning; E-commerce; Digital Platforms; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Avery, Jill, Ayelet Israeli, and Emma von Maur. "THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI)." Harvard Business School Case 521-070, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
- 23 May 2013
- Other Presentation
Creating Shared Value as Business Strategy
The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Creating Shared Value as Business Strategy." Shared Value Leadership Summit, FSG, Boston, MA, May 23, 2013.
- 12 Mar 2013
- Other Presentation
New Opportunities for Company Performance and Purpose: Creating Shared Value
The ideas drawn from “Creating Shared Value” (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and “Competing by Saving Lives” (FSG, 2012). View Details
Porter, Michael E. "New Opportunities for Company Performance and Purpose: Creating Shared Value." Becton, Dickinson & Company, Boston, MA, United States, March 12, 2013.
- 25 Jun 2013
- Other Presentation
The Role of Corporations in Society: Creating Shared Value
The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details
Porter, Michael E. "The Role of Corporations in Society: Creating Shared Value." Pacific Rubiales Energy, Bogotá, Colombia, June 25, 2013.
- 12 Feb 2014
- Other Presentation
The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value
The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details
Porter, Michael E. "The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value." Distinguished Speaker Series Series, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, February 12, 2014.