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  • 25 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

asked to consider whether entry into web services by Amazon, which had established its brand in retail, represented a prudent move by the company. The case provides an opportunity View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries

clusters is the idea that immigrants could be forced into them by discrimination or high barriers to enter other fields. “Many industries require certain standards be passed or degrees from accredited... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Transportation; Beauty & Cosmetics; Retail
  • 19 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 19

entry of new female candidates, no change in female or male voter turnout, and no spillover effects to neighboring areas. Further analysis points to a reduction in party bias... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Article

Unraveling the Process of Creative Destruction: Complementary Assets and Incumbent Survival in the Typesetter Industry

By: M. Tripsas
When radical technological change transforms an industry established firms sometimes fail drastically and are displaced by new entrants, yet other times survive and prosper. Drawing upon an unusually rich data set that covers the technological and competitive... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Transformation; Market Entry and Exit; Competition; History; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Business Processes; Competency and Skills; Assets; Perspective; Disruptive Innovation
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  • 05 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

reasons for this correlation," Cohen says. "In California, for instance, you may have more Japanese immigrants because it's the closest point of entry with Japan. And you may also do more trade with Japan because it's the closest place... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • August 1993 (Revised April 1998)
  • Case

Filene's Basement

By: David E. Bell and Dinny Starr
Filene's Basement is in the process of deciding where, and if, to locate two new stores in its new Chicago area of operations. The existing Chicago area stores have been performing well, however, management is concerned with over saturation of the market. At the time... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Business Processes
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  • 04 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

parties operating either through the government or an insurance company that's paying. We would need a code. A code comes from the AMA [American Medical Association]. Will the AMA give us a code? Well, not easily, because the doctors are all competitive with each... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health
  • 30 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

content has grown quicker than Yelp and TripAdvisor. Overall, these results shed light on platform strategy and market entry: tying can facilitate entry in complementary markets, even when the tied product is of worse quality compared... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • March 2007
  • Supplement

Bain & Company, Inc.

In late 2001, the consultancy Bain must decide whether to launch information technology as a practice area within the firm. The senior executives who are Bain's clients have been asking more and more IT-related questions of the firm's partners, who find themselves... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry
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  • 03 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 3

the economic consequences of clusters. We identify and discuss policies that are being pursued in the United States to encourage local entrepreneurship and innovation. While arguments exist for and against policy support of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

age. Beyond that, to keep the US economy strong, if you want to improve employment levels in this country, you have to consider removing barriers... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 23 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

vulnerable to superior service alternatives. Along the way, we also show that firms trade off price and service quality and that when the incumbent offers relatively low service quality in a local market, it is susceptible View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

challenges of multi-site nonprofits and the facilitators and barriers to effectiveness of various multi-site, nonprofit structures. The goal of this research is to develop a... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • September 2006 (Revised July 2007)
  • Case

SAP: Industry Transformation

By: Andrei Hagiu, Pai-Ling Yin, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Vincent Marie Dessain
SAP seeks growth in the small- and medium-sized enterprise market. To do so, it has created a platform strategy with SAP Netweaver. What are the advantages and challenges for an incumbent entering a new market? What are the benefits and challenges of implementing a... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Strategy; Digital Platforms
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  • 29 Feb 2016
  • HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

to a subscription model to ensure that they gain buy-in from the sales force, provide the right incentives to spur sales, and, perhaps most importantly, facilitate a shift away... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy
  • 11 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

markets: Boston, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Purchase this case:http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806166 PayPal Merchant Services Thomas Eisenmann and Lauren Barley 806-188 In early 2006, PayPal management is deciding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

scale economies, entry barriers, and the ability to differentiate products matter in every industry, the weight of their importance varies from place to place. An attractive... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha
  • 28 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 28

"food deserts"-areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food. In pursuit of these initiatives, the company's rapid entry into a heterogeneous set of new markets necessitated a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

founders faced new internal and external pressures; particularly worrisome was the entry of auction giants Christie's and Sotheby's into the market. The Vaziranis' main challenge now is to consolidate their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

Communication in Multicultural Networks: Deficits in Inter-cultural Capability and Affect-based Trust as Barriers to New Idea Sharing in Inter-cultural Relationships Authors:Roy Y.J. Chua and Michael W.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace