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- 15 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Algorithmic Foundations for Business Strategy
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by Mihnea Moldoveanu
- December 2009
- Case
Philips versus Matsushita: The Competitive Battle Continues
Describes the development of the global strategies and organizations of two major competitors in the consumer electronics industry. Over four decades, both companies adapt their strategic intent and organizational capability to match and counter the competitive...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Organizational Culture;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Restructuring;
Consumer Products Industry;
Electronics Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Philips versus Matsushita: The Competitive Battle Continues." Harvard Business School Case 910-410, December 2009.
- 12 Jun 2022
- Video
The New World of Work: HBS Professor Linda Hill
- June 2002
- Background Note
Complexity Theory and Negotiation
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
This case highlights an application of current thoughts in complexity science to negotiation theory. It emphasizes a provocative approach that questions much of traditional negotiation research thus far. The case explains the roots of complexity science and some broad...
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Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "Complexity Theory and Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-230, June 2002.
- February 1998 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (A)
Rob Parson was a star producer in Morgan Stanley's Capital Markets division. He had been recruited from a competitor the prior year and had generated substantial revenues since joining the firm. Unfortunately, Parson's reviews from the 360-degree performance evaluation...
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Keywords:
Management;
Personal Development and Career;
Performance Evaluation;
Financial Services Industry
Burton, M. Diane. "Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-054, February 1998. (Revised July 1998.)
- 27 Nov 2015
- News
Three retail CEOs squeezed
- 20 Mar 2012
- News
Healthy Competition can Save Lives through Shared Value
- March 1994
- Case
Intel Corp.: Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
Traces the history of Intel from its earliest days as a technology-driven memory company to its emergence as an increasingly market-focused microprocessor company with emerging systems capabilities. The focus is on the strategic, organizational, and management...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Adaptation;
Management Skills;
Management Practices and Processes;
Strategy;
Organizations;
Information Technology Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "Intel Corp.: Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal." Harvard Business School Case 394-141, March 1994.
- June 2019
- Case
Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Expanding from One to Many Millions of Customers
By: Thales S. Teixeira
By 2019, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were among the highest-growing internet startups around. These marketplaces sought to match suppliers of assets for rent, physical products, or services with customers demanding them. Among the most notable...
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Keywords:
Airbnb;
Etsy;
Uber;
Growth Hacking;
Two-Sided Markets;
Digital Marketing;
Customer Acquisition;
Two-Sided Platforms;
Growth Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Customers;
Acquisition;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Teixeira, Thales S. "Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Expanding from One to Many Millions of Customers." Harvard Business School Case 519-087, June 2019.
- Research Summary
The Economics of Enterprise IT
Why do some organizations adopt new information systems while others do not? Why do some face high costs while others do not? Professor Greenstein has been pursuing this stream of research throughout his career, analyzing the factors shaping the costs of acquiring... View Details
- March 2024
- Case
Ava DuVernay's Array: Disrupting the Hollywood Film Industry
By: Anita Elberse and Morgan Brewton-Johnson
In February 2023 acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay is filming her latest movie, Origin, a daring adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. With Origin, DuVernay is pioneering a method to finance the endeavor—through a combination of...
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Keywords:
Financing and Loans;
Intellectual Property;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Disruption;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Morgan Brewton-Johnson. "Ava DuVernay's Array: Disrupting the Hollywood Film Industry." Harvard Business School Case 524-071, March 2024.
- January 2000
- Case
greatEntertaining.com
By: Myra M. Hart and Nicole Tempest
GreatEntertaining.com is the result of years of planning, testing, and adapting the concept before committing to launch the business. Focus, value creation, and productive partnerships are key issues.
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Strategic Planning;
Partners and Partnerships;
Adaptation;
Value Creation;
Web Services Industry
Hart, Myra M., and Nicole Tempest. "greatEntertaining.com." Harvard Business School Case 800-274, January 2000.
- October 1996 (Revised April 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module IV
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on the adaptation of the private equity model to corporate and nonprofit settings.
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Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module IV." Harvard Business School Module Note 297-043, October 1996. (Revised April 2011.)
- 2008 - 2008
- Conference Presentation
Organizational Identity as an Anchor for Adaptation: An Emerging Market Perspective
By: Andres Hatum, Luciana Silvestri and Roberto Vassolo
There is little doubt that organizational identity—that which is central, distinctive, and enduring about an organization—mediates in adaptive processes. Exactly how this mediation takes place, and whether it is favorable or unfavorable to adaptation, must still be...
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- September 2012 (Revised June 2017)
- Technical Note
Private Equity Valuation in Emerging Markets
By: Paul A. Gompers, Victoria Ivashina and Timothy Dore
This note provides an opportunity to understand how private equity investors need to adapt to emerging markets.
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Gompers, Paul A., Victoria Ivashina, and Timothy Dore. "Private Equity Valuation in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Technical Note 213-043, September 2012. (Revised June 2017.)
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
As companies ride the digital wave, many find that switching up old, tired practices and deviating from the norm can be crucial to survival. But sometimes things can be taken too far. During the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard Business School on March 30, business...
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- October 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Fortinet: Cybersecurity Pioneer Ken Xie Considers the Long Game
By: Tsedal Neeley, Jeff Huizinga and Emily Grandjean
Ken Xie, cofounder of cybersecurity giant Fortinet, faced a critical decision that would validate his leadership. Fortinet became the industry’s second-largest pureplay cybersecurity firm by developing differentiated hardware and investing in R&D. However, after a...
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Keywords:
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Marketing Strategy;
Communication Strategy;
Cybersecurity;
Competitive Advantage;
Information Technology Industry;
United States;
Sunnyvale
Neeley, Tsedal, Jeff Huizinga, and Emily Grandjean. "Fortinet: Cybersecurity Pioneer Ken Xie Considers the Long Game." Harvard Business School Case 424-016, October 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- October 2023 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
UnDosTres
By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, Max Hancock and Amy Klopfenstein
Arpit Gupta, Naveen Sharma, and Vikram Deswal co-founded the mobile payment app UnDosTres in Mexico City in 2015. In the past, Gupta had worked at Paytm, an India-based payment app valued at over $1 billion. In Mexico, the co-founders hoped to recreate Paytm’s success....
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- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
Editor's note: As traditional hierarchical organizations flatten, new ways of thinking about internal communications must be developed—news no longer flows just from top to bottom. In Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations,...
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Re: Boris Groysberg