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  • 18 Mar 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM

Keywords: by Timothy Bresnahan, Shane Greenstein & Rebecca Henderson
  • Research Summary

Risk Management

The recent proliferation of risk management, as a management control system, and the continuing failures in risk oversight suggest that risk practices warrant further research and understanding.

My mission, ambition, and indeed passion is to document,... View Details

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Dynamics of Platform Competition: Exploring the Role of Installed Base, Platform Quality and Consumer Expectations

Researchers debate the role of installed base, platform quality and consumer expectations in driving the success of platforms. We analyze these three factors in a dynamic model where a new entrant with superior quality competes with an incumbent platform, and... View Details

  • August 2024 (Revised December 2024)
  • Case

Influencer-Led Brand Building: Hairitage and the McKnights

By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and James Palano
Longtime hairstyle influencer Mindy McKnight had been building her “Cute Girls Hairstyles” audience across numerous online platforms for nearly two decades. Brand incubator Maesa took an innovative approach to producing successful brands: identifying white space in the... View Details
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  • November 1988
  • Case

Honeywell Residential Division: New Product Development

By: Steven C. Wheelwright
Describes three different product development efforts at the Residential Controls division of Honeywell, Inc. Each of the three projects was for a different market and competitive environment. Each was tackled in a somewhat different way within the Honeywell... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Construction; Outcome or Result; Situation or Environment; Business Divisions; Product Design; Change Management; Construction Industry
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    Leaders Can Move Fast and Fix Things

    The assumption embedded in Silicon Valley’s famous “move fast and break things” ethos is that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other. A certain amount of wreckage is the price we have to... View Details

    • Program

    Building a Legacy

    for managing and preserving family wealth. You may also be interested in the related program: Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual. Key Benefits Successful family offices are adept at managing the tension and interplay between family... View Details
    • June 2008 (Revised April 2013)
    • Case

    Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty

    By: Geoffrey Jones and David Kiron
    Considers the creation of the world's largest fragrance company by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. In 1990 the German consumer goods company Benkiser began acquiring fragrance and cosmetics brands with the intent of developing a beauty... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Germany; United States
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      Kym Lew Nelson

      Kym Lew Nelson joined the NOM unit of the Harvard Business School as a Visiting Lecturer in January of 2020. In July of 2020, she became a Senior Lecturer in the Negotiations unit. Prior to joining the faculty, Kym was a guest lecturer in the Negotiations class at... View Details

      • January 2022
      • Case

      Fueling a Cleaner Future: ACWA Power and Green Hydrogen

      By: Dennis Yao and Alpana Thapar
      In January 2020, Paddy Padmanathan, president and CEO of ACWA Power, was reflecting on the company’s sixteen-year record of success and thinking about its future growth plans. Founded in 2004, ACWA Power was a Saudi Arabian developer, owner, and operator of power and... View Details
      Keywords: Green Hydrogen; Energy; Climate Change; Supply Chain; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Green Technology; Projects; Alliances; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Energy Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East; North Africa
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      • April 2001
      • Article

      Academic-Practitioner Collaboration in Management Research: A Case of Cross-Profession Collaboration

      By: T. M. Amabile, C. Patterson, Jennifer Mueller, T. Wojcik, P. Odomirok, M. Marsh and S. Kramer
      We present a case of academic-practitioner research collaboration to illuminate three potential determinants of the success of such cross-profession collaborations: collaborative team characteristics, collaboration environment characteristics, and collaboration... View Details
      Keywords: Research; Cases; Analytics and Data Science; Theory
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      • June 2015
      • Case

      B Lab: Can it Scale Business as a Force for Good?

      By: Christopher Marquis and Matthew Lee
      To achieve its goal of redefining success in business, B Lab recognizes it needs to scale. Its strategy to do so requires B Lab to depend heavily on new partners, venture into new markets, influence new audiences, and to strike a balance between standards and... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Social Entrepreneurship
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      • September 2009 (Revised April 2020)
      • Case

      VIZIO, Inc.

      By: Krishna G. Palepu and Elizabeth A. Kind
      William Wang, CEO of VIZIO, Inc., was proud of his company's success in providing affordable flat screen TVs. Since its founding in 2002, VIZIO had grown to over $2 billion in revenue and was one of the top three flat panel TV brands, along with Samsung and Sony. Faced... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Price; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry
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      • March 1990
      • Supplement

      OTISLINE (B)

      Provides a brief update about the OTISLINE application and service center concept. Includes discussions of the chairman's perception of the impact of OTISLINE on customer service and the field organization's response to the OTISLINE service. Includes a description of a... View Details
      Keywords: Technology; Service Operations; Customer Focus and Relationships; Construction Industry
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      • 22 Aug 2008
      • News

      New Book Examines How to Execute Strategy

      • 28 Nov 2010
      • News

      Low-profile portfolio

      • 15 Sep 2020
      • News

      Is Happiness at Work Really Attainable?

      • 30 Oct 2019
      • Video

      María Emilia Correa

      María Emilia Correa, co-founder of Sistema B, a Latin American organization promoting B Corporations and sustainability, discusses the origins of the B Corporation in the United States, and how she and her... View Details
      • 21 May 2018
      • Blog Post

      Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

      Before and after attending HBS, I helped grow Working Assets (now Credo, founded by Laura Scher, MBA 1985) into a successful social enterprise that has generated more than $80 million for nonprofits. Whereas Working Assets is a for-profit... View Details
      Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
      • 01 Sep 2021
      • Blog Post

      Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

      benefit from career switcher talent from HBS, and there are key elements that will make you successful in your efforts. Welcome conversations with candidates who have a variety of professional backgrounds. Straughn-Turner found that real... View Details
      Keywords: Real Estate