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  • 02 Oct 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Limitations of Dynamic Capabilities

Keywords: by David J. Collis and Bharat Anand
  • 02 Oct 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Value Potential of New Business Models

Keywords: by David J. Collis
  • 18 Sep 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

What Do We Know About Corporate Headquarters? A Review, Integration, and Research Agenda

Keywords: by Markus Menz, Sven Kunisch & David J. Collis
  • 09 Aug 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

With the sale of the Washington Post to Jeff Bezos, the newspaper enters a crucial phase in its 136-year history amid disruptive changes in communications, technology, and reader habits. According to HBS professors View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing
  • 12 Jan 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

The specter of "headquarters" usually looms large in the business world's imagination, but few managers—and few CEOs, especially new CEOs—understand how size, structure, and performance of headquarters interact. To investigate,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 08 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

In the new book International Strategy: Context, Concepts, and Implications, Harvard Business School Adjunct Professor David J. Collis presents a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 07 Aug 2013
  • News

Does the Washington Post Have a Future?

  • 07 Jan 2022
  • News

Five Must-Read Harvard Business Review Articles

  • February 2017
  • Comment

Comments on "Parenting Strategies for Multibusiness Companies" by Michael Goold (June 1996)

By: David J. Collis
Review of earlier publication on corporate strategy that includes lessons and current research agenda. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Headquarters; Parenting Advantage; Diversification; Corporate Strategy
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  • 29 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

policies, non-CEO executives’ behavior, and tail risk vary with CEO materialism. We document that the proportion of banks run by materialistic CEOs increased significantly from 1994 to 2004, that the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Oct 2017
  • Research Event

In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?

ad on Facebook for a product you searched for on Google just moments before. The second panel, “Revenue Models & Adjacent Media Spaces,” discussed the benefits and drawbacks of this new hyper-connectivity. It was moderated View Details
Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting; Journalism & News
  • June 2023
  • Teaching Note

Komatsu and Smart Construction

By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 521-042. The case describes the introduction by Komatsu, the Japanese earth moving equipment manufacturer, of a new business model—Smart Construction. This replaces the one-time sale of a capital good with a software platform that... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption; Construction Industry
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  • 29 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 29

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111003-PDF-ENG Cree, Inc.: Which Bright Future? David J. Collis and Mary FureyHarvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Awards

Academy of Management Learning and Education

By: David J. Collis
Recognized as one of the Top One Hundred Most Influential Textbook Authors by the Academy of Management Learning and Education in 2018. View Details
  • July 2011
  • Case

Shifting the Diversity Climate: The Sodexo Solution

By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary
This case profiles the evolution of Sodexo's diversity initiative. Diversity became a key priority for Sodexo, North America in 2001 after a class-action lawsuit was filed and certified in Washington, D.C. against Sodexo Marriot Services, Inc., the food services... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Business Strategy; Globalization; Management Teams; Gender; Race; Ethnicity; Age; Food and Beverage Industry; North America; Washington (state, US)
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  • April 2001 (Revised August 2001)
  • Case

UNext: Business Education and e-Learning

By: Michael G. Rukstad, David J. Collis and Tyrell Levine
UNEXT has signed agreements with Columbia, Stanford, Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, and the London School of Economics to create online business courses. The company is backed by Michael Milken and Larry Ellison and has four Nobel laureates on its advisory board. Describes... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Technological Innovation; Internet and the Web; Competition; Disruptive Innovation; Performance Efficiency; Higher Education; Learning; Education Industry
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  • 2021
  • Article

The Virtues and Limitations of Dynamic Capabilities

By: Bharat Anand and David J. Collis
Dynamic capabilities have been identified as a key determinant of competitive advantage. This paper explores the foundations of dynamic capabilities, and the limits to their effectiveness, first theoretically and then through the case of Danaher, the most successful... View Details
Keywords: Dynamic Capabilities; Danaher; Resources; Theory Of The Firm; Value-based Strategy; Organizations; Performance Effectiveness; Competitive Advantage; Strategy
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  • October 2020 (Revised July 2023)
  • Case

The Walt Disney Company: The 21st Century Fox Acquisition and Digital Distribution

By: David J. Collis
This case describes the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by the Walt Disney Company and the subsequent launch by Disney of three streaming channels to compete with Netflix. View Details
Keywords: Disney; Streaming; Corporate Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Distribution; Competitive Strategy; Vertical Integration; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • 10 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 10

importance. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/Kerr_HighSkillImmEmpirics-8-26-13.pdf What Do We Know About Corporate Headquarters? A Review, Integration, and Research Agenda By: Menz, Markus, Sven Kunisch, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

watches, especially the stainless-steel sports models, had dramatically increased, resulting in a supply shortage worldwide. This case study examines the high-end watch industry and discusses an organization’s objective View Details