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Europe - Global
voting experience during France’s major political upheaval in 2002 to his profound impact on global electoral strategies and democracy, Pons’s work offers invaluable insights into the power of electoral participation and policy. Explore...
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- October 1990 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Ceramics Process Systems Corp. (A)
By: Clayton M. Christensen
A small ceramics company started by a group of MIT professors struggles with some basic technology strategy issues. A plan to take "one commercializable step" at a time in order to get a foothold in the market goes awry because of incompatibility between the company's...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Technology;
Problems and Challenges;
Market Entry and Exit;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Research and Development;
Production;
Manufacturing Industry;
Cambridge
Christensen, Clayton M. "Ceramics Process Systems Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 691-028, October 1990. (Revised November 1992.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Value of Data and Its Impact on Competition
By: Marco Iansiti
Common regulatory perspective on the relationship between data, value, and competition in online platforms has increasingly centered on the volume of data accumulated by incumbent firms. This view posits the existence of "data network effects," where more data leads to...
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Keywords:
Online Platforms;
Data Network Effects;
Analytics and Data Science;
Value;
Competition;
Digital Platforms
Iansiti, Marco. "The Value of Data and Its Impact on Competition." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-002, July 2021.
- November 2013
- Case
Martin Blair
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Martin Blair is a first-time entrepreneur who draws on his experience in the food service industry to develop two different restaurant concepts almost simultaneously. In relating his experiences, he reveals several important concerns of the thoughtful entrepreneur,...
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Franchise Ownership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Martin Blair." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-521, November 2013.
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
a premium to accommodate expectations shocks from extrapolative traders, but markets are not efficient. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w18686 These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System...
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Sean Silverthorne
- December 2007 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Given Imaging Ltd. - First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin?
GI has developed a revolutionary video pill for imaging the small bowel in the gastro-intestinal tract. The development has required the integration of wide variety of technologies. GI founder and CEO Gabriel Meron must determine GI's marketing strategy and prioritize...
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Keywords:
Medical Specialties;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Decisions;
Technological Innovation;
Marketing Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Corporate Finance;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Japan;
United States;
Europe
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Given Imaging Ltd. - First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin?" Harvard Business School Case 808-033, December 2007. (Revised July 2009.)
- October 2019
- Case
Agility Africa
By: Juan Alcacer, Caroline M. Elkins and Esel Çekin
This case illustrates the challenge and opportunities that firms face when developing and executing new business models in high-risk, low-infrastructure, low-trust countries. It features a global logistics group, Agility, that aimed to become the leader in supplying...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Business Model;
Innovation and Invention;
Expansion;
Emerging Markets;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Real Estate Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Africa
Alcacer, Juan, Caroline M. Elkins, and Esel Çekin. "Agility Africa." Harvard Business School Case 720-357, October 2019.
- January 1995 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
Wildfire
The company Wildfire offers a product that is a virtual secretary--embedded in the phone system. Students can call 1-800-WILDFIRE and hear a product demonstration. All the commands, from calling, to setting up meetings, to providing reminders, are verbal--told to the...
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Keywords:
Communication Technology;
Market Entry and Exit;
Product Marketing;
Communications Industry;
Service Industry
Sviokla, John J., and Steven M. Salzinger. "Wildfire." Harvard Business School Case 195-193, January 1995. (Revised April 1996.)
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
took only a portion of each bird produced and OSI had to develop a go-to-market strategy for the rest. The case describes the opportunities and challenges of operating in China and raises questions involving vertical integration,...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
Succession (4) Management Systems (4) Management Teams (51) Management (340) Managerial Roles (6) Market Design (7) Market Entry and Exit (4) Market Participation (1) Market Platforms (23) Market Timing (1) Market Transactions (3)...
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
instrument that will both disrupt traditional business models and potentially preserve them. The early works of William Abernathy on roadblocks to innovation and Richard Rosenbloom on technology and information transfers in the 1960's and 1970's started the Technology...
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
experimental methods to further demonstrate causality and to consider the effects of potential moderators. These findings have implications for decisions related to product pricing, placement and assortment, store layout, and the choice of View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Exclusive Preferential Placement as Search Diversion: Evidence from Flight Search
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
simultaneously manage the seemingly contradictory dualities of the job: integrating direct decision-making with indirect levers like strategy and culture, balancing internal and external constituencies, proactively pursuing an agenda...
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Keywords:
Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Events | Social Enterprise
Excellence–Virtual This live, online Executive Education program for nonprofit leaders focuses on driving transformational organizational change from the boardroom. Dec 01 2023 01 Dec New Venture Competition: Social Enterprise Track Early View Details
- 12 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment
colleagues studied how experts judged contest entries and found that the greater an evaluator’s expertise, the more likely they were to nix less feasible proposals in favor of safer bets. “Who we select to do our evaluations and to pick...
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- September 2003 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Eyeblaster: Enabling the Next Generation of Online Advertising
By: Elie Ofek
Eyeblaster management has to decide on the best course of action to sustain its momentum from enabling online rich media advertising. Pressure from competitors is forcing the company to re-evaluate its previous marketing strategy that focused primarily on getting...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Marketing Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Performance Evaluation;
Digital Marketing;
Growth and Development Strategy
Ofek, Elie. "Eyeblaster: Enabling the Next Generation of Online Advertising." Harvard Business School Case 504-005, September 2003. (Revised May 2006.)
- January 1994 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Judo Economics
The early 1990s saw a new wave of start-ups in the U.S. airline business. One entrant, Kiwi International Air Lines, took to the skies in September 1992 with a strategy of attracting small-business travelers looking to save money but lacking the flexibility to book in...
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Competitive Advantage;
Business Startups;
Air Transportation Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Brandenburger, Adam M., and Julia Kou. "Judo Economics." Harvard Business School Case 794-103, January 1994. (Revised April 1995.)
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
simplistic assumptions about business behavior also enabled business history to be highly creative and, at times, to exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship....
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- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
bundle. Dominant firms otherwise sheltered from entry by standalone rivals may be vulnerable to an adjacent platform provider's envelopment attack. We analyze conditions under which envelopment strategies...
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Martha Lagace