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- August 1984 (Revised May 1992)
- Case
MCI Telecommunications Corp. (C): Data Communications Market Opportunity Assessment
By: John F. Cady and Frank V. Cespedes
Cady, John F., and Frank V. Cespedes. "MCI Telecommunications Corp. (C): Data Communications Market Opportunity Assessment." Harvard Business School Case 585-097, August 1984. (Revised May 1992.)
- Web
Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
be utilized to enhance the rate of experimentation and thus the chances that product-market fit can be achieved? 5. Ecosystem and Ethics. What are the important ethical considerations that a startup founder needs to consider, particularly as they face key moments such...
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- April 1989 (Revised November 1998)
- Supplement
Masco Corp. (B)
Describes Masco's initial entry strategy and is designed as an in-class handout.
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Porter, Michael E., and Cynthia A. Montgomery. "Masco Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 389-187, April 1989. (Revised November 1998.)
- June 2001 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Innovation at Progressive (C): Auto Repair
By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Analyzes whether Progressive should enter the auto repair industry. The critical decision is whether the competencies that made Progressive succeed in the auto insurance industry can translate to the auto repair industry.
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Innovation and Invention;
Insurance Industry;
Service Industry;
Auto Industry
Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Innovation at Progressive (C): Auto Repair." Harvard Business School Case 601-139, June 2001. (Revised May 2002.)
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Global Private Capital Association | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
America, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe and the Middle East.GPC Analytics - Fundraising, investment and exit activity by private equity, venture capital, private credit, private infrastructure and real assets fund managers and their...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Books
Professor of Management Practice—explain how the world of private equity works, from start to finish, how it creates value, and where it may destroy value. They discuss raising funds; considering, structuring, and overseeing transactions; and View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Program Helps Restless Alums Answer the Question, ‘What’s Next?’
he recalls. Within months, Wyman exited the firm, but several years passed before he found his new calling, what he regards as the transformational outcome of his HBS experience. Building on their previous experiences in Rwanda, the...
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Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley - Course Catalog
the Valley will explore differences in context that affect the strategy of startups and investors including differences in industry structure and the macroeconomy, availability and access to talent, financing sources, legal and regulatory environments, local culture,...
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- 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.)
- November 2006
- Case
Competitive Headaches (A): The Analgesic Wars
By: Dennis A. Yao
Addresses the problem of competing with a me-too consumer product. Focuses on Bristol-Meyers' 1975 strategy for introducing a competitor to Tylenol in the analgesic market.
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- March 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Security Factors
By: Jay O. Light
A very successful entrepreneur who has built a factoring business in Atlanta is trying to decide how to sell this business. The issues are how to value the company and the strategy of selling.
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Light, Jay O. "Security Factors." Harvard Business School Case 201-084, March 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
- August 1994
- Background Note
Note on Entering Foreign Markets: Opportunities for Smaller U.S. Companies
By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber
Designed specifically for the smaller U.S.-based company; provides a brief overview of the various means by which such companies can enter foreign markets and the sources of information and assistance, principally on exporting, available to them.
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Berg, Norman A., and James Weber. "Note on Entering Foreign Markets: Opportunities for Smaller U.S. Companies." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-034, August 1994.
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
the behavior leads to a negative rather than a positive outcome. We also find that people's willingness to punish wrongdoers is consistent with their judgments, and we offer preliminary evidence on how to reduce these biases. Entry, Exit...
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Martha Lagace
- September 2003 (Revised June 2007)
- Case
Virgin Mobile USA: Pricing for the Very First Time
Dan Schulman, the CEO of Virgin Mobile USA, must develop a pricing strategy for a new wireless phone service targeted toward consumers in their teens and twenties, many of whom are believed to have poor credit quality and uneven usage patterns. Contrary to conventional...
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Keywords:
Price;
Market Entry and Exit;
Wireless Technology;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
McGovern, Gail J. "Virgin Mobile USA: Pricing for the Very First Time." Harvard Business School Case 504-028, September 2003. (Revised June 2007.)
- February 2024
- Article
Diversification as an Adaptive Learning Process: An Empirical Study of General-Purpose and Market-Specific Technological Know-How in New Market Entry
By: Dominika Kinga Randle and Gary P. Pisano
An enduring trait of modern corporations is their propensity to diversify into multiple lines of business. Penrosian theories conceptualize diversification as a strategy to exploit a firm’s fungible, yet “untradeable”, resources and point to redeployment of...
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Randle, Dominika Kinga, and Gary P. Pisano. "Diversification as an Adaptive Learning Process: An Empirical Study of General-Purpose and Market-Specific Technological Know-How in New Market Entry." Special Issue on Knowledge Resources and Heterogeneity of Entrants within and across Industries. Industrial and Corporate Change 33, no. 1 (February 2024): 238–252.
- December 2011 (Revised April 2013)
- Supplement
Akamai's Edge (B)
In 2009, Paul Sagan, CEO of Akamai, the leading online content delivery network with a 60% market share, needs to decide how to respond to aggressive market entry, whether and how to pursue the explosive growth in online video, and whether to stay with Akamai's...
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Van den Steen, Eric. "Akamai's Edge (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 712-456, December 2011. (Revised April 2013.)
- February 2003 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
Susan Griffin: Formulation of a Long-Term Investment Strategy
By: Dwight B. Crane and Julia Stevens
Susan Griffin, owner and cofounder of a small manufacturing company, is formulating a long-term investment strategy. Griffin plans to sell her $10 million company and invest the revenue. She must decide how to allocate her investment so that she can rely entirely on...
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Crane, Dwight B., and Julia Stevens. "Susan Griffin: Formulation of a Long-Term Investment Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 203-072, February 2003. (Revised December 2005.)
- August 1992 (Revised January 1998)
- Case
Nucor at a Crossroads
Nucor is a minimill deciding whether to spend a significant fraction of its net worth on a commercially unproven technology in order to penetrate a large but hitherto inaccessible segment of the steel market. This case is an integrative one designed to facilitate...
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Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Henricus J. Stander III. "Nucor at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 793-039, August 1992. (Revised January 1998.)
- March 1975 (Revised April 1985)
- Case
L'eggs Products, Inc. (Condensed)
Describes designing an advertising or promotion program to sustain the momentum on L'eggs successful market entry.
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Star, Steven H. "L'eggs Products, Inc. (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 575-090, March 1975. (Revised April 1985.)