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- August 2016
- Article
Cooperation Can Emerge in Prisoner’s Dilemma from a Multi-species Predator Prey Replicator Dynamic
By: Elisabeth Paulson and Christopher Griffin
In this paper we study a generalized variation of the replicator dynamic that involves several species and sub-species that may interact. We show how this dynamic comes about from a specific finite-population model, but also show that one must take into consideration...
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Keywords:
Prisoner's Dilemma;
Replicator Dynamic;
Zero-sum Game;
Cooperation;
Behavior;
Balance and Stability
Paulson, Elisabeth, and Christopher Griffin. "Cooperation Can Emerge in Prisoner’s Dilemma from a Multi-species Predator Prey Replicator Dynamic." Mathematical Biosciences 278 (August 2016): 56–62.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Do Network Dynamics Undermine Idea-based Network Advantages? Experimental Results from an Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
By: Rembrand Koning
Do networks plentiful in ideas provide early stage startups with performance advantages? On the one hand, network positions that provide access to a multitude of ideas are thought to increase team performance. On the other hand, research on network formation argues...
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Koning, Rembrand. "Do Network Dynamics Undermine Idea-based Network Advantages? Experimental Results from an Entrepreneurship Bootcamp." Working Paper, August 2016.
- Summer 2016
- Article
Dynamic Capabilities at Samsung: Optimizing Internal Co-opetition
By: Jaeyong Song, Kyungmook Lee and Tarun Khanna
This article presents a clinical study, based on a decade of ongoing research at Samsung Group, which describes how the Samsung Group and its mobile phone division competed successfully in smartphones. The ability to manage co-opetition—simultaneous forces of...
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Song, Jaeyong, Kyungmook Lee, and Tarun Khanna. "Dynamic Capabilities at Samsung: Optimizing Internal Co-opetition." California Management Review 58, no. 4 (Summer 2016): 118–140.
- June 2016
- Teaching Note
Relating to Peapod
By: Jill Avery and Susan Fournier
This case concerns the topics of relationship marketing, customer acquisition and retention, brand loyalty, service failure and recovery, new product introduction, and the use of consumer ethnography to study consumer behavior. Specifically, the case explores the...
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- 2016
- Working Paper
Towards a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition
By: Gary P. Pisano
The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to...
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Keywords:
Competitive Advantage
Pisano, Gary P. "Towards a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-146, June 2016.
- March 2016 (Revised November 2021)
- Teaching Note
T-Mobile in 2013: The Un-Carrier
By: John Beshears and Francesca Gino
By 2013, the U.S. wireless industry was in the midst of a costly transition. As consumers began to embrace more sophisticated mobile devices, the industry's four main players spent heavily to improve their infrastructures for providing reliable high-speed data...
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- 2016
- Conference Paper
The Pressing Game: Optimal Defensive Disruption in Soccer
By: Iavor I. Bojinov and Luke Bornn
Soccer, the most watched sport in the world, is a dynamic game where a team’s success relies on
both team strategy and individual player contributions. Passing is a cardinal soccer skill and a
key factor in strategy development; it helps the team to keep the ball...
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Bojinov, Iavor I., and Luke Bornn. "The Pressing Game: Optimal Defensive Disruption in Soccer." Paper presented at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, March 2016.
- 2016
- Book
Management: An Integrated Approach
The goal of Management: An Integrated Approach 2nd ed., is to prepare students for leadership positions in 21st century companies by addressing the many facets involved in answering one key question: How are leaders successfully managing competitive companies in...
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Gulati, Ranjay, Anthony Mayo, and Nitin Nohria. Management: An Integrated Approach. 2nd ed. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2016.
- 2015
- Working Paper
A Normative Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategy, Know-How, and Competition
By: Gary P. Pisano
The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to...
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Pisano, Gary P. "A Normative Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategy, Know-How, and Competition." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-036, September 2015.
- 2015
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Competitive Strategies Marketing Reading
By: Jill Avery and Sunil Gupta
Core Curriculum Readings in Marketing cover the fundamental concepts, theories, and frameworks that business students must study.
This Reading illuminates the dynamics of companies in competition and offers a process for planning and executing marketing... View Details
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy
Avery, Jill, and Sunil Gupta. "Competitive Strategies Marketing Reading." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing 8158, 2015.
- 2015
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Strategy Reading: Competitive and Cooperative Dynamics
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Strategy Reading: Competitive and Cooperative Dynamics." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8131, 2015.
- May 2015
- Case
Pricing in a Digital World (2015)
By: John Gourville
Dynamic pricing, especially as practiced by Uber and Lift, seems to be all the rage. In this case, we look at five interesting applications of dynamic price and price customization, each made possible by advances in digital technology. These range from the online...
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- April 2015 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Instacart and the New Wave of Grocery Startups
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Instacart is testing an Uber-style solution to the challenge of building a home-delivered grocery business. It is backed by $220 million of venture funding. Will this model succeed where businessses like Webvan failed? What are the questions that this exploratory...
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Keywords:
Food Retailing;
Outsourced Grocery Delivery;
Online Ordering;
Dynamic Pricing;
Data Analytics;
Marketing Strategy;
Food;
Distribution Channels;
Business Startups;
Food and Beverage Industry;
California
Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "Instacart and the New Wave of Grocery Startups." Harvard Business School Case 515-089, April 2015. (Revised March 2017.)
- June 16, 2014
- Article
Working With Your In-Laws Isn't Always a Terrible Idea
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
This article delves into the complex dynamics involving in-laws within family-owned enterprises. In-laws often face a challenging dual role as they must conform to the same professional standards as non-family employees while concurrently grappling with perceptions of...
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Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Working With Your In-Laws Isn't Always a Terrible Idea." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 16, 2014).
- 2014
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Marketing Reading: Brand Positioning
By: Jill Avery and Sunil Gupta
This Reading addresses the principles of brand positioning and demonstrates how companies can strategically craft powerful, resonant, and unique brand positions to help products stand out amidst the cacophony of the marketplace. Strategic brand positioning provides...
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Keywords:
Brand Positioning;
Branding;
Consumer Research;
Defensive Strategies;
Market Positioning;
Marketing;
Product Differentiation;
Product Positioning;
Strategic Positioning;
Value Proposition;
Customer Relationship Management;
Organizational Structure;
Customer Satisfaction;
Brands and Branding
Avery, Jill, and Sunil Gupta. "Marketing Reading: Brand Positioning." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing 8197, 2014.
- Spring 2014
- Article
Charting Dynamic Trajectories: Multinational Firms in India
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna
In this article, we provide a synthesizing framework that we call the "dynamic trajectories" framework to study the evolution of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in host countries over time. We argue that a change in the policy environment in a host country presents an...
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Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Charting Dynamic Trajectories: Multinational Firms in India." Special Issue on Business, Networks, and the State in India. Business History Review 88, no. 1 (Spring 2014): 133–169.
- December 2013
- Case
Grupo Beta San Miguel
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
In November 2013, Dr. Jose Pinto, head of Grupo Beta San Miguel (BSM), Mexico's largest private sugar producer, is weighing the future prospects of the Mexican sugar industry as he considers whether BSM should bid on one of the state-owned sugar mills slated for...
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Keywords:
Mexico;
Jose Pinto;
Beta San Miguel;
Polycrom;
Sugar;
World Sugar Trade;
NAFTA;
Strategy;
Trade;
Futures and Commodity Futures;
Agribusiness;
Price;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Mexico;
United States;
North America
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Grupo Beta San Miguel." Harvard Business School Case 514-005, December 2013.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Product to Platform Transitions: Organizational Identity Implications
By: Elizabeth J. Altman and Mary Tripsas
Organizations are increasingly recognizing that value they once derived from offering standalone products can be significantly enhanced if they transition to platform-based businesses that harness the innovative capabilities of complementors. While the competitive...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change;
Organizational Identity;
Ecosystems;
Complementors;
Managing Innovation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Multi-Sided Platforms;
Innovation and Management;
Organizational Culture
Altman, Elizabeth J., and Mary Tripsas. "Product to Platform Transitions: Organizational Identity Implications." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-045, December 2013. (Revised September 2014.)
- 2013
- Book
The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World
By: Michael Wheeler
A member of the world-renowned Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School introduces the powerful next-generation approach to negotiation. For many years, two approaches to negotiation have prevailed: the "win-win" method exemplified in Getting to Yes by Roger...
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Keywords:
Negotiation
Wheeler, Michael. The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013.
- July 2013 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Carl Zeiss and Free-Form Production: Can We See Clearly Yet?
By: Willy Shih
The prescription eyeglass lens industry was complicated and highly fragmented, and even though many of the tools and techniques employed have been relatively unchanged over the last century, there was still a surprising pace of innovation. An aging population around...
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Keywords:
History;
Demand and Consumers;
Disruptive Innovation;
Vertical Integration;
Theory;
Technology Adoption;
Health Industry
Shih, Willy. "Carl Zeiss and Free-Form Production: Can We See Clearly Yet?" Harvard Business School Case 614-007, July 2013. (Revised March 2015.)