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Flexibility, Information Technology and Operations
Upton is now examining the role of Information Systems in determining long-term operational effectiveness. As Corporate Information Systems have become increasingly monolithic, the dangers of long-term inflexibility loom large. In manufacturing/operations, the...
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- September 2009 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Western Union: Our World, Our Family®
By: Christopher Marquis
In 2006, Western Union spun-off from its former parent, First Data Corporation, and began the process of defining itself as a stand-alone organization. Part of that effort was the creation of a strategic corporate social responsibility program called Our World, Our...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Programs;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Alignment;
Value
Marquis, Christopher. "Western Union: Our World, Our Family®." Harvard Business School Case 410-050, September 2009. (Revised December 2010.)
- 30 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?
but large language models like generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs) may allow companies to rely on AI to uncover consumers’ tastes, according to new research from Harvard Business School and Microsoft....
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by Kristen Senz
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- July 1997 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
numeric investors l.p.
By: Andre F. Perold and Brian J. Tierney
Numeric Investors manages equity portfolios with the use of a momentum model and a value model. The momentum model is based on earnings surprise and analysts' revisions of their earnings estimates. The firm offers long-short as well as long-only strategies, and its...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Cost;
Equity;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Investment Portfolio;
Management;
Product Development;
Performance Efficiency;
Business Strategy
Perold, Andre F., and Brian J. Tierney. "numeric investors l.p." Harvard Business School Case 298-012, July 1997. (Revised August 1997.)
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
the Market for Digital Information Goods," is among the first efforts to study the interactions of two entirely new and radical business models operating in the same market. Sean Silverthorne: What...
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- October 2021 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
PhonePe: Democratizing Payments in India
By: Michael Chu and Rachna Tahilyani
The co-founders of PhonePe, India’s leading digital payment platform are considering pursuing various growth opportunities in a huge country just entering the digital age. In a highly competitive industry, the founders are keenly aware that making the right choices is...
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Keywords:
Digital Platform;
Digital Banking;
Business Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Digital Platforms;
Financial Services Industry;
Asia;
India
Chu, Michael, and Rachna Tahilyani. "PhonePe: Democratizing Payments in India." Harvard Business School Case 322-053, October 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
- March 2006 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Banco Hipotecario S.A.
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Arthur I Segel and Alexandra de Royere
In 2003, the chairwoman and controlling shareholder of Argentina's leading residential mortgage lender are considering how to bring the bank's restructuring to a successful conclusion as the country's economy continues to suffer from the impact of the 2001-2002...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Currency;
Banks and Banking;
Mortgages;
Crisis Management;
Competition;
Argentina
Bergstresser, Daniel Baird, Arthur I Segel, and Alexandra de Royere. "Banco Hipotecario S.A." Harvard Business School Case 206-102, March 2006. (Revised May 2010.)
- August 1999 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Brita Products Company, The
By: John A. Deighton
Clorox's Brita skillfully exploits a tide of water safety concerns, growing a home water (filtration) business from inception to a 15% U.S. household penetration in ten years. The dilemma in the case arises as the period of increasing returns seems to be drawing to a...
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Keywords:
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Acquisition;
Retention;
Safety;
Natural Environment;
Emerging Markets;
Investment Return;
Equity;
Demand and Consumers;
United States
Deighton, John A. "Brita Products Company, The." Harvard Business School Case 500-024, August 1999. (Revised January 2002.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 08 Nov 2005
- News
Newspapers in an Electronic Age
- 12 Jan 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Modularity for Value Appropriation--How to Draw the Boundaries of Intellectual Property
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by Carliss Y. Baldwin & Joachim Henkel
- December 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
iyzico: Fundraising in Emerging Markets (A)
By: Marco Di Maggio and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in 2016 as Barbaros Ozbugutu, co-founder and CEO of the Istanbul-based payment technology start-up iyzico, contemplates the offers the company received for its Series C round. The case then describes iyzico’s origins and provides a detailed overview of...
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Keywords:
Iyzico;
Fundraising;
Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Emerging Markets;
Private Sector;
For-Profit Firms;
Management;
Information Technology;
Growth Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Negotiation Offer;
Decision Making;
Turkey
Di Maggio, Marco, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "iyzico: Fundraising in Emerging Markets (A)." Harvard Business School Case 219-064, December 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- December 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Los Grobo: Farming's Future?
By: David E. Bell and Cintra Scott
This case describes the international expansion plans of the second largest grain producer in Latin America, Los Grobo. Based in Argentina with US$550 million in annual sales, Los Grobo also operated in Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay--usually with local partners. Los...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Business Model;
Ownership;
Networks;
Expansion;
Information Technology;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Argentina
Bell, David E., and Cintra Scott. "Los Grobo: Farming's Future?" Harvard Business School Case 511-088, December 2010. (Revised January 2011.)
- 2012
- Working Paper
Platform Competition under Partial Belief Advantage
This paper considers platform competition in a two-sided market that includes buyers and sellers. One of the platforms benefits from a partial belief advantage, in that each side believes that it is more likely that the other side will join the advantaged platform. We...
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Halaburda, Hanna, and Yaron Yehezkel. "Platform Competition under Partial Belief Advantage." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-066, February 2012.
- June–July 2013
- Article
Firm Rivalry, Knowledge Accumulation, and MNE Location Choices
By: Juan Alcacer, Cristian Deszo and Minyuan Zhao
The international business (IB) literature has mostly emphasized the impact of location and firm characteristics on location choices. However, industries with a significant presence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Competition;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Game Theory;
Global Strategy
Alcacer, Juan, Cristian Deszo, and Minyuan Zhao. "Firm Rivalry, Knowledge Accumulation, and MNE Location Choices." Special Issue on The Multinational in Geographic Space. Journal of International Business Studies 44, no. 5 (June–July 2013): 504–520.
- December 2012
- Case
Blink Booking
By: William R. Kerr, Magnus Thor Torfason and Alexis Brownell
Rebeca Minguela hopes to create an arbitrage platform, similar to Rocket Internet, that can bring start-up ideas and opportunities to Spain. However, Blink Booking, her first venture and proof of concept, is rocked by a co-founder's breach of confidence and departure....
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Keywords:
Clones;
Cloning;
Rocket Internet;
Start-up;
Equity Split;
Arbitrage;
Incubator;
Mobile App;
Expansion;
Spain;
Europe;
Entrepreneurship;
Ethics;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology Industry;
Accommodations Industry;
Travel Industry;
Spain;
Europe
Kerr, William R., Magnus Thor Torfason, and Alexis Brownell. "Blink Booking." Harvard Business School Case 813-121, December 2012.
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
If one thing has been made clear by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is this: The health care system in the United States (and most other nations) is not set up to respond to a large-scale medical emergency that affects tens of thousands of citizens simultaneously. But there...
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- December 2017 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Area One Farms
By: Forest Reinhardt, Jose B. Alvarez and Annelena Lobb
In 2017, Joelle Faulkner, CEO of Area One Farms, a Canadian private-equity fund focused on investing in the best Canadian farms and helping them expand, considered the merits and disadvantages of expanding her business to the U.S. While the markets shared some...
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Reinhardt, Forest, Jose B. Alvarez, and Annelena Lobb. "Area One Farms." Harvard Business School Case 518-069, December 2017. (Revised April 2018.)
- November 2017
- Case
Poppy: A Modern Village for Childcare
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Jeff Huizinga
In 2017, management at Poppy, which matched families that required occasional childcare with thoroughly vetted caregivers, was formulating plans for the Seattle-based seed-stage startup’s next phase of expansion. One option was to grow using the same business model...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Market Design;
Multi-Sided Platforms;
Marketplace Matching;
Expansion;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas, and Jeff Huizinga. "Poppy: A Modern Village for Childcare." Harvard Business School Case 818-075, November 2017.
- 20 May 2022
- News