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- August 2019 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Lemonade: Disrupting Insurance with Instant Everything, Killer Prices, and a Big Heart
By: Elie Ofek and Danielle Golan
Launching its first products in the fall of 2016 in New York, insurtech startup Lemonade was on a mission to disrupt the insurance market by using AI and behavioral economics principles. The company offered renters, homeowners, and condo insurance and mainly targeted...
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Keywords:
AI;
Business Startups;
Insurance;
Technological Innovation;
Business Model;
Disruption;
Brands and Branding;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Global Strategy;
Decision Making;
Insurance Industry;
Technology Industry
Ofek, Elie, and Danielle Golan. "Lemonade: Disrupting Insurance with Instant Everything, Killer Prices, and a Big Heart." Harvard Business School Case 520-020, August 2019. (Revised March 2022.)
- September 1991 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Manzana Insurance: Fruitvale Branch (Abridged)
Deals with performance assessment and improvement of a service operation in the insurance industry, a market that is highly sensitive to response time. Two branch offices in direct competition are described, and the impact of response time on performance is suggested....
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Keywords:
Business Offices;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Time Management;
Service Operations;
Performance Evaluation;
Competition;
Insurance Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Manzana Insurance: Fruitvale Branch (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 692-015, September 1991. (Revised January 1997.)
- Fourth Quarter 2017
- Article
Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios
By: Malcolm Baker, Ryan Taliaferro and Terry Burnham
We examine the optimal weighting of four tilts in U.S. equity markets from 1968 through 2014. We define a “tilt” as a characteristic-based portfolio strategy that requires relatively low annual turnover. This is a continuum, with small size (a very persistent...
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Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Terry Burnham. "Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios." Financial Analysts Journal 73, no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2017): 75–89.
- 2010
- Book
Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd
By: Youngme Moon
Every few years a book-through a combination of the author's unique voice, storytelling ability, spirit, and insight-simply breaks the mold. Youngme Moon's DIFFERENT is that kind of book, a book for "people who don't read business books...," a book that feels like an...
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Keywords:
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Marketing;
Creativity;
Competition
Moon, Youngme. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd. Crown, 2010.
- January 2020
- Case
Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2019, Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (Lead) was the largest supplier of lithium-ion rechargeable battery manufacturing equipment in the world. Based in Wuxi, China, the company generated RMB 3.9 billion ($557 million) in revenues in 2018, up from RMB 175...
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- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
unique opportunity to study strategy in the making when she headed to the company's Denmark headquarters last year. The case study The LEGO Group: Envisioning Risks in Asia,...
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- 2020
- Working Paper
Trials and Terminations: Learning from Competitors' R&D Failures
I analyze project continuation decisions where firms may resolve uncertainty through news about competitors' research and development (R&D) failures, as well as through their own results. I examine the trade-offs and interactions between product-market competition and...
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Krieger, Joshua L. "Trials and Terminations: Learning from Competitors' R&D Failures." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-043, November 2017. (Revised June 2020. Forthcoming in Management Science.)
- December 2017 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Amazon Buys Whole Foods
By: José B. Alvarez, David Lane and Joni Coughlin
The June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket chain Whole Foods precipitated a broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon’s bold move...
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Keywords:
Amazon;
Whole Foods;
Grocery;
Grocery Delivery;
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Business Models;
Food Value Chain;
Agribusiness;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Operations;
Competitive Strategy;
E-commerce;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Retail Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Alvarez, José B., David Lane, and Joni Coughlin. "Amazon Buys Whole Foods." Harvard Business School Case 518-056, December 2017. (Revised May 2018.)
- March 2013 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
iMatari
By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble
In late 2012, recent Harvard Business School graduate Hannah Lopez is given the opportunity to lead entry into a new market for Plámo, a company that created startup companies in Europe and emerging markets based upon existing successful business models. She had only...
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Keywords:
Ethical Behavior;
Ethical Judgment;
Entrepreneurship;
Imitation;
Ethics;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Europe;
Middle East
Badaracco, Joseph L., and Matthew Preble. "iMatari." Harvard Business School Case 313-083, March 2013. (Revised March 2015.)
- 21 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.
called emotional contagion. Goldenberg’s past research shows that negative sentiments tend to spread faster than positive ones on social media, particularly when expressed by public figures. Achieving a sense of calm On an individual...
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by Kristen Senz
- August 1985 (Revised March 1986)
- Case
InteCom
Looks at the evolution of industry structure, the use of strategy to create competitive advantages, and the sustainability of competitive advantage.
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Ghemawat, Pankaj. "InteCom." Harvard Business School Case 386-053, August 1985. (Revised March 1986.)
- Program
Creating Brand Value
Build brand loyalty and optimize your customer relationships Ensure consumers are allies, not adversaries Design brand strategy and manage brands for maximum value Compete more successfully by evolving and repositioning existing brands...
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- May 2022
- Case
Thinking Outside the Wine Box (A): Mekanism and the Franz for Life Campaign
This case provides an overview of “Franz for Life,” an advertising campaign that independent advertising agency Mekanism created and executed to revitalize the brand image of Franzia, a low-cost boxed wine. For several years, Franzia’s popularity declined among...
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Digital Marketing;
Social Marketing;
Marketing Communications;
Product Positioning;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Advertising Industry;
United States
Amano, Tomomichi, Elie Ofek, Mengjie Cheng, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Thinking Outside the Wine Box (A): Mekanism and the Franz for Life Campaign." Harvard Business School Case 522-055, May 2022.
- 16 Feb 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Platform Competition Under Partial Belief Advantage
- 17 Nov 2015
- HBS Seminar
Kevin Boudreau, Harvard Business School, London Business School
- January 1993 (Revised November 1995)
- Case
AXA: The Global Insurance Company
Claude Bebear, the CEO of AXA, the tenth-largest insurer in Europe, has just completed an acquisition of the Equitable, the seventh-largest insurer in the United States. As part of his strategy to make AXA the first truly global insurance company, Bebear is considering...
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Insurance;
Global Strategy;
Acquisition;
Insurance Industry;
Asia;
North America;
Europe
Goodman, John B., and Patrick Moreton. "AXA: The Global Insurance Company." Harvard Business School Case 793-094, January 1993. (Revised November 1995.)
- October 2010 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
By: Sunil Gupta and Kerry Herman
In September 2010, faced with increasing threat from social game companies such as Zynga, Ben Feder, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive Software. Inc., had to decide the long-term strategy of his video-game company. As a publisher of traditional video games for Xbox 360,...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Model;
Leadership Style;
Marketing;
Competitive Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Gupta, Sunil, and Kerry Herman. "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 511-002, October 2010. (Revised May 2011.)
- September 1998
- Case
Vanguard Group, Inc. (1998), The
By: Andre F. Perold
Since the beginning of 1997, Vanguard's assets under management have increased more than 60% from $240 billion to almost $400 billion, making it second in market share only to Fidelity. Vanguard views this success as another vindication of its low-cost strategy of...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Cost Management;
Investment Funds;
Product;
Service Operations;
Performance Expectations;
Competition;
Consolidation;
Expansion;
Internet;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F. "Vanguard Group, Inc. (1998), The." Harvard Business School Case 299-002, September 1998.
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational Authors:Prithwiraj Choudhury, James Geraghty, and Tarun Khanna Publication:Global Strategy Journal 2, no. 1 (February 2012) Abstract...
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Sean Silverthorne