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- May 2017 (Revised May 2019)
- Supplement
Intuit: QuickBooks (B)
By: David Yoffie and Nicole Tempest Keller
This short case updates the earlier Intuit case on transitioning from a product company into a platform company. In addition to providing information on the recent successes and challenges of the business, it also explores a new challenge of building a platform with a...
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Yoffie, David, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Intuit: QuickBooks (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-513, May 2017. (Revised May 2019.)
- December 2020 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
Komatsu and Smart Construction
By: Rajiv Lal, David J. Collis and Akiko Saito
Komatsu, Japan's leading construction equipment manufacturer, is considering investing in a digital platform "Smart Construction" that will digitise the entire work process on a construction site, allowing for substantial reductions in cost and time while improving...
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Keywords:
Platform;
Digital Business;
Construction;
Business Model;
Strategy;
Technology Adoption;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Construction Industry;
Japan
Lal, Rajiv, David J. Collis, and Akiko Saito. "Komatsu and Smart Construction." Harvard Business School Case 521-042, December 2020. (Revised December 2021.)
- April 2015 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Resuscitating Monitter
By: Benjamin Edelman and Wei Sun
After a Twitter API change and policy change block his fledgling startup, solo entrepreneur Alex Holt evaluates his options. Should he double-down with a major investment in new servers, rewriting his app from scratch, and charging users for a service that he had...
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Keywords:
Platform Strategy;
Envelopment;
Dependence;
Social Media;
Business Strategy;
Vertical Integration;
Information Technology;
Digital Platforms;
Advertising Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Australia
Edelman, Benjamin, and Wei Sun. "Resuscitating Monitter." Harvard Business School Case 915-027, April 2015. (Revised December 2015.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 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.)
- April 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
Gazelle in 2012
By: Andrei Hagiu
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
support value-based care is essential. A value-enabling IT platform must organize data around conditions. February 2020 2020 TDABC Starter Kit by Professor Robert Kaplan and Dr. Syed Shehab This article is designed for new partners to...
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Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Courses Courses MOC Affiliate Network MOC Course at Harvard The New CEO Workshop Courses Based at Harvard Business School, the Institute for View Details
- 22 Feb 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Dynamic Effects of Bundling as a Product Strategy
- July 2014 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
Qihoo
By: Feng Zhu
Qihoo, one of the largest Internet companies in China today, was founded in 2005. The company started its business by offering a security software product, and quickly dominated the market in China after its unusual move of giving its product away for free in 2009....
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- 2007
- Working Paper
Multi-Sided Platforms: From Microfoundations to Design and Expansion Strategies
By: Andrei Hagiu
Multi-sided platforms (MSPs), which bring together two or more interdependent groups of customers, have recently risen to economic and business prominence in many industries. This paper first lays out a simple micro-founded framework which aims to organize academic and...
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Keywords:
Multi-Sided Platforms
Hagiu, Andrei. "Multi-Sided Platforms: From Microfoundations to Design and Expansion Strategies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-094, May 2007.
- August 2015 (Revised February 2020)
- Teaching Note
Qihoo
By: Feng Zhu
- 20 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
that no one had ever seen and that no one understood what it did was brilliant” Those are the questions David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano address in their new book, Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove,...
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- November 2011
- Article
Competing Matchmakers: An Experimental Analysis
By: Tanjim Hossain, Dylan B. Minor and John Morgan
Platform competition is ubiquitous, yet platform market structure is little understood. Theory models typically suffer from equilibrium multiplicity—platforms might coexist or the market might tip to either platform. We use laboratory experiments to study the outcomes...
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Keywords:
Platform Competition;
Two-Sided Markets;
E-commerce;
Competition;
Two-Sided Platforms;
Monopoly
Hossain, Tanjim, Dylan B. Minor, and John Morgan. "Competing Matchmakers: An Experimental Analysis." Management Science 57, no. 11 (November 2011): 1913–1925.
- July 15, 2022
- Article
Does Elon Musk Have a Strategy?
By: Andy Wu and Goran Calic
Does Elon Musk have a strategy? Or is he just out there winging it? Looking at Musk’s many companies, common themes stand out across three areas: what fits into his vision for problems to solve, how he designs an organization as a solution to those problems, and why he...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Strategy;
Vision;
Resources;
Organization;
Platform;
Closed Systems;
Leadership;
Complexity;
Organizational Design;
Vertical Integration;
Problems and Challenges;
Success;
Auto Industry;
Aerospace Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Energy Industry
Wu, Andy, and Goran Calic. "Does Elon Musk Have a Strategy?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (July 15, 2022).
- June 2007
- Article
Merchant or Two-Sided Platform?
By: Andrei Hagiu
This paper provides a first pass at clarifying the economic tradeoffs between two polar strategies for market intermediation: the "merchant" mode, in which the intermediary buys from sellers and resells to buyers; and the "two-sided platform" mode, under which the...
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Hagiu, Andrei. "Merchant or Two-Sided Platform?" Review of Network Economics 6, no. 2 (June 2007): 115–133.
- June 2014
- Article
Mastering the Intermediaries: Strategies for Dealing with the Likes of Google, Amazon, and Kayak
By: Benjamin Edelman
Many companies depend on powerful platforms which distinctively influence buyers' purchasing. (Consider, Google, Amazon, and myriad others in their respective spheres.) I consider implications of these platforms' market power, then suggest strategies to help companies...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Market Power;
Dominance;
Advertising Campaigns;
Marketing Channels;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Competitive Strategy;
Negotiation;
Transportation Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Web Services Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Mastering the Intermediaries: Strategies for Dealing with the Likes of Google, Amazon, and Kayak." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 6 (June 2014): 86–92.
- 17 Jun 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Comprehensive Effects of a Digital Paywall Sales Strategy
- Fast Answer
Corporate Strategy Course - Project Resources
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A comprehensive platform used to screen M&A transactions, analyze financial data from global equity and fixed income markets, and public and... View Details
A comprehensive platform used to screen M&A transactions, analyze financial data from global equity and fixed income markets, and public and... View Details
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Strategy and Technology - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Strategy and Technology Course Number 1286 Professor David Yoffie Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits28 SessionsPaper/Project Associate Professor Andy Wu Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits28 SessionsPaper/Project Overview This course...
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- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
upgrades, forming hypotheses and conducting experiments with each new version along the way. Intuit adopted such a strategy when developing Fasal, a mobile platform that delivers agricultural market price...
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