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- 2017
- Working Paper
Machine Learning Methods for Strategy Research
By: Mike Horia Teodorescu
Numerous applications of machine learning have gained acceptance in the field of strategy and management research only during the last few years. Established uses span such diverse problems as strategic foreign investments, strategic resource allocation, systemic risk...
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Keywords:
Machine Learning;
Natural Language Processing;
Classification;
Decision Trees;
Strategic Decisions;
Strategy;
Research;
Information Technology
Teodorescu, Mike Horia. "Machine Learning Methods for Strategy Research." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-011, August 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
- January 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Oscar Mayer: Strategic Marketing Planning
By: John A. Quelch
The marketing director of Oscar Mayer faces a series of strategic marketing options regarding established and new products, including budget and capacity allocation decisions.
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Product Development;
Manufacturing Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Quelch, John A., Robert Drane, and Dan Kotchen. "Oscar Mayer: Strategic Marketing Planning." Harvard Business School Case 597-051, January 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- November 1989 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision
By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
Illustrates how ADP's top management uses formal planning and control systems to establish strategic boundaries for its business units. Top management has developed a detailed list of strategic criteria that ADP managers use to evaluate products and business units, as...
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Simons, Robert L., and Hilary Weston. "Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision." Harvard Business School Case 190-059, November 1989. (Revised November 1999.)
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
Moreover, moral and ethical considerations may decisively influence how the law is applied. As a result, purely technical legal advice is often inadequate. CEOs should be looking for lawyers with wisdom and the courage to push back if...
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- June 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Hennes & Mauritz, 2012
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2012, Hennes & Maurtiz (H&M) was the second-largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. Sales for fiscal 2012 were $18.1 billion and operating profits were $3.3 billion. H&M operated 2,776 stores, 93% of them outside its home base of Sweden. Over the past...
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Keywords:
Fashion;
Strategic Decision Making;
Strategy;
Supply Chain;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Fashion Industry;
Europe;
Sweden
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Hennes & Mauritz, 2012." Harvard Business School Case 713-512, June 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- June 2015 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
High Liner Foods, 2015
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2015, Canadian-based High Liner Foods Ltd was one of North America's largest frozen fish processors with extensive shares of both the food service and retail channels in Canada, the USA and Mexico. With over C$1 billion in revenues, the company had grown four fold...
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- Program
Succeeding as a Strategic CFO
decisions Become a strategic partner to the CEO Discover how to formulate, evaluate, and implement strategic choices that are grounded in financial metrics, but not limited to...
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- February 2015
- Article
Location Choices under Strategic Interactions
By: Juan Alcacer, Cristian Dezso and Minyuan Zhao
The literature on location choices has mostly emphasized the impact of location and firm characteristics. However, most industries with a significant presence of multi-location firms are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that strategic interaction among firms...
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Keywords:
Location Strategies;
Multinational Strategy;
Oligopolistic Competition;
Firm Heterogeneity;
Geographic Location;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Balance and Stability;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Game Theory
Alcacer, Juan, Cristian Dezso, and Minyuan Zhao. "Location Choices under Strategic Interactions." Strategic Management Journal 36, no. 2 (February 2015): 197–215.
- Program
Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management
nonprofit management course is presented jointly with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative. Key Benefits This program delivers the strategic perspectives, practical frameworks, and leadership skills you need to drive high performance...
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- December 2001 (Revised February 2006)
- Background Note
An Options-led Approach to Making Strategic Choices
By: Jan W. Rivkin
Summarizes some of the pitfalls of conventional strategic planning processes and proposes an alternative approach to making strategic choices.
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Rivkin, Jan W. "An Options-led Approach to Making Strategic Choices." Harvard Business School Background Note 702-433, December 2001. (Revised February 2006.)
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
How a company decides who is authorized to make what types of decisions can have a profound effect on its business, both in terms of everyday effectiveness and the bottom line. Consider the experience of one global conglomerate that...
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by Peter Jacobs
- December 2021
- Article
Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight
By: Aticus Peterson and Andy Wu
We study how learning by experience across projects affects an entrepreneur's strategic foresight. In a quantitative study of 314 entrepreneurs across 722 crowdfunded projects supplemented with a program of qualitative interviews, we counterintuitively find that...
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Keywords:
Crowdfunding;
Experience;
Prediction;
Timeline;
Complexity;
Entrepreneurship;
Learning;
Experience and Expertise;
Forecasting and Prediction
Peterson, Aticus, and Andy Wu. "Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight." Art. 1. Strategic Management Journal 42, no. 13 (December 2021): 2357–2388. (Lead article.)
- Program
Strategic Marketing for Driving Growth
Summary Strategic agility and an unyielding focus on growth are essential for the success of any organization, especially when new technologies such as generative AI are profoundly changing how businesses acquire, engage, and retain...
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- 2012
- Book
Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations
By: John R. Wells
In today's world, only the smartest survive. The competitive landscape is littered with graves of well-known firms whose revenues, profits and stock prices rose for decades until they suddenly imploded.
In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Competition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Adaptation;
Corporate Strategy;
Decision Making;
Innovation and Invention
Wells, John R. Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2012.
- September 2002
- Teaching Note
Strategic Planning at NFTE
By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
Teaching Note for (9-302-002).
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- December 1989 (Revised February 1993)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (C)
In 1989, Frito-Lay designed an information technology infrastructure to support time-based competition and organizational restructuring. The company planned to provide timely flexible information to all major decision makers at all levels. This case describes the...
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Keywords:
Design;
Information Technology;
Information Infrastructure;
Competitive Strategy;
Time Management;
Organizational Structure;
Information Management;
Strategic Planning;
Performance Effectiveness;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (C)." Harvard Business School Case 190-071, December 1989. (Revised February 1993.)
- February 1991
- Case
Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)
By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
The ARES team formally proposes that Burlington Northern implement the ARES system. The project meets resistance. In light of financial restructuring and high level of debt, executives wonder whether the company can afford ARES. Weak links during the ARES development...
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Keywords:
Accounting Audits;
Restructuring;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Borrowing and Debt;
Capital Budgeting;
Projects;
Technology Adoption;
Service Industry
Hertenstein, Julie H., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)." Harvard Business School Case 191-123, February 1991.
- June 2008
- Journal Article
Strategic Alliances: Bridges Between 'Islands of Conscious Power'
By: George P. Baker, Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
Strategic alliances range from unstructured collaborations, through consortia and joint ventures that superimpose new governance structures on existing firms, to transactions that restructure firm boundaries and asset ownership. In this paper, we draw on detailed...
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Baker, George P., Robert Gibbons, and Kevin J. Murphy. "Strategic Alliances: Bridges Between 'Islands of Conscious Power'." Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 22, no. 2 (June 2008): 146–163.
- Article
The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior
By: Vishal P. Baloria and Jonas Heese
The media can impose reputational costs on firms because of its important role as an information intermediary and its ability to negatively slant coverage. We exploit a quasi-natural experiment that holds constant the information event across firms, but varies the...
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Keywords:
Media Slant;
Reputational Capital;
Strategic Corporate Decisions;
Media;
News;
Communication Strategy;
Reputation
Baloria, Vishal P., and Jonas Heese. "The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior." Journal of Financial Economics 129, no. 1 (July 2018): 184–202.
- April 2018
- Case
Cisco Systems and OpenDNS: Strategic Integration
By: Andy Wu, George Gonzalez and David Wang
With more than 72,000 employees and revenues approaching the $50B mark, Cisco Systems is one of the largest information technology and networking firms globally. As the company grew and expanded into different lines of businesses, Cisco consistently looked outwards for...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Integration;
Corporate Strategy;
Change Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Organizational Culture;
Information Technology Industry
Wu, Andy, George Gonzalez, and David Wang. "Cisco Systems and OpenDNS: Strategic Integration." Harvard Business School Case 718-489, April 2018.