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- April 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Corporate Strategy: Course Introduction
By: Bharat N. Anand
Describes the objectives of the Corporate Strategy course; the conceptual framework used in the course; some central principles of corporate strategy that emerge from this framework; and the modular structure of the course, together with the topics each module covers.
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Anand, Bharat N. "Corporate Strategy: Course Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-482, April 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
- 2005
- Article
Increasing Exploration: Evidence from International Expansion
By: Juan Alcacer, Heather Berry and Wilbur Chung
While firms balance exploitation and exploration to maximize profits, specifics of how firms pursue this balance are scarce. We focus on how firms increase their exploration after obtaining greater capabilities and experience via sequential international expansion....
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Keywords:
Price Bubble;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Industry Growth;
Research and Development;
Profit;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Disruptive Innovation;
Five Forces Framework;
SWOT Analysis;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Manufacturing Industry;
Japan;
United States
Alcacer, Juan, Heather Berry, and Wilbur Chung. "Increasing Exploration: Evidence from International Expansion." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2005): D1–D6.
- 2005
- Book
Multinationals and Global Capitalism: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book provides an essential framework for understanding global business. It shows how entrepreneurs built a global economy in the nineteenth century by creating firms that pursued resources and markets across borders. It demonstrates how firms shifted strategies as...
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Keywords:
Capitalism;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Globalization;
History;
Economy;
Trade;
Strategy
Jones, Geoffrey. Multinationals and Global Capitalism: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
- October 2004 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
Making China Beautiful: Shiseido and the China Market
By: Geoffrey G. Jones, Akiko Kanno and Masako Egawa
Describes the multinational growth of Shiseido, the world's fourth-largest cosmetics company, with a focus on its strategy in China since 1981. Explores the challenges facing firms in the globalization of a culturally specific industry such as cosmetics. The Japanese...
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Keywords:
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Competition;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
China;
Japan
Jones, Geoffrey G., Akiko Kanno, and Masako Egawa. "Making China Beautiful: Shiseido and the China Market." Harvard Business School Case 805-003, October 2004. (Revised July 2013.)
- July/August 2004
- Article
Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework
By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
Despite burgeoning research on companies' environmental strategies and environmental management practices, it remains unclear why some firms adopt environmental management practices beyond regulatory compliance. This paper leverages institutional theory by proposing...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Environmental Management;
Adoption;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Organizational Structure;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Competition;
Framework;
Governance Compliance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Delmas, Magali, and Michael W. Toffel. "Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework." Business Strategy and the Environment 13, no. 4 (July/August 2004): 209–222.
- 18 Nov 2003
- Other Presentation
The U.S. Homebuilding Industry and The Competitive Position of Large Builders
Strategy presentation at the Centex Investor Conference, New York. Topics include: The structure of the homebuilding industry, the competitive advantages of large homebuilders, market assessment of homebuilding versus other industries and the role of investors in...
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Porter, Michael E. "The U.S. Homebuilding Industry and The Competitive Position of Large Builders." Centex Investor Conference, New York, NY, November 18, 2003.
- October 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Module Note
Organizing to Learn Module Note
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Teaches a framework for managing in dynamic or uncertain organizational contexts, designed for either MBA or Executive Education courses. Offers a new perspective on how managers can help stimulate and guide a collective learning process in their organizations. The...
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Edmondson, Amy C. "Organizing to Learn Module Note." Harvard Business School Module Note 604-031, October 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- 2003
- Report
UK Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Stage
By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
In October 2002, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) appointed Professor Michael Porter and his team to conduct a brief, three-month review of the existing evidence on UK competitiveness. The effort was funded jointly by the ESRC and the Department of... View Details
Keywords:
Competition;
Economics;
Performance Productivity;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Research and Development;
Competency and Skills;
Investment;
Assets;
Corporate Strategy;
Policy;
Management;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
United Kingdom;
United States
Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "UK Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Stage." DTI Economics Paper, May 2003.
- February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Bombardier: Canada versus Brazil at the WTO
By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Laura Alfaro and Brett Laschinger
In less than a decade, Bombardier had grown from a medium-size Canadian company to a highly profitable global player largely on the strength of the introduction of a new generation of regional jet and successfully marketing its product to airlines around the world....
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Keywords:
Trade;
Global Strategy;
Five Forces Framework;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Business and Government Relations;
Situation or Environment;
Competition;
Air Transportation Industry;
Canada;
Brazil
Abdelal, Rawi E., Laura Alfaro, and Brett Laschinger. "Bombardier: Canada versus Brazil at the WTO." Harvard Business School Case 703-022, February 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
- January 2003 (Revised September 2007)
- Background Note
A Note on Racing to Acquire Customers
Examines factors that motivate a firm's race to acquire customers in newly emerging markets and explores conditions under which racing strategies are likely to yield attractive returns. Provides a definition of racing behavior, introduces the notion of an optimal level...
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Keywords:
Customers;
Price Bubble;
Network Effects;
Emerging Markets;
Market Entry and Exit;
Behavior;
Competition
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "A Note on Racing to Acquire Customers." Harvard Business School Background Note 803-103, January 2003. (Revised September 2007.)
- November 2002 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
The Newsprint Industry
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Nabil I. Al-Najjar and James Pyke
Describes the 1990s consolidation on the newsprint industry. Questions whether consolidation will ever deliver on its promise. Whereas some industry observers maintain that the effects of consolidation are already visible, others argue that further consolidation is...
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Keywords:
Five Forces Framework;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Monopoly;
Mathematical Methods;
Competition;
Consolidation;
Pulp and Paper Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Nabil I. Al-Najjar, and James Pyke. "The Newsprint Industry." Harvard Business School Case 703-404, November 2002. (Revised March 2010.)
- October 2002
- Teaching Note
Strategy in Emerging Markets (TN)
By: Tarun Khanna
Provides an overview of several cases on multinational and local companies (including business groups) operating in settings in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and worldwide. Also provides a conceptual framework for thinking about these cases and links to related academic...
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- May 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Dell--New Horizons
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Founded in 1984, Dell Corp. has achieved phenomenal growth, and by 2000 had topped $25 billion in sales and over $2 billion in net income. In the 4th quarter of 2000, however, the PC industry's average 30-year growth rate crashed to a negative 10%. Dell must make...
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Keywords:
History;
Decisions;
Product Positioning;
Marketing Strategy;
Framework;
Globalization;
Brands and Branding;
Computer Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Dell--New Horizons." Harvard Business School Case 502-022, May 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- 2002
- Other Unpublished Work
Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Pittsburgh
This regional report examines the composition and performance of the Pittsburgh regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region's economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action program to...
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Pittsburgh." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, April 2002. (Report.)
- February 2002 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Volvo Trucks (A): Penetrating the U.S. Market
By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
Volvo Trucks has worked on a global strategy for several decades. Beginning in the mid-1970s, the company decided to enter the largest market for trucks: the United States. Over time, the company has struggled to get a significant share of the U.S. market and at the...
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Competitive Strategy;
Five Forces Framework;
Truck Transportation;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Manufacturing Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States;
Europe
Porter, Michael E., and Orjan Solvell. "Volvo Trucks (A): Penetrating the U.S. Market." Harvard Business School Case 702-418, February 2002. (Revised February 2006.)
- February 2002 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Volvo Trucks (B): Acquisition of RVI
By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Competitive Strategy;
Five Forces Framework;
Truck Transportation;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Manufacturing Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States;
Europe
Porter, Michael E., and Orjan Solvell. "Volvo Trucks (B): Acquisition of RVI." Harvard Business School Case 702-419, February 2002. (Revised March 2004.)
- February 2002 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Volvo Trucks (C): Closing Volvo Global Trucks
By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Competitive Strategy;
Five Forces Framework;
Truck Transportation;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Manufacturing Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States;
Europe
Porter, Michael E., and Orjan Solvell. "Volvo Trucks (C): Closing Volvo Global Trucks." Harvard Business School Case 702-444, February 2002. (Revised May 2006.)
- 2002
- Other Unpublished Work
Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Research Triangle
This regional report examines the composition and performance of the Research Triangle regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region's economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action...
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Research Triangle." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, January 2002. (Report.)
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Atlanta-Columbus
This regional report examines the composition and performance of the Atlanta regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region's economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action program to...
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Atlanta-Columbus." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, December 2001. (Report.)
- June 2001
- Teaching Note
Coordinating + Managing Supply Chains: Course Overview Note TN
By: Ananth Raman
Describes the MBA elective course on supply chain management at HBS. Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains focuses on the managerial aspects of supply chains. Acquaints students with practical issues in a variety of supply chains and then identifies barriers to, and...
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