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What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
What Is Strategy?
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerToday's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity,... -
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerIn 1979, a young associate professor at Harvard Business School published his first article for HBR, "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy." In the years... -
The Competitive Advantage of Nations
International business Magazine ArticleAre we matching ourselves against the toughest competitors and serving the most demanding customers? How can we be more innovative? -
Strategic Management for Competitive Advantage
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleHow some large companies infuse their planning process with new entrepreneurial vigor, maintaining market leadership over the long haul. -
Blue Ocean Strategy
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerDespite a long-term decline in the circus industry, Cirque du Soleil profitably increased revenue twenty-two-fold over the last 10 years by reinventing... -
You Need an Innovation Strategy
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleIt’s the only way to make sound trade-off decisions and choose the right practices. -
How to Design a Winning Business Model
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMost executives believe that competing through business models is critical for success, but few have come to grips with how best to do so. One common... -
Creating Shared Value
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerThe capitalist system is under siege. Recently business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies... -
How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleAwareness of these forces can help a company stake out a position in its industry that is less vulnerable to attack. -
Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTraditional approaches to strategy assume that the world is relatively stable and predictable. But globalization, new technologies, and greater transparency... -
Strategy for Start-ups
Competitive strategy SpotlightFirst answer two questions; then explore four paths. -
A Better Way to Map Brand Strategy
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleCompanies may want to shift a brand's position--to exploit less crowded territory, for example, or grow sales. Companies have long used perceptual mapping... -
How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleInformation technology is revolutionizing products, from appliances to cars to mining equipment. Products once composed solely of mechanical and electrical... -
What's Your Data Strategy?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleAlthough the ability to manage torrents of data has become crucial to companies' success, most organizations remain badly behind the curve. More than... -
Four Steps to Forecast Total Market Demand
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleForecasting total market demand can be crucial to creating a smart marketing strategy. Some companies--and even whole industries--have learned the hard... -
Customer Data: Designing for Transparency and Trust
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleWith the help of technology, companies today sweep up huge amounts of customer data. But they tend to be opaque about the information they collect and... -
China + India: The Power of Two
Global Business Magazine ArticleChina and India are burying the hatchet after four-plus decades of hostility. A few companies from both nations have been quick to gain competitive advantages... -
Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets
Global Business Magazine ArticleIt's no easy task to identify strategies for entering new international markets or to decide which countries to do business with. Many firms simply go... -
Is America in Decline?
Economics Magazine ArticleStrange as it may seem, a nation once celebrated for its irrepressible optimism now appears to be obsessed by decline. America’s list of complaints seems endless: Real wages are falling. Productivity growth is down. Companies aren’t competitive in global markets. White-collar jobs are no longer secure. The nation’s infrastructure is collapsing. The federal deficit is […]
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Ready-to-Eat Breakfast Cereal Industry in 1994 (B), Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Updates the (A) case. -
Carrefour China and the Olympic Torch Relay: Managing Corporate Crisis amid Evolving Expectations of Multinational Firms
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chinese people were outraged by repeated interruptions of the Olympic torch relay in Paris on 7 April 2008.... -
LinkedIn (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In the summer of 2005, LinkedIn, a two-year-old start-up, was choosing between two options to monetize its 5 million business people network. Members... -
Qualcomm Incorporated 2011 Update, Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Qualcomm in 2009 and 2010 experienced both the worst of times and the best of times. During the "great recession" of 2009, smartphones growth stalled,... -
FDI in China, Spanish Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details China is one of the most popular investment destinations in the world. Throughout much of the 1990s, China accounted for 50% of foreign direct investment... -
The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy
30.00View Details Our political system in America is broken, right? Wrong. The truth is, the American political system is working exactly how it is designed to work, and... -
Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
MRC, Inc. (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details MRC, Inc. faces a decision regarding entry into the production of polyester fiber in competition with much larger firms. An updated version of an earlier... -
Google Inc.: Launching Gmail
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Google, a very popular Internet search engine firm, has just announced the launch of Gmail, a free, Web-based e-mail service that allows users up to one... -
The Myth of Death: A Guide to Business Case Analysis
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details When analyzing a business case, MBA students tend to extrapolate by concluding that whatever a successful company did was effective, and whatever a failed... -
Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B3)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy for Hong Kong's Capital Markets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Set in 2010, the case discusses the strategic directions Hong Kong could pursue, particularly vis-a-vis China, as it seeks to preserve its preeminence... -
Xiamen Airlines: Bracing for Impact
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details On March 31, 2014, the vice-president of Sales & Marketing at Xiamen Airlines Co. Ltd. (XiamenAir) was reviewing the minutes of the month-end meeting... -
Amanda and Kristen: Mented Cosmetics
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The co-founders (Black HBS alumnae) of an e-commerce beauty startup explore the unmet needs within the beauty industry. This case study examines the entrepreneurial... -
A123 Systems: Power. Safety. Life.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A123 Systems, the largest manufacturer of lithium ion batteries in North America, is producing and selling batteries for electric vehicles in China and... -
South Korea's High-Speed Internet Industry
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The high-speed internet industry was one of the fastest growing and fastest evolving industries in the Republic of Korea. From the first telephone line-based... -
SAP: Establishing a Research Centre in China
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Leading technology companies from around the world are entering China to establish research centres, leverage China's unique situation of rapid growth... -
Singapore Airlines (A): The India Decision
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Indian aviation market, having experienced high growth rates that were expected to continue through 2016, was opened to foreign investment in 2012.... -
Eco7: Launching a New Motor Oil, Spanish Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Aaron Jonnerson, vice president of marketing at the automotive division of Avellin, must make marketing mix decisions for the launch of Eco7, a new environmentally-friendly... -
Business Model Challenges: The Electric Vehicle Company
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Electric vehicles have been "the next big trend" for more than 100 years. The first commercially viable electric car was available in the 1890s but failed...
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What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
What Is Strategy?
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerToday's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity,... -
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerIn 1979, a young associate professor at Harvard Business School published his first article for HBR, "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy." In the years... -
The Competitive Advantage of Nations
International business Magazine ArticleAre we matching ourselves against the toughest competitors and serving the most demanding customers? How can we be more innovative? -
Strategic Management for Competitive Advantage
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleHow some large companies infuse their planning process with new entrepreneurial vigor, maintaining market leadership over the long haul. -
Blue Ocean Strategy
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerDespite a long-term decline in the circus industry, Cirque du Soleil profitably increased revenue twenty-two-fold over the last 10 years by reinventing... -
You Need an Innovation Strategy
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleIt’s the only way to make sound trade-off decisions and choose the right practices. -
How to Design a Winning Business Model
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMost executives believe that competing through business models is critical for success, but few have come to grips with how best to do so. One common... -
Creating Shared Value
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerThe capitalist system is under siege. Recently business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies... -
How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleAwareness of these forces can help a company stake out a position in its industry that is less vulnerable to attack.