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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 Stages of Small Business Growth
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleNo researcher has explored the earliest period of a business’s development in detail—until now. -
Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBy aligning executives' financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard... -
Understanding China
Global Business SpotlightThis package begins with "What the West Gets Wrong About China," by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, which discusses three fundamental misconceptions:... -
Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
What Is a Business Model?
Business models Digital ArticleA history, from Drucker to Christensen. -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
CEOs, Step into the Front Lines or Risk Losing Touch
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDriving organizational change requires getting closer to both your employees and customers. -
The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality,... -
Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
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... -
The Office of Strategy Management
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleStrategy at many companies is almost completely disconnected from execution. Establishing a dedicated unit to orchestrate both will help to bridge the divide. -
Global Business Speaks English
Business communication Magazine ArticleWhy you need a language strategy now -
A Better Way to Think About Your Business Model
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleHow Nespresso used a simple business model canvas to change face of the coffee industry. -
Digital Transformation Is Not About Technology
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStrategy, culture, and customer experience are just as important. -
How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
Business and society Magazine ArticleA data-driven approach to design, measurement, and implementation -
The Circular Business Model
Business models Magazine ArticlePick a strategy that fits your resources and capabilities. -
Kodak's Downfall Wasn't About Technology
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWhat it missed was the business model. -
5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System
Business models Digital ArticleA guide to making health care more accessible, affordable, and effective.
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Tata Motors' Acquisition of Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In January 2004, the chairman of the India-based Tata Group, announced that the Tata Group would focus its efforts on international expansion to become... -
Banc One--1993
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details From a small local bank, Banc One has grown to one of the largest and most profitable banks in the United States under the leadership of its CEO, John... -
Tools from "The Innovator's Guide to Growth"
69.95View Details There's a pervasive belief that innovation is random and unpredictable. The Innovator's Guide to Growth, however, argues that there are patterns that... -
The Louvre
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Once a royal residence and today one of the most photographed Parisian landmarks, the Louvre, home of iconic masterpieces, was the world's largest and... -
Harvey Golub: Recharging American Express, Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Harvey Golub, CEO American Express, initiated and led a large-scale change process. The case describes the organization he inherited, two successive waves... -
Sunkist Growers, Inc.
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details A new media strategy for lemon advertising involving the concentration of the entire budget in a single-print vehicle, is under consideration. -
Tata Motors' Integration of Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In January 2004, the chairman of the India-based Tata Group, announced that the Tata Group would focus its efforts on international expansion to become... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter)
Strategy & Execution Book24.95View Details Is your company spending enormous time and energy on strategy development, with little to show for your efforts? We've combed through hundreds of Harvard... -
Fitbit
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2019, Fitbit lost its leadership in the wearable sensor market to Apple and to cheaper alternatives. Why did it lose its market position? How will... -
Hewlett-Packard: Culture in Changing Times, Portuguese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details HP had been a highly successful and respected company for decades. It was well known for its company culture and management practices--the HP way--which... -
Locally Laid Egg Company: No Time for Laying Around
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The Locally Laid Egg Company is a family-owned company based out of Duluth, Minnesota. The company was established in 2012 as the first commercial grade... -
Creating Great Choices: A Leader's Guide to Integrative Thinking
32.00View Details Move Beyond Trade-Off Thinking. When it comes to our hardest choices, it can seem as though making trade-offs is inevitable. But what about those crucial... -
Innovation at GSA: Zero Environmental Footprint and the Extreme Challenge (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2010, Martha Johnson, new Administrator of the General Services Agency (GSA), advanced the Zero Environmental Footprint (ZEF) initiative-a sustainability... -
Thierry Porté
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Beleza Natural: Marketing Strategies for Empowering Social Change
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This case features an entrepreneur striving to rapidly grow a successful chain of hair salons that serve women with afro hair. After doubling from 13... -
Apple Computer (B): Managing Morale and Corporate Culture
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Explores how the human resource function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Analyzes the culture and morale at Apple. Apple has... -
Demand Media
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Google search had helped Demand Media grow to be a $1.9 billion online publisher. Then, social media and smartphone apps began to change the way people... -
Ant Financial (C), Chinese Version
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Headquartered in Hangzhou (China), Ant Financial has grown into a fintech "Unicorn." The fintech empire that the company established spanned verticals... -
Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring... -
Toxic for Teens? Navigating a Career in the Social Media Industry (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values....
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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 Stages of Small Business Growth
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleNo researcher has explored the earliest period of a business’s development in detail—until now. -
Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBy aligning executives' financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard... -
Understanding China
Global Business SpotlightThis package begins with "What the West Gets Wrong About China," by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, which discusses three fundamental misconceptions:... -
Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
What Is a Business Model?
Business models Digital ArticleA history, from Drucker to Christensen. -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
CEOs, Step into the Front Lines or Risk Losing Touch
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDriving organizational change requires getting closer to both your employees and customers. -
The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality,...