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Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe creators of the start-up AndFound, an online platform that connects angel investors with a curated selection of promising start-ups, have a towering... -
When Your Moon Shots Don’t Take Off
Innovation Magazine ArticleHow science fiction and other unconventional tools can fire the imagination and lead to breakthrough growth. -
Six Simple Rules for Managing Complexity
Yves Morieux, director of the BCG Institute for Organization, argues that imposing formal processes, structures, and guidelines only makes things more... -
Should You Compete with Amazon or Sell on Amazon?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleQuestions to help e-commerce companies decide. -
Marico's Chairman on Innovating Across Every Part of the Business
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleWhen the author launched what would become Marico as a division within his family's business, Bombay Oil, it was with product innovation: Instead of selling... -
Create and Deliver a Strong Business Case
Communication VideoHow the three Fs-facts, faith, and fortitude-can create a persuasive business case as well as a roadmap for new initiatives. -
What Is the Theory of Your Firm?
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleFocus less on competitive advantage and more on growth that creates value. -
Research: Political Polarization Is Changing How Americans Work and Shop
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticlePeople avoid helping the other side, even at their own expense. -
What Sesame Street's Move to HBO Says About the Media Business
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleNeither content nor distribution is enough on its own. -
Learning to Play in the New "Share Economy" (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleAn established rental car company acquires a car-sharing start-up and must decide whether to fully integrate it, to leave it as an independent unit, or... -
Put a Good Idea into Action
When strong project management is teamed with creative thinking and subject expertise, the result is greater than the sum of each part. -
Making Life-Saving Medical Treatments More Affordable
Business models Digital ArticleA look at the challenges and some innovative solutions. -
What Big Companies Can Learn from Shark Tank
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleBy utilizing the reality show format, corporations can create a more effective forum for pitching innovative products. -
Craft a Story to Sell Your Business Case
Finance & Accounting VideoWant your business case to be supported? Get attention by telling a good story. -
3 Mistakes in U.S. Health Care That Emerging Economies Can’t Afford to Repeat
Business and society Digital ArticleSuch as paying on a fee-for-service basis. -
Don’t Try to Be a Publisher and a Platform at the Same Time
Business models Digital ArticleWhat seems like a great model in theory is tough to pull off in practice. -
Quest for Resilience
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleIn less turbulent times, executives had the luxury of assuming that business models were more or less immortal. Companies always had to work to get better,... -
A Survival Guide for Startups in the Era of Tech Giants
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleYou have options other than getting swallowed up or stomped out. -
Bringing Silicon Valley Inside
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleIn Silicon Valley, exciting new business ideas rapidly attract capital and talent away from less worthy ventures. But in big companies, ideas, capital, and talent are stagnant—prisoners of traditional bureaucratic ways of allocating resources. To capture the Valley’s entrepreneurial magic, your company needs to move from resource allocation to resource attraction. -
Create Colleagues, Not Competitors
Business models Magazine ArticleIf managers want their employees to share information, why do they encourage them to hoard it by rewarding competition among them? My colleagues Erik Brynjolfsson at MIT and Nat Bulkley at the University of Michigan and I have been studying knowledge sharing and productivity in the executive recruiting industry. We asked 71 employees, from partners […]
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VivaColombia: The Challenge of Growing a Low-Cost Airline in Latin America
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the emergence and business model of VivaColombia, a low-cost Colombian airline. The airline was established in 2008, although it did... -
Paytm: Navigating the Transition from an E-Wallet to a Payments Bank
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The case centres around the challenges faced by Paytm, India's largest e-wallet, in its transition from a mobile wallet to a payments bank. The shift... -
Digital Transformation at La Presse (B): Implementing the Digital Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case HEC206. This (real) case takes place in the context of the newspaper industry, which is being turned upside down by powerful socio-technological... -
Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures
15.90View Details Global ventures are those that weave globalization into their businesses from the start. Technological advances and emerging markets are enabling entrepreneurs... -
Blue Apron: Disruption in the U.S. Food Industry?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In late 2017, the newly appointed chief executive officer of Blue Apron, a pioneer in the subscription-based meal kit delivery service in the United States,... -
Chef Davide Oldani and Ristorante D'O
Technology & Operations Case Study9.95View Details This case examines the unique business model of Ristorante D'O, a high end gourmet restaurant located near Milan, Italy. Founded by Chef Davide Oldani,... -
Formula One Motor Racing
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Documents the entrepreneurial efforts of a single individual to bring together car and engine manufacturers, local circuit owners and promoters, advertisers,... -
Upwork in 2019
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Stephane Kasriel, the CEO of Upwork, the leading platform for freelance labor, updates his progress on how to redesign its business model in 2019. -
Todovino: Can Your Rival Be Your Friend?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Todovino sells Spanish wines through wine clubs and web sites. Founder-CEO Gonzalo Verdera has partnered with many companies to create cobranded wine... -
Apple Computer, 2006
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Apple has reaped the benefits of its innovative music player, the iPod. However, its PC and server business continue to hold small market share relative... -
Tolaram: Innovating in Africa
Strategy & Execution Case Study14.00View Details Tolaram is a Singaporean company that began operations selling textiles in Nigeria in the 1970s. Executives and brothers, Haresh and Sajesh Aswani, however... -
Google Inc. in 2014 (Abridged)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. Reviews Google's recent strategic... -
SolarCity Corporation: Challenges in the Solar Energy Value Chain
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details SolarCity Corporation competed in the downstream segment of the U.S. solar energy industry. The company installed solar panels for residential and commercial... -
Movvo: Marketing Location-based Big Data
Management Case Study8.95View Details Diana Almeida, Roberto Ugo and Suzy Vasconcelos, the three founders of Movvo, are confident that their technology to detect consumers' movement patterns... -
Navya: Steering Toward a Driverless Future
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In 2022, Sophie Desormière arrived at French roboshuttle producer Navya, tasked with charting a new course in a challenging sector. The company, which... -
Comcast Corporation (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In March 2015, the U.S. television industry received a major wake-up call. HBO, a premium cable channel with over 30 million subscribers, had announced... -
The American Repertory Theater
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details When Diane Paulus, artistic director and CEO of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T. - also seen spelled as American Repertory Theatre) first started... -
Moodcafe: From India Conception to Raising Funds
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case describes a situation facing Mikul Patel and Rahul Mirdha, the co-founders of Moodcafe, an online mental healthcare service provider. They had... -
Amazon.com, Inc.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Over 20 years as a public company, founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has taken Amazon.com from an online bookstore to the largest online retailer and comparison-shopping...
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The National Women's Soccer League: Towards the Successful Professionalization of Women's Soccer?, Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching note for case HEC193. -
VivaColombia: The Challenge of Growing a Low-Cost Airline in Latin America
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the emergence and business model of VivaColombia, a low-cost Colombian airline. The airline was established in 2008, although it did... -
Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe creators of the start-up AndFound, an online platform that connects angel investors with a curated selection of promising start-ups, have a towering... -
Changing the Game to Compete: Innovations in the Fashion Retail Industry From the Disruptive Business Model
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleUnprecedented competition and emergent technologies have posed a challenge to many traditional retailers in recent years. Yet within this competitive... -
The Liner Shipping Industry: Competition and Business Models, Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching Note for Case W25505 -
Growth Paths for Overcoming the Digitalization Paradox
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleDespite the demonstrated opportunities for revenue enhancement through digitalization, companies often experience a digitalization paradox. This paradox... -
Paytm: Navigating the Transition from an E-Wallet to a Payments Bank
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The case centres around the challenges faced by Paytm, India's largest e-wallet, in its transition from a mobile wallet to a payments bank. The shift... -
AutoNation: The Changing Auto Dealership Landscape, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching note for Case W33379 -
When Your Moon Shots Don’t Take Off
Innovation Magazine ArticleHow science fiction and other unconventional tools can fire the imagination and lead to breakthrough growth. -
VivaColombia: The Challenge of Growing a Low-Cost Airline in Latin America, Teaching Note
Global Business Digital ArticleTeaching note for case HEC195.