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      • 06 Apr 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Disrupting the Waste Industry with Technology

      Rubicon began with a bold idea: create a cloud-based, full-service waste management platform, providing efficient service anywhere in the US. Their mobile app did for waste management what Uber had done for taxi service. Five years after the case’s publication, Harvard Business School Associate Professor Shai Bernstein and Rubicon founder and CEO Nate Morris discuss how the software startup leveraged technology to disrupt the waste industry and other enduring lessons of professor Bill Sahlman’s case about Rubicon.  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      New research on business and management strategy from Harvard Business School faculty on issues including strategy development, execution, and gauging effectiveness.
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      • 09 Dec 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

      by Kristen Senz

      Using data from their very first transaction, companies can identify shoppers who will create the best long-term value, says Eva Ascarza. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 12 Nov 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research

      by Michael Blanding

      Nearly a third of US patents rely directly on government-funded research, says Dennis Yao. Is government too involved in supporting private sector innovation—or not enough? Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 01 Nov 2019
      • What Do You Think?

      Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP: Non-compete clauses need to be rewritten, especially when they are applied to lower-income workers, respond James Heskett's readers. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 28 Oct 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback

      by Jen McFarland Flint

      Left for dead alongside the retail highway, physical stores are suddenly finding new ways to compete, say Jill Avery and Antonio Moreno. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 10 Oct 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Birds of a Feather ... Enforce Social Norms? Interactions Among Culture, Norms, and Strategy

      by Hongyi Li and Eric J. Van den Steen

      Does culture eat strategy for breakfast? By analyzing the role of a company's social norms—how they develop and why people reinforce them, despite their personal beliefs—this paper offers new insights about the power of culture.

      • 02 Oct 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Limitations of Dynamic Capabilities

      by David J. Collis and Bharat Anand

      This paper explains the role dynamic capabilities play in competitive advantage, identifies the conditions that make them valuable by establishing their relationship to resources and market positioning, and describes two types and various levels of the phenomenon. Developing such capabilities is desirable, but there are limitations to their effectiveness.

      • 24 Sep 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Impact of Regulation on Strategic Positioning: Self-Regulation in the RTE Cereal Industry

      by Young Hou and Dennis Yao

      Regulations often change the competitive environment firms operate in by inducing product repositioning. This study examines the responses and performance impacts resulting from industry self-regulation to improve the nutritional content of children’s cereals. Dynamic links between product positioning and product brand equity resources are explored.

      • 20 Sep 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time

      by Michael Blanding

      Can company growth rates persist over long periods of time? A new study of long-lasting enterprises might make CEOs rethink their strategies, says Gary Pisano. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 05 Sep 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Value of Intermediation in the Stock Market

      by Marco Di Maggio, Mark Egan, and Francesco Franzoni

      Despite the rise of alternative trading platforms, high-touch broker trading remains prominent in institutional equity markets. The authors analyze how fees, research, quality of execution, and information can help explain how execution decisions and preferences vary across investors.

      • 06 Aug 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Field-Level Paradox and the Co-Evolution of an Entrepreneurial Vision

      by Ryan Raffaelli and Richard DeJordy

      Swiss watchmaking embodies the classic strategic paradox created by the introduction of new technology: the choice between resisting and defending, or embracing and prospecting. This paper offers a model for how fields and organizational leaders experiencing similar paradoxes can adapt to environmental change while still preserving valuable aspects of their past success.

      • 30 Jul 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      ‘Organizing’, ‘Innovating’, and ‘Managing’ in Complexity Space

      by Michael C. Moldoveanu

      This paper explores organizational complexity by proposing a two-dimensional framework to help us understand organizational coping mechanisms and failure modes. The framework makes it possible to ask new questions about organizational adaptations to complexity that investigate its underlying structure and dynamics.

      • 27 Jul 2019
      • Op-Ed

      Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

      by George Riedel

      America's 2016 presidential election was the target of voter manipulation via social media, particularly on Facebook. George Riedel thinks history is about to repeat itself. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 22 Jul 2019
      • Book

      How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

      by Martha Lagace

      The most valuable companies in the world have one thing in common: all are leaders in the platform economy. In a new book, David Yoffie and colleagues identify key strategies and tactics for success on digital platforms. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 21 Jul 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?

      by Sonali K. Shah and Frank Nagle

      Communities of users are shaping the industrial landscape and contributing to the innovations we use every day. The effects of user communities on firms, industries, and society will continue to grow. This article discusses the relationship between user communities and firms to shed light on avenues for future research in business strategy.

      • 08 Jul 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?

      by Kristen Senz

      Newspapers with reputable brands and unique content are finding success behind paywalls. For most papers, however, the future is not so clear, says Doug J. Chung. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 25 Jun 2019
      • Cold Call Podcast

      In the Platform Economy, Upwork Searches for Better Matches in the Cloud

      Welcome to the Platform Economy, where business strategists must learn a new form of competition. David Yoffie and Michael Cusumano explain choices facing Upwork, which matches jobs with job hunters in the cloud. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 18 Jun 2019
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Can Khan Academy Scale to Educate Anyone, Anywhere?

      Khan Academy is an online global education nonprofit launched by Sal Khan with the audacious mission to “provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.” Professor Bill Sahlman discusses his case study of the company. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Jun 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Comprehensive Effects of a Digital Paywall Sales Strategy

      by Doug J. Chung, Ho Kim, and Reo Song

      Many print media firms are switching to a business model requiring readers to pay for online content. This study of media paywall strategies in the US finds that adopting a digital paywall can lead to positive demand substitution from digital to print channels, particularly for large-sized firms and those with unique content.

      • 17 Jun 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

      by Alumni Bulletin Staff

      3QUESTIONS Why is it so difficult for American health care providers to compete for customers? Raffaella Sadun and Leemore Dafny discuss why health care needs a business strategy. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 30 May 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      US Antitrust Law and Policy in Historical Perspective

      by Laura Phillips Sawyer

      Since the late 19th century, American antitrust law and policy has responded to multiple changes: technological advances that have transformed business structures, political imperatives that have reformed regulations and informed prosecutorial discretion, and economic theories that have reshaped the boundaries of government interventions into the economy. Today, antitrust remains a contested field.

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