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When Opportunity Resides Along the Edges
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStrategies for leveraging hidden value. -
Finding the Platform in Your Product
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFive of the 10 most valuable companies in the world today--Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft--derive much of their worth from their multisided... -
Executive Incentives vs. Corporate Growth
Boards Magazine ArticleBonuses and other forms of incentive compensation are an effective motivator of executives to achieve ever higher earnings per share. The drive to produce short-term results, however, often influences management to forgo investment in capital equipment and R&D that would benefit the corporation several years hence even more than improved earnings next year would. The […] -
Creating an Organic Growth Machine
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMany CEOs don't seem to care about organic growth. They either give up on it, in the belief that their companies will inevitably become low growth, or... -
Why You Should Be Tracking Customer Surplus Value
Customer experience Digital ArticleThis key metric can help you measure customer loyalty. -
An Inside Look at Facebook’s Approach to Automation and Human Work
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleA Q&A with the company’s VP of Engineering. -
When One Division Makes All the Money but the Other Gets All the Attention (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe CEO of a computer peripherals manufacturer considers whether to invest in innovation or focus on the core. This fictional case study by Richard Hamermesh... -
The CEO of Levi Strauss on Leading an Iconic Brand Back to Growth
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen the author was tapped to join Levi Strauss, in 2011, the company's financial performance had been erratic for a decade. He went on a listening tour,... -
An Entrepreneur's Guide to Surviving the "Death Valley Curve"
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleTwo key questions: Do you have the right business model, and do you have growth ambitions? -
Is Your Marketing Organization Ready for What’s Next?
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HBR Case Study: Preserve the Luxury or Extend the Brand?
Sales and marketing Magazine ArticleThe owner of the prestigious Château de Vallois must decide whether to launch an affordable wine. -
New Business Models in Emerging Markets
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMany Western multinationals expect to find most of their future growth in emerging economies. But they have frequently struggled to exploit the opportunity,... -
Lincoln Electric’s Harsh Lessons from International Expansion
Labor Magazine ArticleLincoln assumed that its manufacturing prowess and fabled culture would allow it to succeed anywhere in the world. The company’s former CEO recounts how that thinking was put to the test. -
Internal Buy-In Will Make or Break Your Growth Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleToo often, organizations bring in outside firms to help, resulting in a smart plan but not the necessary means to execute it. -
Research Shows Immigrants Help Businesses Grow. Here’s Why.
Global strategy Digital ArticleAdaptiveness and cross-cultural awareness are in-demand traits. -
When One Division Makes All the Money but the Other Gets All the Attention (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe CEO of a computer peripherals manufacturer considers whether to invest in innovation or focus on the core. This fictional case study by Richard Hamermesh... -
Uber's Food Delivery Experiment in Barcelona
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIt's a different way to approach regulation. -
The Chairman of Ryohin Keikaku on Charting Muji’s Global Expansion
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Why Winner-Takes-All Thinking Doesn't Apply to the Platform Economy
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleSee Yahoo, Twitter, and Microsoft. -
Entering a Market Where There’s Little Demand for Your Product
International business Digital ArticleThree strategies that have worked around the world.
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OXXO's Turf War Against Extra (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details In 2006, Mexican convenience store chain OXXO faced a threat from a formidable competitor, the rival convenience chain Extra. OXXO had embarked on an... -
Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Bill Kenerson, the owner-operator of a retail bow-tie business faces two decisions. The first is whether to bring production of bow ties in-house. The... -
Logoplaste: Global Growing Challenges
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2010, Logoplaste, a top 10 manufacturer of rigid plastic containers, was debating a more dramatic expansion strategy as a means to guarantee the company's... -
Urbanizing China
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2012, China attained a historic development milestone with more Chinese citizens living in cities than in the countryside. China's rapid urbanization,... -
Nubank: Democratizing Financial Services
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Nubank, a wholly-digital solution created to disrupt Brazilian banking, with 6 million clients and a $4 billion valuation after five years, must decide... -
Mark43
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The founders of Mark43, an early-stage startup that provides software for law enforcement agencies, must decide whether to bid on a request for proposals... -
Forbind Systems (B): The Way Forward
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case B about a young Danish VC-backed technology company in the supply-chain software sector trying to overcome a multitude of challenges related... -
Walmart Update, 2011
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2011, Walmart was the world's largest company, with $420 billion in sales and operations in 14 countries. Yet it found itself searching for the right... -
Tecnovate: Challenges of Business Process Outsourcing
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) service provider, Tecnovate eSolutions Pvt. Ltd, was set up in India as a captive to provide contact center services,... -
Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Codecademy, an open-platform, online community for learning computer programming, launched in 2011. By 2014, the company had raised a total of $12.5 million... -
The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed
35.00View Details Imagine if the multinational hotel groups had founded Airbnb, or the big auto companies had launched Uber and Tesla, or Blockbuster had created Netflix.... -
China Vanke (A-1)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details As China's largest homebuilder, China Vanke Co. Ltd. (Vanke) was facing an industry downturn sparked by strong government intervention. Faced with falling... -
Maestro Pizza (F): A New Direction
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza... -
MOL: The TVK Acquisition
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In the early 2000's, MOL, the newly privatized Hungarian Oil and Gas Concern considers acquiring a controlling stake in TVK, a downstream customer specialized... -
Capital Allocation at HCA
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In early 2017, HCA Holdings, an investor-owned hospital management company, faced a strategically important capital allocation decision. After the exit... -
Root Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Founded in 1999, Root Capital had loaned $150 million to nearly 250 small and growing businesses, mainly in Latin America. In 2009, as the organization... -
Office Depot E-Business (Abridged)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case is an excellent illustration of offline/online integration. Office Depot used its supply chain, systems integration, and existing offline channel... -
The Indego Africa Project
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Two young attorneys found and begin to build the Indego Africa Project, an NGO partnering with women's cooperatives in Rwanda. Indego connects the cooperatives... -
Frontier Airlines, Inc. (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Frontier, once a relatively small regional carrier, expanded rapidly after deregulation of the airline industry. By 1982 it found further growth difficult,... -
Club Mediterranee
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Focuses on Club Med's strategy in the U.S. market. The experience of Club Med is largely among Europeans, but the Club has attracted young, single U.S....
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When Opportunity Resides Along the Edges
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStrategies for leveraging hidden value. -
OXXO's Turf War Against Extra (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details In 2006, Mexican convenience store chain OXXO faced a threat from a formidable competitor, the rival convenience chain Extra. OXXO had embarked on an... -
The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn: Part 3
Leadership AudioAs cracks appear in Ghosn’s leadership of Nissan and Renault, is anyone holding him accountable? -
Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Bill Kenerson, the owner-operator of a retail bow-tie business faces two decisions. The first is whether to bring production of bow ties in-house. The... -
Finding the Platform in Your Product
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFive of the 10 most valuable companies in the world today--Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft--derive much of their worth from their multisided... -
Logoplaste: Global Growing Challenges
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2010, Logoplaste, a top 10 manufacturer of rigid plastic containers, was debating a more dramatic expansion strategy as a means to guarantee the company's... -
Executive Incentives vs. Corporate Growth
Boards Magazine ArticleBonuses and other forms of incentive compensation are an effective motivator of executives to achieve ever higher earnings per share. The drive to produce short-term results, however, often influences management to forgo investment in capital equipment and R&D that would benefit the corporation several years hence even more than improved earnings next year would. The […] -
Creating an Organic Growth Machine
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMany CEOs don't seem to care about organic growth. They either give up on it, in the belief that their companies will inevitably become low growth, or... -
Urbanizing China
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2012, China attained a historic development milestone with more Chinese citizens living in cities than in the countryside. China's rapid urbanization,... -
Why You Should Be Tracking Customer Surplus Value
Customer experience Digital ArticleThis key metric can help you measure customer loyalty.
