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3 Questions to Ask Before Adopting a Platform Business Model
Business models Digital ArticleThink about relationships, business goals, and trust. -
Products to Platforms: Making the Leap
Business models Magazine ArticleFour steps to successful transformation -
Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor decades, the five-forces model of competition has dominated the thinking about strategy. But it describes competition among traditional "pipeline"... -
Many Companies Still Don’t Know How to Compete in the Digital Age
Strategy Digital ArticleThey need an ecosystem-level view. -
Competing with Platforms That Ignore the Law
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleDevelop strengths that are unique to you. -
Everything We Know About Platforms We Learned from Medieval France
Business history Digital ArticleRaise a glass of bubbly to the count of Champagne. -
Find Growth Opportunities at the Edge of Your Strategy
Strategy & Execution VideoNew sources of revenue may be closer than you think. -
The Limits of the Lean Startup Method
Entrepreneurship ResearchToo much testing can backfire. -
The Strategy Trap Successful Companies Fall Into
Strategy & Execution VideoExploit the present, but not at the expense of the future. -
The Changing Economics of App Development
Technology Digital ArticleSmall-scale developers can succeed if they know their customers. -
Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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... -
Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (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... -
The Billion-Dollar Opportunity in Single-Serve Food
Business models Digital ArticlePeople will pay more for less. -
Piecing Together the Tesla Strategy Puzzle
Business models Digital ArticleHow one email made it all fit. -
Case Study: Should This Startup Take VC Money or Try to Turn a Profit?
Internet Digital ArticleCustomers love it, but it’s running out of cash. -
What Sesame Street’s Move to HBO Says About the Media Business
Business models Digital ArticleNeither content nor distribution is enough on its own. -
Alphabet Isn’t a Typical Conglomerate
Reorganization Digital ArticleIt’s the beginning of the next arc of digital transformation of industries. -
Microsoft’s Bid to Make Outlook More than Email
Business models Digital ArticleThe transition from product to platform. -
How Pharma Can Offer More than Pills
Strategy Digital ArticleA better way to get into services. -
OTT Video Is Creating Cord-Extenders, Not Cord-Cutters
Internet Digital ArticleThe TV industry doesn’t need to fear HBO Now or Netflix.
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Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor decades, the five-forces model of competition has dominated the thinking about strategy. But it describes competition among traditional "pipeline"... -
The End of Solution Sales
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleIn recent decades sales reps have become adept at discovering customers' needs and selling them "solutions." This worked because customers didn't know... -
What Is a Business Model?
Business models Digital ArticleA history, from Drucker to Christensen. -
Products to Platforms: Making the Leap
Business models Magazine ArticleFour steps to successful transformation -
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... -
Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleThe industry that has long helped others sidestep strategic threats is itself being upended. -
Four Paths to Business Model Innovation
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleDrawing on the idea that any business model is essentially a set of key decisions that collectively determine how a business earns its revenue, incurs... -
Many Companies Still Don’t Know How to Compete in the Digital Age
Strategy Digital ArticleThey need an ecosystem-level view. -
3 Questions to Ask Before Adopting a Platform Business Model
Business models Digital ArticleThink about relationships, business goals, and trust. -
What Airbnb, Uber, and Alibaba Have in Common
Strategy Digital ArticleNetwork effects. -
Making "Freemium" Work
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleOver the past decade "freemium"--a combination of free and premium offerings--has become the dominant business model among internet start-ups and smartphone... -
How to Negotiate with Powerful Suppliers
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIn many industries the balance of power has shifted from buyers to suppliers. Companies that have gotten into a weak position need to tackle the problem... -
Why Business Models Matter
Strategy & Execution Magazine Article"Business model" was one of the great buzzwords of the Internet boom. A company didn't need a strategy, a special competence, or even any customers--all... -
How to Implement a New Strategy Without Disrupting Your Organization
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleStrategic dreams often turn into nightmares if companies start engaging in expensive and distracting restructurings. It’s far more effective to choose a design that works reasonably well, then develop a strategic system to tune the structure to the strategy. -
Why Innovation in Health Care Is So Hard
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleHealth care in the United States--and in most other developed countries--is ailing. Medical treatment has made astonishing advances, but the packaging... -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Corporate communications Magazine ArticleCompanies profess devotion to shareholder value but rarely follow the practices that maximize it. What will it take to make your company a level 10 value creator? -
Winning in the Aftermarket
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleEver since businesses started offering solutions instead of products, they have acknowledged that selling spare parts and after-sales services could be... -
What Is Strategy, Again?
Strategy Digital ArticleLooking back at the major schools of thought. -
Piecing Together the Tesla Strategy Puzzle
Business models Digital ArticleHow one email made it all fit. -
The Limits of the Lean Startup Method
Entrepreneurship ResearchToo much testing can backfire.
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Kodak and the Digital Revolution (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95The introduction of digital imaging in the late 1980s had a disruptive effect on Kodak's traditional business model. Examines Kodak's strategic efforts... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter)
Strategy & Execution Book24.95Is your company spending enormous time and energy on strategy development, with little to show for your efforts? We've combed through hundreds of Harvard... -
eHarmony
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95eHarmony's CEO needs to decide how to react to imitations of its business model, encroachment by competing models and ascendance of free substitutes.... -
Spreadsheet Modeling: Excel 2013: A Self-Paced Learning Program
Finance & Accounting Tool110.00The updated Spreadsheet Modeling teaches you how to use Microsoft Excel 2013 as both a reporting tool and a modeling tool for solving business problems.... -
Medicines Co.
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95It is early 2001 and the Medicines Co. just received FDA approval to market Angiomax, a blood thinner to be used during angioplasties and heart procedures.... -
Dropbox: 'It Just Works'
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95Dropbox is a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup, founded in 2006, that provides online storage and backup services to millions of customers using a... -
Google Inc. in 2014
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95The case 'Google Inc. in 2014' describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation.... -
Google Inc.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95The case 'Google Inc.' describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. It... -
Atlantic Computer: A Bundle of Pricing Options
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95Atlantic Computer, a leading player in the high-end server market, has detected a marketplace opportunity in the basic server segment. They have developed... -
Zipcar: Refining the Business Model
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95Zipcar is a start-up organized around the idea of "sharing" car usage via a membership organization. This case describes several iterations of the Zipcar... -
Netflix in 2011
Strategy & Execution Case Study14.00Reed Hastings founded Netflix to provide a home movie service that would do a better job satisfying customers than the traditional retail rental model.... -
eBay, Inc. and Amazon.com (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95This case has been designed to explore strategic interactions among organizations with different business models. The case considers how a competitor... -
Coursera
Strategy & Execution Case Study14.00By providing free and open-access online courses at a large scale, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms seek to innovate the business models of... -
Rent the Runway
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study14.00Two months after a successful launch In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether... -
Tesla Motors (in 2013): Will Sparks Fly in the Automobile Industry?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95Elon Musk's reputation as a serial entrepreneur has people wondering what will happen with his current focus, Tesla Motors. In the heavily-fragmented,... -
Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95The management team of Marvel Enterprises, known for its universe of superhero characters that includes Spider-Man, the Hulk, and X-Men, must reevaluate... -
Ti-Tech (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95This case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries... -
Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery V2
Strategy & Execution Tool45.00Simulates the challenges around innovation and risk that face product development managers who need to: balance financial goals against the need to innovate;... -
B2B Brand Architecture
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95This article, based on work with dozens of Business-to-Business firms, extracts general principles of brand architecture design based on specific examples,... -
Cirque du Soleil--The High-Wire Act of Building Sustainable Partnerships
Strategy & Execution Case Study12.00The case describes the history and business model of Cirque du Soleil (CdS). The case allows for a rich discussion and analysis of Cirque du Soleil's...