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Go Downstream: The New Profit Imperative in Manufacturing
Business models Magazine ArticleNow that providing services is more lucrative than making products, the old foundations for success in manufacturing are crumbling. Smart manufacturers are creating new business models to capture profits at the customer’s end of the value chain. -
The House That Actually Makes the Internet of Things Easy
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Everyone Should Learn the Entrepreneurial Method
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleWhen I was a teenager, the older women in my family taught me to cook. I learned it was traditional not to add salt when cooking lentils, because it would... -
When It Comes to Digital Innovation, Less Action, More Thought
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The Big Benefits of Employee Ownership
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In the Digital Age, Physical Assets Are a Burden
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Exploding the Self-Service Myth
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleMany companies view the Internet as a self-service channel; they let customers help themselves. But self-service can frustrate customers. Smart players... -
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... -
Tiebreaker Selling
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The Future of B2B
Business models Magazine ArticleTo see how business-to-business commerce will evolve on the Internet, you need only look at the revolutionary changes that have transformed financial markets in recent years: an influx of specialists, a proliferation of creative business models, and a new set of challenges for buyers and sellers. Here’s a road map for what’s ahead. -
The Circular Business Model
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Get the Right Mix of Bricks and Clicks
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleIf you think you need to keep your Internet initiatives separate from your traditional business, think again. Many of the most innovative Internet players are integrating their virtual and physical operations. The key to success, they’ve found, lies in how you carry out the integration. -
How to Write a Great Business Plan
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleEvery seasoned investor knows that detailed financial projections for a new company are an act of imagination. Nevertheless, most business plans pour... -
Quest for Resilience (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
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,... -
Winning in the Aftermarket (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
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... -
How to Jump-Start the Clean-Tech Economy
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleConventional approaches to renewable energy are falling short. The key is to shift the focus from developing individual technologies to creating whole new systems. -
Everything For Free! Well, Not Quite
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleChris Anderson, editor of Wired, has a new book coming out called Free! - how the new economy is headed toward no-cost products and services. He notes... -
The Problem with Legacy Ecosystems
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the digital age, software has enabled innovators like Uber and Tesla to gather crucial data about customers and create revolutionary offerings to serve... -
How to Digitalize Your Sales Organization
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleCompanies can reap great benefits from digitalizing their sales organizations--that is, using technology, data, and analytics to improve the sales process.... -
Should Your Business Be Nonprofit or For-Profit?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe right model for social impact is both.
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Imprimis (D)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case is a supplement to Imprimis (Case A), Imprimis (Case B), and Imprimis (Case C). It describes Imprimis's 2015 decision to develop a $1 per pill... -
Hey, Insta & YouTube, Are You Watching TikTok?
Management Case Study11.95View Details In early 2023, the entertainment app TikTok reached close to 1 billion users globally, placing it 4th behind the leading social networks of Facebook,... -
Go Mobile: The Phirbol Franchise
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details To grow Phirbol, a telecom retail franchise chain in Delhi, India's underdeveloped markets, its founders were exploring ways to offer more value to the... -
Zenefits Board of Directors (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In early 2018, the time seemed right for Zenefits investor and director Lars Dalgaard to reflect on whether Zenefits had the right board of directors... -
SenseTime Group Limited: Business Model and Expansion
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details SenseTime Group Limited was founded in Hong Kong in 2014 to commercialize artificial intelligence for digital recognition of images, particularly human... -
Perpetual Purpose Trust and Organically Grown Company: Rethinking Corporate Ownership for the Future
Management Case Study11.95View Details Is steward ownership the solution for mission-driven businesses facing the trade-off between purpose and profits? Organically Grown Company (OGC), a pioneering... -
The Birth of Tencent Music Entertainment
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case addresses the birth of Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China's music streaming leader. The case features two protagonists. One of them is... -
The Dubai International Film Festival
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case follows the conception and emergence of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). In an already crowded and highly competitive industry,... -
SREI Sahaj e-Village (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Sahaj e-Village Limited, an initiative of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd, hoped to answer the need of the Indian government's National e-Governance Plan... -
Boll & Branch
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Boll & Branch is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) business launched in 2015. It was the first Fair-Trade Certified manufacturer of linens. The case provides... -
Martin Blair
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Martin Blair is a first-time entrepreneur who draws on his experience in the food service industry to develop two different restaurant concepts almost... -
The Digital Transformation of a Business Model: The Impact of AI Technologies on a Translation Firm - Chapter 3: ChatGPT hits the stage (2023) (D)
{{MajorSubject}} Case Study5.00View Details This four-part case outlines the transformation of Alexa Translations triggered by its acquisition of an AI firm. The preface sets the stage, providing... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy, Vol. 2 (Paperback + Ebook)
Strategy & Execution Special Offer34.95View Details Do you have the right strategy to lead your company into the future? Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with "HBR's... -
Tony's Chocolonely: The Pursuit of Growth With Purpose
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The case, and its accompanying pedagogical material, offers a unique perspective on CSR-based transformational entrepreneurship, looking at a startup... -
Marvel Enterprises, Inc. (Abridged)
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The management team of Marvel Enterprises, known for its universe of superhero characters that includes Spider-Man, the Hulk, and X-Men, must reevaluate... -
Promontory, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Promontory, Inc. is a small, privately-owned firm in the promotional products (specialty advertising) industry. After starting the firm two years ago... -
NirogStreet: A tech-enabled Ayurveda Healthcare Platform
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Lack of trust and transparency had long plagued the Indian Ayurveda industry. NirogStreet, a New Delhi-based start-up, seeks to mitigate this problem... -
Amazon.com--2002
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the evolution of Amazon.com and its business model since its founding. Specifically, discusses Amazon's transformation from an e-Tailer to a... -
Apple Computer, 2006
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View 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... -
Accounting for Virtual Goods at Zynga
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Imprimis (D)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case is a supplement to Imprimis (Case A), Imprimis (Case B), and Imprimis (Case C). It describes Imprimis's 2015 decision to develop a $1 per pill... -
Hey, Insta & YouTube, Are You Watching TikTok?
Management Case Study11.95View Details In early 2023, the entertainment app TikTok reached close to 1 billion users globally, placing it 4th behind the leading social networks of Facebook,... -
Go Mobile: The Phirbol Franchise
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details To grow Phirbol, a telecom retail franchise chain in Delhi, India's underdeveloped markets, its founders were exploring ways to offer more value to the... -
Zenefits Board of Directors (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In early 2018, the time seemed right for Zenefits investor and director Lars Dalgaard to reflect on whether Zenefits had the right board of directors... -
SenseTime Group Limited: Business Model and Expansion
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details SenseTime Group Limited was founded in Hong Kong in 2014 to commercialize artificial intelligence for digital recognition of images, particularly human... -
Perpetual Purpose Trust and Organically Grown Company: Rethinking Corporate Ownership for the Future
Management Case Study11.95View Details Is steward ownership the solution for mission-driven businesses facing the trade-off between purpose and profits? Organically Grown Company (OGC), a pioneering... -
The Birth of Tencent Music Entertainment
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case addresses the birth of Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China's music streaming leader. The case features two protagonists. One of them is... -
Go Downstream: The New Profit Imperative in Manufacturing
Business models Magazine ArticleNow that providing services is more lucrative than making products, the old foundations for success in manufacturing are crumbling. Smart manufacturers are creating new business models to capture profits at the customer’s end of the value chain. -
The Dubai International Film Festival
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case follows the conception and emergence of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). In an already crowded and highly competitive industry,... -
SREI Sahaj e-Village (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Sahaj e-Village Limited, an initiative of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd, hoped to answer the need of the Indian government's National e-Governance Plan...