Recent Publications

Strategy

Books

Khanna, Tarun. Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours. Harvard Business School Press, 2008.

Porter, M. E. On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2008.

Published Papers and Book Chapters

Alcacer, Juan, Michelle Gittelman, and Bhaven Sampat. "Applicant and Examiner Citations in U.S. Patents: An Overview and Analysis." Research Policy 38, no. 2 (March 2009): 415-427.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon and Joan E. Ricart. "Company Strategy: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization." In Competitiveness in Catalonia: Looking Ahead-A Report of the Center SP-SP at IESE Business School. University of Navarra, 2009.

Hagiu, Andrei, and David B. Yoffie. "What's Your Google Strategy?" Harvard Business Review 87, no. 4 (April 2009).

Hagiu, Andrei. "Two-Sided Platforms: Product Variety and Pricing Structures." Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 18, no. 4 (2009).

Landier, Augustin, Vinay Nair, and Julie Wulf. "Tradeoffs in Staying Close: Geographic Dispersion and Corporate Decision-Making." Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 3 (March 2009): 1089-1118.

Porter, Michael E. and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Clusters and Industrial Districts - Common Roots, Different Perspectives." The Handbook of Industrial Districts. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009.

Shrank, William, Michael E. Porter, Sachin H. Jain, and Niteesh K. Choudhary. "A Blueprint for Pharmacy Benefits Managers to Increase Value." American Journal of Managed Care (February 2009).

Van den Steen, Eric J. "Authority versus Persuasion." American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 99, no. 2 (May 2009): 448-453.

Working Papers

Alcacer, Juan, and Paul Ingram. "Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-045, September 2008.

Baker, George P., and Cynthia A. Montgomery. "Conglomerates and LBO Associations: A Comparison of Organizational Forms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-024, September 2009.

Boudreau, Kevin J., and Andrei Hagiu. "Platform Rules: Multi-Sided Platforms As Regulators." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-061, October 2008.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Feng Zhu. "Strategies to Fight Ad-sponsored Rivals." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-026, September 2009.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda. "Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-058, October 2008.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gaston Llanes. "Mixed Source." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-022, September 2009.

Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "State Owned Entity Reform in Absence of Privatization: Reforming Indian National Laboratories and Role of Leadership." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-006, July 2009.

Dujarric, Robert, and Andrei Hagiu. "Capitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-114, April 2009.

Fong, Christina, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-133, May 2009.

Guadalupe, Maria, and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-067, November 2008.

Hagiu, Andrei. "Monopolistic Competition Between Differentiated Products With Demand For More Than One Variety." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-095, April 2009.

Hagiu, Andrei. "Multi-Sided Platforms: From Microfoundations to Design and Expansion Strategies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-115, April 2009.

Hagiu, Andrei. "Proprietary vs. Open Two-Sided Platforms and Social Efficiency." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-113, April 2009.

Hagiu, Andrei. "Quantity vs. Quality and Exclusion by Two-Sided Platforms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-094, April 2009.

Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien. "Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search? - Companion Paper." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-092, February 2009.

Halaburda, Hanna W. "Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-068, November 2008.

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Koleman Strumpf. "File-Sharing and Copyright." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-132, May 2009.

Rhatigan, Joseph, Sachin H Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee, and Michael E. Porter. "Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-093, February 2009.

Van den Steen, Eric J. "Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-003, July 2009.

HBS Course Materials

Anand, Bharat N., and SamhitaA. Patwardhan Jayanti. "Berkshire Hathaway." Harvard Business School Case 709-449.

Bartlett, Christopher A., Tarun Khanna, and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "Genzyme's CSR Dilemma: How to Play its HAND." Harvard Business School Case 910-407.

Bohmer, Richard M.J., Stephen P. Bradley, and Natalie Kindred. "The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 610-014.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Maxime Aucoin. "Cirque du Soleil—The High-Wire Act of Building Sustainable Partnerships." Harvard Business School Case 709-411.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Strategy Simulation: Competitive Dynamics and Wintel." Harvard Business School HBSP Online Case Products 710-802.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Wintel." Harvard Business School HBSP Online Case Products 709-811.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Taylor Philip Larson. "Competing Through Business Models (D)." Harvard Business School Module Note 710-410.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Competing Through Business Models: Introductory Note for Students." Harvard Business School Course Overview 710-409.

Collis, David J. "Process of Strategy Making." Harvard Business School Module Note 709-500.

Collis, David J., Peter W. Olson, and Mary Furey. "The Newspaper Industry in Crisis." Harvard Business School Note 709-463.

Collis, David J., Juan Alcácer, and Mary Furey. "DreamWorks SKG Inc.: To Distribute or Not to Distribute?" Harvard Business School Case 709-488.

Collis, David J., Juan Alcácer, and Mary Furey. "The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Inc.: To Acquire or Not to Acquire? An Update." Harvard Business School Case 709-489.

Collis, David J., Juan Alcácer, and Mary Furey. "The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Inc.: To Acquire or Not to Acquire?" Harvard Business School Case 709-462.

Hagiu, Andrei, and Hanna W. Halaburda. "Responding to the Wii?" Harvard Business School Case 709-448.

Hagiu, Andrei, David B. Yoffie, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Intellectual Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 710-423.

Hagiu, Andrei. "Note on Multi-Sided Platforms: Economic Foundations and Strategy." Harvard Business School Note 709-484.

Huckman, Robert S., Michael E. Porter, Rachel Gordon, and Natalie Kindred. "Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Spine Care." Harvard Business School Case 609-016.

Khanna, Tarun, Aldo Musacchio, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Indian Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy?" Harvard Business School Case 710-008.

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Julie M. Wulf. "Alibaba's Taobao (A)." Harvard Business School Case 709-456.

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Julie M. Wulf. "Alibaba's Taobao (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 709-457.

Piskorski, Mikołaj Jan, and David Chen. "Twitter." Harvard Business School Case 709-495.

Piskorski, Mikołaj Jan, and David Chen. "Yelp." Harvard Business School Case 709-412.

Piskorski, Mikołaj Jan, and Laura Winig. "Barack Obama: Organizing for America 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 709-493.

Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, John D. Macomber, and David Chen. "Young Presidents' Organization." Harvard Business School Case 709-444.

Porter, Michael E., and Jennifer F Baron. "Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 709-458.

Porter, Michael E., Scott Sang-Hyun Lee, Joseph Rhatigan, and Jim Yong Kim. "Partners In Health: HIV Care in Rwanda." Harvard Business School Case 709-474.

Porter, Michael E., and Elizabeth O. Teisberg. "The Cleveland Clinic: Growth Strategy 2008." Harvard Business School Case 709-473.

Porter, Michael E., and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo. "Colombia: Organizing for Competitiveness." Harvard Business School Case 710-417.

Porter, Michael E., Zayed Muhammed Yasin, and Jennifer F Baron. "Global Health Partner: Obesity Care." Harvard Business School Case 709-494.

Rivkin, Jan W., and Eric J. Van den Steen. "Microsoft's Search." Harvard Business School Case 709-461.

Yoffie, David B., and Renee Kim. "Gucci Group in 2009." Harvard Business School Case 709-459.

Yoffie, David B., and Renee Kim. "HTC Corp. in 2009." Harvard Business School Case 709-466.

Individual faculty publication pages will contain the most current citations, as well as links to abstracts and full-text articles when available. Publications on this page are updated quarterly and may not be current. Only widely available course materials are listed.

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