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      • July 2022 (Revised March 2023)
      • Case

      The LEGO Group: Builders of a More Diverse and Inclusive Tomorrow

      By: Elie Ofek and Sarah Mehta
      This case explores how the LEGO Group’s diversity and inclusion efforts from 2008 to 2022.  View Details
      Keywords: Race; Inclusion; Equity; Demographics; Age; Diversity; Ethnicity; Gender; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Europe; Denmark; United States
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      Ofek, Elie, and Sarah Mehta. "The LEGO Group: Builders of a More Diverse and Inclusive Tomorrow." Harvard Business School Case 523-010, July 2022. (Revised March 2023.)
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?

      By: Sonali K. Shah and Frank Nagle
      User communities represent a unique organizing structure for the exchange of ideas and knowledge. They are organizations composed primarily of users working collaboratively, voluntarily, and with minimal oversight to freely and openly develop and exchange knowledge...  View Details
      Keywords: Strategic Management; Knowledge Sharing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Strategy
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      Shah, Sonali K., and Frank Nagle. "Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-126, June 2019.
      • July 2017
      • Teaching Note

      Designing Transformational Customer Experiences

      By: Stefan Thomke
      Keywords: Customer Experience; Design; Exercise; Learning By Doing; LEGO; Storytelling; Transformation
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      Thomke, Stefan. "Designing Transformational Customer Experiences." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 618-014, July 2017.
      • March 2017
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      Designing Transformational Customer Experiences

      By: Stefan Thomke
      Anyone who has recently travelled, gone shopping, or tried to have a problem solved may have little recollection of the experience. Worse yet, some are frustrated by the lack of responsiveness or empathy that they encountered. The reality is that most customer...  View Details
      Keywords: Customer Experience; Exercise; Learning By Doing; LEGO; Storytelling; Customer Satisfaction; Design; Innovation and Management; Transformation; Service Delivery
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      Thomke, Stefan. "Designing Transformational Customer Experiences." Harvard Business School Exercise 617-051, March 2017.
      • January 2014
      • Teaching Note

      LEGO (A): The Crisis

      By: Jan W. Rivkin and Stefan Thomke
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      Rivkin, Jan W., and Stefan Thomke. "LEGO (A): The Crisis." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 714-464, January 2014.
      • July 2013 (Revised February 2014)
      • Teaching Note

      LEGO

      By: Stefan Thomke and Jan W. Rivkin
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      Thomke, Stefan, and Jan W. Rivkin. "LEGO." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 614-008, July 2013. (Revised February 2014.)
      • June 2013 (Revised February 2016)
      • Teaching Note

      The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?

      By: Willy Shih
      Senior managers at the LEGO Group are faced with a quandary: Should they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and...  View Details
      Keywords: Intellectual Property Management; Spillovers; Intellectual Property; Patents; Knowledge Dissemination; Manufacturing Industry; Europe
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      Shih, Willy. "The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 613-097, June 2013. (Revised February 2016.)
      • February 2013 (Revised March 2015)
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      The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?

      By: Willy C. Shih and Sen Chai
      Senior managers at the LEGO Group are faced with a quandary: Should they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and...  View Details
      Keywords: Plastics; Injection Molding; Toys; LEGO; LEGO Group; Tools; Additive Manufacturing; 3D Manufacturing; Toolmaking; Patenting; Spillovers; Knowledge Spillovers; Change; Trends; Engineering; Machinery and Machining; Intellectual Property; Patents; Operations; Production; Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; Europe; Denmark
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      Shih, Willy C., and Sen Chai. "The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?" Harvard Business School Case 613-079, February 2013. (Revised March 2015.)
      • February 2013
      • Case

      LEGO (A): The Crisis

      By: Jan W. Rivkin, Stefan H. Thomke and Daniela Beyersdorfer
      As this case opens, iconic toymaker LEGO stands on the brink of bankruptcy. Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, LEGO's young and newly appointed CEO, must size up changes in the toy industry, learn from the company's recent moves, and craft a strategy that will put LEGO back on...  View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Competitive Strategy; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Consumer Products Industry
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      Rivkin, Jan W., Stefan H. Thomke, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "LEGO (A): The Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 713-478, February 2013.
      • July 2012
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      LEGO

      By: Jan W. Rivkin, Stefan Thomke and Daniela Beyersdorfer
      LEGO has emerged as one of the most successful companies in the toy industry. The case describes LEGO's gradual rise, rapid decline, and recent revitalization as it is keeping up with a changing market place. Central to LEGO's management model is the ability to find...  View Details
      Keywords: Innovation Management; Innovation; Operations Management; Organizational Change And Transformation; Operations; Competitive Strategy; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Rivkin, Jan W., Stefan Thomke, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "LEGO." Harvard Business School Case 613-004, July 2012.
      • July 2005 (Revised October 2006)
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      Global Fun: The Internationalization of Theme Parks

      By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Steven Shaheen
      A fictitious private equity firm considers whether to buy the international theme park business of the LEGO Group. Considers the origins of theme parks in the United States; the international expansion of Disney theme parks to Tokyo and Paris since the 1970s; and the...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Globalized Markets and Industries; Globalized Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Germany; Tokyo; Great Britain; Denmark; United States; Paris
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      Jones, Geoffrey G., and Steven Shaheen. "Global Fun: The Internationalization of Theme Parks." Harvard Business School Case 806-018, July 2005. (Revised October 2006.)
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