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Gillette Company (E): Procter & Gamble
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Bird, MatthewCase HBS-309033-EAfter arriving in 2001 as the first outsider Chairman and CEO in Gillette history, Jim Kilts had led a remarkable turnaround. But by late 2004 he had to make a difficult decision. To better position the 104-year-old, Boston-based company, he opted to sell it to Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble. How should Kilts lead the transition?Starting at €5.74
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Gillette Company (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Bird, MatthewTeaching Note HBS-312114-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 303032, 303033, 303034, 303035, 309033.Starting at €0.00
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Piramal e-Swasthya (A): Attempting Big Changes for Small Places - in India and Beyond
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Bird, MatthewCase HBS-310134-EKnowledge and CommunicationAnand Piramal and his team sought to "democratize healthcare" in India through the development of a new service delivery model. If Henry Ford could build and deliver cars to everyone in the United States, Piramal thought, then why can't India deliver healStarting at €8.20
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Piramal e-Swasthya (A): Attempting Big Changes for Small Places - in India and Beyond, Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Bird, MatthewTeaching Note HBS-311132-ETeaching Note for 311132.Starting at €0.00
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Consumer Payment Systems - Japan
Edelman, Benjamin; Hagiu, AndreiCase HBS-909007-EStrategyIn 2008, the Japanese consumer payments landscape featured ongoing widespread use of cash, limited use of credit cards and rapid rise of e-money systems based on contactless technology embedded in cards and especially mobile phones. The case details the alliances that created new products, as well as the regulations that sometimes stood in the way. Throughout, the case identifies incentives for both consumers and merchants, including direct costs...Starting at €8.20
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What's Your Google Strategy
Hagiu, Andrei; Yoffie, David B.Article HBS-R0904F-EStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Multisided platforms can lower your transaction costs and increase customer reach. But powerful MSPs like Microsoft, Google, and Apple have also tended to extract most of the value from their platforms, mainly because companies that played with them didn't adequate...Starting at €8.20
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Staging Two-sided Platforms
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Hagiu, AndreiCase HBS-808004-EStrategyFirms that aspire to develop two-sided platforms face a formidable challenge. Prospective users on each side will not invest in the platform until they are confident there will be enough users on the other side. Traditional strategies for dealing with this dilemma--subsidizing users or securing their exclusive affiliation--are costly and risky. Describes less costly staged strategies for building two-sided platforms. With the "vendor to two-sided...Starting at €8.20
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What's Your Google Strategy? (Spanish version)
Hagiu, Andrei; Yoffie, David B.Article HBS-R0904FStrategy(1) Whether to play with existing MSPs, build their own platform, or do both; (2) once they've concluded that at least one third-party MSP can benefit their business, deciding how many to join; and (3) figuring out how to play - that is, which features or services they should adopt and which they should reject in order to maintain their company's competitive advantage. Some companies that lack the power to influence an MSP's actions may have few...Starting at €8.20
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