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The Art of Managing Complementors (Spanish version)
Yoffie, David B.; Kwak, MaryArticle HBS-R0609EStrategyhard power (inducements or coercion to get what you want) and soft power (persuasion through indirect means to get others to want what you want). The authors explain how to build both hard power and soft, illustrate the strengths and limits of each, and offer guidelines for choosing one over the other. Conflict among complementors is inevitable, but together, hard and soft power can help companies manage the dark side of complementor relationshi...Starting at €8.20
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Walmart Update, 2019
Yoffie, David B.; Fisher, DanielCase HBS-719504-EStrategyIn 2019 Walmart was still the world's largest company, with over $500 billion in annual revenue and operations around the world. Although it had mostly vanquished its rival discount retailers in the U.S., it was struggling to find the right growth strategy. Facing a mature U.S. market, it had looked to ecommerce and international sales as an engine of growth. Walmart leadership also faced intense competition from dominant online retailer Amazon. ...Starting at €8.20
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Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.
Groysberg, Boris; Preble, Matthew; Connolly Baden, KatherineCase HBS-418011-EStrategyIn April 2017, Victoria Sopik and Jennifer Nashmi, CEO and CFO (respectively) of Kids & Company, a Canadian childcare provider that they had co-founded in the early 2000s and developed into a nearly 100-unit enterprise, are discussing how the company should proceed with its planned U.S. expansion. Kids & Company already has five U.S. childcare centers in and around Chicago, Illinois, and one under construction in Boston, Massachusetts, but before...Starting at €8.20