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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (C): The Sega Genesis
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Reference no. 9-701-093
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Competitive strategy; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
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Abstract

Describes the launch of Sega's 16-bit Genesis console in 1988 and its effect on competitor Nintendo. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
Location:
Japan
Industry:
Games
Size:
JPY134,349 billion revenues
Other setting(s):
1988
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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (A): The Age of Atari
Case
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Reference no. 9-701-091
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School); Debbie Freier (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 12 June 2001
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Competitive strategy
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (I): The Sony Playstation
Case
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Reference no. 9-701-099
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 12 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
View full details
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (J): The Next Generation Nintendo
Case
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Reference no. 9-701-100
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
View full details
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (K): PlayStation vs Nintendo64
Case
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Reference no. 9-701-101
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
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The Golden Age of Home Video Games: From the Reign of Atari to the Rise of Nintendo
Case
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Reference no. 9-704-487
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2004
Version: 5 November 2004
Length: 15 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competitive advantage; Consumer electronics; High technology; Home entertainment equipment; Software industry; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology; Toy industry
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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (B): Nintendo Power
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-701-092
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 9 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Competitive strategy
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (D): The Nintendo Super Nes
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-701-094
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Computers; Technological change; Technology; Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (E): The Rise of 3DO and 32-bit Gaming
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-701-095
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Computers; Technological change; Technology; Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation
View full details
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (F): The Fall of 3DO
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-701-096
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School); Debbie Freier (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Computers; Technological change; Technology; Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation
View full details
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (G): Launching the Sega Saturn
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-701-097
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School); Debbie Freier (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 3 July 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Competitive strategy; Product introduction; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (H): The Demise of the Sega Saturn
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-701-098
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 12 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
View full details
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (C): The Sega Genesis
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-703-S27
Spanish language
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Computers; Technological change; Technology; Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation
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Abstract

Describes the launch of Sega's 16-bit Genesis console in 1988 and its effect on competitor Nintendo. A rewritten version of an earlier case.

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Location:
Japan
Industry:
Games
Size:
JPY134,349 billion revenues
Other setting(s):
1988

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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (A): The Age of Atari
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Reference no. 9-701-091
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School); Debbie Freier (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 12 June 2001
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Competitive strategy
View full details
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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (I): The Sony Playstation
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Reference no. 9-701-099
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 12 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
View full details
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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (J): The Next Generation Nintendo
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Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (K): PlayStation vs Nintendo64
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Reference no. 9-701-101
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
View full details
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The Golden Age of Home Video Games: From the Reign of Atari to the Rise of Nintendo
Case
-
Reference no. 9-704-487
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2004
Version: 5 November 2004
Length: 15 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competitive advantage; Consumer electronics; High technology; Home entertainment equipment; Software industry; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology; Toy industry
View full details
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Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (B): Nintendo Power
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-701-092
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 9 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Competitive strategy
View full details
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Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (D): The Nintendo Super Nes
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-701-094
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Computers; Technological change; Technology; Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation
View full details
Thumbnail image for product with reference number 9-701-095
Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (E): The Rise of 3DO and 32-bit Gaming
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-701-095
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Computers; Technological change; Technology; Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation
View full details
Thumbnail image for product with reference number 9-701-096
Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (F): The Fall of 3DO
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-701-096
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School); Debbie Freier (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Computers; Technological change; Technology; Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation
View full details
Thumbnail image for product with reference number 9-701-097
Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (G): Launching the Sega Saturn
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-701-097
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School); Debbie Freier (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 3 July 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Competitive strategy; Product introduction; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
View full details
Thumbnail image for product with reference number 9-701-098
Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (H): The Demise of the Sega Saturn
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-701-098
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 12 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation; Technological change; Technology
View full details
Thumbnail image for product with reference number 9-703-S27
Compact case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (C): The Sega Genesis
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-703-S27
Spanish language
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Peter J Coughlan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 13 June 2001
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Computers; Technological change; Technology; Competition; Competitive advantage; Strategy formulation
View full details