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- December 2014
- Module Note
What is Global? Allocating Products and Activities across Locations
By: Juan Alcacer
- December 2014
- Module Note
When to Enter? Timing Location Strategies to Strengthen Competitive Advantage
By: Juan Alcacer
- December 2014 (Revised December 2014)
- Module Note
Where to Locate? Crafting Location Strategies to Strengthen Competitive Advantage
By: Jorge Tamayo and Juan Alcácer
- December 2014
- Module Note
Why Do Firms Go Abroad? Strategies to Create Value Globally
By: Juan Alcacer
- December 2014
- Article
Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies
By: Juan Alcácer and Wilbur Chung
Geographically concentrated industry activity creates pools of skilled labor and specialized suppliers, and increases opportunities for knowledge spillovers. The strategic value of these agglomeration economies may vary by firm, depending upon the relative value of... View Details
- March 2014 (Revised April 2014)
- Module Note
What Is Global? Allocating Products and Activities Across Locations
By: Jorge Tamayo and Juan Alcácer
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (A) and (B)
By: Juan Alcácer
- February 2014 (Revised September 2014)
- Teaching Note
The Munich Oktoberfest: From Local Tradition to Global Capitalism
By: Juan Alcacer
- February 2014 (Revised March 2014)
- Module Note
Why Do Firms Go Abroad? Strategies to Create Value Globally
By: Jorge Tamayo and Juan Alcácer
- February 2014
- Article
Learning by Supplying
By: Juan Alcacer and Joanne Oxley
Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and sustain competitive advantage: learning by doing, learning by exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we focus attention... View Details
- January 2014
- Case
Emirates Airline: Connecting the Unconnected
By: Juan Alcacer and John Clayton
Narrates the story of Emirates, an airline founded in 1985 in Dubai that by 2013 was among the three largest commercial airlines in the world. The case emphasizes how Emirates capitalized on its location—a small city–state strategically located to reach ¾ of the world... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
- Module Note
Where and When to Locate? Crafting Location Strategies to Strengthen Competitive Advantage
By: Juan Alcácer
- January 2014
- Supplement
Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (B)
By: Juan Alcacer and Nancy Hua Dai
The case reveals that Ford decided to open its own e-coating plant in Gujarat, India, and details how the decision was made at different organizational levels. View Details