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Describes the development of Matsushita's international operations and the building of its dominant competitive position in the consumer electronics industry. Picks up the major challenges facing the company in 1987 as both its product focus and geographic posture are... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Product Positioning; Problems and Challenges; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Value; Electronics Industry

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February 1991
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Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) in 1987, Teaching Note

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for (9-388-144). View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry

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June 2005
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Transformation of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 2005 (C)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Yukihiko Endo

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry; Japan

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June 2005
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Transformation of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 2005 (B)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Yukihiko Endo

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Keywords: Electronics Industry; Japan

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June 2005
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Transformation of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 2005 (A)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Yukihiko Endo

The company, once an outstanding Japan-based global leader in electronics and major appliances, suffered poor performance during the 1990s. Kunio Nakamura became CEO in 2001 and sought to transform the company in a fundamental way. Examines the company's history,... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Business History; Leading Change; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Electronics Industry; Japan

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February 2002
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Innovating an "Outsourced R&D" Process for Matsushita Electric (MEI): Launching the Panasonic Digital Concepts Center

By: Henry W. Chesbrough and Jeremy Tachau

Shows interaction of venture capital, incubator, and external R&D in Panasonic's technology strategy. View Details

Keywords: Technology; Venture Capital; Innovation Strategy; Research and Development; Technology Industry; Japan

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20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

begin with consumer electronics. That industry began with radio. Two enterprises commercialized, that is, brought the technology into public use: Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading U.S. electrical and... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

first-movers in radio were the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading United States producers of electrical and telecommunications equipment, and the German company Telefunken, a joint venture of the two... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

01 Sep 2014
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Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

there. The company also used an innovative community security model, employing local villagers to ensure that fuel for its generators wasn’t stolen and its towers weren’t blown up by the Taliban. If these goals were met, bonus electricity... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

led the way in this field from its beginnings in 1919 through the next four decades. But by the 1970s, Japanese companies such as Sony and Matsushita had taken over the market. Similarly, it was the Japanese firms, especially Fujitsu,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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