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08 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16216 Cases & Course MaterialsEmerging Nokia? Juan Alcácer, Tarun Khanna, Mary Furey, and Rakeen MabudHarvard Business School Case 710-429 By late 2009, Nokia was... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2006
News

Can the United States Avoid a Fractured Future?

ENRIQUEZ: People take too much for granted. PHOTO BY JEFF THIEBAUTH As CEO of Biotechonomy, a life-sciences research and venture capital firm, Juan Enriquez (MBA ’86) has examined the impact of life sciences... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Finance; Health, Social Assistance

May 2025
Case

From oneworld to a New World? LATAM’s High-Stakes Alliance Dilemma

By: Juan Alcacer and Valentina Tarzijan

As global alliances evolve and regulatory barriers mount, LATAM Airlines must reassess the strategic logic of partnerships. In 2019, Delta Air Lines proposed a $1.9 billion investment and deeper cooperation via a Joint Business Agreement, prompting LATAM to evaluate... View Details

Keywords: Aviation; Airlines; Transportation; Alliances; Agreements and Arrangements; Governance; Competitive Strategy; Air Transportation Industry; Latin America; North America

Educators

1996
Book

Menú Estratégico—El Arte de la Guerra Competitiva [Strategic Menu—The Art of the Competitive War]

By: Julian Villalba and Juan Alcacer

Article

Benefiting from Location: Knowledge Seeking

By: Juan Alcacer and Wilbur Chung

Keywords: Geographic Location; Knowledge

September 2010
Case

Vodafone Qatar: Building a Telco in the Gulf

By: Juan Alcacer and Andrew Goodman

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Qatar

Educators

December 2002
Article

Knowledge Seeking and Location Choice of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States

By: Juan Alcacer and Wilbur Chung

To what extent do firms go abroad to access technology available in other locations? This paper examines whether and when state technical capabilities attract foreign investment in manufacturing from 1987-1993. We find that on average state R&D intensity does not... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Acquisition; Foreign Direct Investment; Research and Development; Information Technology; Production; Geographic Location; United States

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18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

referred to as "the Bosses." The Total Quality Model had been a success in terms of company growth and profitability, sustained by the success of Mercadona's unusually high investment in employee training and satisfaction.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2013
News

Plugged In

When the 2014 Cadillac ELR—the carmaker's new electric luxury vehicle—rolled onstage at the Detroit auto show earlier this year, Juan Camargo (MBA 2012) sat in the fourth row, beaming. And it wasn't just because, as assistant marketing... View Details

Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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

Keywords: Foreign Investment; Organizational Alignment; Strategic Decision Making; Motivation and Incentives; Communication; Organizational Structure; Decision Making; Business Processes; Foreign Direct Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Gujarat

01 Dec 2013
News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

by Garry Emmons It's December, and outside the weather is frightful in many of America's 32 National Football League cities as teams gear up for the playoff season. But no matter how adverse conditions may get both on and off the field,... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

May 2025
Teaching Note

From oneworld to a New World? LATAM’s High-Stakes Alliance Dilemma

By: Juan Alcacer and Valentina Tarzijan

As global alliances evolve and regulatory barriers mount, LATAM Airlines must reassess the strategic logic of partnerships. In 2019, Delta Air Lines proposed a $1.9 billion investment and deeper cooperation via a Joint Business Agreement, prompting LATAM to evaluate... View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competitive Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Air Transportation Industry; Latin America; North America

May 2007
Article

Location Strategies and Knowledge Spillovers

By: Juan Alcacer and Wilbur Chung

Given the importance of proximity for knowledge spillovers, we examine firms' location choices expecting differences in firms' strategies. Firms will locate to maximize their net spillovers as a function of locations' knowledge activity, their own capabilities, and... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; For-Profit Firms; Knowledge Management; Research and Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Disruptive Innovation; Five Forces Framework; Cost Management; Technology; Competition; United States

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01 Mar 2003
News

Inside the Revolution

The kids in Ms. Gubler’s fifth-grade science class are watching Juan Enriquez’s every move — they can’t quite believe that this visitor from Harvard Business School has just denuded a floppy disk. (One girl, Diana, is not so surprised —... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Eileen McCluskey; Jonathan West; Life Sciences Project; LSP; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Nov 2016
News

Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success

Global Symposium attended by German, Swiss, and Austrian leaders from business, government, and academia, was sponsored jointly by the School’s Division of Research and Faculty Development and Global... View Details

May 2025
Case

Boutiqaat: Influencing Retail in MENA

By: Juan Alcacer and Noor Al Qadhi

Boutiqaat, a Kuwait-based e-commerce platform, scaled an influencer-driven beauty retail model across MENA and now faces critical strategic choices about offline expansion and globalization. Founded in 2015, Boutiqaat combined social commerce, localized logistics, and... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Digital Strategy; Growth and Development; Expansion; Distribution Channels; Global Strategy; Business Model; Market Design; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Retail Industry; Kuwait; Saudi Arabia; Middle East; North Africa

Educators

February 2018
Teaching Note

Earlham College Basketball: Turnaround Strategy

By: Juan Alcacer and Anne Marie Knott

Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-497. View Details