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- 1994
- Manual
Instructor's Manual for International Trade and Competition
By: D. B. Yoffie and B. Gomes-Casseres
- January 1994 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Pankaj Ghemawat
Focuses on the evolution of Wal-Mart's remarkably successful discount operations and describes the company's more recent attempts to diversify into other businesses. The company has entered the warehouse club industry with its Sam's Clubs and the grocery business with... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Price; Marketing Channels; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Information Technology
Bradley, Stephen P., and Pankaj Ghemawat. "Wal-Mart Stores, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 794-024, January 1994. (Revised November 2002.)
- January 1994 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Muetron Electronics: Introducing Multichip Modules
By: George C. Lodge
Lodge, George C. "Muetron Electronics: Introducing Multichip Modules." Harvard Business School Case 794-096, January 1994. (Revised September 1994.)
- 1 Jan 1994
- Conference Presentation
Alliances as Learning Races
- 1994
- Article
Big Business, Management and Competitiveness in Twentieth Century Britain
By: G. Jones
Jones, G. "Big Business, Management and Competitiveness in Twentieth Century Britain." Keiei Shigaku [Japan Business History Review] 29 (1994).
- 1994
- Chapter
Competition Policy and Privatization: An Organizational Perspective
By: James Langenfeld and Dennis Yao
Competition (antitrust) policies in Central and Eastern Europe need to address both short-term problems associated with the transition to a market economy as well as the development of institutions suitable for a mature market economy. In this paper we employ an... View Details
Langenfeld, James, and Dennis Yao. "Competition Policy and Privatization: An Organizational Perspective." Chap. 10 in Government and Markets: Establishing a Democratic Order and a Market Economy In Former Socialist Countries. 32, by Hendrikus Blommestein and Bernard Steunenberg, 195–218. International Studies in Economics and Econometrics. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.
- 1994
- Article
The Role of Location in Competition
By: M. E. Porter
Porter, M. E. "The Role of Location in Competition." Journal of the Economics of Business 1, no. 1 (1994).
- December 1993 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Medical Products Co.
By: Robert H. Hayes
In early 1990, the company is contemplating changes in its European plant network for producing hypodermic products, including the total production capacity to be provided, the number and location of plants over which to spread this capacity, and which products should... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Decision Making; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Production; Performance Capacity; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Europe
Hayes, Robert H. "Medical Products Co." Harvard Business School Case 694-065, December 1993. (Revised March 1995.)
- Article
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Electric Utilities, and the Power of Competition
By: Willis Emmons
Emmons, Willis. "Franklin D. Roosevelt, Electric Utilities, and the Power of Competition." Journal of Economic History 53, no. 4 (December 1993): 880–907.
- November 1993 (Revised September 1995)
- Supplement
Block 16: Management's Perspective
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall
Supplements Block 16: Conoco's Green Oil Strategy (A). Reviews the environmental challenges facing the oil industry throughout upstream and downstream operations, and oil companies' competitive responses. Reviews Conoco's and Du Pont's environmental initiatives in more... View Details
Keywords: Local Range; Operations; Environmental Sustainability; Perspective; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy
Salter, Malcolm S., and Susan E.A. Hall. "Block 16: Management's Perspective." Harvard Business School Supplement 394-075, November 1993. (Revised September 1995.)
- October 1993 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Paragould City Cable
Unhappy with the prices provided by the local, privately owned cable television operator, the city of Paragould, Arkansas constructs a competing municipally owned cable system. Once in operation, Paragould City Cable faces vigorous competition from the incumbent... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Television Entertainment; Competitive Strategy; Distribution Channels; Media; Public Sector; Programs; Growth and Development Strategy; Cost; Performance Improvement; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Arkansas
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Paragould City Cable." Harvard Business School Case 794-030, October 1993. (Revised October 1996.)
- October 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Becton Dickinson: Worldwide Blood Collection Team
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Kathleen Scharf
Describes Becton Dickinson's evolving attempt to develop products and strategies to meet worldwide competitive and market needs. Traces the evolution of a classic parent company-led product-market strategy to truly transnational product and strategy development.... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Product Development; Innovation and Management; Competitive Advantage; Multinational Firms and Management
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Kathleen Scharf. "Becton Dickinson: Worldwide Blood Collection Team." Harvard Business School Case 394-072, October 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- 10 Oct 2003
- Other Presentation
Regional Competitiveness in the Berkshire Region
Porter, Michael E. "Regional Competitiveness in the Berkshire Region." Berkshire Regional Competitiveness Council Meeting, Lee, MA, October 10, 2003.
- September 1993 (Revised December 1993)
- Background Note
Note on Pricing and Public Policy
Surveys a number of essential issues related to pricing and public policy in market economies. Begins with a brief review of the price-determination process in competitive markets, then examines a range of topics involving pricing and public policy in monopoly and... View Details
Keywords: Price; Business Strategy; Policy; Valuation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Competition; Economic Systems; Monopoly; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Cost
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Note on Pricing and Public Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 794-027, September 1993. (Revised December 1993.)
- 1993
- Book
Beyond Free Trade: Firms, Governments, and Global Competition
By: D. B. Yoffie
Yoffie, D. B., ed. Beyond Free Trade: Firms, Governments, and Global Competition. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1993.
- June 1993 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
Bajaj Auto Ltd.
By: John A. Quelch
Bajaj Auto Ltd., the world's second-largest manufacturer of two- and three-wheeler vehicles, is facing increasing competition in its domestic Indian market. The case evaluates appropriate marketing responses both in the Indian market and export markets. View Details
Keywords: Competition; Marketplace Matching; Product Development; Product Marketing; Transportation Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; India
Quelch, John A. "Bajaj Auto Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 593-097, June 1993. (Revised July 1996.)
- April 1993 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation
By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
To develop the next generation of risky products, ALZA, a mature and profitable biotechnology firm specializing in drug delivery systems, must raise $40 million. Organizational constraints and competitive concerns demand that the work be done inside the firm. However,... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Finance; Biotechnology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 293-124, April 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
- 1993
- Chapter
Global Competition in Technology
By: Stephen P. Bradley, R. L. Nolan and J. A. Hausman
Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Competition; Information Technology; Technology Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., R. L. Nolan, and J. A. Hausman. "Global Competition in Technology." In Globalization, Technology, and Competition: The Fusion of Computers and Telecommunications in the 1990s, edited by S. P. Bradley, J. A. Hausman, and R. L. Nolan. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1993, Korean ed.
- Spring–Summer 1993
- Article
Securities Underwriting and Investment Banking Competition in the US
By: Samuel Hayes and Andrew D. Regan