Publications

22 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

this case:http://hbr.org/search/513001-PDF-ENG Building a Community at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Marquis, Christopher, Zucheng Zhou, Mo Chen, and Heng FanHarvard Business School Case 413-083 Over the past... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2012
Case

Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)

By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab, so its... View Details

Keywords: Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Supply Chain Management; Production; Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Japan

March 1992 (Revised June 1992)
Case

Thermo Electron Corp.

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

George Hatsopoulos, CEO at Thermo Electron Corp., is considering whether to issue shares in a subsidiary via an initial public offering (IPO). The company has developed an unusual corporate structure in which subsidiaries fund new ventures by raising debt and equity in... View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Business Subsidiaries; Resource Allocation; Valuation; Organizational Structure; Business Headquarters; Initial Public Offering; Capital Structure; Capital Markets; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry

April 2010
Teaching Note

Carrot or Stick? Getting Paid for Innovation at Tessera Technologies (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih

Teaching Note for 610085. View Details

Keywords: Patents; Production; Situation or Environment; Law Enforcement; Lawsuits and Litigation; Information Technology; Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry

25 Apr 2014
News

Helping high achievers achieve even more

As cofounder of Summit Partners, E. Roe Stamps IV (MBA 1974) spurred economic growth and created jobs in a broad range of industries, from fiber optics to pathology laboratories, to electronics and semiconductor manufacturers. Established... View Details

07 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Innovation in Asia

industry, and even a country to the head of the class almost overnight, said Kiyotaka Fujii, president and CEO of SAP Japan Co., Ltd. That lesson was learned by Japan in the 1980s, when it was rising to prominence in some segments of the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Web

The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society

Office (July 2024) By Mitchell B. Weiss and Sebastian Negron-Reichard Learn how $39 billion in CHIPS Act funding for semiconductor manufacturing is distributed to help regain U.S. tech leadership and protect taxpayer dollars. The... View Details

01 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

students to examine Suncor's strategic positioning and cost structure, and the challenges that the firm's leaders confront as of 2007. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708023 Taiwan View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

had created. In seeking to do so, Hirai might find guidance in the history of the industry, which had been marked by rapid and frequent changes of fortune. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709448... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 1992
Teaching Note

Applied Materials TN

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Teaching Note for (9-692-078). View Details

Keywords: Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry

June 2000 (Revised June 2003)
Teaching Note

Arrow Electronics, Inc. TN

By: Das Narayandas

Teaching Note for (9-598-022). View Details

Keywords: Product Marketing; Sales; Business Subsidiaries; Internet and the Web; Distribution; Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Problems and Challenges; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry

20 May 2013
Op-Ed

Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

computer science, optics, and various engineering disciplines. We need to get over the outdated notion that manufacturing is "mature" and unconnected to science. Anyone who believes that should take a tour of a factory that produces View Details

Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2012
News

What Industrial Policy?

no surprise, therefore, that semiconductor-equipment suppliers are moving more of their R&D to Asia to be closer to the hubs of semiconductor production. Retaining R&D. In many contexts, R&D and production are tightly integrated, and they... View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Agriculture; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Manufacturing

07 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

is a specialist in "wafer probing," a highly specialized niche sandwiched between the "front-end" and the "back-end" of semiconductor manufacturing. Because the semiconductor... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

afford to, as it was too expensive, and the technology was getting too complicated and specialized. A company that specializes in making tools, on the other hand, can spread those costs over multiple customers. The latest generation lithography tool for making View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

easily in response to massive shifts in the technological environment. In essence, this means that they can much more easily "plug in" to a different way of doing business. Examples are provided by NVIDIA easily cutting across generations of View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

02 May 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Samsung Global Strategy Group

semiconductors and container ships. Samsung has set a vision 2020 goal of reaching $400B in revenues by exploring new territories such as biotechnology, virtual reality, and applications of 5G wireless technology, among others. In this... View Details

Keywords: Technology

May 2019
Case

Mobileye Update, 2019

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher

Mobileye was an Israeli company, officially headquartered in The Netherlands, which was a Tier 2 supplier to the global automobile industry. This short case updates Mobileye's business performance and strategy, following the acquisition by Intel in 2017. View Details

Keywords: Driverless Car; Competitive Advantage; Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Technology; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Israel