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10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

controlling the flow of the investment. For an example of what we mean, let's look at Teradyne, the maker of semiconductor test equipment. In 1997, the company was confronted with an important innovation: the application of CMOS chip... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

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Strategy and Technology (Elective Curriculum)

By: David B. Yoffie

This course explores the unique aspects of creating effective management and investment strategies for technology-intensive businesses. What strategies can win in markets with strong network effects? How can firms leverage technology to build multi-sided platforms?... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Information Technology; Technology Platform; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry; United States; China; Israel; Taiwan

01 Dec 1997
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A Piece of the Action

know-how. It was here in Santa Clara County that the idea of venture capital was born when Arthur Rock (MBA '51) funded the invention of the silicon-based semiconductor that would give the Valley its name and its identity. It was in a... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

02 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 3, 2008

congruence. Performance appraisals with 360-degree feedback improves congruence and collaboration, opens communication when feedback is discussed by the team, and provides an opportunity for more accurate self-assessments. An example of how 360-degree feedback was used... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 29, 2008

IBM's "Radical Collaboration" model has been an innovative approach to meeting the challenges of the huge R&D and capital investments that are needed to stay competitive in the global semiconductor industry. This model has... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 2013 (Revised November 2021)
Module Note

Exploration vs. Exploitation

By: Willy Shih

This module note introduces James March's concept of exploration and exploitation, and the management challenge of balancing the allocation of resources to the two activities in the firm. The note also touches on the O'Reilly and Tushman paper on the ambidextrous... View Details

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19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

days of the semiconductor industry, when companies competed to see how classical computers could be used and what hardware might best support them. That kind of uncertainty poses a challenge for investors and tech companies alike, as... View Details

07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

milestones: the birth of the silicon chip and the development of the venture capital industry. From humble beginnings, Valentine became a legendary salesman at Fairchild Semiconductor and National View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

Asian industrial cluster with global scope which has no participants or competitors in the West. The case can also be used to expose students to the global supply chain for key information technology components. Taiwan and Korea are today the major world centers for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2012
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solutions in the form of software and hardware platforms, Intel Corporation, a leading semiconductor manufacturer in the United States, introduces a pilot project in India for testing a new platform that allows monitoring and demand... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Feb 2010
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multi-location firms increase internal ties when they face appropriability risks from direct competitors. Our empirical analysis of the global semiconductor industry shows that when leading firms co-locate with direct market competitors,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 May 2010
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Willy ShihHarvard Business School Case 610-085 Tessera Technologies has been very successful developing technologies for the semiconductor and mobile device industry, and then licensing them broadly to manufacturers. In addition to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2003 (Revised March 2004)
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Wintel (A): Cooperation or Conflict

By: David B. Yoffie, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Sasha Mattu

Examines the dynamic relationship between two complementors: Intel and Microsoft. Set in 1995, the case asks how Intel and Microsoft should solve a serious division between the two companies that threatens the health of the PC industry. View Details

Keywords: Conflict Management; Competition; Cooperation; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry

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Summer 2018
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Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating

By: Willy C. Shih

Knowledge embedded within state-of-the-art production and design tools is a powerful force that is leveling the global technology playing field. It democratizes innovation and makes future competition more challenging. This paper describes the knowledge flows through... View Details

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20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

examine whether multi-location firms increase internal ties when they face appropriability risks from direct competitors. Our empirical analysis of the global semiconductor industry shows that when leading firms co-locate with direct... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

Japan. "Wireless Internet is a reality in Japan," he said, speculating that broadband, digital content, and semiconductors will all be controlled by Japan by 2005. Vogel commented that finance and retail were also promising new... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

Profile

Arthur Rock

his new partner Tommy Davis founded Davis & Rock, and went to work building what became Silicon Valley. When Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore became disenchanted working at Fairchild Semiconductor in 1967, they turned to Rock for advice. He... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

Moore described the rise of the semiconductor industry and the uniquely fertile environment for startup companies in Silicon Valley, Arati Prabhakar of the National Institute of Standards and Technology discussed the future of the Silicon... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

community Linux. A consortium is a private group of participants that operate as equals and jointly select problems, decide how to conduct work, and choose solutions. IBM has set up a number of consortia with other companies to develop next-generation View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

became a very popular category of desktop PCs. Hsinchu, Taiwan based MediaTek is a fabless semiconductor company that unleashed a white-box market in mobile phone handsets by offering an innovative "complete solution" for 2.5G... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Disruption: The Art of Framing

Strategy and Technology (Elective Curriculum)

A Piece of the Action

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First Look: April 29, 2008

Exploration vs. Exploitation

Quantum Leap

First Look at New Research: February 7

First Look: October 21, 2008

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Wintel (A): Cooperation or Conflict

Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating

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What’s Next for Japan

Arthur Rock

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

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