Publications

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

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

and the Canadian manufacturer Bombardier, which has yet to be settled by the World Trade Organization. Conference participants offered a variety of predictions on how they thought the dispute could and should pan out. According to Professor View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing

January 1998 (Revised February 2006)
Background Note

Creating Competitive Advantage

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Jan W. Rivkin

A firm such as Schering-Plough that earns superior, long-run financial returns within its industry is said to enjoy a competitive advantage over its rivals. This note examines the logic of how firms create competitive advantage. It emphasizes two themes: First, to... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Management; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Value Creation; Pharmaceutical Industry

01 Feb 1999
News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

changing, says Pankaj Ghemawat, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration and a member of the Competition and Strategy Unit. "Real questions are being raised about the idea that every country can simply... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 1997
News

Theory & Practice

increasing complexity that today¹s managers face, Defining Moments provides examples, action steps, and a flexible framework that managers at all levels can use to make the choices that will shape not only their careers but their characters. Games Businesses Play by... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Faculty Books

Redefining Global Strategy by Pankaj Ghemawat (HBS Press) Why do so many global strategies fail despite companies’ powerful brands and border-crossing advantages? In this “semiglobalized” world,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

July 2005
Class Lecture

Sustaining Competitive Advantage (FSS)

By: Pankaj Ghemawat

Find at Harvard

08 May 2008
News

Global Maket an Illusion in a Semi-Globalized World, Expert Says

21 Apr 2008
News

'There is a lot of headroom for Indian IT'

25 Mar 2008
News

An antidote to Thomas Friedman

02 May 2008
News

The Cognitive Age

21 Nov 2014
News

MBAs Need to Stop Assuming That Markets Always Work

Keywords: market competition; MBA students; misconceptions; business education; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

Web

Global Maps - Creating Emerging Markets

markets. Mapping Tool This mapping tool developed by global strategy professor Pankaj Ghemawat features extensive historical data on more than 500 countries. Animated maps present historical trends and... View Details

21 Apr 2008
News

A Mittal secret from the 'rust buckets' of Kazakhstan

01 Mar 2011
News

Alumni Books

roaring into the modern world. World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It by Pankaj Ghemawat (PhDBE '82) (Harvard Business Review Press) Reacting to the global financial crisis, governments are... View Details

11 Aug 2014
News

What Business Schools Don't Get About MOOCs

Keywords: online education; MOOCs; disruptive innovation; business schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2004
News

Ideas: Books

the best location to start a business, assemble the necessary resources, adapt to local environments, and execute for success. Creating Value through International Strategy edited by Africa Arino, Pankaj Ghemawat, and Joan E. Ricart... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

August 1999 (Revised July 2009)
Case

Tricon Restaurants International: Globalization Re-examined

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Tarun Khanna

Describes a leading fast food operator/franchiser trying to consolidate and standardize its operations worldwide and focus its efforts on a few key markets. Lends itself to a discussion of how global the fast food industry is, whether Tricon's new international... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Global Strategy; Markets; Operations; Competition; Consolidation; Food and Beverage Industry

2017
Chapter

Globalization in Historical Perspective

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Geoffrey Jones

This chapter explores the role that firms have played over time in promoting international trade and investment. It takes a chronological perspective and is organized around a first wave of globalization from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1920s and a second wave... View Details

Keywords: International Business; International Marketing; History; Marketing; Investment; Trade; Globalization