Publications

Educators

1996
Working Paper

The Nature of Diversified Business Groups: A Research Design and Two Case Studies

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Tarun Khanna

April 1994
Supplement

Disposable Diaper Industry in 1984

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Pankaj Ghemawat

Updates the Disposable Diaper Industry in 1974. Intended as an in-class handout. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Markets; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry

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

Educators

September 1991 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Gillette's Launch of Sensor

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Benjamin C. Esty

The introduction of the Sensor Shaving System, one of the biggest product launches ever, forced Gillette to reevaluate its strategy in its shaving and non-shaving business. It had to decide whether to go ahead with the launch and if so, at what scale. Permits analysis... View Details

Keywords: Product Launch; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Business Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Measurement and Metrics; Consumer Products Industry

Educators

September 1987
Case

USAir and Piedmont in the Airline Industry

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Forest L. Reinhardt

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry

November 1986
Background Note

U.S. Television Set Market, Prewar to 1970 (Condensed)

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Michael E. Porter

October 1986
Background Note

Offshore Drilling Industry in 1980 (Condensed)

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Michael E. Porter

October 1985
Background Note

Note on Supplying the Automobile Industry: Changing Relationships

By: Michael E. Porter and Pankaj Ghemawat

1980
Mimeo

The Generation of Industrial Technology by the Less Developed Countries

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Information Technology; Developing Countries and Economies

1980
Mimeo

Transfer of Industrial Technology Among the Developing Countries

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Information Technology; Developing Countries and Economies

Forthcoming
Article

The Case Study as an Academic Methodology

By: David J. Collis

Pankaj Ghemawat made contributions to the strategy field with his application of case research as an academic methodology. View Details

Keywords: Case Research Methods; Case Method; Case Teaching; Cases; Teaching; Education Industry