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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Brazil

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Brazil? Industry and market research Passport Click on Search on the upper left side of the main screen to get started. Locate the industry of interest and then... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Case Study: Sneak Peak

Case Study features alumni and faculty offering advice on strategy to alumni who are leading businesses at a crossroads. Charles Philp (MBA 2006) started Colorado-based Sneakz Organic with his business partner in 2012 after a lightbulb... View Details

Keywords: Whole Foods; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

25 Feb 2020
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Impact: The Changing Nature of Work

Losing Strategy How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business The Past Informs the Future of Work The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation Q&A: Managing the Future of Work View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

Basis For Comparison When stores of strong retail competitors, such as Best Buy and Circuit City, are located side by side, "it's easier for customers to comparison-shop," says Strategic Edge's Primo. But that's not necessarily... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
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Uría Menéndez (B) (Abridged)

By: Robert G. Eccles

This one-page case, to be handed out in class, briefly lists the three major strategic options facing Uria Menendez. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Law; Geographic Location; Expansion; Strategic Planning; Legal Services Industry; Iberian Peninsula

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Consumer confidence

Where can I find information on consumer confidence and sentiment? Conference Board: From the "Economy, Strategy & Fiance page," select "Consumer Dynamics." Surveys of Consumers: Current and... View Details

05 May 2015
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See What's New on our Site

employment by industry, function, and location. A world map provides an extensive view of data by location Entrepreneurship: Discover how many students joined start-ups or founded their own ventures 3) Perspectives - A quick look into the... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

1998
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The Role of Geography in the Process of Innovation and Sustainable Competitive Advantage of Firms

By: M. E. Porter and Orjan Solvell

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Innovation Strategy; Geographic Location

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20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

and from other institutions with the goal of creating strategies to reignite America's economic future in the global economy. Porter is the Lawrence University Professor, and Rivkin the Rauner professor of business administration and head... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

26 Jul 2011
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An Entrepreneur of the Arts

pointe shoes from Russia and sells them nationwide. In 2006, she opened the Russian Pointe Dance Boutique, the company’s flagship store located on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Attending OPM, Efimova was inspired by a View Details

Keywords: ballet; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

willingness to pay. Lal: They've created new sources of value for their customers that did not exist before. Q: And PetSmart. What's made them so successful? Lal: PetSmart saw the online threat early and built a strategy to insulate... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

Publications August 2013 Strategic Management Journal Location Choices under Strategic Interactions By: Alcácer, Juan, Minyuan Zhao, and Cristian Dezso Abstract—The literature on location choices has... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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How do I prepare thirty minutes before my interview?

The top resources to use if you are pressed for time. To get an overview of a company, executives, recent activities and strategies use these databases: Capital IQ Quickly gain a holistic understanding of any company or firm... View Details

January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
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Uría Menéndez (B)

By: Robert G. Eccles

The Uria Menendez (B) Cas describes the three major strategic options facing the firm. It can be used when the instructor wants to teach the case over two classes. The first class, based on the A case, explores the reason for the the firm's success. The B case... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Law; Success; Strategic Planning; Expansion; Legal Services Industry; Iberian Peninsula

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Are Lagging Regions Catching Up with Leading Regions?

By: Lakshmi Iyer, Ejaz Ghani and Saurabh Mishra

Keywords: Geographic Location; Competitive Advantage; Development Economics

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18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

competitors' anticipated actions. Using new entrants into the United States from 1985 to 1994, we find that firms favor locations with academic innovative activity. Other results highlight differences in firms' View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 1999 (Revised November 2002)
Background Note

Indian Software Industry in 2002, The

The Indian software industry, growing at more than 50% per annum and largely dependent on exports of services and products, is one of the few industries in that country considered to be globally competitive. This note allows a discussion of the uses and limits of... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Competition; Applications and Software; Globalization; Information Technology Industry; India

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01 Oct 2002
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Distinct Yet of a Piece

Their office locations range from the summit of a skyscraper in Boston to the front seat of a pickup truck in Oklahoma. Their workdays may be dedicated to helping build companies or to helping save lives. They can be found discussing... View Details

08 Apr 2015
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Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

competitors locked into a product development strategy calling for growth through product obsolescence and more and more largely unused but expensive bells and whistles. We're told that the typical user of information technology today... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

May 2005 (Revised September 2015)
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Hans Wilsdorf and Rolex

By: Geoffrey Jones and Alexander Atzberger

Explores the creation of the Rolex watch by Hans Wilsdorf. Provides a case study of how one of the world's leading luxury brands was created and, more generally, provides a vehicle for exploring the competitive advantage of Switzerland in watchmaking (and other... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Competitive Advantage; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland

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