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      • October 2016 (Revised November 2016)
      • Case

      DO & CO: Gourmet Entertainment

      By: Juan Alcácer and Esel Çekin
      This case is about a global catering, restaurant, and hospitality company, DO & CO, growing geographically with its existing businesses while also adding new brands to its portfolio. The company had $1 billion in revenues in 2015 from its three divisions: airline... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; International Expansion; Operational Constraints; Three-dimensional Growth; Value-added Approach; Brand Acquisition; Airline Catering; Airline Industry; Event Catering; Hospitality; Profitable Growth; Team Management; Competition; Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Strategy; Operations; Brands and Branding; Value Creation; Globalized Firms and Management; Expansion; Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Service Industry
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      Alcácer, Juan, and Esel Çekin. "DO & CO: Gourmet Entertainment." Harvard Business School Case 717-416, October 2016. (Revised November 2016.)
      • January 2016
      • Article

      Zooming In: A Practical Manual for Identifying Geographic Clusters

      By: Juan Alcacer and Minyuan Zhao
      This paper takes a close look at the reasons, procedures, and results of cluster identification methods. Despite being a popular research topic in strategy, economics, and sociology, geographic clusters are often studied with little consideration given to the... View Details
      Keywords: Mathematical Methods
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      Alcacer, Juan, and Minyuan Zhao. "Zooming In: A Practical Manual for Identifying Geographic Clusters." Strategic Management Journal 37, no. 1 (January 2016): 10–21.
      • March 2015 (Revised March 2018)
      • Case

      Zipongo: Improving Health by Redesigning the Food Chain

      By: Ray A. Goldberg, Juan Enriquez and Kevin Liang
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      Goldberg, Ray A., Juan Enriquez, and Kevin Liang. "Zipongo: Improving Health by Redesigning the Food Chain." Harvard Business School Case 915-416, March 2015. (Revised March 2018.)
      • February 2015
      • Article

      Location Choices under Strategic Interactions

      By: Juan Alcacer, Cristian Dezso and Minyuan Zhao
      The literature on location choices has mostly emphasized the impact of location and firm characteristics. However, most industries with a significant presence of multi-location firms are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that strategic interaction among firms... View Details
      Keywords: Location Strategies; Multinational Strategy; Oligopolistic Competition; Firm Heterogeneity; Geographic Location; Multinational Firms and Management; Balance and Stability; Decision Choices and Conditions; Game Theory
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      Alcacer, Juan, Cristian Dezso, and Minyuan Zhao. "Location Choices under Strategic Interactions." Strategic Management Journal 36, no. 2 (February 2015): 197–215.
      • December 2014
      • Module Note

      What is Global? Allocating Products and Activities across Locations

      By: Juan Alcacer
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      Alcacer, Juan. "What is Global? Allocating Products and Activities across Locations." Harvard Business School Module Note 715-417, December 2014.
      • December 2014
      • Module Note

      When to Enter? Timing Location Strategies to Strengthen Competitive Advantage

      By: Juan Alcacer
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      Alcacer, Juan. "When to Enter? Timing Location Strategies to Strengthen Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Module Note 715-431, December 2014.
      • December 2014
      • Module Note

      Why Do Firms Go Abroad? Strategies to Create Value Globally

      By: Juan Alcacer
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      Alcacer, Juan. "Why Do Firms Go Abroad? Strategies to Create Value Globally." Harvard Business School Module Note 715-416, December 2014.
      • December 2014
      • Article

      Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies

      By: Juan Alcácer and Wilbur Chung
      Geographically concentrated industry activity creates pools of skilled labor and specialized suppliers, and increases opportunities for knowledge spillovers. The strategic value of these agglomeration economies may vary by firm, depending upon the relative value of... View Details
      Keywords: Location Strategies; Location Choices; Agglomeration Economies; Strategy; Value Creation; Geographic Location; Industry Clusters; Microeconomics; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Alcácer, Juan, and Wilbur Chung. "Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies." Strategic Management Journal 35, no. 12 (December 2014): 1749–1761.
      • February 2014 (Revised September 2014)
      • Teaching Note

      The Munich Oktoberfest: From Local Tradition to Global Capitalism

      By: Juan Alcacer
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      Alcacer, Juan. "The Munich Oktoberfest: From Local Tradition to Global Capitalism." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 714-468, February 2014. (Revised September 2014.)
      • February 2014
      • Article

      Learning by Supplying

      By: Juan Alcacer and Joanne Oxley
      Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and sustain competitive advantage: learning by doing, learning by exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we focus attention... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Organizations; Learning
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      Alcacer, Juan, and Joanne Oxley. "Learning by Supplying." Strategic Management Journal 35, no. 2 (February 2014): 204–223.
      • January 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Simulation on Bougainville Copper Ltd. (Condensed)

      By: Juan Alcacer
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      Alcacer, Juan. "Simulation on Bougainville Copper Ltd. (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 714-472, January 2014.
      • January 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Emirates Airline: Connecting the Unconnected

      By: Juan Alcacer
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      Alcacer, Juan. "Emirates Airline: Connecting the Unconnected." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 714-481, January 2014.
      • January 2014
      • Case

      Emirates Airline: Connecting the Unconnected

      By: Juan Alcacer and John Clayton
      Narrates the story of Emirates, an airline founded in 1985 in Dubai that by 2013 was among the three largest commercial airlines in the world. The case emphasizes how Emirates capitalized on its location—a small city–state strategically located to reach ¾ of the world... View Details
      Keywords: Sustainable Competitive Advantage; Airlines; Multinational; Location Strategies; Geographic Location; Multinational Firms and Management; Air Transportation; Competitive Advantage; Business Strategy; Air Transportation Industry; Middle East; Dubai
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      Alcacer, Juan, and John Clayton. "Emirates Airline: Connecting the Unconnected." Harvard Business School Case 714-432, January 2014.
      • January 2014
      • Supplement

      Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (B)

      By: Juan Alcacer and Nancy Hua Dai
      The case reveals that Ford decided to open its own e-coating plant in Gujarat, India, and details how the decision was made at different organizational levels. View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Investment; Organizational Alignment; Strategic Decision Making; Motivation and Incentives; Communication; Organizational Structure; Decision Making; Business Processes; Foreign Direct Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Gujarat
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      Alcacer, Juan, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-015, January 2014.
      • January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
      • Case

      Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (A)

      By: Juan Alcacer and Nancy Hua Dai
      In April 2013, Ford Asia Pacific & Africa (FAPA) was examining its options for e-coating service metal parts for the Ford Customer Service Division in Sanand, Gujarat, India. Randy Creel, Director of Parts Supply & Logistics, FAPA, worked with his colleagues in the US,... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Investment; International Business; Location Strategies; Global Strategy; Supply Chain
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      Alcacer, Juan, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (A)." Harvard Business School Case 914-014, January 2014. (Revised March 2014.)
      • January 2014 (Revised June 2020)
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      The Rise and Fall of Nokia

      By: Juan Alcacer, Tarun Khanna and Christine Snively
      In 2013, Nokia sold its Device and Services business to Microsoft for €5.4 billion. For decades Nokia had led the telecommunications (telecom) industry in handsets and networking. By the late 2000s, however, Nokia's position as market leader in mobile devices was... View Details
      Keywords: Mobile Phones; Smartphone; Telecommunications; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Emerging Markets; Technological Innovation; Competitive Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Asia
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      Alcacer, Juan, Tarun Khanna, and Christine Snively. "The Rise and Fall of Nokia." Harvard Business School Case 714-428, January 2014. (Revised June 2020.)
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      Anger and Regulation

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
      We study a model in which agents experience anger when they see a firm that has displayed insufficient concern for the welfare of its clients (i.e., altruism) making high profits. Regulation can increase welfare, for example, through fines (even with no changes in... View Details
      Keywords: Altruism; Populism; Public Relations; Profit; Consumer Behavior; Perception; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Anger and Regulation." Scandinavian Journal of Economics 116, no. 3 (July 2014): 734–765.
      • June–July 2013
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      Firm Rivalry, Knowledge Accumulation, and MNE Location Choices

      By: Juan Alcacer, Cristian Deszo and Minyuan Zhao
      The international business (IB) literature has mostly emphasized the impact of location and firm characteristics on location choices. However, industries with a significant presence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that... View Details
      Keywords: Geographic Location; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Game Theory; Global Strategy
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      Alcacer, Juan, Cristian Deszo, and Minyuan Zhao. "Firm Rivalry, Knowledge Accumulation, and MNE Location Choices." Special Issue on The Multinational in Geographic Space. Journal of International Business Studies 44, no. 5 (June–July 2013): 504–520.
      • February 2013 (Revised May 2013)
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      Juan Valdez: Innovation in Caffeination

      By: Michael I. Norton and Jeremy Dann
      Corporate entrepreneurs attempt to revive Colombia's famous Juan Valdez brand in the age of Starbucks, with café chain and packaged coffee ventures. In the 1970s and 80s, the iconic "Juan Valdez" ingredient brand was the most recognized in the world of coffee. The... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation; Branding; Global Business; Sales; Marketing; Retailing; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Change; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention
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      Norton, Michael I., and Jeremy Dann. "Juan Valdez: Innovation in Caffeination." Harvard Business School Case 513-090, February 2013. (Revised May 2013.)
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      Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment

      By: Juan Alcacer and Paul Ingram
      Global economic transactions such as foreign direct investment must extend over an institutional abyss between the jurisdiction, and therefore protection, of the states involved. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), whose members are states, represent an important... View Details
      Keywords: Globalization; Market Transactions; Foreign Direct Investment; Government and Politics; Risk and Uncertainty; Networks; Culture; Complexity; Public Administration Industry
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      Alcacer, Juan, and Paul Ingram. "Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment." American Journal of Sociology 118, no. 4 (January 2013).
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