Publications

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January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
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Where and When to Locate? Crafting Location Strategies to Strengthen Competitive Advantage

By: Juan Alcácer

Social influence cannot be identified from purely observational data on social networks, because such influence is generically confounded with latent homophily, that is, with a node’s network partners being informative about the node’s attributes and therefore... View Details

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Understanding the Supply Decisions of Non-Profits: Modeling the Location of Private Schools

By: Thomas A. Downes and Shane Greenstein

11 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Spatial Organization of Firms: Internal and External Agglomeration Economies and Location Choices Through the Value Chain

Keywords: by Juan Alcácer & Mercedes Delgado

22 Apr 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Where is the Pharmacy to the World? International Regulatory Variation and Pharmaceutical Industry Location

Keywords: by Arthur Daemmrich; Pharmaceutical

2008
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Where is the Pharmacy to the World? Pharmaceutical Industry Location and International Regulatory Variation

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich

A consumer-oriented model for drug development and use has attracted attention in recent years as an alternative to the much-maligned approach of mass-marketing blockbuster drugs. In a parallel development, patients and disease-based organizations have assumed greater... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Testing and Trials; Demand and Consumers; Pharmaceutical Industry; European Union; Germany; United States

2009
Working Paper

Where Is the Pharmacy to the World? International Regulatory Variation and Pharmaceutical Industry Location

By: Arthur Daemmrich

A consumer-oriented model for drug development and use has attracted attention in recent years as an alternative to the much-maligned approach of mass-marketing blockbuster drugs. In a parallel development, patients and disease-based organizations have assumed greater... View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Disorders; Health Testing and Trials; Power and Influence; Competitive Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; European Union; Germany; United States

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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

Educators

Article

How Did Location Affect Adoptions of the Commercial Internet?: Global Village vs. Urban Leadership

By: Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein

1998
Conference Presentation

Network Location and Learning: The Influence of Network Resources and Firm Capabilities on Alliance Formation

By: Ranjay Gulati

June 2008
Article

From the Head and the Heart: Locating Cognition- and Affect-based Trust in Managers' Professional Networks

By: Roy Y.J. Chua, P. Ingram and M. Morris

Keywords: Cognition and Thinking; Trust; Management; Networks

May 1999
Article

Network Location and Learning: The Influence of Network Resources and Firm Capabilities on Alliance Formation

By: Ranjay Gulati

Keywords: Networks; Learning; Power and Influence; Business Ventures; Alliances

May 1995
Article

The Influence of Supervisory Promotion and Network Location on Subordinate Careers in a Dual Ladder RD&E Setting

By: R. Katz, Michael Tushman and T. Allen

Keywords: Human Resources; Personal Development and Career; Research and Development

2012
Book

All Business is Local: Why Place Matters More Than Ever in a Global, Virtual World

By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz

Keywords: Marketing Planning; Location Strategies; Geographic Location; Marketing; Global Strategy

01 Aug 1979
Conference Presentation

Organizational Locations as a Link between Structure and Behavior: General Considerations and the Case of Opportunity and Power

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Organizations; Social Psychology; Behavior; Power and Influence

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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June 2013 (Revised February 2014)
Case

FanMode: Launching a Global Sports Venture

By: Shikhar Ghosh, William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell

Neven Murugan is developing FanMode, an app that allows sports fans all over the world to broadcast their reactions in real time into stadiums where their team is playing. It also provides social networking across sports fans. The company is growing, and its founders... View Details

Keywords: App Development; Location Choices; Structure Of The Firm; Global; Entrepreneurship; Social Media; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United Kingdom; South Africa

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