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  • 2000
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Experience, Experimentation, and the Accumulation of Knowledge: The Evolution of R&D in the Semiconductor Industry

By: Jonathan West and Marco Iansiti
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West, Jonathan, and Marco Iansiti. "Experience, Experimentation, and the Accumulation of Knowledge: The Evolution of R&D in the Semiconductor Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-066, March 2000.
  • May 2003
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Experience, Experimentation, and the Accumulation of Knowledge: An Empirical Study of the Evolution of R&D in the Semiconductor Industry

By: J. West and Marco Iansiti
Keywords: Knowledge; Research and Development; Hardware; Semiconductor Industry
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West, J., and Marco Iansiti. "Experience, Experimentation, and the Accumulation of Knowledge: An Empirical Study of the Evolution of R&D in the Semiconductor Industry." Research Policy 32, no. 5 (May 2003).
  • Summer 2016
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The Real Lessons From Kodak's Decline

By: Willy C. Shih
Eastman Kodak is often mischaracterized as a company whose managers didn't recognize soon enough that digital technology would decimate its traditional business. However, what really happened at Kodak is much more complicated—and instructive. Kodak suffered from a... View Details
Keywords: Technological Change; Disruption; Ecosystem; Semiconductors; Photography; Scaling-up; Scaling; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Product; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Shih, Willy C. "The Real Lessons From Kodak's Decline." MIT Sloan Management Review 57, no. 4 (Summer 2016): 11–13.
  • March 2011 (Revised February 2014)
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Cree, Inc.: Which Bright Future?

By: David J. Collis, Mary Furey and Matthew Shaffer
After its founding in the late 1980s, Cree Inc. quickly grew into a major player in the emerging LED market. By 2007, technological improvements in LEDs had made them suitable for TV, computer, and mobile "backlighting"; and concerns over global warning led to calls to... View Details
Keywords: Cree; LEDs; Lighting Market; Clean Tech; Energy Policy; Semiconductors; North Carolina; Business Growth and Maturation; Forecasting and Prediction; Innovation and Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption; Electronics Industry; Green Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North Carolina; Raleigh
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Collis, David J., Mary Furey, and Matthew Shaffer. "Cree, Inc.: Which Bright Future?" Harvard Business School Case 711-457, March 2011. (Revised February 2014.)
  • January 2024 (Revised January 2025)
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Huawei: Resilience amid Autarky and Adversity

By: William C. Kirby and Daniel Fu
In September 2023, Huawei made a dramatic return to the global smartphone space with the launch of its Mate 60 Pro smartphone, equipped with an indigenously designed, 7nm chip. This came despite a myriad of export controls and restrictions imposed against the company... View Details
Keywords: International Strategy; Semiconductors; Smartphone; Government And Politics; Government And Business; Digital Infrastructure; 5G; Political Risk; Business and Government Relations; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; AI and Machine Learning; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Leadership; Retirement; Corporate Strategy; Technology Industry; China; United States; Europe; Asia; Middle East
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Kirby, William C., and Daniel Fu. "Huawei: Resilience amid Autarky and Adversity." Harvard Business School Case 324-069, January 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
  • April 1985 (Revised October 1988)
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Everest Computer (A): The Development of the SuperMOS Process

By: Kim B. Clark
The research and development lab at the semiconductor development and manufacturing facility of a computer systems manufacturer has embarked on a radically improved semiconductor manufacturing process for application in a new computer system. The case offers a detailed... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Governance Controls; Production; Research and Development; Hardware; Semiconductor Industry
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Clark, Kim B. "Everest Computer (A): The Development of the SuperMOS Process." Harvard Business School Case 685-085, April 1985. (Revised October 1988.)
  • April 2014
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Don Valentine and Sequoia Capital

By: Felda Hardymon, Tom Nicholas and Liz Kind
Don Valentine participated in the beginnings of two significant milestones: the birth of the silicon chip and the development of the venture capital industry. From humble beginnings, Valentine became a legendary salesman at Fairchild Semiconductor and National... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Personal Development and Career; Semiconductor Industry
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Hardymon, Felda, Tom Nicholas, and Liz Kind. "Don Valentine and Sequoia Capital." Harvard Business School Case 814-096, April 2014.
  • August 2008 (Revised December 2009)
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Nantero

By: William A. Sahlman, Dan Heath and Caroline Perkins
This case describes a decision confronting the founder of Nantero, a company developing a new semiconductor technology. The company needs to raise additional venture capital. Potential investors have competing visions for the company, and its business model. Some... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment; Product Development; Production; Technology; Semiconductor Industry
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Sahlman, William A., Dan Heath, and Caroline Perkins. "Nantero." Harvard Business School Case 809-031, August 2008. (Revised December 2009.)
  • March 1992
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Applied Materials

By: Steven C. Wheelwright
Describes three subsequent generations of product development effort at an equipment firm supplying the semiconductor industry. The firm is partway into the third generation development and must decide whether and how to accelerate product development to respond to... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Industry Structures; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry
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Wheelwright, Steven C. "Applied Materials." Harvard Business School Case 692-078, March 1992.
  • March 2002 (Revised March 2005)
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Intevis: Brokering the Boundaryless Career

Illustrates technology strategy, knowledge management, and the challenges of managing temporary professionals in the increasingly modular semiconductor industry. View Details
Keywords: Technology; Knowledge Management; Employees; Semiconductor Industry
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Fleming, Lee, and Evelina Fedorenko. "Intevis: Brokering the Boundaryless Career." Harvard Business School Case 602-148, March 2002. (Revised March 2005.)
  • August 2008
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System on a Chip 2008: Ardentec Corporation

By: Willy C. Shih, Chen-Fu Chien, Chintay Shih and Ting-Chen Chen
Ardentec Corporation is a specialist in "wafer probing," a highly specialized niche sandwiched between the "front-end" and the "back-end" of semiconductor manufacturing. Because the semiconductor industry uses modular processes and has standard containers for the... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Structures; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry
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Shih, Willy C., Chen-Fu Chien, Chintay Shih, and Ting-Chen Chen. "System on a Chip 2008: Ardentec Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 609-026, August 2008.
  • August 2008 (Revised December 2010)
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AMD Dresden: Copy Inexactly!

By: Willy C. Shih
The establishment and growth of AMD's Dresden, Germany manufacturing site illustrates how processes develop in an organization and how those processes get institutionalized into a unique culture. Located in the Free State of Saxony in the eastern part of Germany (the... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Industry Clusters; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Semiconductor Industry; Europe; Dresden
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Shih, Willy C. "AMD Dresden: Copy Inexactly!" Harvard Business School Case 609-004, August 2008. (Revised December 2010.)
  • February 2001 (Revised March 2001)
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Apax Partners and Dialog Semiconductor: March 1998

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner, Antonio Alvarez-Cano and Borja Martinez
Apax Partners is considering a complex buyout of a semiconductor manufacturer. The firms must assess in a compressed timeframe the complex technological, financial, and operational risks that the proposed transaction poses. View Details
Keywords: Market Transactions; Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Time Management; Production; Risk Management; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry
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Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, Antonio Alvarez-Cano, and Borja Martinez. "Apax Partners and Dialog Semiconductor: March 1998." Harvard Business School Case 201-044, February 2001. (Revised March 2001.)
  • March 2003
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DigaMem Inc.

DigaMem is a semiconductor firm with a promising new technology, but its CEO faces a difficult financing problem. He is considering issuing a new security: a floorless convertible bond, also known as a "toxic" convertible. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Financing and Loans; Semiconductor Industry
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Chacko, George C., Eli Strick, Andrew Kuhlman, and Christopher Smith. "DigaMem Inc." Harvard Business School Case 203-002, March 2003.
  • 2003
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Analog Devices, Inc.: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)

By: Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Julie Lang
In the late 1980s, Analog Devices, Inc., a semiconductor company, developed a technology known as Microelectromagnetic Machines, or MEMS. The technology allows tiny moving parts to be embedded within traditional silicon chips. The potential applications are widespread.... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Semiconductor Industry
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Govindarajan, Vijay, Chris Trimble, and Julie Lang. "Analog Devices, Inc.: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)." 2003. (Case No. 2-0018.)
  • September 2005 (Revised May 2006)
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Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project

By: Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano
Teradyne, a leading manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, embarked on a multiyear effort to improve its product development capabilities and to implement more formalized project management approaches. Examines the development of a new-generation tester that... View Details
Keywords: Projects; Management; Product Development; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Groups and Teams; Business or Company Management; Research and Development; Problems and Challenges; Semiconductor Industry; United States
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Gino, Francesca, and Gary P. Pisano. "Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project." Harvard Business School Case 606-042, September 2005. (Revised May 2006.)
  • November 2012 (Revised August 2013)
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Global Unichip Corporation (B)

By: Willy Shih and Chen-Fu Chien
Jim Lai, President of Global Unichip Corporation (GUC), mapped out the changes he saw coming to the global semiconductor industry. The big question was how many system developers would start coming directly to GUC. View Details
Keywords: Abstraction; Value-network; Vertical Integration; Entry Barriers; Intermediaries; Dis-intermediation; Aggregator; Vertical Specialization; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Integration; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Industry Structures; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Complexity; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Taiwan
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Shih, Willy, and Chen-Fu Chien. "Global Unichip Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 613-049, November 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
  • February 1989 (Revised December 1991)
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Intel Corp.--1988

By: David B. Yoffie
In 1988, Intel had a spectacular year. However, Andy Grove, Intel's CEO, wanted to reevaluate the company's position in "systems"--Intel's OEM PC, boards, and supercomputer businesses. This case explores Intel's position in both the semiconductor industry and its... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Information Infrastructure; Customers; Performance Evaluation; System; Rank and Position; Semiconductor Industry
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Yoffie, David B. "Intel Corp.--1988." Harvard Business School Case 389-063, February 1989. (Revised December 1991.)
  • January 1999 (Revised June 2006)
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Advanced Technologies, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Piper
The CEO of a semiconductor equipment manufacturer is assessing the financial forecasts and financing plan prepared by the chief financial officer. Continued rapid growth will create substantial financing pressures, especially if profitability fails to recover and/or if... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Earnings Management; Financial Condition; Financial Reporting; Risk and Uncertainty; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Outcome or Result; Growth and Development; Crisis Management; Profit; Financial Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Semiconductor Industry
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Piper, Thomas R. "Advanced Technologies, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 299-042, January 1999. (Revised June 2006.)
  • 2001
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Analog Devices (A)

By: Vijay Govindarajan
Analog Devices, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, designed performance measurement systems that provided far more than just a financial view. As their system evolved, it incorporated more measures designed to reflect growth, rather than just operational efficiency.... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Performance Efficiency; Performance Evaluation; Semiconductor Industry
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Govindarajan, Vijay. "Analog Devices (A)." 2001. (The first Analog Devices case can be found in VG's book Management Control Systems.)
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