by Willy C. Shih - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/312008-PDF-ENG Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company: Marketing Challenges for the 'Underprivileged Latecomer'" Willy Shih and Nancy Hua DaiHarvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2021
News

Ford Has a DIY Plan for Computer Chips

29 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 29

Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton and the hard-bargaining style of Herb Cohen's You Can Negotiate Anything. Now Michael Wheeler provides a dynamic alternative to one-size-fits-all strategies that don't match... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2021
News

Inside the Taiwan Firm That Makes the World’s Tech Run

03 Mar 2017
News

Big Blue’s Big Bet

business of publishing technical papers. “I didn’t want to spend the next 5 to 10 years doing these little increments and never knowing whether, with the right effort, we could solve a big challenge,” Ferrucci told HBS Professor of Management Practice View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

Why do so many wanna-be entrepreneurs like Scott Rozic, founder and CEO of XMarkstheSpot, head for Silicon Valley? The reason may seem as obvious as why Willie Sutton robbed banks—because that's where the money is. But it's really more... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

Winter 2017 MIT Sloan Management Review Why Big Data Isn't Enough By: Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract—There is a growing belief that sophisticated algorithms can explore... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group Willy Shih and Nancy DaiHarvard Business School Case 610-057 As Zuo Zongshen drove the transformation of the Zongshen Industrial Group from an early imitator in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

Iansiti Ayelet Israeli Christian Kaps Karim R. Lakhani Himabindu Lakkaraju Jacqueline Ng Lane Michael Lingzhi Li Alan D. MacCormack Edward McFowland III Antonio Moreno Kyle R. Myers Seth Neel Elisabeth C. Paulson Ananth Raman View Details

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

Retail Inventory: Managing the Canary in the Coal Mine! By: Gaur, Vishal, Saravanan Kesavan, and Ananth Raman Abstract—Retail inventory is a statistic that is closely watched by retailers as well as their investors, lenders, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

http://ssrn.com/abstract=1238158 Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting a Stop to the Earnings Game Authors:Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen Abstract Putting an end to the "earnings game" requires that CEOs reclaim the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 12

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112003-PDF-ENG Tough Choices for the Illinois Pension System Robert C. Pozen and Brij KhuranaHarvard Business School Case 311-139 This case describes the precarious fiscal situation of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Article

The Re-Industrialization of the United States?

By: Willy C. Shih

Talk of "re-industrialization" in the United States has been supported by a seeming resurgence in manufacturing, but this is driven more by the end of labor arbitrage and increasing coordination costs of offshore manufacturing. Aggressive restructurings and significant... View Details

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January 2010 (Revised March 2010)
Case

Transforming ASUSTeK: Breaking from the Past

By: Willy C. Shih, Ho Howard Yu and Hung-Chang Chiu

What happens when an original design manufacturer (ODM) firm tries to transform itself into a branded goods seller? The case traces the evolution of ASUSTeK from a motherboard supplier, to an ODM of desktop and notebook PCs, through its split into three companies that... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Disruptive Innovation; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Taiwan

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September 2010 (Revised July 2013)
Case

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Building Value from the IP Estate

By: Willy C. Shih and Sen Chai

The learning objective of this case is to help students recognize the interplay between intellectual property (IP) rights and corporate strategy. We do this by examining what is a fairly atypical circumstance today in which a single firm is able to secure what it... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; Rights; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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22 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Decarbonization and Sustainable Production: Immersive Field Course in Denmark and the Netherlands

deploying resources to drive sustainability initiatives, with the potential for more participants to come to the table and collaborate in the future. I am excited to continue to explore this space and build a career in it, and I especially appreciate our professors... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Faculty - Faculty & Research

Antonio Moreno Sicupira Family Associate Professor of Business Administration Kyle R. Myers Associate Professor of Business Administration Seth Neel Assistant Professor of Business Administration (Leave of Absence) Elisabeth C. Paulson... View Details

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511115-PDF-ENG Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company in 2011 Willy Shih and Jia ChengHarvard Business School Case 611-053 When David Wang took over as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Managing the Future of Work

Manjari Raman Faculty Lynda M. Applegate Joseph B. Fuller Shane Greenstein Nien-he Hsieh William R. Kerr Jan W. Rivkin Raffaella Sadun Willy C. Shih Christopher T. Stanton... View Details

January 2022 (Revised August 2022)
Case

Geely SEA: New Electric Vehicle Platforms

By: Willy C. Shih and Shu Lin

Kent Bovellan, the Chief Engineer and Head of the Vehicle Architecture Center for Geely Holding, the Hangzhou, China headquartered global automotive group, was debating the platform choice for an upcoming "D" segment midsized battery electric vehicle (BEV). He had led... View Details