Publications

April 1986 (Revised March 1987)
Case

Asia's Four Little Dragons

By: Norman A. Berg

Keywords: Taiwan; South Korea; Hong Kong; Singapore

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2011
Article

Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: A Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia

By: Michael Zhang and Feng Zhu

In this paper, we examine the causal relationship between group size and incentives to contribute in the setting of Chinese Wikipedia, the Chinese language version of an online encyclopedia that relies entirely on voluntary contributions. The group at Chinese Wikipedia... View Details

Keywords: Rights; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Groups and Teams; Knowledge Sharing; Behavior; Satisfaction; Size; Government and Politics; Economics; Information Technology Industry; Hong Kong; Taiwan; Singapore

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October 1999
Teaching Note

Acer America: Development of the Aspire TN

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for (9-399-011). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry; United States; Taiwan

04 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

streamline regulations and approvals. Phu My Hung was funded by industrialists from Taiwan who were systems thinkers, long horizon investors, and nation builders. King Abdullah Economic City was funded by private investors and with... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

02 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 2

the site had no strategy for monetizing the traffic. The case allows students to examine potential monetization strategies for Twitter. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710455-PDF-ENG Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 2024
Case

TSMC and CHIPS

By: Debora L. Spar and Julia Comeau

Keywords: Semiconductor Industry; Arizona; Taiwan

June 2017
Case

AKB48: Going Global? (A)

By: Juan Alcácer, Kotaro Sasamoto, Tee Chayakul and Mayuka Yamazaki

After a remarkable success in Japan, the producer of the Japanese female singing group AKB48 evaluates market opportunities overseas for his artistic creation. This case introduces the business model behind the AKB48 concept and allows students to identify what... View Details

15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

became a very popular category of desktop PCs. Hsinchu, Taiwan based MediaTek is a fabless semiconductor company that unleashed a white-box market in mobile phone handsets by offering an innovative "complete solution" for 2.5G... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

major DRAM memory chip makers like Samsung and Hynix in Korea, and Powerchip in Taiwan have already stopped quoting prices until they can assess the impact of the earthquake on their supply chains. Anisotropic conductive film is a key... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

November 2022 (Revised April 2023)
Supplement

HTC and Virtual Reality (B)

By: Andy Wu and Matt Higgins

In April 2023, Cher Wang, CEO and Chairwoman of HTC, reflected on her time as a leader in the virtual reality industry from her office high above Taoyuan City, Taiwan. It had been a roller coaster ride of new product introductions and unexpected challenges for HTC and... View Details

Keywords: VR; Virtual Reality; Strategy; Metaverse; Market Entry and Exit; Competition; Technology Industry; Taiwan; China; United States

27 Apr 2015
News

Topping Off the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center

Keywords: Chao; Executive Education; campus development; campus construction

21 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

Asian industrial cluster with global scope which has no participants or competitors in the West. The case can also be used to expose students to the global supply chain for key information technology components. Taiwan and Korea are today... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

October 2024
Background Note

The Semiconductor Industry

By: Andy Wu, Steve Blank and Matt Higgins

The semiconductor industry powers modern technology, from consumer electronics to data centers. This background note explores the layers of the semiconductor inudstry value chain, including Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs), fabless companies, and foundries, while... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Supply Chain; Product Design; Customer Value and Value Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; Semiconductor Industry; United States; China; Taiwan

September 2013
Case

PadFone vs. FonePad

By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai

To Jonney Shih, Chairman of ASUSTek Computer, the introduction of Apple's iPad made clear the need to transition his company to a new cloud-computing era. But the company's roots in the manufacture of Windows-powered desktop and notebook PCs bounded the creativity of... View Details

April 1995
Case

Montague Corporation (A)

By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber

The Montague Corp. is a small company started in 1987 and owned by David Montague, age 31, and his father. The company designs, manufactures in Taiwan, and sells through distributors worldwide a high-quality "bicycle that folds." The company offices are located in... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Globalized Firms and Management; Family Business; Bicycle Industry; Taiwan; Cambridge

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15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

http://harvardbusiness.org/search/210020/ The TSMC Way: Meeting Customer Needs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Harvard Business School Case 610-003 When L.C. Tu receives an emergency order, he is confronted with a range of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2012
Working Paper

Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration

Every year, a large number of women migrate as brides from developing countries to developed countries in East Asia. This phenomenon virtually did not exist in the early 1990s, but foreign brides currently comprise 4 to 35 percent of newlyweds in these developed Asian... View Details

Keywords: Immigration; Gender; Developing Countries and Economies; Education; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; East Asia; Japan; South Korea; Taiwan; Singapore