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  • 27 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

Cases & Course MaterialsDesign: More Than a Cool Chair Harvard Business School Note 607-026 This introduction to the Design industry includes definitions, and industry statistics, as well as descriptions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

additional millions of poor people to buy in. As prices have fallen, Asian brands such as Asus and Acer of Taiwan have gained share while IBM sold its PC business to Lenovo. “Critics of marketing tend to... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising
  • 20 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

industry moved from steel tubes to carbon fiber ones, the cluster took hold in Taiwan because that's where the expertise is in fabricating and molding carbon fiber. "If the prices go up there, it's not like... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion
  • March 2014
  • Case

MediaTek: From Feature Phones to Smartphones

By: Willy Shih
MediaTek was the third largest fabless semiconductor company in the world, and was the second largest supplier of the silicon microchips that powered mobile phones. Yet as the company's chairman reflected on his R&D strategy, he wondered why it hadn't moved faster on... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; China; Taiwan
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  • January–February 2013
  • Article

Will Our Partner Steal Our IP?

By: Willy C. Shih and Jyun-Cheng Wang
This fictionalized case looks at the spillover of intellectual property (IP) from a critical component supplier to an original equipment maker in the Chinese auto industry. What are the challenges to holding on to proprietary know-how when a customer wishes to use... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property Management; Intellectual Property; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; China; Taiwan
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  • 14 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The World in Your Palm?

As makers of everything engage in an all-out features war to cram the most services, accessories, and functions into a single product, the real question for many is this: Does the consumer really want an all-in-one digital device? A panel of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2000
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective

organization, and the role of the IS manager was to integrate them in support of the business's transaction processes. Then around 1980 we started to see the emergence of the microcomputer; for the next fifteen years or so, DIS reflected how microcomputers and View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America Globalizing Latin American Beauty By: Jones, G. Abstract—This article discusses the growth over time of the beauty industry in Latin America and its bias towards celebrating whiter rather than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

Global Company's China Strategy Harvard Business School Case 308-057 After fifty-five years in the semiconductor industry, Morris Chang, founder and Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), was seeing a change. After... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

different manufacturers could not talk to one another. PCs would cost $10,000 because each company would have to design its own software, as well as craft proprietary storage, memory, and display components. But standards do not evolve... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

development of the U.S. railroad industry in the latter half of the 19th century. Al went straight to the sources and expanded upon them in a series of important articles in the Business History Review. That work developed into his... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 19 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

industries remain infinitely focused on creating and selling the next generation of our fast changing technologies, and thus we have not taken the time, effort, or collective resolve to develop a set of industry-wide electronic business... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
  • 03 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

objectives of a laptop computer targeted at children of the developing world with the escalating content demands from the marketplace and the non-profit OLPC Foundation. It also had to fit the project into its company business model which served global lead View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2024 (Revised April 2025)
  • Case

Nvidia

By: Andy Wu and Matt Higgins
This case study examines Nvidia's strategic pivot from gaming GPUs to becoming a leader in general-purpose computing and AI. It explores how Nvidia leveraged its GPU architecture to dominate the growing fields of data center acceleration and AI training, outpacing... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning; Product Development; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; China; Taiwan
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  • 23 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

formation, and innovation. He is also a partner of the international management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he is a leader of its Innovation practice. Chakravorti has advised over 30 Fortune 500 companies on innovation, growth, and new... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • December 2012 (Revised April 2025)
  • Case

AmTran Technology Ltd.

By: Willy Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Karen E. Robinson
As an original design manufacturer (ODM) of television sets and leading supplier to Vizio, a market leader in the U.S. for LCD flat panel TVs, AmTran Technology Ltd. uses what founder Alpha Wu describes as a "WE" model in which western companies perform sales,... View Details
Keywords: Modularity; Technology Transitions; Analog; Digital; Television; TV; Flat-panel; ATSC; NTSC; Video; Global Strategy; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Product Design; Supply Chain; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Electronics Industry; Taiwan; United States; Japan
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  • August 1996
  • Teaching Note

Montague Corporation (A) and (B) TN

By: Norman A. Berg and Judith Maas
Teaching Note for (9-395-037) and (9-395-143). View Details
Keywords: Bicycle Industry; Taiwan; Cambridge
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  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

the semiconductor industry in Taiwan is a striking success for advocates of strong industrial policy. It has led to the island nation's domination of the global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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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  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies in industries as diverse as renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, eco-tourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The pioneering efforts to build certification schemes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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