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      Why We Recruit: Samsung Global Strategy Group
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      • January 2020
      • Case

      Freelancer, Ltd.

      By: Christopher Stanton, Karim R. Lakhani, Jennifer L. Hoffman, Jin Hyun Paik and Nina Cohodes
      Over the course of the 2010s, the rapid advancement of mobile technologies and the rise of online freelancing platforms seemed to portend a radical transformation of labor markets into on-demand, flexible talent pools. Even though several Fortune 500...  View Details
      Keywords: Freelancers; Platforms; Digital Labor; Labor; Human Resources; Management; Online Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Industry; Australia; United States; Philippines
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      Stanton, Christopher, Karim R. Lakhani, Jennifer L. Hoffman, Jin Hyun Paik, and Nina Cohodes. "Freelancer, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 820-075, January 2020.
      • November 2019 (Revised November 2019)
      • Case

      Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      In 2017, the global market for rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 126 gigawatt-hours (GWh) valued at $37 billion, growing by $10 billion in two years. Once confined largely to consumer electronics and appliances, the rapid increase in demand was spurred by...  View Details
      Keywords: Batteries; Rechargeable Batteries; Lithium-ion; Lithium-ion Batteries; Electric Vehicle; Electric Vehicles; Energy Entrepreneurship; Energy Markets; Energy Storage; Battery; Demand Uncertainty; Demand Forecasting; Supply & Demand; Supply And Demand; Capacity Planning; Tesla; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Technological Change; Technology Change; Technology Commercialization; Policy Change; Subsidies; Power/energy; Power Grid; Energy Policy; Developing Markets; Alevo; Samsung; Lg Chem; Catl; Northvolt; General Motors; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Policy; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Supply and Industry; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; China
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?" Harvard Business School Case 720-371, November 2019. (Revised November 2019.)
      • June 2018 (Revised January 2020)
      • Case

      Voice War: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri

      By: David B. Yoffie, Liang Wu, Jodie Sweitzer, Denzil Eden and Karan Ahuja
      By early 2018, voice-controlled intelligent assistants had become a major new front in the battle between the giants of the technology sector. "Voice War" focuses on Alphabet’s strategy for Google Assistant, its entrant in the voice assistant space, and asks how the...  View Details
      Keywords: Alphabet; Amazon; Apple; Strategy; Technology; Intelligent Assistants; Smart Speaker; Voice Assistants; Voice; Platform; Technology Adoption; Technology Platform; Competitive Strategy; Product Positioning; Technology Industry
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      Yoffie, David B., Liang Wu, Jodie Sweitzer, Denzil Eden, and Karan Ahuja. "Voice War: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri." Harvard Business School Case 718-519, June 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
      • February 2018 (Revised September 2018)
      • Case

      Huawei: How Can We Lead the Way?

      By: Elie Ofek, Tian Tao, Eden Yin and Nancy Hua Dai
      On September 12, 2017, just as Apple’s Tim Cook was unveiling the iPhone X, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group (CBG), and Glory Cheung, his Chief Marketing Officer, were discussing some key strategic issues regarding Huawei’s smartphone business....  View Details
      Keywords: Product Launch; Product Positioning; Marketing Communications; Price; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy
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      Ofek, Elie, Tian Tao, Eden Yin, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Huawei: How Can We Lead the Way?" Harvard Business School Case 518-071, February 2018. (Revised September 2018.)
      • January 2017
      • Background Note

      Making Virtual Reality Real

      By: Feng Zhu, Sarah Mehta and David Lane
      This note describes virtual reality and augmented reality technologies and describes the main consumer products on offer in 2016 as well as their manufacturers. It also surveys existing applications of virtual and augment reality technologies.  View Details
      Keywords: Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Digital Platforms; Oculus; Google; Htc; Magic Leap; Microsoft; Samsung; Niantic; Market Platforms; Technology Adoption; Software; Technology Industry
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      Zhu, Feng, Sarah Mehta, and David Lane. "Making Virtual Reality Real." Harvard Business School Background Note 617-013, January 2017.
      • September 2016 (Revised January 2020)
      • Case

      Pebble: Wearables Pioneer

      By: David Yoffie and Allison Ciechanover
      In the summer of 2016, wearables “wunderkind” and Pebble founder and CEO, Eric Migicovsky, was pleased with the young startup’s success in the five years since its founding. The Silicon Valley–based company had recently shipped its two millionth smartwatch; held the...  View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Product; Technology; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Technology Industry; United States; California
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      Yoffie, David, and Allison Ciechanover. "Pebble: Wearables Pioneer." Harvard Business School Case 717-414, September 2016. (Revised January 2020.)
      • Summer 2016
      • Article

      Dynamic Capabilities at Samsung: Optimizing Internal Co-opetition

      By: Jaeyong Song, Kyungmook Lee and Tarun Khanna
      This article presents a clinical study, based on a decade of ongoing research at Samsung Group, which describes how the Samsung Group and its mobile phone division competed successfully in smartphones. The ability to manage co-opetition—simultaneous forces of...  View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Business Divisions; Cooperation; Mobile Technology
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      Song, Jaeyong, Kyungmook Lee, and Tarun Khanna. "Dynamic Capabilities at Samsung: Optimizing Internal Co-opetition." California Management Review 58, no. 4 (Summer 2016): 118–140.
      • March 2014 (Revised March 2015)
      • Case

      Samsung Electronics: TV in an Era of Convergence

      By: Karim R. Lakhani, Marco Iansiti and Kerry Herman
      From the late 1990s to 2006/2007, Samsung Electronics moved from one of 170 TV manufacturers to gain dominant TV market share year over year from 2007-2013. As digital technologies increasingly converged in 2013-2014, the industry faced new questions: What was the...  View Details
      Keywords: Digital Innovation; Technology Management; Digital Convergence; Digital Technology; Innovation; Korea; Samsung; Television; Technological Innovation; Technology; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation and Management; Product Development; Product Design; Electronics Industry; Korean Peninsula; Asia
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      Lakhani, Karim R., Marco Iansiti, and Kerry Herman. "Samsung Electronics: TV in an Era of Convergence." Harvard Business School Case 614-034, March 2014. (Revised March 2015.)
      • February 28, 2014
      • Article

      A Better Route to Tech Standards

      By: Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole
      Technological standards are ubiquitous, whether they allow consumers to communicate seamlessly across wireless networks or manufacturers to procure goods across complex global supply chains. These standards—shaped by standard-setting organizations (SSOs) and...  View Details
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      Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. "A Better Route to Tech Standards." Science 343, no. 6174 (February 28, 2014): 972–973.
      • November 2012 (Revised May 2013)
      • Case

      ASUSTeK and the Google Nexus 7 Tablet

      By: Willy C. Shih and Jyun-Cheng Wang
      Days after Jerry Shen introduced a new tablet computer at the Consumer Electronics Show, a Google meeting convinced him to go with a lower price point and co-branding as the Nexus 7. While his company would have a premier position at launch, companies like Samsung...  View Details
      Keywords: Nexus; Google; Asustek; Android; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Notebook Computers; Odm; Apple; Price Point; App Store; Ecosystem; Open Handset Alliance; Reference Design; Ipad; Ems; Electronic Manufacturing Services; Smartphone; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Industry Structures; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Mobile Technology; Technology Platform; Information Technology; Online Technology; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Taiwan; United States
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      Shih, Willy C., and Jyun-Cheng Wang. "ASUSTeK and the Google Nexus 7 Tablet." Harvard Business School Case 613-056, November 2012. (Revised May 2013.)
      • May 2012 (Revised August 2012)
      • Case

      Apple Inc. in 2012

      By: David B. Yoffie and Penelope Rossano
      On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs tragically died of cancer. The recently retired CEO of Apple Inc. was a legend: he had changed Apple from a company near bankruptcy to one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world. Moreover, he had revolutionized several...  View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Market Positioning; Strategic Planning; Technology; Computer Industry; Strategy Implementation; Consumer Electronics; Telecommunications; Hardware; Innovation and Invention; Competitive Strategy; Leadership; Product Positioning; Telecommunications Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry
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      Yoffie, David B., and Penelope Rossano. "Apple Inc. in 2012." Harvard Business School Case 712-490, May 2012. (Revised August 2012.)
      • May 2012 (Revised September 2012)
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      HTC Corp. in 2012

      By: David B. Yoffie, Juan Alcacer and Renee Kim
      After 15 years of remarkable achievements, Taiwan-based HTC Corp. faced difficult times by 2012. CEO Peter Chou, who drove HTC's transformation from an unknown manufacturer of PDAs for other companies to a well-known global player in smartphones, faced an uncertain and...  View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Telecommunications; Brand Management; Economies Of Scale And Scope; Market Positioning; Intellectual Property Management; Technological Innovation; Hardware; Competitive Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Product Positioning; Telecommunications Industry; Taiwan
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      Yoffie, David B., Juan Alcacer, and Renee Kim. "HTC Corp. in 2012." Harvard Business School Case 712-423, May 2012. (Revised September 2012.)
      • July – August 2011
      • Article

      The Paradox of Samsung's Rise

      By: Tarun Khanna, Jaeyong Song and Kyungmook Lee
      Twenty years ago, few people would have predicted that Samsung could transform itself from a low-cost original equipment manufacturer to a world leader in R&D, marketing, and design, with a brand more valuable than Pepsi, Nike, or American Express. Fewer still would...  View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Design; Research and Development; Marketing; Business Processes; Brands and Branding; System; Globalized Markets and Industries; Transformation; Cost; Forecasting and Prediction; Production; Quality; China; India; Turkey
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      Khanna, Tarun, Jaeyong Song, and Kyungmook Lee. "The Paradox of Samsung's Rise." Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2011): 142–147.
      • April 2011
      • Case

      Samsung and Google TV

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Prithvi Raj and Crystal Jean Marrie
      This case describes Samsung's decision on how to pursue the growing market opportunity for internet-connected televisions, which enable consumers to access a range of web-based content including basic information (e.g. stock quotes, weather, news headlines, RSS feeds,...  View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Technology Platform; Internet; Decision Choices and Conditions; Electronics Industry
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Prithvi Raj, and Crystal Jean Marrie. "Samsung and Google TV." Harvard Business School Case 711-505, April 2011.
      • April 2011
      • Teaching Note

      Samsung and Google TV (TN)

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Prithvi Raj and Crystal Jean Marrie
      Teaching Note for 711505.  View Details
      Keywords: Electronics Industry
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Prithvi Raj, and Crystal Jean Marrie. "Samsung and Google TV (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 711-513, April 2011.
      • April 2010 (Revised May 2011)
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      Emerging Nokia?

      By: Juan Alcacer, Tarun Khanna, Mary Furey and Rakeen Mabud
      By late 2009, Nokia was grappling with the decision of whether to recover its leading position in the high-profit developed markets, where they were losing market share to the likes of Apple and Samsung, or defend its market leadership in the low-margin, high-volume...  View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Finland
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      Alcacer, Juan, Tarun Khanna, Mary Furey, and Rakeen Mabud. "Emerging Nokia?" Harvard Business School Case 710-429, April 2010. (Revised May 2011.)
      • September 2009 (Revised April 2020)
      • Case

      VIZIO, Inc.

      By: Krishna G. Palepu and Elizabeth A. Kind
      William Wang, CEO of VIZIO, Inc., was proud of his company's success in providing affordable flat screen TVs. Since its founding in 2002, VIZIO had grown to over $2 billion in revenue and was one of the top three flat panel TV brands, along with Samsung and Sony. Faced...  View Details
      Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Price; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry
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      Palepu, Krishna G., and Elizabeth A. Kind. "VIZIO, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 110-024, September 2009. (Revised April 2020.)
      • June 2009 (Revised November 2010)
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      HTC Corp. in 2009

      By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim
      Taiwan-based HTC Corp. had emerged as the world's fourth largest smartphone manufacturer by 2009. CEO Peter Chou was extremely proud of the remarkable achievements his company had made over the last 12 years since starting off as an unknown manufacturer of PDAs for...  View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Competitive Advantage; Mobile Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Taiwan
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      Yoffie, David B., and Renee Kim. "HTC Corp. in 2009." Harvard Business School Case 709-466, June 2009. (Revised November 2010.)
      • August 2004 (Revised May 2017)
      • Teaching Note

      Samsung Electronics Company: Global Marketing Operations

      By: John A. Quelch
      Teaching Note to (9-504-051).  View Details
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      Quelch, John A. "Samsung Electronics Company: Global Marketing Operations." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 505-022, August 2004. (Revised May 2017.)
      • August 2004
      • Supplement

      Samsung Electronics Corporation: Eric Kim Interview

      By: John A. Quelch
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      Quelch, John A. "Samsung Electronics Corporation: Eric Kim Interview." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 505-704, August 2004.
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