Morison’s (2004) essay‚ “Gunfire at Sea: A Case Study in Innovation”‚ is a commentary on the social implications of technological change that surrounded the introduction of continuous-aim firing in both the British and American navies. Morison discusses (1) conditions that foster technological innovation‚ (2) reactions to the changes produced by innovation‚ and (3) the elements of an adaptive society. The Cogan and Burgelman (2004) case‚ “Intel Corporation: The DRAM Decision”‚ paired with the aforementioned
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Marriott Corporation: Questions for HBS case “Marriott Corporation: The cost of capital” 1) Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? In my opinion‚ the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy are consistent with its growth objective. As we find in the case‚ the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy: Manage rather than own hotel assets‚ Invest in projects that increase shareholder value‚ Optimize the use of debt
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Thoma Bravo – Citect Corporation (HBS 9-209-022) Study Questions 1. Do you think TB or Schneider would create more value as the owner of Citect? 2. TB would assume what risks if they are the winning bidder? 3. Should TB continue to bid on Citect and at what price? Are the expected ROIs and IRRs to TB sufficient at your revised bid amount? (* note: a detailed evaluation model will be constructed during the class session *) Study Questions 1. Is Newell just another conglomerate? How
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MGMT-364 Section 900 Group Assignment: Intel Case Intel Corporation is known for it’s innovative successes and the ability to think outside the box. Some of Intel’s sources of competitive advantages in DRAM were that they were able to make a smaller product‚ they were able to create a complex product that helped deal with the imitation issue and they were able to a more cost effective product. Intel’s sources of competitive advantages for microprocessors on the other hand were
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semiconductor product. Intel’s strategy was to come up with revolutionary product design and to be first to market with innovative devices. This strategy required enormous investments in process technology and manufacturing equipment. Between 1974-1984‚ Intel started losing market share to Japanese competition. This lost in market share can be attributed to several reasons. The first would be the fact that patents were not easily enforceable for DRAMS. Additionally the Japanese competitors have invested
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COMMUNICATIONS 17-1 MARKETING SPOTLIGHT INTEL Intel makes the microprocessors that are found in 80 percent of the world’s personal computers. In the early days‚ Intel microprocessors were known simply by their engineering numbers‚ such as “80386” or “80486.” Intel positioned its chips as the most advanced. The trouble was‚ as Intel soon learned‚ numbers can’t be trademarked. Competitors came out with their own “486” chips‚ and Intel had no way to distinguish itself from the competition
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did Intel use to gain a competitive advantage in microprocessors? In order to get a competitive advantage Intel manages three classes of players: Competitors‚ Buyers and suppliers. The (Reduced Instruction set computing) RISC threat In 1989‚ Intel faced with a potential competitive threat from an alternative microprocessor architecture while launching its fourth generation of 80486 microprocessor. Four key decisions led Intel to have a competitive advantage in this market. First‚ Intel realized
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Intel Corporation: 1968-1997 Strategy Assignment Date of Submission: 28th March 2012 Submitted by Abin Abraham Roll No 104 PGDM-B Question: Apply the tetra threat framework in analyzing Intel’s strategy to sustain competitive advantage in microprocessors Threat of Imitation: * Intel used economies of scale to counter imitation. Project Crush helped it to gain IBM’s contract for the 8088 microprocessor. * By entering into a long term relationship with Microsoft‚ which was
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MAC Development Corporation The McCaffreys are in a sticky situation as they have tied up land for a development project and everything seems to be falling apart. They have deadlines to meet and so many moving pieces that I had to read the Case Study several times to wrap my head around it all. At the start of the Phoenix project‚ there were basically three main puzzle pieces the McCaffreys had to juggle. The first one was the Village of Woodland‚ where the land was located‚ had verbally
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A Case study of Intel Introduction In this case‚ I’ve studied the globally known semiconductor manufacturer‚ which is the Intel. The purpose of the study is to analyze the objectives and strategies used by Intel‚ SWOT analyzing and discuss major issues or problems that the company faced. About: Intel Corporation is the biggest semiconductor manufacturer in the world and has changed the global marketplace radically since it was founded in 1968. The first
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