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Global Expansion: Pinduoduo's Cross-Border E-Commerce Initiative
Wei Li; Jing Chen; Hubert PunCase IVEY-W35264-EStrategyIn August 2022, Pinduoduo Inc., one of the fastest growing and largest e-commerce companies in China, faced several challenges. Alongside intensified competition from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and JD.com Inc., as well as weakened consumer spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pinduoduo had reached a potential growth ceiling within the domestic market. To explore new growth avenues, Lei Chen, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, w...Starting at €8.20
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JD: E-invoice with Blockchain
Nina Yan; Jing Chen; Hubert Pun; Yongqin LeiCase IVEY-9B20M047-EStrategyJingdong (JD), the leading innovation-driven e-commerce company and retail infrastructure service provider in China, had rapidly expanded its enterprise procurement market. In the process, however, it faced major issues related to poor customer experience, the high cost of risk control for the value-added tax (VAT), and inefficient invoice management. In early 2018, JD (the supplier of invoices) collaborated with the China Pacific Insurance (Grou...Starting at €8.20
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Formación de un Aglomerado ("Cluster"): Electrónica e Informática en Costa Rica
Porter, Michael E.; Ketelhohn, Niels W.Case HBS-705S08StrategyDescribe las acciones de Costa Rica Presidente Figueres y su gabinete en la atracción de un procesador Intel montaje y pruebas de planta a su país. El esfuerzo fue parte de una estrategia de gobierno que buscó desarrollar aún más el grupo de Costa Rica de la electrónica y la informática.Starting at €8.20
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Kuaishou: Developing a Livestreaming E-Commerce Business
Wei Li; Junfeng Tian; Jianping Liang; Jing Chen; Hubert PunCase IVEY-W26400-EMarketing, StrategyAs a leading short-video social and livestreaming app in China, Kuaishou Technology’s Kuaishou application (app) was facing various challenges, including fierce competition from ByteDance Ltd.’s Douyin. In June 2018, to sustain its long-term growth, KuaisStarting at €8.20
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JD: E-invoice with Blockchain - Teaching Note
Nina Yan; Jing Chen; Hubert Pun; Yongqin LeiTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M047-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M047.Starting at €0.00
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Global Expansion: Pinduoduo's Cross-Border E-Commerce Initiative - Teaching Note
Hubert Pun; Wei Li; Jing ChenTeaching Note IVEY-W35265-EStrategyTeaching note for product W35264.Starting at €0.00
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What Is Strategy? (Spanish version)
Porter, Michael E.Article HBS-96608StrategyToday's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity, quality, and speed, managers have embraced tools such as TQM, benchmarking, and reengineering. Dramatic operational improvements have resulted, but rarely have these gains translated into sustainable profitability. And gradually, the tools have taken the place of strategy. As managers push to impr...Starting at €8.20
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What Is Leadership: The CEO's Role in Large, Complex Organizations
Porter, Michael E.; Nohria, NitinBook Chapter HBS-6151BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThe job of CEO is one of the most important leadership positions in society, and a better understanding of the job is vital to a better functioning economy. In this chapter, Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria present the results of their in-depth study of the CEO's role in the most challenging setting: the large, complex organization. They identify several core functions that the CEO must fulfill in any enterprise: direction, organization, select...Starting at €8.20
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El aglomerado vitivinícola de California
Porter, Michael E.; Bond, Gregory C.Case HBS-705S13StrategyDescribe el cluster del vino de California, o el grupo de bodegas interconectadas, viticultores, proveedores, prestadores de servicios e instituciones relacionadas con el vino ubicadas en California. También describe el cluster del vino en Francia, Italia, Australia y Chile, los otros cuatro principales competidores internacionales.Starting at €8.20
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The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
Porter, Michael E.Article HBS-R0801E-EStrategyIn 1979, a young associate professor at Harvard Business School published his first article for HBR, "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy." In the years that followed, Michael Porter's explication of the five forces that determine the long-run profitability of any industry has shaped a generation of academic research and business practice. In this article, Porter undertakes a thorough reaffirmation and extension of his classic work of strateg...Starting at €8.20