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  • 1.  cases on institutional foundations of competitive advantage

    Posted 03-07-2010 08:02
     

    Dear colleagues

    I plan to teach 2 sessions on the topic of institutional foundations of competitive advantage, in a senior undergrad class. Students in our school are very good at discussing theoretical material but I would like to introduce a case analysis too. I would greatly appreciate your suggestion of cases on this topic, including good illustrations of Porter's competitive advantage of nations or regional specialization.

    Thank you in advance.

    --
    Denisa Mindruta
    Assistant Professor of Strategy
    HEC Paris- School of Management
    1 rue de la Liberation
    78351 Jouy-en-Josas, France
    Phone: +33 1 39 67 94 45 ; Fax:  +33 1 39 67 70 84
    http://ssrn.com/author=1220008


  • 2.  cases on institutional foundations of competitive advantage

    Posted 03-07-2010 12:26

    Hi Denisa,

     

    I'm looking at Zara: Fast Fashion from HBS now, and it deals with those issues you mention as well as entry modes and a few other issues. I have not taught it yet and it looks like it may be fairly difficult for undergrads, but I think it helps for the undergrads when they know the company (and I'm guessing it is pretty visible in Paris).

     

    Regards,

    Jongwook

     

     

    _________________________

    Jongwook Kim, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    Department of Management

    College of Business & Economics

    Western Washington University

    Phone: (360) 650-2398

    E-mail: jongwook.kim@wwu.edu

     

    From: Business Policy and Strategy List [mailto:BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Denisa Mindruta
    Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 5:02 AM
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    Subject: cases on institutional foundations of competitive advantage

     

     

    Dear colleagues

    I plan to teach 2 sessions on the topic of institutional foundations of competitive advantage, in a senior undergrad class. Students in our school are very good at discussing theoretical material but I would like to introduce a case analysis too. I would greatly appreciate your suggestion of cases on this topic, including good illustrations of Porter's competitive advantage of nations or regional specialization.

    Thank you in advance.

    --
    Denisa Mindruta
    Assistant Professor of Strategy
    HEC Paris- School of Management
    1 rue de la Liberation
    78351 Jouy-en-Josas, France
    Phone: +33 1 39 67 94 45 ; Fax:  +33 1 39 67 70 84
    http://ssrn.com/author=1220008



  • 3.  cases on institutional foundations of competitive advantage

    Posted 03-07-2010 15:15
    Richard D'Aveni at Dartmouth has a new book, "Beating the Commodity Trap," at HBS Press
    that provides interesting perspectives in the first chapter or two on the "zarafication" of the
    fashion industry. Combining these chapters with Jongwook's case suggestion of "Zara: Fast
    Fashion" might help undergraduates better grasp key case concepts.

    Scott Droege


    On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:26:19 -0800
    Jongwook Kim <JongWook.Kim@WWU.EDU> wrote:
    > Hi Denisa,
    >
    > I'm looking at Zara: Fast Fashion from HBS now, and it deals with those issues you
    mention as well as entry modes and a few other issues. I have not taught it yet and it looks
    like it may be fairly difficult for undergrads, but I think it helps for the undergrads when
    they know the company (and I'm guessing it is pretty visible in Paris).
    >
    > Regards,
    > Jongwook
    >
    >
    > _________________________
    > Jongwook Kim, Ph.D.
    > Associate Professor
    > Department of Management
    > College of Business & Economics
    > Western Washington University
    > Phone: (360) 650-2398
    > E-mail: jongwook.kim@wwu.edu<mailto:jongwook.kim@wwu.edu>
    >
    > From: Business Policy and Strategy List [mailto:BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf
    Of Denisa Mindruta
    > Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 5:02 AM
    > To: BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    > Subject: cases on institutional foundations of competitive advantage
    >
    >
    > Dear colleagues
    > I plan to teach 2 sessions on the topic of institutional foundations of competitive
    advantage, in a senior undergrad class. Students in our school are very good at discussing
    theoretical material but I would like to introduce a case analysis too. I would greatly
    appreciate your suggestion of cases on this topic, including good illustrations of Porter's
    competitive advantage of nations or regional specialization.
    > Thank you in advance.
    >
    > --
    > Denisa Mindruta
    > Assistant Professor of Strategy
    > HEC Paris- School of Management
    > 1 rue de la Liberation
    > 78351 Jouy-en-Josas, France
    > Phone: +33 1 39 67 94 45 ; Fax: +33 1 39 67 70 84
    > http://ssrn.com/author=1220008

    ________________________________
    Scott Droege, Ph.D.
    Western Kentucky University
    Gordon Ford College of Business
    Department of Management
    www.scott-droege.com