Publications
Publications
- August 1986 (Revised April 2007)
- HBS Case Collection
Wal-Mart Stores' Discount Operations
Abstract
Facilitates a discussion of the sources of Wal-Mart Stores' competitive advantage in discount retailing, and the future sustainability of that advantage. Also profiles the company's major diversification move in the early 1980s.
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Citation
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "Wal-Mart Stores' Discount Operations." Harvard Business School Case 387-018, August 1986. (Revised April 2007.)