Publications
Publications
- February 2000 (Revised July 2004)
- HBS Case Collection
Ericsson in China: Mobile Leadership
Abstract
Focuses on Ericsson in the Chinese mobile phone market--the company's largest single market, and one that is still growing at rates in excess of 50%. Permits comparison of two distinct ways of entering the Chinese market: by forming joint ventures with local competitors or with a WFOE (wholly foreign-owned enterprise) structure. But the bulk of the case is devoted to changes in the Chinese market and in mobile phone technology, and the threats that they pose to the sustainability of existing competitive advantages as well as the new opportunities that they open up.
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Citation
Ghemawat, Pankaj, Gregg Friedman, and Long Nanyao. "Ericsson in China: Mobile Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 700-012, February 2000. (Revised July 2004.)