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- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
the age of 5 with my family. Since then, I’ve split my childhood between the US and Taiwan -completing elementary school in Seattle, middle and high school in Taipei, and college in Illinois. Prior to HBS, I spent five years at Microsoft...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk
will still be the print medium.” After Taiwan voters ended more than a half-century of one-party rule in presidential elections last year, Lai knew he had to move to the island. Taiwan, he says, “is the only democracy in Chinese culture.”...
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MBA in the Field
Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,...
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Day in IFC: Chuchu Ajukwu (MBA 2017); United Kingdom - MBA
Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,...
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DAY IN IFC: Safiya Karsan (MBA 2017), United Kingdom - MBA
Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,...
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Day in IFC: Marta Milkowska (HKS), United Kingdom - MBA
Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Three Profs Win McKinsey Award
Made in China REASON U.S. supplier base eroded as the manufacture of consumer electronics and computers migrated to Asia. Electrophoretic display MADE IN TAIWAN REASON Its manufacture requires expertise developed from producing flat-panel...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
There and Back Again: The Challenges and Rewards of Working Abroad
married and both with large families in the Northeast, had concerns about such a dramatic move. Together, they visited Taiwan and found their concerns transformed to excitement. Keohane spent about three years there, returned to the...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Harvard Center Shanghai Names New Executive Director
Taiwan and Hong Kong at Citibank, American Express, and Standard Chartered Bank. Fluent in Mandarin, he was one of the first Americans to teach at Peking University after the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and the United...
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Day in IFC: Meghana Dhar (MBA 2017), Japan - MBA
Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,...
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- Portrait Project
Faya Peng
I want to be a servant. To show compassion. To love. I remember visiting grandparents in Taiwan as a young child. I will never forget the men, lying fully prostrate on the filthy ground in the open market, begging for money. I can still...
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HBS Engagement Across the Region - Global Activities 2020
1 Completed Case 1 MBA Immersive Field Course Nauru 1 Completed Case Revision Singapore 2 Completed Cases 2 Global Colloquium Participants 4 HBS Alumni Events Taiwan 2 Completed Cases 12 Global Colloquium Participants 1 HBS Alumni Event...
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Day in IFC: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017), Africa - MBA
Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,...
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- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
worried about the ascendance of China, while firms in Taiwan and Hong Kong have reaped enormous benefits from Chinese economic expansion, according to Huang. He presented his new research proposal to an audience of faculty and doctoral...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
On the Inside
States from Taiwan as an eight-year-old speaking no English, the New York Times (February 26, 2001) reported. “I was very lucky to grow up in a family that believed in hard work and education,” said Chao, who favors outreach and access...
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Government
- January 2011
- Case
AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Sunru Yong
AIC Systems, located in Taichung, Taiwan, is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, primarily for motherboards and video cards for personal computers. The firm is considered an original design manufacturer (ODM) and takes an active role in innovating and designing...
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Keywords:
Performance Management;
Quantitative Analysis;
Manufacturing;
Production Planning;
Production Management;
Diversification;
Production;
Performance Efficiency;
Product Design;
Performance Improvement;
Mobile Technology;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Taiwan
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Sunru Yong. "AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-245, January 2011.
- January 2010 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
Transforming ASUSTeK: Breaking from the Past
By: Willy C. Shih, Ho Howard Yu and Hung-Chang Chiu
What happens when an original design manufacturer (ODM) firm tries to transform itself into a branded goods seller? The case traces the evolution of ASUSTeK from a motherboard supplier, to an ODM of desktop and notebook PCs, through its split into three companies that...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Brands and Branding;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Competitive Strategy;
Computer Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Taiwan
Shih, Willy C., Ho Howard Yu, and Hung-Chang Chiu. "Transforming ASUSTeK: Breaking from the Past." Harvard Business School Case 610-041, January 2010. (Revised March 2010.)
- November 2009
- Teaching Note
HTC Corp. in 2009 (TN)
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for [709466].
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- June 2009 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
HTC Corp. in 2009
By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim
Taiwan-based HTC Corp. had emerged as the world's fourth largest smartphone manufacturer by 2009. CEO Peter Chou was extremely proud of the remarkable achievements his company had made over the last 12 years since starting off as an unknown manufacturer of PDAs for...
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Product Positioning;
Competitive Advantage;
Mobile Technology;
Telecommunications Industry;
Taiwan
Yoffie, David B., and Renee Kim. "HTC Corp. in 2009." Harvard Business School Case 709-466, June 2009. (Revised November 2010.)
- July 2013 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation
By: Willy Shih and Chen-Fu Chien
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation has a horizontal firm structure in an industry that is predominantly organized vertically. While it has been successful in up markets, in the current down market its strategic rationale was being tested. As a capital-intensive...
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Keywords:
Industry Structures;
Organizational Structure;
Partners and Partnerships;
Competition;
Horizontal Integration;
Vertical Integration;
Semiconductor Industry;
Taiwan
Shih, Willy, and Chen-Fu Chien. "Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 609-063, July 2013. (Revised July 2013.)