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GameStop Case Study – Dynamic Capabilities
A global, specialty retailer of video game products, consumer electronics and wireless services, GameStop traces its roots to Babbage’s, a small software retailer that started in Dallas, Texas. The metamorphosis from Babbage’s into GameStop began with a series of mergers. … Continue reading
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Tagged dynamic capabilities, GameStop, online video games, strategy
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Strategy in Wireless Technology and Standards
In this post I’ll elaborate on Qualcomm’s strategy to unbundle technology licensing from selling chipsets in contrast to how Intel does it. Intel’s business model is to sell chipsets bundled with technology licenses. In Qualcomm’s case, a mobile device vendor can use … Continue reading
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Tagged CDMA, Intel, Qualcomm, strategy, WiMAX, Wireless
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Walt Disney- contemporary strategy analysis
Walter Elias Disney entered the entertainment industry when he and his brother, Roy started a studio in Hollywood. He had, by then, already experimented with animating characters using newer “cel” based technique which was better than the contemporary “cutout” based … Continue reading
Google’s Android Revenue per Device per Year
In a Strategy for IT class, I had very interesting discussions with Prof. Reza Moazzami and peers about how Android’s fragmentation as a revenue source has hurt Google. I’ll write a more detailed post on how Google’s mobile strategy went south … Continue reading
Sunk costs and Impulse
It seemed intuitive to me that if I had a lot invested in creating a product or service, I would want to keep prices high for as long as possible. However, if I entered a market with gaining market share … Continue reading
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