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Case
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Reference no. 9-387-018
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Pankaj Ghemawat (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1986
Version: 12 April 2007
Length: 12 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Diversification; Cost analysis; Expansion; Competition
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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.
Location:
United States
Industries:
Retail trade; Discount department stores
Size:
USD10 billion revenues
Other setting(s):
1976-1985
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-387-127
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Pankaj Ghemawat (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1987
Length: 11 pages
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Case
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Reference no. 9-309-S20
Spanish language
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Pankaj Ghemawat (IESE Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1986
Version: 12 April 2007
Revision date: 11-Apr-2019
Length: 14 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Diversification; Cost analysis; Expansion; Competition
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Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-793-070
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: David B Yoffie (Harvard Business School); Jonathan J Ginns (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1992
Version: 14 July 1993
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Cost analysis; Department stores; Diversification; Expansion; Retailing
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Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-793-071
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: David B Yoffie (Harvard Business School); Jonathan J Ginns (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1992
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Cost analysis; Department stores; Discount department stores; Diversification; Expansion; Retailing
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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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Location:
United States
Industries:
Retail trade; Discount department stores
Size:
USD10 billion revenues
Other setting(s):
1976-1985

Related

Teaching note
-
Reference no. 5-387-127
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Pankaj Ghemawat (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1987
Length: 11 pages
View full details
Case
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Reference no. 9-309-S20
Spanish language
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Pankaj Ghemawat (IESE Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1986
Version: 12 April 2007
Revision date: 11-Apr-2019
Length: 14 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Diversification; Cost analysis; Expansion; Competition
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-793-070
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: David B Yoffie (Harvard Business School); Jonathan J Ginns (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1992
Version: 14 July 1993
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Cost analysis; Department stores; Diversification; Expansion; Retailing
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-793-071
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: David B Yoffie (Harvard Business School); Jonathan J Ginns (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1992
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Competition; Cost analysis; Department stores; Discount department stores; Diversification; Expansion; Retailing
View full details