Juan Alcacer
There are 5 articles for this faculty member.
About Faculty in this Article:
Juan Alcacer is an associate professor in the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School.
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
| Published: | January 9, 2012 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
| Forum: | open for comment; 12 Comments posted |
Business success in one geographic location doesn't necessarily follow a company to a new setting. Professor Juan Alcácer discusses the importance of taking a long-term strategic view.
Published in 2010
Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies
| Authors: | Juan Alcácer and Wilbur Chung |
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| Published: | April 7, 2010 |
| Paper Release Date: | February 2010 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
Locations thick with similar economic activity expose firms to pools of skilled labor, specialized suppliers, and potential inter-firm knowledge spillovers that can provide firms with opportunities for competitive advantage. While certainly attractive, the lure of these agglomeration economies varies. Some firms should be wary of aiding their competitors by co-locating with them, for example, because each "agglomeration economy" differs in how readily competitors can leverage contributions made by others. HBS professor Juan Alcácer and Wilbur Chung of the University of Maryland develop a framework to better understand how firms respond to agglomeration economies.
Local R&D Strategies and Multi-location Firms: The Role of Internal Linkages
| Authors: | Juan Alcacer and Minyuan Zhao |
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| Published: | March 25, 2010 |
| Paper Release Date: | February 2010 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
While geographic co-location has obvious benefits for firm innovation, it can also have serious drawbacks. HBS professor Juan Alcácer and Ross School of Business professor Minyuan Zhao explore how firms tap into the rich resources of technology clusters while protecting the value of their innovations. To understand R&D dynamics in a cluster, the scholars argue, we must recognize that a firm located in a particular cluster may also be part of an extended network, with its operations strategically integrated across multiple locations and multiple business lines.
Published in 2008
Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment
| Authors: | Juan Alcacer and Paul Ingram |
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| Published: | November 26, 2008 |
| Paper Release Date: | September 2008 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
Economic globalization presents severe governance challenges. The insufficiency of states as a source of surety for transactions that transcend national borders creates an opportunity for an increased role for organizations in the global institutional framework. The authors of this paper applied a network methodology to show how one type of organization, the intergovernmental organization (IGO), facilitates the cross-border investments of another type, the multinational corporation (MNC). They further document the interdependence between domestic institutions, and international institutions represented by IGOs. The results help to understand and explain which countries attract FDI, and from which senders. Results also point to an emerging rivalry between states and organizations as sources of governance in the global economy.
Applicant and Examiner Citations in U.S. Patents: An Overview and Analysis
| Author: | Juan Alcacer |
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| Published: | November 21, 2008 |
| Paper Release Date: | August 2008 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
The ready availability of patent citation data has been a tremendous boon to applied research on knowledge and innovation. The role of examiners in the generation of patent citations has been thought to potentially complicate these analyses, but has been difficult to study. Taking advantage of a change in the way patent citation data has been reported starting in 2001, this paper summarizes basic facts on examiner citations, and provides a descriptive analysis of factors associated with citations in a patent.
