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Expectations Investing
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Expectations Investing

by Alfred Rappaport, Michael J. Mauboussin, Peter L. Bernstein
February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 56m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Content preview from Expectations Investing
mix of more than 200 components allows for 600,000 possible configu-
rations. Moreover, the Your:)Ware program aims to solve customers’
needs like financing, Internet access, and trade-ins. The company out-
sources actual delivery of the products to United Parcel Service.
The company’s inputs include industry-standard components to
minimize stock-outs and to assure low direct-material costs.
The company has three core competencies: customer contact (before,
during, and after the sale), assembly, and supplier network orchestra-
tion.
An overarching driver of Gateway’s value chain activities is its build-
to-order model. It allows Gateway to create shareholder ...
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