When Quanta Computer, Inc, the world's largest manufacturer of portable computers for the first time joined the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, it faced the challenge of trying to balance spending targets laptop aimed at children from developing countries with increasing content demands of the market and the non-profit OLPC Foundation . He also had to match the project in its business model, which served as the global lead PC brands like Apple, because the high volume, low cost provider of ODM. The fact is, a means to discuss new market failures and consequences modularity and evolution of the network in the global PC supply chain. "Hide
by Willy Shih Source: Harvard Business School 20 pages. Publication Date: 04 Feb 2008. Prod. #: 608102-PDF-ENG
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