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- February 1988 (Revised August 2000)
- Background Note
Note on the U.S. Freight Transportation Industry
By: Janice H. Hammond and John E. P. Morrison
Describes the major modes of domestic freight transportation (motor carrier, rail, air, water, and pipelines). Examines the characteristics of the transportation service that each mode provides and discusses changes in the industry that have resulted from recent...
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Keywords:
Change;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Industry Structures;
Logistics;
Service Operations;
Transportation;
United States
Hammond, Janice H., and John E. P. Morrison. "Note on the U.S. Freight Transportation Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 688-080, February 1988. (Revised August 2000.)
- fall 1999
- Article
The Evolving Market for Catastrophe Event Risk
By: K. A. Froot
Keywords:
Catastrophe Risk;
Corporate Finance;
Cost Of Capital;
Banking And Insurance;
Asset Pricing;
Hedging;
Banking;
Decision Choice And Uncertainty;
Financial Markets;
Insurance;
Policy;
Risk Management;
Natural Disasters;
Insurance Industry
Froot, K. A. "The Evolving Market for Catastrophe Event Risk." Risk Management and Insurance Review 2, no. 3 (fall 1999): 1–28. (Reprinted in Risk Management: The State of the Art, edited by S. Figlewski and R. Levich, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.)
- March 2006 (Revised October 2006)
- Teaching Note
L'Oreal and the Globalization of American Beauty (TN)
Teaching Note to 805086.
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Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
- March 1995
- Teaching Note
Becton Dickinson and Company: Multidivisional Marketing Programs TN
Teaching Note for (9-594-060).
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Health Industry
- Fast Answer
Investment management: industry resources
& Poor’s NetAdvantage- Capital Markets Industry Survey IBISWorld- Portfolio Management, Securities Brokering Company Overviews Create lists of competitors, potential employers, View Details
- March 1999 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Coop, The: Market Research
By: Ruth Bolton and Youngme E. Moon
Daryl Buckmeister, CEO of The Chicken Coop, must decide whether to invest in market research, how much money to spend, and which programs to fund. His two vice presidents (of quality and marketing) have presented very different proposals.
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Cost;
Research;
Markets;
Quality;
Decisions;
Management Teams;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Bolton, Ruth, and Youngme E. Moon. "Coop, The: Market Research." Harvard Business School Case 599-113, March 1999. (Revised August 1999.)
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
that globalization has led corporations to outsource too much of their work and, more important, their intellectual capital. This has created a worldwide level of interdependency that increasingly threatens to disrupt supply lines View Details
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by James Heskett
- January 2002
- Background Note
The Major Global Stock Exchanges
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Lynn Villadolid Roy
Describes the major global stock exchanges.
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Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Lynn Villadolid Roy. "The Major Global Stock Exchanges." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-169, January 2002.
- 1988
- Book
Innovation and Competition: The Global Management of Petrochemical Products
By: Robert B. Stobaugh
Stobaugh, Robert B. Innovation and Competition: The Global Management of Petrochemical Products. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1988.
- October 2011
- Case
CNBM: Rolling Up China's Cement Industry
By: Joseph L. Bower and G.A. Donovan
The Chinese government has charged Song Zhiping with the job of rationalizing China's cement industry. He has acquired 200 plus companies, but the industry is still fractured. Can he succeed?
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Keywords:
Industry Growth;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Construction Industry;
Construction Industry;
China
Bower, Joseph L., and G.A. Donovan. "CNBM: Rolling Up China's Cement Industry." Harvard Business School Case 312-067, October 2011.
- January 2011 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
The Globalization of the NFL
By: Juan Alcacer, Mary Furey and Noah Roberson
By 2010, the National Football League (NFL) was still having trouble attracting both a global roster and fan base despite systemized attempts at internationalizing since 1989. Why? Was it simply a bad idea to try to export football, a sport that many considered...
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Alcacer, Juan, Mary Furey, and Noah Roberson. "The Globalization of the NFL." Harvard Business School Case 711-455, January 2011. (Revised September 2024.)
- June 2015
- Case
Ethiopia: An Emerging Market Opportunity?
By: John A. Quelch and Sunru Yong
This case centers on the potential and challenges of entering an emerging market. It provides a brief overview of the Ethiopian market, market reforms and policies, and the business environment faced by foreign companies. Three multinational businesses, CareCo, ShoeCo,...
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Quelch, John A., and Sunru Yong. "Ethiopia: An Emerging Market Opportunity?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 915-501, June 2015.
- 2018
- Working Paper
Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors
By: Luis M. Viceira and Zixuan (Kevin) Wang
This paper conducts a theoretical and empirical investigation of global portfolio diversification for long-horizon investors in the presence of permanent cash flow shocks and transitory discount rate shocks to asset prices and returns. An increase in the cross-country...
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Keywords:
Investment Portfolio;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Diversification;
Capital Markets;
Global Range
Viceira, Luis M., and Zixuan (Kevin) Wang. "Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-085, March 2017. (Revised July 2018.)
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
single, typically developed economies. The question is whether the concept of cooperation and individual sacrifice for the common good will work in a global labor market...
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by James Heskett
- July 2005
- Teaching Note
UCB: Managing Information for Globalization and Innovation (A)(TN)
Teaching Note to (9-303-091).
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- March 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Poweo: David and Goliath in the French Electricity Market
By: Noel Maurer and Elisa Farri
Charles Beigbeder, the president and founder of Poweo, an alternative electricity and gas operator in France, needs to decide on the company's strategy in light of electricity deregulation and the dominant position of Électricité de France (EDF) in the French market....
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Competitive Strategy;
Competition;
Privatization;
Monopoly;
Market Entry and Exit;
Energy Industry;
France
Maurer, Noel, and Elisa Farri. "Poweo: David and Goliath in the French Electricity Market." Harvard Business School Case 711-037, March 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
- March 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project
Traces changes in P&G's international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product innovation rather than geographic expansion and shifts power from local subsidiary to global business management....
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Trade;
Globalization;
Global Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Hong Kong;
Japan;
Taiwan;
Europe
Bartlett, Christopher A. "P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project." Harvard Business School Case 303-003, March 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 11 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Globalizing the Beauty Business Before 1980
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by Geoffrey G. Jones