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      • 2010
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      Youxian de huobanguanxi: 1928 nian zhi 1944 nian Zhongguo yu Deguo, Sulian he Meiguo de guanxi [Limited Partners: China's Relations with Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States, 1928-1944]

      By: William C. Kirby
      自1928年国民党统治开始,中国第一次进入了其现代意义上的国际合作关系时期,寻求国际伙伴关系首次成为中国内政与外交政策的主要目标。20世纪30年代和40年代早期的中德、中俄和中美关系各自具有鲜明的特性。中德关系建立在两国领导人互相信任和经验积累的基础之上,某些意识形态上的类似是其得以发展的主要因素,但更重要的是互补的经济利益使国民党可以实现平等的合作。中苏关系和中美关系一开始就是为了增强双方对付共同敌人的力量而形成结盟的,之前都不具有恰当的合作机制,而意识形态是一个复杂的、不利于结盟的因素。在中苏关系中,结盟意味着从直接敌对状态转向谨... View Details
      Keywords: History; China; Germany; Russia; United States
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      Kirby, William C. "Youxian de huobanguanxi: 1928 nian zhi 1944 nian Zhongguo yu Deguo, Sulian he Meiguo de guanxi [Limited Partners: China's Relations with Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States, 1928-1944]." Shehui kexue yanjiu [Social Science Research], no. 3 (2010): 138–152.
      • July 2010
      • Teaching Note

      China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A) and (B)

      By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan
      Teaching Note for 308027 and 308091. View Details
      Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; China
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      Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan. "China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 311-018, July 2010.
      • February 2010 (Revised November 2011)
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      International Agribusiness in China: Charoen Pokphand Group

      By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Tracy Manty and Yi Kwan Chu
      The world's leading Thai agribusiness corporation and largest agribusiness investor in China, CP Group, is facing another crossroads in China as the country starts to undergo rural reform. The issues at hand for Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont is how CP can balance its... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; SWOT Analysis; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Rural Scope; Agribusiness; Change; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., Michael Shih-ta Chen, Tracy Manty, and Yi Kwan Chu. "International Agribusiness in China: Charoen Pokphand Group." Harvard Business School Case 910-418, February 2010. (Revised November 2011.)
      • February 2010
      • Teaching Note

      Sealed Air China (TN)

      By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan
      Teaching Note for [308051]. View Details
      Keywords: Globalization; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Experience and Expertise; Market Entry and Exit; Production; Performance Efficiency; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Service Industry; China; Shanghai
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      Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan. "Sealed Air China (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 310-088, February 2010.
      • February 2010
      • Teaching Note

      Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (TN)

      By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Keith Chi-ho Wong
      Teaching Note for [308058]. View Details
      Keywords: Business History; Global Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Vertical Integration; Goals and Objectives; Mergers and Acquisitions; Auto Industry; China; United States
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      Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 310-089, February 2010.
      • January 2010 (Revised December 2011)
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      Jiamei Dental: Private Health Care in China

      By: William C. Kirby and G.A. Donovan
      With the recent announcement from the Chinese government that the country's healthcare system was going to undergo reform, Jiamei Dental Chairman Liu Jia wondered what that meant for his 15 year-old dental clinic business. Founded in 1993, Jiamei Dental Medical... View Details
      Keywords: Private Sector; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Private Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Expansion; Health Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., and G.A. Donovan. "Jiamei Dental: Private Health Care in China." Harvard Business School Case 910-404, January 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
      • 2009
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      China's Republican Century: Leaders and Followers on the Mainland and on Taiwan, 1911-2007

      By: William C. Kirby
      Keywords: History; Leadership; Government and Politics; China
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      Kirby, William C. "China's Republican Century: Leaders and Followers on the Mainland and on Taiwan, 1911-2007." In Lun Minguo shiqi lingdao qingying [Leadership Elites in Republican China], edited by Lu Fang-shang, 22–32. Hong Kong: Commercial Press, 2009. (ISBN: 978-962-07-6426-4.)
      • March 2009 (Revised January 2025)
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      A Strait of Uncertainty: Taiwan's Development in the Shadow of China

      By: William C. Kirby, J. Megan Greene, Tracy Yuen Manty, Daniel Fu, Yuanzhuo Wang, Noah B. Truwit and Aqib Zakaria
      Relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC), on the Chinese Mainland, and the Republic of China (ROC), on Taiwan, had improved significantly since 2008. Taiwan investment in China had played a major role in China’s economic boom in recent decades. ... View Details
      Keywords: History; Development Economics; Investment; Economic Growth; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Financial Crisis; China; Taiwan
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      Kirby, William C., J. Megan Greene, Tracy Yuen Manty, Daniel Fu, Yuanzhuo Wang, Noah B. Truwit, and Aqib Zakaria. "A Strait of Uncertainty: Taiwan's Development in the Shadow of China." Harvard Business School Background Note 909-408, March 2009. (Revised January 2025.)
      • January 2009 (Revised March 2009)
      • Case

      A Chinese Start-up's Midlife Crisis: 99Sushe.com

      By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Manty
      Now into their third year at the helm of an Internet start-up in China, Ken Pao and Bill Li were managing a totally different company (with a new name) from the one they first founded in 2006. Having changed their business model from a social networking site to an... View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Manty. "A Chinese Start-up's Midlife Crisis: 99Sushe.com." Harvard Business School Case 309-060, January 2009. (Revised March 2009.)
      • January 2009 (Revised February 2013)
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      Appellation Shanxi: Grace Vineyard

      By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
      Grace Vineyard was a rare family-owned, private winery in China that was set on establishing itself as a world-renowned, quality vintner. Judy Leissner, the second-generation company leader, was at a crossroads in how she wanted to grow the business that her father... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Growth and Development Strategy; Family Ownership; State Ownership; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Appellation Shanxi: Grace Vineyard." Harvard Business School Case 309-075, January 2009. (Revised February 2013.)
      • January 2009
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      Xi'an International University: The Growth of Private Universities in China

      By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Keith Chi-ho Wong and Tracy Manty
      Huang Teng founded Xi'an International University (XAIU) as a private institute of higher education in 1992. Throughout its ensuing years, the school filled a niche and met the demand of students who did not test into one of China's public institutions. In 2008, it was... View Details
      Keywords: Higher Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Private Ownership; Expansion; Education Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., Michael Shih-ta Chen, Keith Chi-ho Wong, and Tracy Manty. "Xi'an International University: The Growth of Private Universities in China." Harvard Business School Case 309-074, January 2009.
      • January 2009 (Revised May 2011)
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      China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy

      By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, G.A. Donovan and Tracy Manty
      China Mobile was the world's leading mobile communications service provider with over 400 million customers. In some cities, its penetration rate was over 100%. With such huge successes, Chairman Wang Jianzhou was exploring ways to expand its customer base. Nearly... View Details
      Keywords: Communication Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Investment; Rural Scope; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Telecommunications Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, G.A. Donovan, and Tracy Manty. "China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 309-034, January 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
      • 2009
      • Article

      Guanyu Zhongguo, Ouzhou, yu Meiguo de daxue [On the State of Chinese, European, and American Universities]

      By: William C. Kirby
      Keywords: Problems and Challenges
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      Kirby, William C. "Guanyu Zhongguo, Ouzhou, yu Meiguo de daxue [On the State of Chinese, European, and American Universities]." Zhongguo xue shu [China Scholarship] 7, no. 1 (2009): 186–195. (ISBN: 978-7-100-05382-2.)
      • December 2008 (Revised June 2010)
      • Background Note

      Political and Economic History of the People's Republic of China: An Annotated Timeline

      By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, Elisabeth Koll and F. Warren McFarlan
      Brief political, economic, and social timeline of China from 1949 to present to give context on and provide overview of modern Chinese history. View Details
      Keywords: Economics; Government and Politics; History; Society; China
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      Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, Elisabeth Koll, and F. Warren McFarlan. "Political and Economic History of the People's Republic of China: An Annotated Timeline." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-073, December 2008. (Revised June 2010.)
      • November 2008
      • Case

      HNA Group: Moving China's Air Transport Industry in a New Direction

      By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Manty
      HNA Group, the parent company of Hainan Airlines, was positioning itself to go global and make a mark for itself as the largest private airline in China. Positioned squarely behind the "Big Three" state-owned carriers, Hainan Airlines sought to create a world-class... View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Private Ownership; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Manty. "HNA Group: Moving China's Air Transport Industry in a New Direction." Harvard Business School Case 309-029, November 2008.
      • summer 2008
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      On Chinese, European and American Universities

      By: William C. Kirby
      Keywords: Higher Education; China; Europe; United States
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      Kirby, William C. "On Chinese, European and American Universities." Daedalus 137, no. 3 (summer 2008).
      • February 2008 (Revised July 2008)
      • Case

      Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy

      By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Keith Chi-ho Wong and Tracy Manty
      With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry and to develop into a broad business... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Global Strategy; Business History; Growth and Development Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Hangzhou; United States
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      Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Keith Chi-ho Wong, and Tracy Manty. "Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 308-058, February 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
      • February 2008 (Revised December 2011)
      • Case

      Sealed Air China

      By: Regina Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty
      With a 10-year history of doing business in China, Sealed Air was now betting on the country to help propel its growth as a global company. The company identified China as one of the initial investments in the company's Global Manufacturing Strategy that aimed to... View Details
      Keywords: Investment Return; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Shanghai
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      Abrami, Regina, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Sealed Air China." Harvard Business School Case 308-051, February 2008. (Revised December 2011.)
      • January 2008 (Revised December 2011)
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      Inner Mongolia Yili Group: China's Pioneering Dairy Brand

      By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty
      Setting up the goal to become one of the top 20 enterprises in the world dairy industry by 2010, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group had ambitious plans. As one of China's biggest national dairy companies, its main challenge was competing as a local company against... View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Competition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China
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      Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Inner Mongolia Yili Group: China's Pioneering Dairy Brand." Harvard Business School Case 308-052, January 2008. (Revised December 2011.)
      • January 2008 (Revised October 2015)
      • Case

      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: A Global Company's China Strategy

      By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Wong
      After fifty-five years in the semiconductor industry, Morris Chang, founder and Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), was seeing a change. After four decades of regular double-digit growth the industry was still growing-but now at a much slower... View Details
      Keywords: Investment; Globalized Firms and Management; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Expansion; Semiconductor Industry; Shanghai; Taiwan
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      Kirby, William C., Michael Shih-Ta Chen, and Keith Wong. "Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: A Global Company's China Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 308-057, January 2008. (Revised October 2015.)
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