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  • May 2012 (Revised October 2012)
  • Case

Yum! Brands

By: Jordan Siegel and Christopher Poliquin
Yum!, the owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, asks what might be the lessons from its success in China for currently contemplated expansion into India and Africa. Also, the company contemplates whether Taco Bell can succeed abroad as part of a new expansion push.... View Details
Keywords: International Business; International Marketing; Global Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Europe; Australia; Africa; Asia
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Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, Joshua Hurwitz, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
We compare the liquidity that six developed countries have built into their employer-based defined contribution (DC) retirement schemes. In Germany, Singapore, and the UK, withdrawals are essentially banned no matter what kind of transitory income shock the household... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Financial Liquidity; Retirement; Canada; Germany; Australia; United Kingdom; United States; Singapore
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  • June 1997 (Revised September 2000)
  • Teaching Note

Lynton V. Harris & Madison "Scare" Garden (A), (B) TN

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Georgia Levenson
Teaching Note for (9-897-143) and (9-897-144). View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Contracts; Profit Sharing; Risk and Uncertainty; Negotiation Participants; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Australia; New York (city, NY)
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  • August 2013 (Revised October 2013)
  • Case

MedImmune Ventures

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Lane
Ron Laufer is the new Senior Managing Director of MedImmune Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of AstraZeneca, a leading pharmaceuticals firm. Laufer has to decide whether to pursue a high-potential, but very risky, early-stage investment. The decision Laufer... View Details
Keywords: MedImmune; MedImmune Ventures; AstraZeneca; NeuProtect; Corporate Venturing; Biotechnology; Venture Investing; Venture Capital; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Financial Services Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States; Australia; Europe; London
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  • 05 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Experimentation In August 2017, Commonwealth Bank of Australia was looking for ways to differentiate itself from competing banks and was also trying to improve the financial well-being of its customers. One domain where this was... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

218-001 Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelez International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 10, 2015

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/616004-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-014 Unidentified Industries: Australia 2014 This case helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in the firm's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

that the poorest of the poor are included? A: Antares posits a model in which, in its purest form, the poor pay for what they get. Before you reject it out of hand, consider that other than in North America, Western Europe, and countries such as View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 23 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

pushed them to the forefront in this area. After that, individual countries such as Australia and Canada announced they would be converging with IAS soon. By this point, many countries have indicated they intend to be on IAS within the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services
  • 20 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 20

executive officer, on a visit to Pola's head office in Tokyo, heard news of critical comments about the company and animal testing in a Facebook post from a group in South Australia where the brand had been founded as a small biodynamic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

the same time noting their critical importance as engines of change to help the poor in the developing world. Fortunately, Craig Wilson of Australia was willing to join me. He has worked many years in developing countries, most recently... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

services, income, and transfers); Italy, the UK, Spain and Australia also run significant deficits. These countries now import far more than they export, and have savings that are far less than their needed investment. Surpluses, on the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

tremendous pressures in terms of managing time and limited resources, but the particular circumstances of each business made for some specific challenges. Remi Escurel, CFO for Animal Health in Australia and New Zealand and regional CFO... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2005 (Revised April 2014)
  • Teaching Note

Innocents Abroad: Currencies and International Stock Returns

By: Mihir A. Desai, Kathleen Luchs, Elizabeth A. Meyer and Mark Veblen
What do international stocks contribute to the portfolio of a U.S. investor? How do currencies interact with stock price movements in determining the benefits of international diversification? This case helps students compare the risks and returns of foreign stock... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; International CAPM; CAPM; Home Bias; Currency Risk; Exchange Rate Risk; International Stock Market Returns; Financial Services Industry; United States; Currency Exchange Rate; Stocks; Financial Markets; International Finance; Investment Return; Currency; Risk and Uncertainty; Emerging Markets; Investment Portfolio; United States; Australia; Canada; China; Germany; India; Japan; United Kingdom
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  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

Business School Case 213-019 Slater & Gordon (S&G), a midsized Australian law firm with a high-growth consolidation strategy, had an initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for May 2007. Due to a series of regulatory changes in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

New Zealand grown kiwifruit outside of Australia and New Zealand. Facing growing international competition, Zespri invested in consumer branding and innovation, which has led to new types of kiwifruit that taste better and are protected... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2016
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence across Countries

Keywords: by Josh Lerner, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinksi & Karen Wilson; Financial Services
  • June 2021
  • Teaching Note

Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'

By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Michael Norris
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 421-044. In 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the... View Details
Keywords: Mental Health; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Success; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Family and Family Relationships; Sports; Competition; Sports Industry; United States; Baltimore; Arizona; Sydney; Athens; Beijing; London
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  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

Human Resource Management (HRM). Written by an international team of academics from universities in the UK, the US, Australia and New Zealand, it examines the problems and opportunities facing employers and employees. The book subdivides... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • May 2025 (Revised May 2025)
  • Case

Netflix Beyond Streaming: Strategies for the Next Era of Entertainment

By: Juan Alcacer and Lorenzo Lucidi
Netflix loses subscribers for the first time in over a decade—can the streaming pioneer reinvent itself before competitors, costs, and churn catch up? In 2022, facing fierce competition and shifting consumer behaviors, Netflix confronts its most critical strategic... View Details
Keywords: United States; Australia; Brazil; Canada; France; Germany; India; Japan; Mexico; Russia; South Korea; Spain; United Kingdom
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