Publications

January 1989 (Revised September 1991)
Background Note

International Pension Swaps

By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton

June 1987 (Revised November 1988)
Case

VMS Realty/Sonesta International

By: William J. Poorvu

August 2007
Case

Lightspeed Venture Partners -- International Expansion

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

Looks at various international expansion models for a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. Lightspeed Venture Partners believed that India had tremendous potential for venture capital returns--the question was how best to tap into that potential while also... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Expansion; Investment Return; Global Strategy; Emerging Markets; Investment; International Finance; Organizational Structure; India; Israel

2010
Book

International Differences in Entrepreneurship

By: Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar

Often considered one of the major forces behind economic growth and development, the entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies, thus increasing a country's competitive edge in the global market. As a result,... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Supply and Industry; Business and Government Relations

November 2004 (Revised November 2005)
Background Note

Introduction to the Internal Control Process

By: David F. Hawkins

An introduction to the internal control process from a managerial perspective. View Details

Keywords: Management; Governance Controls

March 1980
Case

International Relations at Xerox

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: International Relations; Information Technology Industry

August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Background Note

International Enforcement of U.S. Patents

By: Robert C. Pozen and Jordan Hirsch

A company that owns a U.S. patent can enforce its patent protections in three ways: by filing a lawsuit in U.S. federal district court, by bringing action in the International Trade Commission, or through the World Trade Organization. This note discusses the pros and... View Details

Keywords: International Relations; Patents; Courts and Trials; Lawsuits and Litigation; Rights

September 1993 (Revised October 1994)
Case

Environment and International Trade

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

During the 1990s, environmental activists became interested in trade issues for the first time. Whereas GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, had previously been the province of trade specialists, a new poster popular among environmentalists depicted the... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Environmental Sustainability; Science-Based Business; Policy; Government and Politics; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Globalization; International Relations; Conflict of Interests

16 Aug 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization

Keywords: by Karthik Ramanna; Accounting

5 Nov 2004
Lecture

International Financial Management Course

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: International Finance; Management

January 1982 (Revised June 1983)
Case

International Drilling Corp. (A)

Details the moral conflict experienced by Don Taylor, a new high-level executive in an oil drilling firm, when he discovered that the firm was deceiving its investors. What should he do and how should he go about it? Presents the emergence of Taylor's suspicions about... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mining Industry

February 2002 (Revised January 2003)
Case

Standard International Inc. (B)

By: David F. Hawkins

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

April 1976 (Revised February 1981)
Case

Systek International (C) (Revised)

2006
Casebook

International Finance: A Casebook

By: Mihir A. Desai

Keywords: Finance; Books

January 1984 (Revised January 1994)
Teaching Note

International Foodstuffs, Teaching Note

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry