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      • March 2005 (Revised May 2007)
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      Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

      By: Nancy F. Koehn
      Analyzes Abraham Lincoln's leadership during America's greatest crisis, the 1861-1865 Civil War. Using Lincoln's own words, the case traces the development of the 16th president's leadership philosophy, ethics, and skills in the years leading up to war. View Details
      Keywords: History; Government and Politics; War; Leadership Style; Ethics; United States
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      Koehn, Nancy F. "Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War." Harvard Business School Compilation 805-115, March 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
      • 2005
      • Book

      Multinationals and Global Capitalism: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century

      By: Geoffrey Jones
      This book provides an essential framework for understanding global business. It shows how entrepreneurs built a global economy in the nineteenth century by creating firms that pursued resources and markets across borders. It demonstrates how firms shifted strategies as... View Details
      Keywords: Capitalism; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalization; History; Economy; Trade; Strategy
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      Jones, Geoffrey. Multinationals and Global Capitalism: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
      • October 2004 (Revised October 2013)
      • Case

      In Search of Global Regulation

      By: Geoffrey Jones, Mona Rahmani and Alexis Gendron
      The history of the international regulation of global capitalism is surveyed, addressing the challenges facing firms confronting international, national, and regional regulation. Follows the history of global regulation after 1914, from the League of Nations'... View Details
      Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Laws and Statutes; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations
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      Jones, Geoffrey, Mona Rahmani, and Alexis Gendron. "In Search of Global Regulation." Harvard Business School Case 805-025, October 2004. (Revised October 2013.)
      • September 2004 (Revised May 2006)
      • Case

      Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (A)

      By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Vincent Dessain and Monika Stachowiak
      Tells the story of the Czech transition from a centrally planned to a free market economy, describing the first economic reforms, the fixed-exchange rate regime, and the voucher privatization. Also explains why, in the middle of the 1990s, the Czech Republic... View Details
      Keywords: History; Currency Exchange Rate; Credit; Government Administration; Decisions; Economic Systems; Expansion; Mergers and Acquisitions; Developing Countries and Economies; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Czech Republic
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      Abdelal, Rawi E., Vincent Dessain, and Monika Stachowiak. "Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-007, September 2004. (Revised May 2006.)
      • August 2004 (Revised June 2008)
      • Case

      Debating the Expropriation of Mexican Oil

      By: Geoffrey G. Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani
      In 1938, the Mexican government expropriated the assets of foreign oil companies. Explores the legal and moral arguments in favor of and against expropriation. View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Globalized Firms and Management; Government and Politics; Business History; Lawfulness; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Mexico
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      Jones, Geoffrey G., and R. Daniel Wadhwani. "Debating the Expropriation of Mexican Oil." Harvard Business School Case 805-011, August 2004. (Revised June 2008.)
      • February 2004 (Revised August 2018)
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      The American System

      By: David A. Moss, Tiffany Morris and Sarah Brennan
      Traces the economic development of the United States from 1790 to 1857, focusing especially on the struggle between free traders and protectionists over federal tariff policy. Devotes considerable attention to the nation's political system, its evolving common law,... View Details
      Keywords: Business History; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; United States
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      Moss, David A., Tiffany Morris, and Sarah Brennan. "The American System." Harvard Business School Case 704-036, February 2004. (Revised August 2018.)
      • November 2003 (Revised November 2015)
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      Brazil at the Wheel

      By: Geoffrey Jones
      Taught in the second-year MBA elective on the Evolution of Global Business. Examines the costs and benefits of the Brazilian government's policies to encourage foreign multinationals to develop an automobile industry during the 1950s. A combination of incentives and... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Government and Politics; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Auto Industry; Brazil
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      Jones, Geoffrey. "Brazil at the Wheel." Harvard Business School Case 804-080, November 2003. (Revised November 2015.)
      • November 2003 (Revised September 2021)
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      Ivar Kreuger and the Swedish Match Empire

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Ingrid Vargas
      Taught in Evolution of Global Business. Globalization and corporate fraud are the central themes of this case on the international growth of Swedish Match in the interwar years. Between 1913 and 1932, Ivar Kreuger, known as the "Swedish Match King," built a small,... View Details
      Keywords: History; International Finance; Globalized Firms and Management; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Monopoly; Business and Government Relations; Sweden
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Ingrid Vargas. "Ivar Kreuger and the Swedish Match Empire." Harvard Business School Case 804-078, November 2003. (Revised September 2021.)
      • November 2003 (Revised May 2016)
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      Weetman Pearson and the Mexican Oil Industry (A)

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Lisa Bud-Freirman
      Taught in the MBA Evolution of Global Business course, a business history course on the growth of multinationals. Explores the role of the British entrepreneur Weetman Pearson in developing the Mexican oil industry before 1914. Shows this entrepreneur's evolution from... View Details
      Keywords: History; Risk and Uncertainty; Non-Renewable Energy; Growth Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Industry; Mexico
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Lisa Bud-Freirman. "Weetman Pearson and the Mexican Oil Industry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 804-085, November 2003. (Revised May 2016.)
      • January 2003 (Revised March 2009)
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      The State of Connecticut: Strategy for Economic Development

      By: Michael E. Porter and Kaia Miller
      Describes the history of Connecticut's economy, its competitive challenges in the 1990s, and the steps taken to develop an economic plan for the state. A prominent issue is the competitive position of Connecticut's industry clusters and the efforts to create a formal... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Growth; Economy; Government and Politics; Industry Clusters; Competition; Connecticut
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      Porter, Michael E., and Kaia Miller. "The State of Connecticut: Strategy for Economic Development." Harvard Business School Case 703-426, January 2003. (Revised March 2009.)
      • 2003
      • Case

      Lakhdar Brahimi / Negotiating a New Government for Afghanistan

      By: James K. Sebenius and Kristin Schneeman

      Part of the PON Great Negotiator Case Study Series, this factual case study examines former UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's involvement in negotiating an interim Afghani government after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. As a result of these efforts, Brahimi... View Details

      Keywords: Contemporary History; Government and Politics; Agreements and Arrangements; Leadership Style; Cognition and Thinking; Conferences; Afghanistan
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      Sebenius, James K., and Kristin Schneeman. "Lakhdar Brahimi / Negotiating a New Government for Afghanistan." Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Case, 2003.
      • September 2002 (Revised November 2002)
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      Transformation at the IRS

      By: Amy C. Edmondson, Frances X. Frei and Corey B. Hajim
      Describes the service transformation occurring at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Plagued by a history of poor service, enormous complexity, and an insular employee base, the 100,000-person organization grapples with a turnaround process that attempts to change... View Details
      Keywords: Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Structure; Taxation; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Public Administration Industry; United States
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      Edmondson, Amy C., Frances X. Frei, and Corey B. Hajim. "Transformation at the IRS." Harvard Business School Case 603-010, September 2002. (Revised November 2002.)
      • June 2002 (Revised March 2003)
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      Bolivia: Globalization, Sovereignty, or Democracy?

      By: Rafael M. Di Tella, Huw Pill, Miguel Lopez de Silanes Gomez, Cinthia Fernholz Violand and Ingrid Vogel
      Describes the economic stabilization program implemented by the Bolivian government in 1985 to 1986 and its impact on the development process in Bolivia. View Details
      Keywords: History; Programs; Development Economics; Inflation and Deflation; Globalization; Government and Politics; Bolivia
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      Di Tella, Rafael M., Huw Pill, Miguel Lopez de Silanes Gomez, Cinthia Fernholz Violand, and Ingrid Vogel. "Bolivia: Globalization, Sovereignty, or Democracy?" Harvard Business School Case 702-086, June 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
      • December 2001 (Revised March 2004)
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      Argentine Paradox: The, Economic Growth and the Populist Tradition

      By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
      Describes the political and economic development in Argentina from 1900 to 1989, with a focus on the role of Peron and populism. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
      Keywords: History; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Government Administration; Argentina
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      Di Tella, Rafael M., and Ingrid Vogel. "Argentine Paradox: The, Economic Growth and the Populist Tradition." Harvard Business School Case 702-001, December 2001. (Revised March 2004.)
      • 2001
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      Images and Realities of Chinese Fascism

      By: William C. Kirby
      Keywords: History; Government and Politics; China
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      Kirby, William C. "Images and Realities of Chinese Fascism." In Fascism Outside Europe: The European Impulse Against Domestic Conditions In The Diffusion Of Global Fascism, edited by Stein Ugelvik Larsen, 233–268. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
      • July 2001 (Revised June 2005)
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      Japan: Beyond the Bubble

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Rebecca Evans
      By the summer of 2001, Japan's economy had been generally stagnant for nearly 10 years--since the collapse of the bubble economy in 1990-91. The development strategy that drove the nation during earlier decades was fulfilled, and by 1989 Japan's GDP per capita exceeded... View Details
      Keywords: History; Strategy; Development Economics; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Macroeconomics; Japan
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      Vietor, Richard H.K., and Rebecca Evans. "Japan: Beyond the Bubble." Harvard Business School Case 702-004, July 2001. (Revised June 2005.)
      • 2001
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      Revisiting Coase's Federal Communications Commission: The Costs of Problematic History

      By: David Moss and Michael Fein
      Keywords: Government and Politics; United States
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      Moss, David, and Michael Fein. "Revisiting Coase's Federal Communications Commission: The Costs of Problematic History." July 2001.
      • March 2001 (Revised March 2016)
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      Charlene Barshefsky (A)

      By: James K. Sebenius and Rebecca Hulse
      Describes the challenges former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky faced while negotiating a trade agreement with China to improve its domestic intellectual property rights enforcement. After briefly describing Barshefsky's past experience with trade... View Details
      Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Copyright; Negotiation Style; Negotiation Tactics; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; China; United States
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      Sebenius, James K., and Rebecca Hulse. "Charlene Barshefsky (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-421, March 2001. (Revised March 2016.)
      • January 2001 (Revised June 2001)
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      Local Initiatives Support Corporation

      By: James E. Austin and Kim Slack
      Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) is a $74 million nonprofit social enterprise that combats poverty by helping community development organizations build affordable housing and create economic development opportunities through public-private partnerships. Poses a... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Development Economics; Education; Capital; Investment Funds; Taxation; Growth and Development; Partners and Partnerships; Nonprofit Organizations; Segmentation; Service Industry
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      Austin, James E., and Kim Slack. "Local Initiatives Support Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 301-124, January 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
      • 2000
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      The Nationalist Regime and the Chinese Party-State

      By: William C. Kirby
      Keywords: History; Government and Politics; China
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      Kirby, William C. "The Nationalist Regime and the Chinese Party-State." In Historical Perspectives on Contemporary East Asia, edited by Merle Goldman and Andrew Gordon, 211–237. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
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