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- July 1999
- Supplement
Jan Eriksson of Novartis Indonesia
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Carin-Isabel Knoop
A follow-up interview, in Summer 1998, with the protagonist of the Novartis Indonesia case series. He describes ongoing strategy and activities. View Details
- June 1999
- Teaching Note
SOS-Kinderdorf International: Caring for Orphaned Children TN
Teaching Note for (9-597-079). View Details
- June 1999 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
New Business Investment Company: October 1997
By: Josh Lerner, Lee Branstetter and Takeshi Nakabayashi
A quasi-government organization seeks to stimulate entrepreneurship in Japan by making venture capital investments. The organization of the fund, identification of transactions, and oversight of portfolio firms pose considerable challenges. View Details
- June 1999
- Case
Zhulebeno Plaza, The
By: William J. Poorvu and Daniel J. Rudd
Cameron Sawyer, CEO of Sawyer & Co., seeks financing for a shopping center he is developing in Moscow. The case describes the opportunities and challenges of doing development in Russia. View Details
- May 1999 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
AES Global Values
By: Lynn S. Paine
Members of the development team for the AES Corp.'s power plant project in India must decide what plant technology to specify in their application for techno-economic clearance from the government of India's Central Electric Authority. Their choice is between more... View Details
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
Advent Israel Venture Capital Program TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-298-072). View Details
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
NSK Software Technologies Ltd. TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-298-071). View Details
- May 1999 (Revised November 2012)
- Teaching Note
Acer, Inc.: Taiwan's Rampaging Dragon (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-399-010). View Details
- May 1999
- Background Note
Broadband Race, The
By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak
Surveys developments in broadband in the late 1990s, focusing on the rivalry between telecom companies deploying DSL and cable companies rolling out cable modem service. Reviews the major broadband technologies, examines the state of competition in the United States,... View Details
- Article
Corporate Culture and Market Orientation: Comparing Indian and Japanese Firms
By: R. Deshpande and J. U. Farley
- Article
Fixing What Really Ails Japan
By: Michael E. Porter and Hirotaka Takeuchi
Conventional wisdom claims that Japan’s “economic miracle” stemmed from its unique model of government guidance and its revolutionary corporate management techniques. An in-depth study proves this seriously wrong. Rampant government intervention has caused more... View Details
- April 1999
- Background Note
Note on the Caspian Oil Pipelines
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Mathew M Millett
The Caspian region may become one of the world's next major energy producers. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan-all former Soviet republics--hold vast and largely undeveloped reserves of oil and gas, but the region's export infrastructure is nearly... View Details
- April 1999
- Article
Diversification Strategies of British Trading Companies: Harrisons & Crosfield c1900-c1980
By: G. Jones and Judith Wale
This article examines the diversification strategies and organisational competencies of Harrisons & Crosfield, a British-based multinational, between 1900 and 1980. There is an accumulating body of case study evidence on the historical evolution of British... View Details
- March 1999
- Case
Hans Fritz at Novartis Thailand (A): The First Month
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Dr. Hans Fritz is 37 years old when he arrives in Bangkok on March 1, 1998 to assume his position as general manager of Novartis Thailand. Novartis is the world's largest pharmaceutical company. He had lobbied to transition from a staff position to this line management... View Details
- March 1999 (Revised January 2001)
- Case
Hans Fritz at Novartis Thailand (B): The First Six Months
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- February 1999
- Teaching Note
Singapore Unlimited: Building the National Information Infrastructure, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-196-012). A rewritten version of an earlier teaching note. View Details
- February 1999 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Cherkizovsky Group (A), The
By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan
Describes the transformation of a formerly state-owned meat processing plant in Russia into a privately-owned and operated food processing conglomerate under Russia's economic reforms of the 1990s. Among the challenges the CEO, Igor Babaev, and his top management team... View Details
- February 1999 (Revised October 1999)
- Supplement
Cherkizovsky Group (B), The
By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- February 1999 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Cimetrics Technology (A-1)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jose Royo
Jim Lee, president of Cimetrics (a young, fast growing, software start-up) is reevaluating his small company's geographically dispersed product development model. To take advantage of talented low-cost labor in Russia, the company has relied on two software engineering... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Applications and Software; Business or Company Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Labor and Management Relations; Product Development; Performance Evaluation; Information Technology Industry; Russia; Canada; United States