Publications

February 1995 (Revised August 1995)
Case

Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993

By: Tarun Khanna

Explores some of the economic and political tradeoffs that need to be negotiated by a firm seeking to influence industry structure. The setting is the nascent personal computer software industry in the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1993. Microsoft has to localize... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Product Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Market Transactions; Industry Structures; Partners and Partnerships; Vertical Integration; Software; Information Technology Industry; China

February 1995
Case

Torgovy Dom Preobrazhensky: Privatization of a Moscow Cold Storage Wholesaler

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Noreena Hertz

Keywords: Privatization; Moscow

February 1995
Article

China, Unincorporated: Company Law and Business Enterprise in Twentieth Century China

By: William C. Kirby

Keywords: Business Ventures; Law; China

January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
Teaching Note

China (C): Energy and the Environment TN

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for (9-794-134). View Details

Keywords: Energy Industry; China

December 1994
Case

Stonyfield-Petro and the Harris Group: Forming Joint Ventures in the New Russia

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Paul D Harris

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Energy Industry; Russia

December 1994
Case

Being There: Sony Corporation and Columbia Pictures

By: Debora L. Spar

In September 1989, Sony Corp. of Japan bid $3.4 billion for Columbia Pictures. It was the highest bid ever by a Japanese company for any U.S. property. The case examines the validity of Sony's objectives in making this purchase, and also the political uproar that the... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Film Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Japan; United States

November 1994 (Revised February 1997)
Case

Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz

In 1993, senior managers at Levi Strauss & Co., the world's largest brand-name apparel manufacturer, were deciding whether the company should have a business presence in China, given the human rights and other problems there. The China Policy Group has been asked to... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Decisions; Management Skills; Trade; Brands and Branding; Rights; Ethics; Foreign Direct Investment; Apparel and Accessories Industry; China

November 1994 (Revised March 1995)
Supplement

Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz

Describes the decision taken by Levi Strauss & Co.'s CEO. View Details

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry; China

November 1994
Case

Shanghai Hai Xing Shipping Company LTD.

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Quintus Travis

Keywords: Shipping Industry; Shanghai

November 1994 (Revised December 1995)
Case

The Domik Project

By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.

Cameron Sawyer, CEO of Sawyer and Co., seeks financing for an office building he is developing in Moscow. The case describes the opportunities and challenges of development in Russia. Also highlights entrepreneurial opportunities in a changing world. View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Opportunities; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Problems and Challenges; Growth and Development Strategy; Moscow

November 1994
Case

American Rice, Inc. in Vietnam

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Quintus Travis

Describes the first major joint venture between a U.S. and Vietnam rice company with reqard to the world rice trade. What are the opportunities and what are the challenges? View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Trade; Global Range; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Food and Beverage Industry; Viet Nam; United States