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- December 2003
- Case
George Mitchell in Northern Ireland (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Daniel F. Curran
Examines the strategies and tactics that U.S. negotiator George Mitchell used during his two-year tenure as chairman of the all-party talks in Northern Ireland. His efforts culminated in the signing of the historic Good Friday Accords. A revised version of an earlier... View Details
- December 2003
- Case
George Mitchell in Northern Ireland (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Daniel F. Curran
Examines the strategies and tactics that U.S. negotiator George Mitchell used during his two-year tenure as chairman of the all-party talks in Northern Ireland. His efforts culminated in the signing of the historic Good Friday Accords. A revised version of an earlier... View Details
- November 2003 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
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
- November 2003 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
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
- August 2003 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations
By: Geoffrey Jones and Cate Reavis
Considers the lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of apartheid against multinationals who operated in South Africa prior to 1994. Reviews the debates about divestment from and sanctions against South Africa from the 1950s. Includes case studies of companies that... View Details
- July 2003
- Background Note
Expropriation in International Business
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine
Covers several important expropriation cases in international business from the 20th century and highlights the legal and political difficulties these companies faced. Serves to explain expropriation, to stress the vulnerability of foreign direct investments to... View Details
- June 2003
- Article
Contested Currency: Russia's Ruble in Domestic and International Politics
By: Rawi Abdelal
- April 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
Creation of the European Union, The
Describes the emergence of the European Union (EU). Focuses on a critical stage in European integration--the period in the early 1990s when member states negotiated the terms of the Maastricht Treaty. This agreement set in motion the project that would eventually lead... View Details
- February 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Pharmaceutical Industry, The: Challenges in the New Century
By: Stephen P. Bradley and James Weber
Provides a broad overview of the numerous internal and external forces that were driving change in the global pharmaceutical industry in 2003. These forces--including downward price pressures, political and social pressures, increased development costs, new... View Details
- December 2002
- Book Review
Review of International Taxation and Multinational Activity edited by J.R. Hines, Jr.
By: Mihir A. Desai
- November 2002
- Background Note
Strategy and Sources of Motion Picture Finance, The
By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel J. Loeb and Mark Veblen
This case considers the alternative financing mechanisms for film financing, the evolution of film finance in the United States, and the nature of tax-motivated film financing in the United States and around the world. It develops the strategy driving motion picture... View Details
- November 2002 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Tax-Motivated Film Financing at Rexford Studios
By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel J. Loeb and Mark Veblen
The head of production for Rexford Studios must analyze the terms and value consequences of an international financing involving a German film fund. The financing involves a sale-leaseback structure where international tax rules give rise to a sizable economic pie that... View Details
- September 2002 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
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
- September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Corporate Inversions: Stanley Works and the Lure of Tax Havens
By: Mihir A. Desai, James R. Hines, Jr and Mark Veblen
In response to Stanley Work's announcement that it is moving to Bermuda--and the associated jump in market value--a major competitor sets out to determine how the market is valuing the consequences of moving to a tax haven and whether his company should invert to a tax... View Details
- August 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Italy: A New Commitment to Growth
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Rebecca Evans
Examines Italy's efforts to comply with the Maastricht Treaty and become integrated with Europe in the European Union. By 2002, Italy has achieved macroeconomic stability, but slow growth threatens the country's future competitiveness. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi... View Details
- 2002
- Chapter
Cross Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative
By: Diana Barrett, James E. Austin and Sheila McCarthy
- March 2002 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Saudi Arabia: Getting the House in Order
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Rebecca Evans
Provides a vehicle to explore Islamic development and political issues within BGIE (business, government, and international economy). Set in early 2002, the case focuses on Crown Prince Abdullah's efforts to liberalize a failing rentier state, that had been dependent... View Details
- 2002
- Chapter