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      • July 2005
      • Teaching Note

      Globalizing Consumer Durables: Singer Sewing Machine before 1914 (TN)

      By: Geoffrey G. Jones
      Teaching Note to (9-804-001). View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Investment; Sales; Entrepreneurship; Success; Production; Marketing; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Russia; Scotland
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      Jones, Geoffrey G. "Globalizing Consumer Durables: Singer Sewing Machine before 1914 (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-026, July 2005.
      • July 2005 (Revised October 2006)
      • Case

      Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A) (Abridged)

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      In September 2000, the president of Bridgestone-Firestone, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp., was invited to appear before a U.S. congressional subcommittee investigating the August 2000 recall of more than 6.5 million tires made by the subsidiary. The... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product; Trade; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Auto Industry; United States; Japan
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 306-020, July 2005. (Revised October 2006.)
      • May 2005 (Revised October 2022)
      • Case

      The Octopus and the Generals: The United Fruit Company in Guatemala

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Marcelo Bucheli
      Examines the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. Over the previous half century, United Fruit had built a large vertically integrated tropical fruit business that owned large banana... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; International Relations; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Central America; Guatemala; United States
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Marcelo Bucheli. "The Octopus and the Generals: The United Fruit Company in Guatemala." Harvard Business School Case 805-146, May 2005. (Revised October 2022.)
      • March 2005 (Revised March 2006)
      • Case

      Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Competitive Exposures

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
      How can a multinational firm analyze and manage currency risks that arise from competitive exposures? General Motors has a substantial competitive exposure to the Japanese yen. Although the risks GM faces from the depreciating yen are widely acknowledged, the company's... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Competition; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; International Finance; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Risk and Uncertainty; Auto Industry
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      Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Competitive Exposures." Harvard Business School Case 205-096, March 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
      • March 2005 (Revised January 2006)
      • Case

      Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
      How should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional and translational exposures and alternative responses to these exposures by analyzing two specific hedging decisions by General Motors. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Expansion; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Risk and Uncertainty; International Finance; Auto Industry
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      Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures." Harvard Business School Case 205-095, March 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
      • February 2005 (Revised June 2007)
      • Case

      Unilever in India: Hindustan Lever's Project Shakti--Marketing FMCG to the Rural Consumer

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Rohithari Rajan
      With liberalization of India's economy and the opening up of markets to foreign multinationals such as Procter & Gamble, the Indian subsidiary of Unilever--Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HLL)--was under pressure to grow revenues and profits. HLL had a long and stellar record of... View Details
      Keywords: Economy; Market Entry and Exit; Business Subsidiaries; Revenue; Profit; Market Participation; Programs; Rural Scope; Poverty; Multinational Firms and Management; Consumer Products Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; India
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Rohithari Rajan. "Unilever in India: Hindustan Lever's Project Shakti--Marketing FMCG to the Rural Consumer." Harvard Business School Case 505-056, February 2005. (Revised June 2007.)
      • February 2005
      • Case

      Mahindra & Mahindra: Creating Scorpio

      By: Tarun Khanna, Rajiv Lal and Merlina Manocaran
      Details the emergence of a private sector automobile manufacturer in India that has created globally competitive and cheap versions of an SUV commonly available worldwide. Asks us to think about the parent corporation's next steps in leveraging this success. In... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Global Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; Commercialization; Expansion; Auto Industry; India
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      Khanna, Tarun, Rajiv Lal, and Merlina Manocaran. "Mahindra & Mahindra: Creating Scorpio." Harvard Business School Case 705-478, February 2005.
      • 2005
      • Chapter

      Multinationals from the 1930s to the 1980s

      By: G. Jones
      Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management
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      Jones, G. "Multinationals from the 1930s to the 1980s." In Leviathans. Multinational Corporations And The New Global History, edited by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. and Bruce Mazlish. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
      • 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.
      • December 2004
      • Article

      A Multinational Perspective on Capital Structure Choice and Internal Capital Markets

      By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
      Keywords: Global Range; Perspective; Capital; Decision Choices and Conditions; Markets
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      Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "A Multinational Perspective on Capital Structure Choice and Internal Capital Markets." Journal of Finance 59, no. 6 (December 2004): 2451–2488. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 9715.)
      • November 2004
      • Case

      Deere & Company

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
      John Deere & Co. wants to improve shareholder value and provide incentives to do so. The task is difficult in a volatile agriculture and construction industry. It also wants to be more global and provide machinery that traces commodities from the field to the consumer. View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Volatility; Machinery and Machining; Multinational Firms and Management; Goods and Commodities; Goals and Objectives; Strategic Planning; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Construction Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Hal Hogan. "Deere & Company." Harvard Business School Case 905-406, November 2004.
      • October 2004 (Revised July 2013)
      • Case

      Making China Beautiful: Shiseido and the China Market

      By: Geoffrey G. Jones, Akiko Kanno and Masako Egawa
      Describes the multinational growth of Shiseido, the world's fourth-largest cosmetics company, with a focus on its strategy in China since 1981. Explores the challenges facing firms in the globalization of a culturally specific industry such as cosmetics. The Japanese... View Details
      Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Competition; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Japan
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      Jones, Geoffrey G., Akiko Kanno, and Masako Egawa. "Making China Beautiful: Shiseido and the China Market." Harvard Business School Case 805-003, October 2004. (Revised July 2013.)
      • 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 20, 2004
      • Comment

      How Consumers Value Global Brands

      By: Douglas Holt, John A. Quelch and Earl L. Taylor
      In 2002, we carried out a two-stage research project in partnership with the market research company Research International/USA to find out how consumers in different countries value global brands. First, we conducted a qualitative study in forty-one countries to... View Details
      Keywords: Global Brands; Brand Value; Multi-national Brands; Social Responsibility; Global Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Brands and Branding; Social Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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      Holt, Douglas, John A. Quelch, and Earl L. Taylor. "How Consumers Value Global Brands." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (September 20, 2004).
      • 2004
      • Working Paper

      The Comovement of Returns and Investment Within the Multinational Firm

      By: Mihir A. Desai and C. Fritz Foley
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      Desai, Mihir A., and C. Fritz Foley. "The Comovement of Returns and Investment Within the Multinational Firm." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 10785, September 2004.
      • July 2004 (Revised October 2018)
      • Case

      Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century

      By: Geoffrey Jones, Elisabeth Koll and Alexis Gendron
      This case examines the role of Jardine Matheson, a trading company founded by two Scottish merchants, in the opium trade between India and China during the nineteenth century. The two Opium Wars fought between Western powers and China, which sought to stop opium... View Details
      Keywords: History; Globalized Economies and Regions; Ethnicity; Multinational Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Trade; Social and Collaborative Networks; China; United Kingdom
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      Jones, Geoffrey, Elisabeth Koll, and Alexis Gendron. "Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century." Harvard Business School Case 805-010, July 2004. (Revised October 2018.)
      • spring 2004
      • Article

      Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation

      By: Laura Alfaro and Andres Rodriguez-Clare
      Several recent papers have used plant-level data and panel econometric techniques to carefully explore the existence FDI externalities. One conclusion that emerges from this literature is that it is difficult to find evidence of positive externalities from... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Relationships; Multinational Firms and Management; Brazil; Chile; Venezuela; Mexico
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Andres Rodriguez-Clare. "Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation." Economía (spring 2004).
      • March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
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      Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
      How should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional, translational, and competitive exposures. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging policies, its risk management structure, and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions.... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Financial Markets; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Argentina; Japan; Canada; United States
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      Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 204-024, March 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
      • March 2004
      • Article

      New Foundations for Taxing Multinational Corporations

      By: Mihir A. Desai
      Keywords: Taxation; Global Range; Business Ventures
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      Desai, Mihir A. "New Foundations for Taxing Multinational Corporations." Special Issue from the University of Chicago Federal Tax Conference Taxes (March 2004).
      • 2004
      • Working Paper

      Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation

      By: Laura Alfaro and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare. "Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 04-033, February 2004.
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