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October 1986 (Revised March 1989)
Case

North American Telecom International

By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry

February 2008 (Revised November 2011)
Case

The International Monetary Fund in Crisis

By: Rawi Abdelal, David Moss and Eugene Kintgen

When Dominique Strauss-Kahn became the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in late 2007, he faced a number of significant changes. The organization had lost much of its legitimacy over the previous decade, and countries seemed increasingly reluctant to... View Details

Keywords: History; Globalized Economies and Regions; Problems and Challenges; Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Government and Politics; Financial Institutions; Business Strategy; Macroeconomics; Financial Services Industry

September 2014
Article

Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings

By: Gwen Yu and Aida Sijamic Wahid

Do differences in countries' accounting standards affect global investment decisions? We explore this question by examining how accounting distance, the difference in the accounting standards used in the investor's and the investee's countries, affects the asset... View Details

Keywords: IFRS; Home Bias; Cross-cultural/cross-border; Information Asymmetry; Mutual Funds; International Relations

SSRN

1993
Book

Case Problems in International Finance

By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman

Keywords: International Finance

June 2009
Article

Level Playing Fields in International Financial Regulation

By: Lucy White and Alan Morrison

We analyze the desirability of level playing fields in international financial regulation. In general, level playing fields impose the standards of the weakest regulator upon the best-regulated economies. However, they may be desirable when capital is mobile because... View Details

Keywords: Economy; International Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Standards; Banking Industry

2005
Article

Increasing Exploration: Evidence from International Expansion

By: Juan Alcacer, Heather Berry and Wilbur Chung

While firms balance exploitation and exploration to maximize profits, specifics of how firms pursue this balance are scarce. We focus on how firms increase their exploration after obtaining greater capabilities and experience via sequential international expansion.... View Details

Keywords: Price Bubble; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Industry Growth; Research and Development; Profit; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Disruptive Innovation; Five Forces Framework; SWOT Analysis; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; United States

December 2005
Teaching Note

Celtel International B.V. and Celtel International B.V. (TN) (A) & (B)

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note to 9-805-061, 9-805-120, and 9-805-121. View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Africa

October 2010
Case

DLA Piper and Christie's International (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Dilyana Karadzhova

International law firm DLA Piper is selected as major legal services provider of renowned art business Christie's International. Nine months after the start of relationship, the client calls Nigel Knowles, DLA Piper joint CEO and Managing Partner, with a litany of... View Details

Keywords: Attorney and Client Relationships; Law; Practice; Reputation; Ethics; Risk and Uncertainty; Legal Services Industry

1986
Chapter

Patterns of International Coalition Activity

By: Pankaj Ghemawat, Michael E. Porter and Richard Anthony Rawlinson

Keywords: International Relations; Alliances

March 1981 (Revised November 1998)
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International (C1)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Michael Y. Yoshino

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

April 1996 (Revised April 1996)
Case

Activity-Based Management at Stream International

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Norman Klein

Stream International's Crawfordsville, Indiana facilities undertake the design and implementation of an activity-based costing project. After analyzing the costs assigned to 161 work activities, Crawfordsville managers present five proposals for change based on ABM... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Indiana

November 1995
Teaching Note

Colliers International Property Consultants TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Sarah Gant

Teaching Note for (9-490-049). View Details

Keywords: Real Estate Industry

Article

Internal Differentiation Within Multinational Corporations

By: S. Ghoshal and N. Nohria

Keywords: Business Ventures; Global Range

March 2002 (Revised March 2003)
Teaching Note

Standard International Inc. (B) (TN)

By: David F. Hawkins

Teaching Note for (9-102-064). View Details

March 1994
Case

Report on International Oil (A)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Energy Industry

August 1990
Case

Giovanni Buton: International Marketing Strategy

Describes the situation confronting Giovanni Buton, an Italian distiller and beverage distributor, in 1989. The market for distilled spirits was declining and the spirits industry was consolidating via mergers and acquisitions on a worldwide basis. "Global brands" such... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Italy; European Union