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  • 14 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

capitalize on its innovation: strengthening antitrust and intellectual property rights enforcement; improving the legal infrastructure (e.g., producing more corporate lawyers); lowering barriers to entry for foreign investment; and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

The multinational produces goods crafted for those local markets. Globalization, by contrast, "is about new types of relations and new kinds of economic actors," wrote Tedlow and Abdelal. The global View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6

August 2013 Management Science The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance By: Eccles, Robert G., Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim Abstract—We investigate the effect of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

becoming "stateless." Robert Reich among others suggested that historically the nationality of multinationals was clear, while for contemporary multinationals View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 1991
  • Case

Firestone, Inc.: Globalization

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Globalization; Corporate Strategy
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  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2012) Abstract The article argues that U.S. taxation reform should reduce corporate taxes, incorporate an awareness of the global marketplace, and generate revenue-neutral incentives for innovation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

improved management and decentralization; (2) larger firms, skill-intensive plants, and foreign multinationals appear better managed and are more decentralized; (3) firms that are both family owned and managed appear to have worse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

unique ways that multinational corporations (MNCs) and local businesses are serving the previously invisible BOP market: Nestlé, with its "milk-district model" that encourages supporting businesses... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

at the Highest Levels By: Groysberg, Boris, and Deborah Bell Abstract—The article examines the gender gap that is present in boardrooms in U.S. corporations and internationally in 2013 as more women attempt to reach executive-level... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

new opportunities. Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate Responsibility Author Daniel Litvin presented his evidence that modern companies find it difficult to operate on foreign soil. Big companies, in spite of their wealth,... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
  • December 2014 (Revised October 2017)
  • Case

Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar

By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and David Lane
Late in 2013, Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez was considering whether or how to deepen the company's investment in Arogya Parivar, its profitable program that sold Novartis medicines in rural India while expanding access to medicine and health information to millions of... View Details
Keywords: Shared Value; India; Kenya; Vietnam; Novartis; Arogya Parivar; Social Business; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Pharmaceutical Industry; Viet Nam; Kenya; India
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  • March 2002 (Revised October 2005)
  • Case

Wal-Mart in 2002

By: David B. Yoffie and Yusi Wang
In its first quarter of 2002, Wal-Mart became the largest company on the globe (by sales) and expanded into Japan. Was the giant retailer unstoppable? This case explores Wal-Mart's top issues in fueling top- and bottom-line growth: diversification into groceries, new... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Expansion; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Global Strategy; Retail Industry; Japan; United States
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  • 06 Dec 2010
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets

analyzers and advisors, aggregators and distributors, transaction facilitators, and more. A useful starting point for managers is to construct an institutional map to identify institutional voids—which may themselves present business opportunities. Western View Details
  • 19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006

concerns of host countries and those of investors. Without these changes, multinational corporations will lose profitable opportunities and poor countries will not gain the contributions that foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

Multinational Corporations, Global Justice and Corporate Responsibility: A Question of Purpose By: Hsieh, Nien-hê Abstract—Do multinational View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

for the decade after World War II because wartime destruction led to excess demand, which limited competition as firms rushed to expand capacity. Given the enormous job of rebuilding Europe and much of Asia, it was not until the late 1950s and 1960s that many large... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 31 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories of 2012

Strategist? Published: July 16, 2012 Corporate strategy has become the bailiwick of consultants and business analysts, so much so that it is no longer a top-of-mind responsibility for many senior executives. Professor Cynthia A.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 11 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 11

Author:Jay W. Lorsch Publication:Executive Counsel 7, no. 1 (February/March 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Preview the Article: http://www.executivecounsel.info/v7/i1/lessons-from-the-crisis-about-governing-financial-institutions/ View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 24

adequacy, actuarial standards, accounting standards, and auditing practice. In these areas, corporate managers and financial experts such as auditors and bankers possess the technical expertise necessary for informed regulation, enjoy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

increases US investors' equity FPI holdings by 21%, controlling for effects on FDI. This suggests that the residual tax on foreign multinational firm earnings biases capital flows to low corporate tax... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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