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- December 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Nestle S.A.
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
Peter Brabeck wants to focus Nestle as a wellness company in the global food system and do so in a way that provides both growth in sales and margins in both developed and developing countries. View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Development; Supply Chain Management; Food; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Sales; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland
Goldberg, Ray A., and Hal Hogan. "Nestle S.A." Harvard Business School Case 902-419, December 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
improvements in impoverished countries. Lodge advanced the ideas in a January 2006 two-part piece in YaleGlobal coauthored with economist Craig Wilson. The authors also have a book due in May, A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty: How View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
share of jobs provided by small businesses. Again, this is due in part to the lower productivity of such jobs. They conclude, as have some others, that a better strategy for job creation would be to attract large View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
in production and economies of scope in distribution. In some industries, Adam Smith's "invisible hand" was gradually tamed by what the historian Alfred D. Chandler Jr. has termed the "visible hand" of professional... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
expected reductions in productivity gains, or simply a decline in trust among some North Atlantic trading partners, the discussion seems to be occurring with increasing frequency. Boiled down to its simplest level, the underlying question... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
capital to pay fixed and variable costs affects choices firms make regarding export entry and operations, and, as a consequence, influence aggregate trade patterns. Financial frictions and the use of internal capital markets shape decisions that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 1993 (Revised June 1994)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard: Singapore (A)
In the over 20 years since Hewlett-Packard (HP) set up a manufacturing site in Singapore to produce calculators, HP has invested managerial talent and resources in developing its licensor into a technology development partner. The case details the growth of high-volume... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Market Entry and Exit; Competency and Skills; Research and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product Development; Computer Industry; Singapore
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Hewlett-Packard: Singapore (A)." Harvard Business School Case 694-035, September 1993. (Revised June 1994.)
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
zones As companies expand operations across the globe, they must grapple with time gaps during which employees cannot collaborate (i.e., lost productivity). To study this phenomenon, a research team studied communication patterns among 250 offices of a View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- April 2010
- Case
Globalization at Komatsu
The case captures the challenges Komatsu, the second largest manufacturer of the earth moving equipment faced during the past five decades as it sought to globalize its operations. By 2007, it had become the second largest manufacturer of the earth moving equipment... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Distribution Channels; Production; Organizational Culture; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Globalization at Komatsu." Harvard Business School Case 910-415, April 2010.
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
course-development project in 1997. Writing cases on firms in China, Japan, Thailand, Argentina, Nigeria, and Russia, she focused on businesses indigenous to each culture as well as multinationals moving between cultures. In addition, she... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
countries generally lack a solid technology base of trained scientists and world-class research universities. 2. Companies in developing countries must manage to eke out a profit while serving customers with low disposable income; per capita gross domestic View Details
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
serves as a rationale for global brands to charge premiums. Global brands "are expensive, but the price is reasonable when you think of the quality," pointed out a Thai participant. Consumers also believe that transnational companies compete by trying to... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
International Business and Emerging Markets in Historical Perspective By: Jones, G. Abstract—This chapter examines international business in emerging markets over the long run. It shows how the strategies of Western multinationals evolved... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- October 1996
- Teaching Note
International Sourcing at Intercon TN
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
Teaching Note for (9-688-055). View Details
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
forthcoming Handbook of Structural Transformation Location Fundamentals, Agglomeration Economies, and the Geography of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—Multinationals exhibit distinct agglomeration... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
quality metrics are unreliable and thus, recent legislation may result in unintended consequences. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54443 in press Business History Internment as a Business Challenge: Political Risk Management and German... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 1996 (Revised March 2000)
- Teaching Note
Intercon Japan TN
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
Teaching Note for (9-688-056). View Details
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
Public School Districts Author:Stacey Childress Abstract This working paper offers concrete examples of improved productivity and efficiencies at the district level, drawing from the author's experience working with districts and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
especially those with widely diversified product portfolios, are a dominant and critical enterprise model in emerging and developing economies and have lately attracted much attention in academic circles and business presses,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational Authors:Prithwiraj Choudhury, James Geraghty, and Tarun Khanna Publication:Global Strategy Journal 2, no. 1 (February 2012) Abstract We build on the emerging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne