Publications

Educators

December 2009
Case

Hungerit

By: David E. Bell, Sarah Morton and Mary Louise Shelman

Hungary's top producer of poultry products is deciding the company's future strategy in the face of new opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe, a changing retail market in Hungary, and the possibility of increased global competition. View Details

Keywords: Opportunities; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Hungary

Educators

August 1992
Case

Muszertechnika Rt.: Hungarian Telecommunications

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Hungary

While CEO of Intel, Grove delivered a ten-year annual return of 44%. Under Grove, Intel became more valuable than IBM with a worth of $115 billion and annual profits of $5.1 billion. Grove’s Intel controlled 90% of the world market for PC microprocessors. In... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

March 2004
Teaching Note

Waltz on the Danube (TN)

By: Arthur I Segel

Teaching Note to (9-804-021). View Details

Keywords: Real Estate Industry; Hungary; Germany

May 1999
Teaching Note

New York Bagel: Hungary, April 1994 TN

By: Paul A. Gompers

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Hungary

June 1997
Case

New York Bagel: Hungary, April 1994

By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Hungary

2021
Article

Everyday Illiberalism: How Hungarian Subnational Politics Propel Single-Party Dominance

By: Laura Jakli and Matthew Stenberg

While numerous studies consider the roles that media consolidation, court-packing, and economic crises have played in Hungary's democratic decline since 2010, none have considered the subnational mechanisms driving illiberalism. This study examines the types of... View Details

Keywords: Democracy; Government and Politics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Hungary

January 2012
Teaching Note

Hungary: Economic Crisis and a Shift to the Right (TN)

By: Matthew Weinzierl

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Hungary

March 2000 (Revised June 2001)
Case

AES: Hungarian Project (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Ann Leamon

The AES Corp., the world's largest independent power producer, has put out a request for bids to build a new power plant in Hungary. Just after the closing date for submitting bids, one of the contractors calls to request an opportunity to "improve" its bid. Although... View Details

Keywords: Bids and Bidding; Energy Generation; Technology Adoption; Business Startups; Ethics; Value; Energy Industry; Hungary

March 2000 (Revised June 2001)
Case

AES: Hungarian Project (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Ann Leamon

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Energy Industry; Hungary

01 Jun 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest

couldn’t make much of an impact in a huge hotel. Instead, he began inspecting the cleaners’ supervisors. “I learned that you manage just one level down,” he says. “If you don’t, it takes away the opportunity for your direct reports to learn how to lead.” Spy vs. spy:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitality

August 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Waltz on the Danube

By: Arthur I Segel, Vincent Dessain and Anais Loizillon

Describes the intricate parts of an early real estate deal from the standpoint of the developer including feasibility analysis, market choice, acquisition of land, project development, design and construction issues, investment returns, and equity financing issues.... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Management; Property; Project Finance; Real Estate Industry; Germany; Hungary

Educators

17 Dec 2015
News

Examining Global Workforce Management

a defined next step, such as a new job or training, for 60 percent of the company’s employees worldwide by their last day on the job. She is currently studying Michelin’s actions, which include providing layoff and community support when closing plants in France and... View Details

15 Nov 2011
News

750 World Wonders and counting

Germany is just as extraordinary to them as showing an English person the travel wonders of Zimbabwe. It’s as relevant in Honduras as it is in Hungary and Hampstead Heath.” The project took shape when Main Wilson was a young executive at... View Details

Keywords: photography; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

April 2010
Background Note

Central Europe after the Crash: Between Europe and the Euro

By: Diego A. Comin, Dante Roscini and Elisa Farri

This note briefly reviews the financial crisis in central Europe in late 2008, and summarizes how four central European countries—Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia—have coped with the economic downturn. View Details

Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Czech Republic; Hungary; Poland; Slovakia

2014
Working Paper

Waste, Recycling and Entrepreneurship in Central and Northern Europe, 1870–1940

By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora

This working paper examines the role of entrepreneurs in the municipal solid waste industry in industrialized central and northern Europe from the late nineteenth century to the 1940s. It explores the emergence of numerous German, Danish, and other European... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Entrepreneurship; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Health; History; Green Technology Industry; Germany; Denmark; Hungary; United Kingdom