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  • April 2002 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Malaysia: Capital and Control

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Laura Alfaro
On September 1, 1998, the government of Malaysia imposed currency and capital controls in response to the financial crisis that had swept Asia. The controls sparked an enormous controversy in the world of international finance. Some celebrated the controls for... View Details
Keywords: Capital Controls; Business and Government Relations; International Finance; Policy; Crisis Management; Balance and Stability; Globalized Economies and Regions; Malaysia
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Abdelal, Rawi E., and Laura Alfaro. "Malaysia: Capital and Control." Harvard Business School Case 702-040, April 2002. (Revised April 2003.)
  • November 2021
  • Article

The Nixon Doctrine and the Making of Authoritarianism in Island Southeast Asia

By: Mattias Fibiger
This article argues that the Nixon Doctrine was an instrument of authoritarianization in island Southeast Asia. It traces the formulation of the Nixon Doctrine and its implementation through foreign aid decisions, revealing that President Richard Nixon and his chief... View Details
Keywords: Diplomacy; Foreign Aid; Authoritarianism; Geopolitics; Nixon; International Relations; Policy; History; Southeast Asia; United States
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Fibiger, Mattias. "The Nixon Doctrine and the Making of Authoritarianism in Island Southeast Asia." Diplomatic History 45, no. 5 (November 2021): 954–982.
  • May 1994 (Revised August 1994)
  • Case

Motorola-Penang

By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
S.K. Ko managed Motorola's Penang, Malaysia factory, producing telecommunications components and equipment. As a female manager of a multi-ethnic and labor-intensive plant in Asia, Ko faced a number of challenges. She had already promoted quality circles and quality... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Transformation; Decision Making; Ethnicity; Gender; Training; Leading Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Problems and Challenges; Technology Industry; Malaysia
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Zuboff, Shoshana, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Motorola-Penang." Harvard Business School Case 494-135, May 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
  • December 2010 (Revised March 2013)
  • Case

Asian Agri and the Future of Palm Oil

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
For Asian Agri and other Indonesian palm oil producers, the future promised rising demand from fast-growing Asian populations, but also intensifying criticism from environmental groups. With the highest yield and lowest production cost of any edible oil, palm oil... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Social Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Natural Environment; Marketing Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Indonesia; Malaysia
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Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Asian Agri and the Future of Palm Oil." Harvard Business School Case 511-015, December 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
  • 2023
  • Book

Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia

By: Meg Rithmire
Developing Asia has been the site of some of the last century's fastest growing economies as well as some of the world's most durable authoritarian regimes. Many accounts of rapid growth alongside monopolies on political power have focused on crony relationships... View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Systems; Crime and Corruption; China; Indonesia; Malaysia
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Rithmire, Meg. Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia. Oxford University Press, 2023.
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Creating Trust in International Joint Ventures in Asia: An Empirical Comparative Study

In the wake of the currently ongoing financial crisis in Asia, we anticipate a rapid increase of international joint ventures between Asian and Western firms. However, so far, the sources of success in international joint ventures have not been well understood. Why do... View Details
  • 28 Nov 2023
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Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

what kinds fail, either by stymieing economic growth or by generating political or economic instability? I explore these questions by comparing state–business relations in Suharto’s Indonesia, Malaysia under the Barisan Nasional, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

2000. As an exploitative plantation industry, the rubber and palm oil industries in Indonesia and Malaysia couldn’t be considered a civilizing force, at least initially, Giacomin says. Yet, after rubber clusters based on foreign-invested... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 05 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

coming from China,” Cavallo says. “That share has dropped to 70 percent.” That means countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam may be the real winners of the US-China trade war, hurting China in decreased exports even while they’ve... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 2019
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The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting

By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
A key aspect of the governance process inside organizations and markets is the measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and... View Details
Keywords: Mandatory Disclosure; Mandatory Reporting; Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Impact; Valuation; China; South Africa; Europe; Asia; Regulation; Corporate Disclosure; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Governance; China; Denmark; Malaysia; South Africa
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Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim. "The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting." In The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility: Psychological and Organizational Perspectives, edited by Abagail McWilliams, Deborah E. Rupp, Donald S. Siegel, Günter K. Stahl, and David A. Waldman, 452–489. Oxford University Press, 2019.
  • 17 Dec 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

handful of medical institutes that are really first-rate, and the doctors they produce are extremely well trained. When my colleagues and I began to research this case, some other countries had already stolen a march on India—Singapore, and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 17 Jun 2002
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Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

economies "are successful economies and export powerhouses." What is interesting, according to the data he presented, is that Hong Kong and Taiwan did not rely on labor-intensive FDI to develop their export capabilities, whereas Singapore and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 6 May 2003
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Malaysia’s Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Stage

By: Michael E. Porter
Competitiveness presentation delivered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. View Details
Keywords: Economics; Malaysia
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Porter, Michael E. "Malaysia’s Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Stage." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 6, 2003.
  • September 2012 (Revised February 2013)
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Malaysia: The Economic Transformation Program (B)

By: Diego A. Comin and Ku Kok Peng
Keywords: Economic Transformation Program; Productivity Growth; New Economic Model; Najiv; Idris Jala; Malaysia
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Comin, Diego A., and Ku Kok Peng. "Malaysia: The Economic Transformation Program (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-008, September 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
  • October 2002
  • Teaching Note

Malaysia: Capital and Control (TN)

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Laura Alfaro
Teaching Note for (9-702-040). View Details
Keywords: Malaysia
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Abdelal, Rawi E., and Laura Alfaro. "Malaysia: Capital and Control (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 703-020, October 2002.
  • March 2001
  • Case

Sime Darby Berhad (B): The Asian Crisis Begins

By: Tarun Khanna and Danielle Melito Wu
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Conglomerates; Economy; Capital Markets; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; Malaysia
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Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle Melito Wu. "Sime Darby Berhad (B): The Asian Crisis Begins." Harvard Business School Case 701-117, March 2001.
  • August 2022
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Political Legitimacy and Global Capital Markets: Malaysia’s 1MDB (A) and (B)

By: Meg Rithmire
Teaching note for HBS Case Nos. 720-030 and 721-042. View Details
Keywords: Malaysia
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Rithmire, Meg. "Political Legitimacy and Global Capital Markets: Malaysia’s 1MDB (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 723-005, August 2022.
  • March 2021
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Political Legitimacy and Global Capital Markets: Malaysia's 1MDB (B)

By: Meg Rithmire and Courtney Han
Keywords: Malaysia
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Rithmire, Meg, and Courtney Han. "Political Legitimacy and Global Capital Markets: Malaysia's 1MDB (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-042, March 2021.
  • October 2010 (Revised January 2011)
  • Teaching Note

Malaysia: People First? (TN)

By: Diego A. Comin
Teaching Note for 710033. View Details
Keywords: Malaysia
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Comin, Diego A. "Malaysia: People First? (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 711-035, October 2010. (Revised January 2011.)
  • April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
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Malaysia: People First?

By: Diego A. Comin and John Abraham
On March 30, 2010, Prime Minister Najib Razak presented his new economic model (NEM) for Malaysia. With the goal of raising per capita income to over $15,000 by 2020 from the current level of $6,634, the plan included measures to improve human capital, reduce migration... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Economies and Regions; Problems and Challenges; Crime and Corruption; Developing Countries and Economies; Development Economics; Emerging Markets; Transformation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Wealth and Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Malaysia
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Comin, Diego A., and John Abraham. "Malaysia: People First?" Harvard Business School Case 710-033, April 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
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