Publications

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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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

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

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

Research Summary

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
Book

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

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

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

2019
Chapter

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

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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
Research & Ideas

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

June 2019 (Revised November 2019)
Case

Malaysia: An 'Asian Tiger' Reawakens

By: Richard H. K. Vietor

On May 9, 2018, in an extraordinary upset, Mahathir Mohamad again became Malaysia’s Prime Minister. Najib Razak, who had headed the government since 2009, had been swept up in the 1MDB scandal—perhaps the biggest state-corruption incident in history. Although... View Details

Keywords: Government and Politics; Crime and Corruption; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; Economy; Leading Change; Malaysia

October 1987
Case

Malaysian Airline System

By: James I. Cash Jr. and Arthur L. Gilbert

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry; Malaysia

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May 1997 (Revised March 2001)
Teaching Note

Sime Darby Berhad (A), (B), and (C) Teaching Note

By: Tarun Khanna

Teaching Note for (9-797-017), (9-701-117), and (9-701-118). View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Multinational Firms and Management; Malaysia

May 2001
Supplement

Asian Strategies: Ian Buchanan

By: Tarun Khanna

Ian Buchanan, senior VP of Booz-Allen & Hamilton, comments on Sime Darby and the Asian financial crisis. He also discusses the value propositions of different types of business groups in Malaysia. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Structures; Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Consulting Industry; Service Industry; Asia; Malaysia

August 2022
Teaching Note

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

March 2021
Supplement

Political Legitimacy and Global Capital Markets: Malaysia's 1MDB (B)

By: Meg Rithmire and Courtney Han

Keywords: Malaysia

October 2010 (Revised January 2011)
Teaching Note

Malaysia: People First? (TN)

By: Diego A. Comin

Teaching Note for 710033. View Details

Keywords: Malaysia