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- 1995
- Chapter
The Tax Treatment of Interest and the Operations of U.S. Multinationals
By: K. Froot and J. Hines
- March 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Supplement
Dennis Hightower in Conversation with MBA Students, November 21, 1994 (Supplement)
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Taking Charge & Dennis Hightower: Walt Disney's Transnational Manager. View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management
- February 1995 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
MasterCard and World Championship Soccer
By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
The MasterCard vice president for global promotions and other MasterCard executives are appraising the results of MasterCard's worldwide sponsorship of the 1994 World Cup soccer championship. They must decide whether to commit to sponsor the 1998 championship to be... View Details
- January 1995 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Citibank: Global Customer Management
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Thomas W. Malnight
Describes Citibank's worldwide operations, which include activities in developing and developed markets. The bank's structure also varies across markets and regions, varying from autonomous national affiliates to an industry/product-based structure in its domestic U.S.... View Details
- 1994
- Working Paper
What is the Optimum Amount of Organizational Slack? A Study of the Relationships between Slack and Innovation in Multinational Firms
By: Nitin Nohria and R. Gulati
- September 1994
- Case
Marks & Spencer: Sir Richard Greenbury's Quiet Revolution
By: Joseph L. Bower and John B. Matthews Jr.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is one of the world's greatest companies. In 1994, its management was chosen the most admired in Europe by 637 peers. The case explores how Sir Richard Greenbury, appointed the new chairman of the company in 1991, transformed his inheritance into... View Details
- September 1994 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Acer Group, The: Vision for the Year 2000
By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard C. Wei
In the early 1990s, Acer, Inc. set two goals: to be a top-five PC company worldwide in 1995 and to be a global consortium of companies by the year 2000. The company identified potential obstacles concerning capital, image, number of experienced international managers,... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Experience and Expertise; Marketing Strategy; Production; Rank and Position; Business Strategy; Capital; Computer Industry; Japan
- Article
Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations
By: P. Rosenzweig and N. Nohria
- January 1994
- Article
Foreign Multinationals in British Manufacturing, 1850-1962
By: G. Jones and Frances Bostock
This article draws on a new database to describe the dimensions and characteristics of 685 foreign companies which established British manufacturing subsidiaries between 1850 and 1962. The numbers of foreign companies grew from the 1890s, expanded rapidly in the... View Details
- November 1993 (Revised September 1995)
- Supplement
Block 16: Management's Perspective
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall
Supplements Block 16: Conoco's Green Oil Strategy (A). Reviews the environmental challenges facing the oil industry throughout upstream and downstream operations, and oil companies' competitive responses. Reviews Conoco's and Du Pont's environmental initiatives in more... View Details
- October 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Becton Dickinson: Worldwide Blood Collection Team
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Kathleen Scharf
Describes Becton Dickinson's evolving attempt to develop products and strategies to meet worldwide competitive and market needs. Traces the evolution of a classic parent company-led product-market strategy to truly transnational product and strategy development.... View Details
- 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
- July 1993 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
ABB's Relays Business: Building and Managing a Global Matrix
Describes the development and management of the relays business area (BA) in ABB's global matrix organization. Focuses on three levels of management--corporate, BA, and operating company. Highlights the roles and responsibilities of individuals at each level as ABB... View Details