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- December 2014 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar
By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and David Lane
Late in 2013, Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez was considering whether or how to deepen the company's investment in Arogya Parivar, its profitable program that sold Novartis medicines in rural India while expanding access to medicine and health information to millions of... View Details
Keywords: Shared Value; India; Kenya; Vietnam; Novartis; Arogya Parivar; Social Business; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Pharmaceutical Industry; Viet Nam; Kenya; India
Porter, Michael E., Mark R. Kramer, and David Lane. "Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar." Harvard Business School Case 715-411, December 2014. (Revised October 2017.)
- March 2002 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Wal-Mart in 2002
By: David B. Yoffie and Yusi Wang
In its first quarter of 2002, Wal-Mart became the largest company on the globe (by sales) and expanded into Japan. Was the giant retailer unstoppable? This case explores Wal-Mart's top issues in fueling top- and bottom-line growth: diversification into groceries, new... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Expansion; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Global Strategy; Retail Industry; Japan; United States
Yoffie, David B., and Yusi Wang. "Wal-Mart in 2002." Harvard Business School Case 702-466, March 2002. (Revised October 2005.)
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
recognized as providing an important dimension in international business studies. Much of this historical work has focused on mapping historical growth patterns of multinationals and exploring the determinants of their growth. However,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Career to Smile About
Foods, joined Colgate in 1988 as head of its Far East and Canada operations. "How do you take an idea or product that may work in Latin America and introduce it into Asia or Africa, instantaneously? All multinationals are working on this... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 06 Dec 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets
analyzers and advisors, aggregators and distributors, transaction facilitators, and more. A useful starting point for managers is to construct an institutional map to identify institutional voids—which may themselves present business opportunities. Western View Details
- September 1991 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
Citibank (A): European Strategy
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Multinational Firms and Management; International Finance; Corporate Strategy; Banking Industry; Europe
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Citibank (A): European Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 392-021, September 1991. (Revised January 1992.)
- February 1999 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
JAFCO America Ventures, Inc.: Building A Venture Capital Firm
By: Walter Kuemmerle, Kiichiro Kobayashi and Chad S Ellis
JAFCO, a large Japanese venture capital firm, is making a second attempt to enter the U.S. venture capital market. The U.S. subsidiary, JAFCO America Ventures, is in the midst of a challenging turnaround. Going forward, the U.S. subsidiary's leadership needs to make a... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Market Entry and Exit; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Japan; United States
Kuemmerle, Walter, Kiichiro Kobayashi, and Chad S Ellis. "JAFCO America Ventures, Inc.: Building A Venture Capital Firm." Harvard Business School Case 899-099, February 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production, and sales decisions from Corporate Headquarters to local plant managers in almost... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen Abstract—Assessing the productivity gains from View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
warming, but they expect multinational giants like BP and Shell to do so. Similarly, people may turn a blind eye when local companies take advantage of employees, but they won't stand for transnational players like Nike and Polo adopting... 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
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
of the product is identical by law. That was an interesting puzzle to me.” After focusing his study on antiretrovirals, Deshpandé saw other issues emerge. At the same time, he was asked to join the teaching team for Leadership and View Details
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806071 PublicationsMerchants to Multinationals Authors:Geoffrey G. Jones Publication:Athens: Alexandria Publications, 2008, Greek edition Abstract Merchants to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?
"I think Friedman will cast the longer shadow . . . the expansion of markets has speeded up the process of globalization . . . the corporate power of multinationals has not been as dominant as Galbraith... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
Mahindra in 1991. Anand Mahindra has been leading M&M’s charge into the ranks of the world’s global corporations ever since. Established in 1945, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), named after one of India’s best-known business families, got... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
for the decade after World War II because wartime destruction led to excess demand, which limited competition as firms rushed to expand capacity. Given the enormous job of rebuilding Europe and much of Asia, it was not until the late 1950s and 1960s that many large... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
knowledge-intensive multinational corporation suggest that reluctance to speak up, even with pro-organizational suggestions, is driven by specific implicit theories about speaking up in hierarchies. Study 2... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
collaborator John U. Farley have studied the impact of corporate culture and national culture on global marketing strategy. A few years ago they looked at the role played by these key organizational factors (innovation, market... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
Author:Jay W. Lorsch Publication:Executive Counsel 7, no. 1 (February/March 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Preview the Article: http://www.executivecounsel.info/v7/i1/lessons-from-the-crisis-about-governing-financial-institutions/ View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace