Publications

February 1999 (Revised October 2009)
Case

Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu

Working with Shell's country manager for Nigeria, the company's Committee of Managing Directors must decide how to respond to the Nigerian government's decision to impose the death sentence on Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of a movement for the rights of the... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Courts and Trials; Rights; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Nigeria

February 1999 (Revised October 2009)
Supplement

Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Energy Industry; Nigeria

February 1999 (Revised April 1999)
Case

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan

Fola Adeola, the CEO of Nigeria's Guaranty Trust Bank and one of its founders in 1991, is considering what should be done to maintain the bank's original vision and vitality in the face of its rapid growth and success in the marketplace. Known for its high ethical... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Organizational Culture; Ethics; Planning; Expansion; Business Processes; Law; Banking Industry; Nigeria

February 1999 (Revised April 1999)
Case

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry; Nigeria

February 1999 (Revised April 2001)
Case

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry; Nigeria

February 1999
Case

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (D)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Trends; Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Law; Banking Industry; Nigeria

Article

Merchants as Business Groups: British Trading Companies in Asia before 1945

By: G. Jones and Judith Wale

Merchants formed an important component of British foregn direct investment before 1945. Locating in parts of Asia, Latin America and other developing economies, they often diversified into non-trading activities, inclding the ownership of plantations. This article... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Developing Countries and Economies; Diversification; Competency and Skills; Entrepreneurship; Foreign Direct Investment; Asia; Latin America; Europe; Africa; North and Central America

August 1998 (Revised July 2003)
Teaching Note

South Africa: Getting in GEAR TN

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for (9-798-012). View Details

Keywords: South Africa

November 1997
Teaching Note

Woolworths South Africa TN

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for (9-798-026). View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry; South Africa

October 1997 (Revised June 1998)
Case

Woolworths South Africa

By: David B. Yoffie and Anthony St. George

Woolworths South Africa is one of the most successful retail chains in the country, modeled on Marks and Spencer of the United Kingdom. This case focuses on the sources of Woolworth's competitive advantage within South Africa and the challenges of growth in the wake of... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Growth Management; Global Strategy; Industry Structures; Marketing Strategy; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Retail Industry; South Africa

August 1997 (Revised September 2004)
Case

South Africa: Getting in GEAR

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

In 1997, Thabo Mbeki is contemplating South Africa's performance since the end of Apartheid in 1994. The economy has done fairly well, but the government's macroeconomic strategy calls for higher growth and employment creation. The case describes the country's history,... View Details

Keywords: History; Strategy; Development Economics; Social Issues; Macroeconomics; South Africa

October 1996 (Revised May 1997)
Case

Reconstruction of Zambia, Supplement--1997

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Eilene Zimmerman

Updates the case. Designed as an in-class handout. View Details

Keywords: Zambia; Africa

September 1996 (Revised January 1997)
Case

Zambia's Agricultural Sector Investment Program

By: George C. Lodge and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Keywords: Agribusiness; Investment; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Zambia

spring 1996
Article

Pathways to Business Success in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: James E. Austin, W. Cohn and J. Quelch

Keywords: Success; Africa