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  • 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
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  • 25 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

copyright, as well as the application of these rules to software, video, recordings, and Internet service providers. Purchase this note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309052 Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 2010 (Revised November 2012)
  • Teaching Note

Genzyme's CSR Dilemma: How to Play its HAND (TN)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Teaching Note for [910407]. View Details
Keywords: Programs; Intellectual Property; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Partners and Partnerships; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Markets; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 09 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

International Business and Emerging Markets in Historical Perspective By: Jones, G. Abstract—This chapter examines international business in emerging markets over the long run. It shows how the strategies of Western multinationals evolved... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

in the physical distance between sites and culture differences that multinational corporations have to deal with and, yes, creating a positive setting for voice can be a serious challenge. However, bosses... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • January 2014 (Revised February 2014)
  • Teaching Note

Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A) and (B)

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
On April 24, 2013 the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Over 1,100 people were killed in the worst industrial accident since the Union Carbide plant gas leak in Bhopal, India. Most of the victims worked for garment factories,... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Multinational Firms and Management; Labor Unions; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Working Conditions; Corporate Accountability; Crisis Management; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Bangladesh
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  • April 2001 (Revised September 2001)
  • Case

Merloni Elettrodomestici: Building for a New Century

By: Joseph L. Bower
In 2001 a young new CEO has to develop a strategy to move his company beyond the hyper-competitive conditions of Western Europe. A major acquisition in Russia and a new Web-based service business provide interesting new directions. This case traces the development of... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Web; Russia
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  • 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
Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor
  • 22 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

experiencing slowdowns, investors, entrepreneurs, and multinationals are looking elsewhere. They’ve been eyeing frontier economies such as Nigeria and Pakistan with great interest—and enormous trepidation. Can one find serious growth... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 24

Program, a collaboration of multinational corporations requesting such information from thousands of suppliers in 49 countries. We find evidence that suppliers are more likely to share this information when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

yours to provide unique customer solutions. Purchase this book: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?R=1721-HBK-ENG&conversationId=355532&E=3159 Merchants to Multinationals Author:Geoffrey Jones Publication:Tokyo:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Jan 2000
  • Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

corporate management, and how PGL helps executives address these critical issues. Q: How are fundamental changes occurring in the global business environment driving change at the organizational level? A: These are turbulent times for... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 05 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

LLP, a multinational corporate law firm headquartered in New York City. While there, I divided my time between their Private Equity/Mergers and Acquisitions group and their Capital Markets group. I had the... View Details
  • 18 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 18

different review settings. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mluca/OptimalAggregation.pdf International Trade, Multinational Activity, and Corporate Finance By: Foley, C. Fritz, and Kalina... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

International. Saturday's discussion panels examined four main themes: restructuring and economic reforms, humancapital development, industry adaptation in Asia, and multinational corporations and... View Details
Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 19 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 19

common resources, such as advertising or production capacity, across activities. Within the literature on corporate strategy, this tension between focus and breadth is reconciled by the concept of related diversification (i.e., a firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 16

to find their place. However, changes in the industry are also due to China's economic transformation, demographic changes due to an aging population and an economic agenda shaped by the state. As our chapter demonstrates, insurance companies and the fate of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-012.pdf Doing What the Parents Want? The Effect of the Local Information Environment on the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

S. Paine When Unilever CEO Paul Polman announced the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) in November 2010, commentators took notice. The plan set ambitious goals, to be sure, but more than that, the nature of the goals was highly unusual for a publicly traded,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
  • Case

McDonald's Corporation: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Jessica Droste Yagan
McDonald's seeks to learn from a successful response to Greenpeace's Amazon deforestation campaign in order to make its supply chain more socially and environmentally responsible. View Details
Keywords: Food; Supply Chain Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Management Systems; Food and Beverage Industry
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