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November 2005 (Revised December 2016)
Case

Bally Total Fitness (A): The Rise, 1962–2004

By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth

From a single, modest club in 1962, Bally Total Fitness had grown to become—in management’s words—the “largest and only nationwide commercial operator of fitness centers” in the United States in 2004. Bally had faced its share of challenges, but the last couple of... View Details

Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Fitness; Gyms; Health Clubs; Chain; Securities And Exchange Commission; Paul Toback; Weight Loss; Exercise; Contracts; Personal Training; Retention; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Finance; Advertising; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Satisfaction; Public Equity; Financing and Loans; Revenue; Revenue Recognition; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Management; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Operations; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Trends; Cost Management; Profit; Growth and Development; Leadership Style; Five Forces Framework; Private Ownership; Opportunities; Motivation and Incentives; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

International Business/Globalization category for The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations (Princeton University Press, 2017). Tsedal Neeley : Included in the 2018 Thinkers50 On the Radar... View Details

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Projects/BPEA/Fall-2014/Fall2014BPEA_Weinzierl.pdf?la=en Working Papers Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2014
News

A corporate leader’s legacy in India

a multinational conglomerate with interests ranging from technology to energy to consumer products. It is also a major employer and dedicated provider of philanthropic assistance in India. “Apart from values and ethics which I have tried... View Details

April 1985 (Revised March 1987)
Background Note

Organizing and Controlling MNCs

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management

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March 1985
Background Note

MNCs and Host Country Relationships

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management

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January 1996 (Revised March 1996)
Case

Ellis International Division: Patrick O'Brian

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management

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June 1991
Case

Eli Lilly and Co.: European Pharmaceutical Operations

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Pharmaceutical Industry; Europe

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January 2014 (Revised January 2014)
Supplement

GlaxoSmithKline in China (C)

By: John Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez

Keywords: China; Healthcare; Pharmaceutical Sales; Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Pharmaceutical Industry; China

1993
Book

Transnational Corporations: A Historical Perspective

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management

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01 Jun 2005
News

Do You Speak Business?

do business the same way — with identical processes, functions, and operations — while approaching this elevated stage; but by the time they attain it, successful companies do share certain qualities and practices not observed in firms... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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

1986
Chapter

Competition Encountered by U.S. Companies That Manufacture Abroad

By: Robert B. Stobaugh

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Competition; Trade; Manufacturing Industry; United States

May 1991
Case

Firestone, Inc.: Globalization

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Globalization; Corporate Strategy

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10 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

For many multinational firms doing business in unfamiliar countries, it made sense to create joint ventures with local firms. After all, that local knowledge of customs, suppliers, and markets could save the... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

2009
Chapter

Third World Multinationals: A Look Back

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Oceania; West Indies

September 1998 (Revised October 2001)
Case

SADAFCO

SADAFCO has long enjoyed a dominant position in the milk and ice cream markets in Saudi Arabia. In the mid-1990s, this dominance was under threat as Nestle, Unilever, and Mars all entered the ice cream market. The case outlines the Saudi Arabian ice cream wars. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Food; Multinational Firms and Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Saudi Arabia

January 1984 (Revised April 1987)
Case

Turning Around Alcan Europe (A): Patrick Rich's First Four Months as CEO-Europe

Faced with large losses in Alcan Aluminum (Europe), Patrick Rich takes the position of area general manager and slashes capital budgets, introduces new financial controls, and sets up mechanisms for increasing cooperation among the national subsidiaries. The focus is... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Manufacturing Industry; Europe

September 1997 (Revised September 1997)
Case

Koc Holding: Arcelik White Goods

By: John A. Quelch

Management is considering its options for future international expansion. Koc is the dominant supplier of white goods (kitchen appliances) in Turkey and has been increasing its export efforts. As lower import tariffs invite foreign competitors to enter Turkey, Koc must... View Details

Keywords: Expansion; Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Turkey

01 Feb 1976
Conference Presentation

The Transnational Corporation and the Host Country

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management

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