Publications

Educators

March 1994
Article

Change in the Global Economy

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Change; Economy; Global Range

29 Jan 1994
Lecture

Multinational Governance in Global Companies: The Conflict Between Companies that Have Become Global and Boards that are Still National

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Global Range; Local Range; Conflict and Resolution

January 1994
Article

The Making of Global Enterprise

By: G. Jones

Keywords: Global Range; Business Ventures

1994
Article

The Role of Location in Competition

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Geographic Location; Competition

1994
Other Unpublished Work

The Value Choices in State and Local Spending: A Workbook

By: Dutch Leonard and Monica Friar

Keywords: Spending; Local Range; Cost vs Benefits

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

Keywords: Local Range; Operations; Environmental Sustainability; Perspective; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy

September–October 1993
Article

Don't Stop with the One-stop Shop: Foreign Investment in a Liberalizing Third World

By: Louis T Wells Jr and A. Wint

Keywords: Investment; Global Range

Article

Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations

By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Adam Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg

Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Patents; Geography

Read Now

April 1993 (Revised January 2011)
Background Note

Note on Store Location

By: David E. Bell and Jose B. Alvarez

Reviews some basic issues to be considered in selecting a new location for a retail store. View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Geographic Location; Expansion; Retail Industry

Educators

Article

Should Multinationals Invest in Africa?

By: John A. Quelch and James E. Austin

Keywords: Global Range; Investment; Africa

winter 1993
Article

Horses for Courses: Organizational Forms for Multinational Corporations

By: S. Ghoshal and N. Nohria

Keywords: Global Range; Business Ventures

1993
Article

Regional Consensus on Affordable Housing: Yes in My Backyard

By: M. A. Wheeler

Keywords: Local Range; Public Opinion

September 1992
Case

Kodak Business Imaging Systems Division

By: Marie-Therese M. Flaherty and Steven C. Wheelwright

Describes Kodak's decision regarding a manufacturing site for some of its products. Compares several types of products (with different cost structures) and several worldwide locations (with different characteristics). Provides a framework (model) for comparing and... View Details

Keywords: Framework; Production; Product; Global Range; Supply Chain Management; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Electronics Industry

Educators