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  • 27 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

Drivers on Interstate 25 in Colorado have been speculating about the fate of hundreds of Volkswagen cars sitting in a lot near Pikes Peak International Raceway. It’s one of 37 sites in the United States where the automaker is storing... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
  • Supplement

China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (B)

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty
Supplements the A case [308027]. With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman,... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Corporate Governance; State Ownership; Standards; Globalized Markets and Industries; Telecommunications Industry; China
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  • August 2016
  • Supplement

CEO Succession at Cisco (B): Announcement Strategy

By: Boris Groysberg, J. Yo-Jud Cheng and Annelena Lobb
Supplements the (A) case (417-031). This case supplement describes Cisco’s communications strategy around the CEO announcement, which focused on controlling the narrative and avoiding leaks. The strategy included both internal and external processes aimed at... View Details
Keywords: Management Succession; Communication Strategy; Technology Industry
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    Gunnar Trumbull

    Gunnar Trumbull is the Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

    Professor Trumbull’s primary area of expertise in political economy, with a focus on consumer and regulatory politics. His book Strength in... View Details

    Keywords: agribusiness; consumer products; credit card; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; microfinance; retail financial services; retailing
    • 07 Sep 2010
    • News

    Customers always know best

    • 19 Dec 2012
    • News

    The Unequal State of America: Does income inequality matter? And how?

    • November 2006 (Revised November 2007)
    • Case

    Strategy in the Twenty First Century Pharmaceutical Industry: Merck & Co. and Pfizer Inc.

    By: David J. Collis and Troy Smith
    The global pharmaceutical industry has gone through substantial changes in the last few decades and pharmaceutical firms face major challenges including headline-grabbing litigation, imminent patent expirations, new technologies, rising drug development costs, generic... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Research and Development; Corporate Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    Currency Hedging in Emerging Markets: Managing Cash Flow Exposure

    By: Laura Alfaro, Mauricio Calani and Liliana Varela
    Foreign currency derivative markets are among the largest in the world, yet their role in emerging markets in particular, is relatively understudied. We study firms' currency risk exposure and their hedging choices by employing a unique dataset covering the universe of... View Details
    Keywords: Foreign Currency Hedging; FX Derivatives; Foreign Currency Debt; Currency Mismatch; Trade Credit; Currency; Cash Flow; Emerging Markets
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    • 25 Jun 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Build It, Buy It Or Both? Rethinking the Sourcing of Advertising Services

    Keywords: by Alvin J. Silk; Advertising
    • January 2002 (Revised January 2004)
    • Case

    Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century

    By: David B. Yoffie and Yusi Wang
    Examines the industry structure and competitive strategy of Coca-cola and Pepsi over 100 years of rivalry. New challenges of the 21st century included boosting flagging domestic cola sales and finding new revenue streams. Both firms also began to modify their bottling,... View Details
    Keywords: Price; Growth and Development; Brands and Branding; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Performance; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    • 2014
    • Case

    Yonyou 2013

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao
    The case describes how a leading Chinese management software provider Yonyou (formerly known as "UFIDA") disrupted its value chain-based business model to transform itself into a platform provider. The case describes Yonyou's past success, the market forces and... View Details
    Keywords: Business Models; ERP; Platforms; Strategy; Transformations; China; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; China
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    • 2014
    • Teaching Note

    Yonyou 2013 (TN)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao
    The case describes how a leading Chinese management software provider Yonyou (formerly known as "UFIDA") disrupted its value chain-based business model to transform itself into a platform provider. The case describes Yonyou's past success, the market forces and... View Details
    Keywords: Business Models; ERP; Platforms; Strategy; Transformations; China; Information Technology; China
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    • 2007
    • Book

    Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism

    By: G. Jones and Rohit Daniel Wadhwani
    These volumes demonstrates the importance of historical perspectives in the study of entrepreneurship. By exploring the role of entrepreneurship in the history of global capitalism, the authors show that historical knowledge can challenge widely accepted... View Details
    Keywords: History; Diasporas; Economic Systems; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalized Firms and Management; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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    • September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
    • Case

    Corporate Inversions: Stanley Works and the Lure of Tax Havens

    By: Mihir A. Desai, James R. Hines, Jr and Mark Veblen
    In response to Stanley Work's announcement that it is moving to Bermuda--and the associated jump in market value--a major competitor sets out to determine how the market is valuing the consequences of moving to a tax haven and whether his company should invert to a tax... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Management; Taxation; Financial Strategy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; International Finance; Valuation; Financial Markets; Financial Statements; United States
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    • August 2011 (Revised May 2012)
    • Case

    Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global in 2011

    By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Phillip Andrews
    In 2011, Haier, China's leading appliance manufacturer, had over $20 billion in worldwide sales and had just been named the leading refrigerator manufacturer worldwide. Describes Haier's rise over three decades from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Qingdao... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Global Strategy; Expansion; Diversification; Emerging Markets; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
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    • February 2009 (Revised September 2011)
    • Case

    Big Spaceship: Ready to Go Big?

    By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
    Big Spaceship, a digital marketing agency, faced a rather big challenge: How to scale the distinctive culture that was essential to its competitive strategy? Renowned for the cutting-edge websites that it developed to market major Hollywood movies and leading consumer... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Human Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation
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    • November 2021 (Revised January 2024)
    • Case

    The Global Great Depression, 1929-1939

    By: Alberto Cavallo, Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli
    The Great Depression was, by far, the worst economic contraction of the twentieth century, and some of the most important ideas about both fiscal and monetary policy in the second half of the century were developed in response to it. The economic collapse, which... View Details
    Keywords: Great Depression; Economic Conditions; Unemployment; Homelessness; Financial Crisis; History; Economy; Policy; Poverty; Social Issues; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation
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    • 14 Apr 2022
    • News

    China Hesitates on Bailing Out Sri Lanka, Pakistan as Debt Soars

    • March 2003 (Revised September 2004)
    • Case

    Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement

    Examines the political and economic dimensions of the campaign to improve workers' rights around the world through the inclusion of labor standards in international trade agreements. The U.S.-Cambodia Textile Trade Agreement was the first agreement of its kind to link... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Rights; Working Conditions; Globalization; Consumer Products Industry; Cambodia; United States
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    • 13 Jul 2022
    • News

    So What Happened to Crypto?