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  • May 2009 (Revised June 2009)
  • Case

Areva

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Areva, the world's market leader in civilian nuclear power, was positioned to take advantage of the resurgence of nuclear power. However, three issues clouded the positive outlook: (1) a 1.7 billion euro loss on the construction of the first next generation nuclear... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Financial Statements; Energy Generation; Cash Flow; Investment; Energy Industry; Europe
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  • September 2014
  • Case

Radiometer, 2013

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2013, Radiometer continued to lead the world in blood gas analysis equipment and accessories, selling direct and through distributors to hospital central laboratories, point-of-care locations, and non-hospital medical locations. Founded in 1935 and based in Denmark,... View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices; Medical Equipment ＆ Devices; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Change; Family Business; Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Denmark; United States
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  • July 2008 (Revised June 2012)
  • Case

Corruption in Germany

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Jonathan Schlefer
Why do managers become corrupt? Does corruption ever pay? When do friendly relations cross into bribery? How can CEOs manage and prevent outbreaks of corruption? These and other questions are raised by three short case studies of corruption in Germany: at the global... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Law; Managerial Roles; Practice; Conflict of Interests; Germany
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  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

Bridgestone/Firestone (2000), related party transactions and accounting fraud at Enron (2001), accounting fraud at WorldCom (2002), corrupt payments at Siemens (2007), mortgage lending abuses at Countrywide Financial (2006) and Wall... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

production to low-cost countries faster than European competitors such as Philips and Siemens while also benefiting from greater scale economies. But even the best management can get only so far in melding the two strategies. Acer, one of... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 20 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

Westinghouse, and AT&T), and Telefunken (a joint venture of the two European leaders, Siemens and AEG). After World War II knocked out Telefunken, RCA took the lead in commercializing television worldwide. It was then solely... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products
  • 24 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

In a 2012 Harvard Business School case on corruption at German conglomerate Siemens AG, Peter Solmssen —brought in to clean house —reflects on how people approach a business bribe. "The stupid ones say, very simply, what are you going to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 08 Mar 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

have been talking about the market for 10 years, but it's not yet where it's supposed to be." Henderson's best guess is that the utility and power integrators, like Siemens AG and GE, may have the best shot at making money off of the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities
  • 02 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

bribery but even made it tax deductible until 1999, it was not welcomed in some nations where Siemens did business such as the United States—or in Germany after 2000—but old practices continued. Cooperative management-labor relations,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

perspective provides several promising avenues for future research. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52558 Harvard Business School Case 717-428 Digitalization at Siemens The case discusses the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 12

http://hbr.org/search/314050-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-026 Sustainability at Siemens Describes sustainability efforts at Siemens since arrival of Chief Sustainability Officer, Barbara Kux, in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 20

http://hbr.org/search/313111-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 613-100 Open Innovation at Siemens The case describes Siemens, a worldwide innovator in the Energy, Healthcare, Industry, and Infrastructure & Cities sectors, and its... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

case:http://hbr.org/search/612080-PDF-ENG Siemens AG: Key Account Management Thomas Steenburgh, Michael Ahearne, and Elena CorsiHarvard Business School Case 512-110 The key account manager of an engineering company has to convince a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

she needs to decide whether to franchise or own the next expansion. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311035-PDF-ENG Werner von Siemens and the Electric Telegraph Geoffrey G. Jones and Bjoern von SiemensHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jul 2008
  • Op-Ed

Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI

two reasons. First, they are systematically lower than the returns of American outbound FDI. By way of example, the data indicate that GE earns a much higher return on overseas activities than Siemens does in the United States. Indeed,... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
  • 14 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

eastern Europe. We tend to forget this sort of entrepreneurialism, somewhat blinded by the light of the start-up culture of the United States and Silicon Valley. Q: Some great but autocratic German entrepreneurs including Alfred Krupp and Werner View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

715-039 The Great Divergence: Europe and Modern Economic Growth No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715039-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 616-060 Building the Digital Manufacturing Enterprise of the Future at View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 9

clouded the positive outlook: (1) a 1.7 billion euro loss on the construction of the first next generation nuclear reactor in Finland, (2) the decision of German company Siemens to pull out of its partnership in Areva NP and exercise its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

of integrated care. Finally, students have the opportunity to evaluate the degree to which integrated models of care can be developed within academic medical centers. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608175 Corruption... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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