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- Summer 2013
- Article
Strategic Management of Intellectual Property: An Integrated Approach
By: William W. Fisher III and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
In many organizations, the R&D, strategy, and legal functions are poorly integrated. As a consequence, firms miss opportunities to create and exploit the value of intellectual property. Functional silos are one reason for the lack of integration. More important,... View Details
- June 2013
- Column
Unternehmen als Quelle des Wohlstandes
Ökonomen führen die Armut vieler Länder auf die schlechten Institutionen zurück. Diese Theorie berücksichtigt aber nicht die zentrale Bedeutung von Unternehmen. View Details
- May 2013
- Column
Spezialisten auf kostspieligem Blindflug
Infolge des Immobiliencrashs in den USA haben Anleger viel Geld verloren. Hart traf es dabei auch diejenigen Investoren, die es hätten besser wissen müssen. View Details
- April 2013
- Column
Finanzielle Anreize mit Nebenwirkungen
Firmen versuchen, mit Belohnungen ihre Mitarbeiter anzuspornen. Gerade auch bei den tüchtigsten Angestellten kann das unerwünschte Reaktionen zur Folge haben. View Details
- 2013
- Case
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited: Overseas Acquisitions (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Yongjun Jin and Xiaohui Li
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (Yanzhou Coal) is a listed company controlled by Yankuang Group Co., Ltd. (Yankuang Group) which is affiliated to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of Shandong Provincial Government, China.... View Details
- 2013
- Teaching Note
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited: Overseas Acquisitions (A) & (B) (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Yongjun Jin and Xiaohui Li
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (Yanzhou Coal) is a listed company controlled by Yankuang Group Co., Ltd. (Yankuang Group) which is affiliated to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of Shandong Provincial Government, China.... View Details
- 2013
- Supplement
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited: Overseas Acquisitions (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Yongjun Jin and Xiaohui Li
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (Yanzhou Coal) is a listed company controlled by Yankuang Group Co., Ltd. (Yankuang Group) which is affiliated to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of Shandong Provincial Government, China.... View Details
- December 2012
- Column
Lukrativer Sprung in die digitale Welt
Die digitale Revolution ängstigt die Verlage. Eine Welt ohne Literatur, Musik und Nachrichten wird es aber dank zwei ökonomischen Gesetzmässigkeiten nicht geben. View Details
- November 2012
- Column
Den guten Vorsätzen treu bleiben
Es ist ein verbreitete Schwäche: Man nimmt sich etwas vor, hält sich aber nicht daran. Erfahrungen aus dem Kreditgeschäft zeigen, wie man den Willen stärkt. View Details
- October 2012
- Course Overview Note
FIELD 2—Working with Global Partners
Most FIELD 2 teams develop great working relationships with their Global Partner. But managing Global Partner expectations can be challenging. This note describes three scenarios with which FIELD teams struggled in the past and asks the reader to make decisions about... View Details
- October 2012
- Column
Gute Verhandler denken nicht nur an sich
Wer eine Übereinkunft schliesst, sollte auch die Reaktionen des Umfeldes antizipieren. Lehren aus der Diplomatiegeschichte zeigen, wie das geht. View Details
- September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Doing Business in India
By: Andy Zelleke, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Saloni Chaturvedi
The case is set in August 2012—a time when India was undergoing policy stasis as several key reforms were stalled and the government faced allegations of misallocation of coal production licenses. The first part of the case provides a brief background on India's... View Details
- September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Doing Business in Turkey
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Robin J. Ely, Daniela Beyersdorfer, Emilie Billaud and Cigdem Çelik
In a rather flat international business environment characterized by shrinking markets and economic turmoil, Turkey promoted itself as one of the safe havens for investments. Led by the strong domestic demand of a young population, the country had tripled its GDP... View Details
- September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Doing Business in Ghana
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Elena Corsi
An entrepreneur considered investing in tomato paste manufacturing in Ghana, an emerging economy, and pondered the opportunities and challenges of investing here. Ghana's economy had been growing over the last decade, reaching a peak of 14.4% growth rate in 2011. Now a... View Details
- September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Doing Business in China
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Nancy Dai and G.A. Donovan
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in China. It highlights China's remarkable economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2012 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case summarizes the main obstacles faced... View Details
- September 2012
- Case
Ringier - Building a Digital-Age Media Company
Overview of the strategic re-orientation and diversification of Ringier, a Swiss based media company, as they confront the challenges of staying competitive and profitable in the new and increasingly digital media landscape. View Details
- September 2012
- Column
Berater im Widerstreit der Interessen
Wir delegieren viele Entscheide an Spezialisten, weil diese angeblich mehr wissen und ohne Emotionen handeln. Doch völlig frei sind auch die Fachleute nicht. View Details
- May 2012
- Column
Fehler auch als eine Chance nutzen
Aus Fehlern werde man klug, sagt der Volksmund. Es sind allerdings nicht die Fehler, die man selber macht, aus denen am meisten gelernt werden kann. View Details
- April 2012
- Column
Korruption beeinträchtigt die Ertragskraft
Dank Korruption erzielen Firmen zwar mehr Umsatz. Erwiesen ist allerdings auch, dass die Rentabilität leidet. Die Korruptionsbekämpfung sollte daher Chefsache sein. View Details
- 2012
- Working Paper
No News Is Good News: CSR Strategy and Newspaper Coverage of Negative Firm Events
By: Jiao Luo, Stephan Meier and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
One of the benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, it has been argued, is that they build up a reservoir of public good will, shielding companies in times of trouble. In this paper, we test the view that CSR provides protection from public ire by... View Details