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Herbert V. Kohler
Kohler built the second largest plumbing supply company in the United States. He is also responsible for widening the company’s scope of production. Today, Kohler makes electric generators for standby power systems, yachts, motor homes,...
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Fabricated Goods
- winter 1991
- Article
Global Players, Western Tactics, Japanese Outcomes: The New Japanese Market for Corporate Control
By: W. C. Kester
Kester, W. C. "Global Players, Western Tactics, Japanese Outcomes: The New Japanese Market for Corporate Control." California Management Review 33, no. 2 (winter 1991): 58–70.
- September – October 1982
- Article
How Global Companies Win Out
By: T. M. Hout, M. E. Porter and E. Rudden
Hout, T. M., M. E. Porter, and E. Rudden. "How Global Companies Win Out." Harvard Business Review 60, no. 5 (September–October 1982).
Whitney MacMillan
MacMillan was responsible for the expansion of Cargill’s business from $10 billion to $33 billion in 10 years. He diversified Cargill’s scope of activities by introducing it to the consumer market. By the mid-1980s, the firm became the...
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Agriculture & Mining
- 22 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
The Making of An Internship: An Effective Onboarding Process
talks to the importance of the cultural orientation which enhanced her understanding of how to be effective in her new surrounding. Ahmed Eldemerdash explains how having one-to-one meetings with key stake holders on his product development team at Cimpress allowed him...
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All Industries
- January 2015 (Revised January 2018)
- Technical Note
Note on Comparative Capitalism
By: Clayton S. Rose and Rebecca Henderson
This note draws on academic work, as well as social and economic data across several countries, to provide a basic understanding of some of the differences among capitalist systems. It begins with a description of the system of capitalism, and characteristics that to a...
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Keywords:
Capitalism;
Global;
Economic Systems;
Global Range;
Japan;
Germany;
China;
United States;
Sweden
Rose, Clayton S., and Rebecca Henderson. "Note on Comparative Capitalism." Harvard Business School Technical Note 315-077, January 2015. (Revised January 2018.)
- May 2001
- Article
Competing at Home to Win Abroad: Evidence from Japanese History
By: Mariko Sakakibara and Michael E. Porter
The study explores the influence of domestic competition on international trade performance, using data from a broad sample of Japanese industries. Domestic rivalry is measured directly using market-share instability rather than employing structural variables such as...
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Sakakibara, Mariko, and Michael E. Porter. "Competing at Home to Win Abroad: Evidence from Japanese History." Review of Economics and Statistics 83, no. 2 (May 2001).
- May 2003
- Book Review
Review of Entrepreneurship in Vietnam: Transformation and Dynamics edited by Per Ronnas and Bhargavi Ramamurthy
Abrami, Regina M. "Review of Entrepreneurship in Vietnam: Transformation and Dynamics edited by Per Ronnas and Bhargavi Ramamurthy." Journal of Asian Studies 62, no. 2 (May 2003): 713–715.
- 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
Kester, W. Carl. "Multinational Governance in Global Companies: The Conflict Between Companies that Have Become Global and Boards that are Still National." Lecture at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 1994. (Moderator for the panel discussion.)
- January 1987
- Article
America and Japan: Siamese Twins in the World Economy
McCraw, T. K. "America and Japan: Siamese Twins in the World Economy." Newsweek (January 1987). (Japanese edition.)
- February 1996
- Article
Global and US EPS and Business Segment Proposals
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Global and US EPS and Business Segment Proposals." Accounting Bulletin, no. 35 (February 1996).
- Article
Internal Differentiation Within Multinational Corporations
By: S. Ghoshal and N. Nohria
Ghoshal, S., and N. Nohria. "Internal Differentiation Within Multinational Corporations." Strategic Management Journal 10, no. 4 (July–August 1989): 323–337.
- summer 1992
- Article
What Makes You Think U.S. Capital Is So Expensive?
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "What Makes You Think U.S. Capital Is So Expensive?" Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 5, no. 2 (summer 1992): 29–41.
- Article
Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations
By: P. Rosenzweig and N. Nohria
Rosenzweig, P., and N. Nohria. "Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations." Journal of International Business Studies 25, no. 2 (Second Quarter 1994): 229–252.
- Article
Should Multinationals Invest in Africa?
By: John A. Quelch and James E. Austin
Quelch, John A., and James E. Austin. "Should Multinationals Invest in Africa?" MIT Sloan Management Review 34, no. 3 (Spring 1993): 107–119.
- March 1985 (Revised August 1985)
- Teaching Note
Challenge Ahead: Economic Growth, Global Interdependence, and the New Competition, Teaching Note
- April 2022
- Article
Demand Interactions in Sharing Economies: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Airbnb and Uber/Lyft
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Dokyun Lee, Param Singh and Tridas Mukhopadhyay
We examine whether and how ride-sharing services influence the demand for home-sharing services. Our identification strategy hinges on a natural experiment in which Uber/Lyft exited Austin, Texas, in May 2016 due to local regulation. Using a 12-month longitudinal...
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Airbnb;
Uber;
Natural Experiment;
Geographic Demand Dispersion;
Sharing Economy;
Transportation;
Demand and Consumers;
Geographic Scope
Zhang, Shunyuan, Dokyun Lee, Param Singh, and Tridas Mukhopadhyay. "Demand Interactions in Sharing Economies: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Airbnb and Uber/Lyft." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 59, no. 2 (April 2022): 374–391.
- Article
Global Strategic Management: Impact on the New Frontiers of Strategy Research
By: C. A. Bartlett and S. Ghoshal
Bartlett, C. A., and S. Ghoshal. "Global Strategic Management: Impact on the New Frontiers of Strategy Research." Strategic Management Journal 12 (Summer 1991): 5–16.
- March 1994
- Article
Change in the Global Economy
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Change in the Global Economy." European Management Journal 12 (March 1994): 1–9.
- summer 1994
- Article
The New Dynamics of Global Manufacturing Site Location
By: A. D. MacCormack, L. J. Newman III and D. B. Rosenfield
MacCormack, A. D., L. J. Newman III, and D. B. Rosenfield. "The New Dynamics of Global Manufacturing Site Location." MIT Sloan Management Review 35, no. 4 (summer 1994).