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- March 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Supplement
Dennis Hightower in Conversation with MBA Students, November 21, 1994 (Supplement)
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Taking Charge & Dennis Hightower: Walt Disney's Transnational Manager. View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management
Nanda, Ashish. "Dennis Hightower in Conversation with MBA Students, November 21, 1994 (Supplement)." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-149, March 1995. (Revised May 1996.)
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
organizational challenges multinational managers have met while doing business across borders. An appendix lists the top fifty nonfinancial multinationals in 2001, ranked by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
of international capital markets. Several cases go inside multinational firms to consider how hedging strategies can be devised, how to value assets around the world, and how to pursue major financings that capitalize on distinct legal... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- News
A corporate leader’s legacy in India
When Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975) joined his family’s business in 1962, it was on the Tata Steel shop floor in Jamshedpur, India. From the ground up, Tata learned how to be an effective manager and a corporate leader who understands the... View Details
- Profile
Mengwen Zhao
Before Mengwen Zhao (MBA 2019) arrived at HBS, she had worked for six years with two giant multinational corporations, Johnson & Johnson and Nestle. In a way, HBS represented a chance to think smaller. "In China, there are lots... View Details
- 21 Apr 2014
- News
Spirit of philanthropy advances Executive Education
underprivileged. “It has been the DNA of the organization to play a role in the community,” says Tata of his family’s company, the Tata Group, which he led as chairman from 1991 to 2012. The multinational conglomerate comprises more than... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
travel abroad freely, and it still doesn't allow many ideas to cross its borders. Consequently, while it may be true that multinational companies can invest in China more easily than they can in India, View Details
- Jul 2012
- Article
A Better Way to Tax U.S. Businesses
an end to foreign-income tax would encourage U.S. multinationals to keep more money at home. Any revenue lost could be offset by a small tax on noncorporate business income, which is now exempted. Closing the chasm between how income is... View Details
- April 1985
- Background Note
Roles and Responsibilities of the Country Manager: MNC Operations from the National Organization's Perspective
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Roles and Responsibilities of the Country Manager: MNC Operations from the National Organization's Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 385-326, April 1985.
- September–October 2017
- Article
GE's Global Growth Experiment: The Company Pushed Cross-Business Collaboration
By: Ranjay Gulati
Like many other companies, GE under Immelt had to figure out how to balance serving local needs with the economies of worldwide scale. Harvard Business School’s Ranjay Gulati looks at how it tackled the challenge. He identifies several important takeaways for other... View Details
Gulati, Ranjay. "GE's Global Growth Experiment: The Company Pushed Cross-Business Collaboration." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 52–53.
Harold S. Geneen
Geneen diversified International Telephone and Telegraph through acquiring shares of companies ranging from the Sheraton Hotel Chain to the Hartford Insurance Company. Geneen grew his firm from $765 million to $8.5 billion in revenues to become one of the largest View Details
Keywords: Communications
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
PublicationsBanks as Multinationals Author:Geoffrey Jones Publication:New York: Routledge, 2012 Abstract This is a revised edition of a comparative, international study which looks at the history of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 1986
- Chapter
Competition Encountered by U.S. Companies That Manufacture Abroad
By: Robert B. Stobaugh
- May 1991
- Case
Firestone, Inc.: Globalization
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "Firestone, Inc.: Globalization." Harvard Business School Case 391-236, May 1991.
- January 1996 (Revised March 1996)
- Case
Ellis International Division: Patrick O'Brian
By: David A. Garvin
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management
Garvin, David A. "Ellis International Division: Patrick O'Brian." Harvard Business School Case 396-184, January 1996. (Revised March 1996.)
- June 1991
- Case
Eli Lilly and Co.: European Pharmaceutical Operations
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Eli Lilly and Co.: European Pharmaceutical Operations." Harvard Business School Case 391-234, June 1991.
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
drives; and how to manage the disease and vaccinations in the villages of developing countries. The book also explores how governments across the world can work closely with private-sector companies to fight the illness and accelerate... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Past Informs the Future of Work
related to growth and efficiency. In a variety of case studies, students in the MBA elective Managing the Future of Work consider technological trends reshaping today’s workplace and actions business leaders can take. In particular, cases... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
level, “is when you actually tilt the playing field by influencing the policymaking or contracting process; this is illegal and unfair.” Abdelal says that for many executives, the challenge is managing a business culture in which it is... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
improvements in impoverished countries. Lodge advanced the ideas in a January 2006 two-part piece in YaleGlobal coauthored with economist Craig Wilson. The authors also have a book due in May, A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty: How View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell