Publications

February 1995 (Revised April 1996)
Case

Russia 1994

Describes Russia's transition from a centrally planned economy under Communist rule to an increasingly market-oriented economy under a more democratic political regime. Can be used to discuss the complementarity of elements of an economic strategy, and the optimal... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Economic Systems; Russia; Soviet Union

Educators

26 May 2016
News

Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971

Download Alan F. Horn profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1943 Born, New York, New York 1964 Earns BA, Economics, Union College 1971 Earns MBA with Distinction 1971 Joins Procter & Gamble 1973 Joins Tandem... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Leo Markel

U.S. granted us refugee status and we moved from the Soviet Union in 1991. Without this move and my family's toils, my prospects would have been very different. Recognizing that there are billions of people who can scarcely afford to... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

October 2024
Case

EU's Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act

By: David B. Yoffie and Sarah von Bargen

Since the early 2020s, the EU began passing regulations on digital platforms and their marketplaces. One of the first was the Digital Services Act package, consisting of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA). These regulations were focused on... View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; E-commerce; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cybersecurity; European Union

Educators

Editorial

Le capitalisme durable menace la durabilité des entreprises

By: Jesse M. Fried and Charles CY Wang

Keywords: European Union

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2019
Working Paper

The Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on Internet Interconnection

By: Ran Zhuo, Bradley Huffaker, KC Claffy and Shane Greenstein

The Internet comprises thousands of independently operated networks, where bilaterally negotiated interconnection agreements determine the flow of data between networks. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes strict restrictions on... View Details

Keywords: Personal Data; Privacy Regulation; GDPR; Interconnection Agreements; Internet and the Web; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; European Union

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June 2014
Supplement

ISS/AS The Buyout—spreadsheet supplement

By: Lucy White

Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; European Union

2013
Other Unpublished Work

Comments on Commitments in AT.39740 — Google

By: Benjamin Edelman

I evaluate the remedies in Google's proposed Commitments, and I propose additional remedies to more fully address the Commission's concerns. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Regulation; Google; Bias; Deterrence; Law; Internet; Search Technology; Technology Networks; European Union

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June 2003 (Revised January 2004)
Case

The Euro-Dollar Decision (A)

By: Huw Pill, John C. Kelleher, Michael T. Nally and David Schlendorf

Explores the factors that determine floating exchange rates in the context of the introduction of the euro in January 1999. View Details

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; European Union

December 1994 (Revised July 1996)
Case

USSR 1988, The: The Search for Growth

For decades after the revolution of 1917, Communist Party leaders claimed that the socialist economic system was superior to the capitalist system on both moral and economic grounds. By 1985, when Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the... View Details

Keywords: Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; Soviet Union

Educators

March 1993
Teaching Note

Tambrands Inc.: The Femtech Soviet Joint Venture (B) TN

By: Willis M. Emmons III

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Soviet Union

August 1991 (Revised March 1993)
Case

Tambrands, Inc.: The Femtech Soviet Joint Venture (B)

By: Willis M. Emmons III

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Corporate Strategy; Soviet Union

November 1990
Background Note

Common Agricultural Policy of the EC: An Agenda for the Nineties

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; European Union

September 2002
Article

Memories of Nations and States: Institutional History and National Identity in Post-Soviet Eurasia

By: Rawi Abdelal

Keywords: History; Soviet Union

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December 1984 (Revised July 1990)
Teaching Note

Soviet Gas Pipeline, Teaching Note

By: David B. Yoffie

Keywords: Soviet Union