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- 2003
- Case
Corning Microarray Technologies
By: Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Gautam Bellur
In mid-2000, the scientific community reached a momentous milestone—the complete mapping of the human genome. Researchers in the field of genomics were anxious to dig into a tremendous array of newly possible scientific inquiries, and needed efficient experimental... View Details
Francis C. Rooney, Jr.
During his 23-year tenure as CEO, Rooney led Melville’s dramatic expansion as a focused retail industry conglomerate. His acquisition of CVS in 1969 became the primary profitability producer for the corporation. Under his leadership,... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Donald C. McGraw
McGraw initiated a period of diversification and expansion for McGraw-Hill, moving beyond book and magazine publishing. He orchestrated the successful acquisition of three industry reference sources: Standard & Poor’s Corporation, F.... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
Willis H. Carrier
Carrier was a pioneer in the field of mechanical refrigeration. Perfecting an air cooling system, Carrier first introduced air conditioning to theaters in the 1930’s and later went on to develop elaborate, but affordable, air conditioning systems for businesses. His... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 2004
- Case
Hasbro Interactive
By: Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble
In the mid 1990s, Hasbro created Hasbro Interactive, a new business unit chartered to develop video games for PCs and other gaming systems based on Hasbro's many toy and game brands. After a few successful years, ambitions for Hasbro Interactive escalated dramatically.... View Details
Govindarajan, Vijay, and Chris Trimble. "Hasbro Interactive." 2004. (Case No. 2-0021.)
- 28 Jul 2021
- Video
Aroon Purie
Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India Today, discusses why the trend towards nationalism and the backlash against globalization cannot be permanent situations. View Details
- 21 Jan 2021
- Video
José Alejandro Cortés
José Alejandro Cortés, President of the Colombia-based diversified business group Grupo Bolìvar, explains that he began the group’s international process by moving into countries that spoke the same language. He describes first venturing into Venezuela due to its... View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- Video
Mohammed Al Barwani
Mohammed Al Barwani, founder of the Oman-based diversified group MB Holding Company, discusses the origins of his group's growth beyond Oman.
View Details- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
expansion of the service-based economy, rapid technological innovation, deregulation and privatization, and today's knowledge revolution as forces that are "driving companies to fundamentally rethink their business models and radically... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth
growth and is interested in testing and refining its model in new locations; or when a nonprofit has less ambitious, less geographically dispersed expansion plans. We were not surpised that our research suggests that there is no single,... View Details
- winter 1981
- Article
Capacity Expansion: Should You Play the Preemption Game?
By: M. E. Porter
Keywords: Expansion
Porter, M. E. "Capacity Expansion: Should You Play the Preemption Game?" Journal of Business Strategy (winter 1981).
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Rahmi M. Koç
Rahmi Koç, former Chair of Koç Holding, a large diversified business group in Turkey, describes his cautious approach to international expansion, using the U.S. appliance market as his example.
View Details- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Güler Sabancı
Güler Sabancı, head of the Turkey-based diversified business group Sabancı Holding, discusses her strategy of managing risk when doing business in another country by focusing on having a local partner,... View Details
Don H. Barden
Barden capitalized on the expansion of cable in the early eighties by targeting predominantly African-American communities. He secured the wiring rights to the city of Detroit and formed a partnership with Maclean Hunter, one of Canada’s... View Details
Keywords: Communications
Robert D. Stuart, Jr.
Joining the family firm after serving in World War II, Robert Jr. was responsible for Quaker Oats’ biggest diversification since his Uncle John was president. Much of Stuart’s expansion came in non-food business areas, his most notable... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 05 Jan 2021
- Video
Beatriz Fernández
Beatriz Fernández, Co-Founder and Manager of Crepes & Waffles S.A., explains the decision to grow her business internationally in the 1990s, going first to Ecuador and then across the Atlantic by focusing on her relationships with the local communities, local tastes,... View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- Video
Anil Jain
Anil Jain, head of the India-based agribusiness Jain Irrigation Systems, explains how, in expanding globally, his company was able to both tap into new international markets and also to serve a largely... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Gülsüm Azeri
Gülsüm Azeri, head of Şişecam, an industrial group in Turkey that produces glass and chemicals, discusses the strategy of the glassware producer, Paşabahçe, to enter the Russian market. View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- Video
Binod Chaudhary
Binod Chaudhary, head of Nepal-based diversified business group Chaudhary Group, describes his company's work to mediate business transactions between China and India, and speculates about the possibility for... View Details
- 19 Nov 2019
- Video
Lilian Simbaqueba
Lilian Simbaqueba, founder of the Colombia-based microfinance company LiSim, explains how her early international efforts, first in Mexico and then in many other locations, were motivated by economic crisis at... View Details