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  • 26 Oct 2020
  • News

Trump's work visas suspension cost $100B in big companies' market value – study

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • December 2009 (Revised April 2012)
    • Case

    Neoprene

    By: Tom Nicholas and Felipe Tamega Fernandes
    In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product—neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Chemical Industry; United States
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    • February 2022 (Revised April 2022)
    • Case

    BUA Group

    By: John D. Macomber, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
    BUA Group must decide between investments in cement, road building, power generation, or sugar. Private businesses are important to economic development in Africa. Students must assess the competitive nature of each of these industries, the magnitude of capital... View Details
    Keywords: Investing; Transportation; Strategy; Project Finance; Agribusiness; Construction; Infrastructure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria; Africa
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    • February 2018
    • Case

    The Golden Triangle: Back in Business (A)

    By: Joseph Fuller, William Kerr, Manjari Raman and Donald Maruyama
    The Golden Triangle Region (GTR) is a three-county area in rural Mississippi that suffered a steep decline as manufacturing companies faced pressures from automation and overseas competition. Between the mid 1980s and late 1990s, several textile, toy, and tubing... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Development Economics; Change; Leadership; Success; Mississippi
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    • News

    We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change

    • January 2013
    • Supplement

    Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (B)

    By: William C. Kirby, Nancy Hua Dai and Erica M. Zendell
    Supplements the A Case 308-058. With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry, and to... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Global Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Vertical Integration; Goals and Objectives; Mergers and Acquisitions; Auto Industry; China; United States
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    • June 2017
    • Case

    Guillermo Jaime—An Endeavor Entrepreneur

    By: Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia
    Guillermo Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a for-profit company providing affordable housing to low-income Mexicans living at the base of the pyramid (BOP). This case tells the story of Jaime and Endeavor, a nonprofit dedicated to... View Details
    Keywords: Base Of The Pyramid; Social Capitalism; Housing; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Wealth and Poverty; Social Entrepreneurship; Construction Industry; Mexico
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    • 2011
    • Casebook

    Transnational Management: Text Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Paul W. Beamish
    Transnational Management focuses on the management challenges associated with developing strategies and managing the operations of companies whose activities stretch across national boundaries. The purpose of this book is to provide a conceptual framework showing the... View Details
    Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Economy; Framework; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Management; Problems and Challenges; Situation or Environment; Strategy; Competition
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    • 2009
    • Book

    Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed and What to Do About It

    By: Josh Lerner
    In response to the financial crisis, governments are being far more aggressive in intervening to promote economic activity, a trend that shows little tendency of alleviating. This book looks at the experiences of governments in encouraging entrepreneurs and venture... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Policy; Business and Government Relations
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    • November 2005
    • Supplement

    Nestle's Milk Districts: Case Supplement

    By: Ray A. Goldberg and Kerry Herman
    Nestle as the largest milk company in the world, has a history of economic development, nutrition, health, and food safety in all the major countries of the world. Each milk model is tailor-made to the needs of each country's political, social, and economic priorities. View Details
    Keywords: Development Economics; Nutrition; Health; Food; Government and Politics; Social Psychology; Economics; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • 23 Aug 2006
    • Op-Ed

    The Real Wal-Mart Effect

    books that purport to be balanced and coolly analytical raise questions about the company's economic impact. A case in point is Charles Fishman's The Wal-Mart Effect, which describes the company as having a "decidedly mixed View Details
    Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Ken A. Mark; Retail

      National Customer Orientation: An Empirical Test across 112 Countries

      Customer orientation is a central tenet of marketing. However, less is known about how customer orientation varies across countries and time.  Mintz, Currim, and Deshpandé (Eur. J. Mark., 56: 1014–1041, 2022) propose a country-level construct, national customer... View Details
      • 17 Oct 2018
      • News

      A scholar examines the rewards and shortcomings of skilled immigration in the United States

      • 2012
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Selection, Reallocation, and Knowledge Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Productivity Gains from Multinational Activity

      By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie X. Chen
      The impact of multinational activity on host-country productivity has been a major topic of economic research. A positive impact can be attributed to knowledge spillovers from foreign multinational to domestic firms or a less stressed, alternative explanation—firm... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Performance Productivity; Supply and Industry; Knowledge; Manufacturing Industry
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        When the Tailwind Stops: The Private Equity Industry in the New Interest Rate Environment

        The consistent growth of long-term alternative asset managers in the past four decades coincided with the secular decline in interest rates. This has been an important tailwind for the private equity industry’s development as debt markets became increasingly... View Details

        • August 2019
        • Case

        Kazakhstan Railways: From the Middle of Nowhere to a Center of Trade?

        By: Willy Shih and Esel Çekin
        This case describes the evolution of Kazakhstan's rail connectivity strategy post-collapse of the Soviet Union and its now central role in China's Belt and Road Initiative. This meant shifting from a north-south orientation towards an east-west one, as well as the... View Details
        Keywords: Geopolitics; China’s Infrastructure Exports: The ‘Belt And Road’ Initiative; Logistics; Trade; Economic Growth; Geopolitical Units; Geography; Rail Transportation; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; Central Asia; Kazakhstan; China
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        • April 2001 (Revised May 2002)
        • Case

        Brazil: Embracing Globalization?

        By: Laura Alfaro
        In 2001, Brazil stands at a crossroads. The country seems to be emerging from decades of economic stagnation. The economic situation remains tenuous, however, Brazil's leaders must now chart a forward course. Most critically, they must decide whether Brazil's future... View Details
        Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Development Economics; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Cooperation; Globalized Economies and Regions; Cost vs Benefits; Brazil
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        • February 1997 (Revised March 1999)
        • Background Note

        Transition to a Market Economy: The Components of Reform

        Makes a positive case for three broad categories of economic reform--macroeconomic stabilization, microeconomic liberalization, and institutional reform. View Details
        Keywords: Development Economics; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics
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        • 2019
        • White Paper

        Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy

        By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
        Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed... View Details
        Keywords: Impact-Weighted Accounts; IWAI; Background; Economic Systems; Economy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Statements
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