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      • 2009
      • Working Paper

      Anger and Regulation

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
      We propose a model where voters experience an emotional cost when they observe a firm that has displayed insufficient concern for other people's welfare (altruism) in the process of making high profits. Even with few truly altruistic firms, an equilibrium may emerge... View Details
      Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Consumer Behavior; Monopoly; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Emotions; Welfare
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Anger and Regulation." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15201, August 2009.
      • February 5, 2009
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      In Praise of Marketing

      By: John A. Quelch
      Many dismiss marketing as manipulative, deceptive, and intrusive. Marketing, they argue, focuses too much of our attention on material consumption. More recently, Benjamin Barber, in his 2007 book Consumed, claims that marketing is "sucking up the air from every other... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing; Consumer Loyalty; Local Vs. Global Branding; Multi-national Brands; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Satisfaction; Globalized Economies and Regions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning
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      Quelch, John A. "In Praise of Marketing." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (February 5, 2009).
      • January 2009
      • Article

      FDI, Productivity, and Financial Development

      By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Selin Sayek
      This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth by focusing on the complementarities between FDI inflows and financial markets. In our earlier work, we found that FDI is beneficial for growth only if the host country has well-developed... View Details
      Keywords: Human Capital; Income; Performance Productivity; Financial Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Institutions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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      Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek. "FDI, Productivity, and Financial Development." Special Issue on Multinational Enterprises and Foreign Direct Investment. World Economy 32, no. 1 (January 2009): 111–135.
      • December 2008 (Revised October 2009)
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      Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

      By: David E. Bell and Brian Matthew Milder
      In 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation joined together to form a new organization, AGRA, to tackle the historic challenge of increasing agricultural production in Africa. Launched with much fanfare and led by former U.N.... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment Funds; Food; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Government Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa
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      Bell, David E., and Brian Matthew Milder. "Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)." Harvard Business School Case 509-007, December 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
      • 2008
      • Book

      On Competition

      By: M. E. Porter
      Competition is one of society's most powerful forces for making things better in many fields of human endeavor. The study of competition and the creation of value, in their full richness, have preoccupied me for several decades. Competition is pervasive, whether it... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Practice; Competitive Strategy; Theory; Value Creation
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      Porter, M. E. On Competition. Updated and Expanded Ed. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008.
      • January 2008
      • Case

      Lenovo: Building A Global Brand (Multimedia case)

      By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      Announced in December 2004, the $1.75 billion acquisition of IBM's PC division by Lenovo, China's largest PC maker, made headlines around the world. A relative upstart in the business, Lenovo acquired the division of IBM that invented the PC in 1981. While Lenovo was... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Information Infrastructure; Global Strategy; Acquisition; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Computer Industry; China
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      Quelch, John A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Lenovo: Building A Global Brand (Multimedia case)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 508-703, January 2008.
      • December 2007
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      China + India: The Power of Two

      By: Tarun Khanna
      China and India are burying the hatchet after four-plus decades of hostility. A few companies from both nations have been quick to gain competitive advantages by viewing the two as symbiotic. If Western corporations fail to do the same, they will lose their competitive... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; Economic Growth; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; China; India
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      Khanna, Tarun. "China + India: The Power of Two." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 12 (December 2007).
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment

      By: Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton
      We use a new firm level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries -- close to a comprehensive picture of global multinational activity. A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Foreign Direct Investment; Geographic Location; Supply and Industry; Vertical Integration
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton. "Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13447, September 2007.
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment

      By: Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton
      We use a new firm level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries—close to a comprehensive picture of global multinational activity. A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Activity; Horizontal FDI; Vertical FDI; Stages Of Production; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Foreign Direct Investment; Competency and Skills; Production
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton. "Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13447, September 2007.
      • July 2006 (Revised October 2006)
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      Lenovo: Building A Global Brand

      By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      Announced in December 2004, the $1.75 billion acquisition of IBM's PC division by Lenovo, China's largest PC maker, made headlines around the world. A relative upstart in the business, Lenovo acquired the division of IBM that invented the PC in 1981. While Lenovo was... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Information Infrastructure; Global Strategy; Acquisition; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Computer Industry; China
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      Quelch, John A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Lenovo: Building A Global Brand." Harvard Business School Case 507-014, July 2006. (Revised October 2006.)
      • April 2006
      • Case

      Finance Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses

      By: Boris Groysberg and Ingrid Vargas
      Describes and contrasts the roles and challenges of three high-performing finance heads at Novartis Consumer Health businesses in Australia, Japan, and Venezuela. All three faced tremendous pressures in terms of managing time and limited resources, but the particular... View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Financial Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership Style; Health Industry; Japan; Australia; Venezuela
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Ingrid Vargas. "Finance Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses." Harvard Business School Case 406-102, April 2006.
      • March 2006
      • Course Overview Note

      International Finance: A Course Overview Note

      By: Mihir A. Desai
      Describes the International Finance course at Harvard Business School, which argues that the forces of globalization have fundamentally changed the scope and activities of firms, thereby altering the practice of finance within these firms. As a consequence of an... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business Ventures; Integration; Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Risk Management; Competitive Advantage; Motivation and Incentives; International Finance; Capital Markets
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      Desai, Mihir A. "International Finance: A Course Overview Note." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 206-107, March 2006.​
      • January 2006 (Revised April 2007)
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      General Electric Healthcare, 2006

      By: Tarun Khanna and Elizabeth Raabe
      In January 2006, Joe Hogan, head of General Electric (GE) Healthcare Technologies, prepared to step into William Castell's shoes as CEO of GE Healthcare, the world's leading manufacturer of diagnostic imaging equipment. In 2004, former CEO Jeff Immelt acquired Amersham... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Cost vs Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Machinery and Machining; Global Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Product Design; Technological Innovation; Expansion; Value Creation; Business Subsidiaries; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Khanna, Tarun, and Elizabeth Raabe. "General Electric Healthcare, 2006." Harvard Business School Case 706-478, January 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
      • November 2005 (Revised September 2007)
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      Beijing Hualian

      By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
      China's fifth largest domestic retailer faced intensifying competition from Wal-Mart and Carrefour with the opening of China's fast-growing retail market in January 2005. In response, Beijing Hualian developed a new "Family Store" format targeted at the nation's... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Consumer Behavior; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; China
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      Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Beijing Hualian." Harvard Business School Case 906-403, November 2005. (Revised September 2007.)
      • October 2005 (Revised August 2006)
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      Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global

      By: Krishna G. Palepu, Tarun Khanna and Ingrid Vargas
      In 2005, Haier, China's leading appliance manufacturer, had over $12 billion in worldwide sales and was the third-ranked global appliance brand behind Whirlpool and GE. Describes Haier's rise from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Qingdao province to an... View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; China
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      Palepu, Krishna G., Tarun Khanna, and Ingrid Vargas. "Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global." Harvard Business School Case 706-401, October 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
      • July 2005 (Revised October 2006)
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      Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A) (Abridged)

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      In September 2000, the president of Bridgestone-Firestone, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp., was invited to appear before a U.S. congressional subcommittee investigating the August 2000 recall of more than 6.5 million tires made by the subsidiary. The... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product; Trade; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Auto Industry; United States; Japan
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 306-020, July 2005. (Revised October 2006.)
      • January 2004 (Revised February 2005)
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      A Note on Methodological Fit in Management Field Research

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Stacy McManus
      To use in doctoral-level management courses on the design of field research methods. Advocates the importance of fit, or internal consistency, among the different elements of a field research project. Although the scientific method provides an essential framework for... View Details
      Keywords: Management; Research
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      Edmondson, Amy C., and Stacy McManus. "A Note on Methodological Fit in Management Field Research." Harvard Business School Background Note 604-072, January 2004. (Revised February 2005.)
      • January 2004
      • Article

      Corporate Venturing: The Origins of Unilever's Pregnancy Test

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Alison Kraft
      The relative ability of different sizes of firm and organisational designs to develop and sustain dynamic capabilities in innovation and create new businesses remains a matter of contention. While Chandler among many others has emphasised the pre-eminent role of large... View Details
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Organizational Design; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Brands and Branding; Multinational Firms and Management; Product Development; Product Launch; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Great Britain
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Alison Kraft. "Corporate Venturing: The Origins of Unilever's Pregnancy Test." Business History 46, no. 1 (January 2004): 100–122.
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      Control, Performance, and Knowledge Transfers in Large Multinationals: Unilever in the United States, 1945-1980

      By: G. Jones
      This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the nature of that "control" is far from... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Performance; Business or Company Management; Ownership; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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      Jones, G. "Control, Performance, and Knowledge Transfers in Large Multinationals: Unilever in the United States, 1945-1980." Business History Review 76, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 435–478.
      • March 2001
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      Strategy and the Internet

      By: M. E. Porter
      Many of the pioneers of Internet business, both dot-coms and established companies, have competed in ways that violate nearly every precept of good strategy. Rather than focus on profits, they have chased customers indiscriminately through discounting, channel... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Online Technology
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      Porter, M. E. "Strategy and the Internet." Harvard Business Review 79, no. 3 (March 2001): 62–78.
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