Publications

September 2002
Article

Universal Access and Local Commercial Internet Markets

By: Tom Downes and Shane Greenstein

February 2012
Article

The Internet and Local Wages: A Puzzle

By: Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein

July 2009
Case

Arcor: Global Strategy and Local Turbulence (Abridged)

Argentine confectionery manufacturer, Arcor Group, seeks to implement an international strategy but in 2003, while recovering from the Argentine financial crisis, globalization plans are thwarted. Already Latin America's leading candy producer and an exporter to over... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Currency; Global Strategy; Expansion; Balance and Stability; Food and Beverage Industry; Latin America; Argentina

Educators

14 Apr 2012
News

Greatest Generation is passing local leadership torch

06 May 2013
News

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

Oct 06 2016
Interview

Oktoberfest: From Local Tradition to Global Capitalism

02 Feb 2017
News

Growing and Competing at the Local Level

Buckley Brinkman (MBA 1986) is executive director/CEO of the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity, which provides consulting services and programs to help manufacturers grow their businesses and become more profitable. In this video interview, he talks... View Details

29 Jun 2016
News

The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus

(photo by Local Motors) (photo by Local Motors) The Jetsonian era may be upon us. A recent NPR piece details how 24-year-old Colombia native Edgar Sarmiento worked with Local... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Get involved in improving your local community

Former chairman and CEO of American Express James Robinson III (MBA 1961) talks about how business can get involved in improving their local communities. (Published April 2014) View Details

June 2017
Article

The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments

By: Christophe Pérignon and Boris Vallée

We examine the toxic loans sold by investment banks to local governments. Using proprietary data, we show that politicians strategically use these products to increase chances of being re-elected. Consistent with greater incentives to hide the cost of debt, toxic loans... View Details

Keywords: Financial Innovation; Political Elections; Financing and Loans; Innovation and Invention

February 2010 (Revised September 2011)
Case

Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer

By: Michael I. Norton and Jeremy Dann

In the wake of the meltdown among U.S. auto manufacturers in 2009, Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors, has a new approach for the automotive industry: decide which models are produced through online design competitions, and then allow customers to "build their own cars"... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Product Design; Product Development; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Customization and Personalization; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States

Educators

April 14, 2012
Article

Greatest Generation is Passing Local Leadership Torch

By: Bill George

Keywords: Leadership

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2000
Chapter

Local Liquor Control from 1934 to 1970

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman S. Strumpf