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      • 2005
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      Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Economic Activity

      By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment
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      Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Economic Activity." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2005.
      • 2005
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      The New International Property Rights: Can the Foreign Investor Rely on Them?

      By: L. T. Wells Jr.
      Keywords: Property; Rights; Foreign Direct Investment; Trust
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      Wells, L. T., Jr. "The New International Property Rights: Can the Foreign Investor Rely on Them?" In International Political Risk Management: Looking to the Future. Vol. III, edited by Theodore H. Moran and Gerald T. West. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2005.
      • May 2005
      • Article

      Foreign Direct Investment and the Domestic Capital Stock

      By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Capital; Stocks
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      Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "Foreign Direct Investment and the Domestic Capital Stock." American Economic Review 95, no. 2 (May 2005): 33–38.
      • March 2005 (Revised August 2007)
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      Aguas Argentinas: Settling a Dispute

      By: Louis T. Wells Jr. and Alexandra de Royere
      The French-owned Aguas Argentinas faces a demand from the Argentine government that it renegotiate its concession to operate the Buenos Aires water and sewage services. The company must decide whether to continue with efforts to settle on a new contract or to exercise... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Contracts; Infrastructure; Privatization; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Business Strategy; Utilities Industry; France; Buenos Aires
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      Wells, Louis T., Jr., and Alexandra de Royere. "Aguas Argentinas: Settling a Dispute." Harvard Business School Case 705-019, March 2005. (Revised August 2007.)
      • March 2005 (Revised June 2005)
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      Arbitration between Foreign Investors and Host Governments

      By: Louis T. Wells Jr. and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
      Explains the emergence of international arbitration as an option for foreign investors with disputes with governments of emerging markets. Presents issues about whether arbitration will remain acceptable to countries and governments. View Details
      Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Foreign Direct Investment; Globalized Markets and Industries; Emerging Markets; Government and Politics
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      Wells, Louis T., Jr., and Regina Garcia-Cuellar. "Arbitration between Foreign Investors and Host Governments." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-035, March 2005. (Revised June 2005.)
      • March 2005 (Revised June 2005)
      • Case

      Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (B)

      By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Governance Controls; Financial Crisis; Foreign Direct Investment; Currency Exchange Rate; Inflation and Deflation; Demand and Consumers; Interest Rates; Capital; System; Central Banking; Chile
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      Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (B)." Harvard Business School Case 705-032, March 2005. (Revised June 2005.)
      • December 2004
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      Foreign Direct Investment in a World of Multiple Taxes

      By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Taxation
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      Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "Foreign Direct Investment in a World of Multiple Taxes." Journal of Public Economics 88, no. 12 (December 2004): 2727–2744. (This paper is a revised version of HBS Working Paper 03-047 and NBER Working Paper no. 8840.)
      • October 2004
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      FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of Local Financial Markets

      By: Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Selin Sayek
      The purpose of this paper is to examine the various links among foreign direct investment, financial markets and growth. We model an economy with a continuum of agents indexed by their level of ability. Agents have two choices: they can work for the foreign company in... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Markets; Economic Growth; Cost; Wealth; Investment Return; Knowledge
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      Alfaro, Laura, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek. "FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of Local Financial Markets." Journal of International Economics 64, no. 1 (October 2004): 89–112.
      • September 2004 (Revised February 2007)
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      Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS

      By: Mihir A. Desai, Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjoman
      The American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS) organizes study abroad programs and cultural exchanges for American students. The firm's revenues are mainly in U.S. dollars, but most of its costs are in eurodollars and British pounds. The company's controllers review... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Revenue; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Education Industry; North and Central America
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      Desai, Mihir A., Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS." Harvard Business School Case 205-026, September 2004. (Revised February 2007.)
      • April 2004 (Revised July 2019)
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      Wal-Mart in Europe

      By: J. Gunnar Trumbull and Louisa Neissa
      Presents challenges facing Wal-Mart during its move into Germany. Explores the dynamics of the German retail market. View Details
      Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Distribution Channels; Expansion; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Retail Industry; Europe; Germany
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      Trumbull, J. Gunnar, and Louisa Neissa. "Wal-Mart in Europe." Harvard Business School Case 704-027, April 2004. (Revised July 2019.)
      • spring 2004
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      Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation

      By: Laura Alfaro and Andres Rodriguez-Clare
      Several recent papers have used plant-level data and panel econometric techniques to carefully explore the existence FDI externalities. One conclusion that emerges from this literature is that it is difficult to find evidence of positive externalities from... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Relationships; Multinational Firms and Management; Brazil; Chile; Venezuela; Mexico
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Andres Rodriguez-Clare. "Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation." Economía (spring 2004).
      • March 2004 (Revised June 2006)
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      Journey to Sakhalin: Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia (A)

      By: Rawi E. Abdelal
      Operations of Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia included a strategic alliance with Gazprom, the country's natural gas monopoly, the development of the Salym oil fields in Siberia, and a small retail refilling network in St. Petersburg. Focuses on the Sakhalin II project.... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Making; Energy Generation; Foreign Direct Investment; Lawfulness; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Russia
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      Abdelal, Rawi E. "Journey to Sakhalin: Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 704-040, March 2004. (Revised June 2006.)
      • December 2003 (Revised October 2006)
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      Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Douglas Kurt Schillinger
      With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the... View Details
      Keywords: International Finance; Risk Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry; South America
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      Desai, Mihir A., and Douglas Kurt Schillinger. "Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES." Harvard Business School Case 204-109, December 2003. (Revised October 2006.)
      • November 2003 (Revised November 2015)
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      Brazil at the Wheel

      By: Geoffrey Jones
      Taught in the second-year MBA elective on the Evolution of Global Business. Examines the costs and benefits of the Brazilian government's policies to encourage foreign multinationals to develop an automobile industry during the 1950s. A combination of incentives and... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Government and Politics; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Auto Industry; Brazil
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      Jones, Geoffrey. "Brazil at the Wheel." Harvard Business School Case 804-080, November 2003. (Revised November 2015.)
      • September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
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      Bharti Tele-Ventures

      By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Ingrid Vargas
      Following the liberalization of India's telecommunications service industry in the early 1990s, Bharti Tele-Ventures grew from a small entrepreneurial telephone equipment importer and manufacturer to become India's largest private-sector telecommunications service... View Details
      Keywords: Private Sector; Growth and Development; Customers; Foreign Direct Investment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition; Public Ownership; Profit; Partners and Partnerships; Rank and Position; Telecommunications Industry; India
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      Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Ingrid Vargas. "Bharti Tele-Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 704-426, September 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
      • July 2003
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      Expropriation in International Business

      By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine
      Covers several important expropriation cases in international business from the 20th century and highlights the legal and political difficulties these companies faced. Serves to explain expropriation, to stress the vulnerability of foreign direct investments to... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Government and Politics; Common Law; Risk Management; Property; Risk and Uncertainty
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      Jones, Geoffrey G., and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine. "Expropriation in International Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-020, July 2003.
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      Can India Overtake China?

      By: Yasheng Huang and Tarun Khanna
      What's the fastest route to economic development? Welcome foreign direct investment (FDI), says China, and most policy experts agree. But a comparison with long-time laggard India suggests that FDI is not the only path to prosperity. Indeed, India's homegrown... View Details
      Keywords: Development Economics; Foreign Direct Investment; China; India
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      Huang, Yasheng, and Tarun Khanna. "Can India Overtake China?" Foreign Policy, no. 137 (July–August 2003): 74–81.
      • June 2003 (Revised March 2008)
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      India on the Move

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Emily Thompson
      By 2003, India had been growing at almost 6% annually since 1992, after it suffered a financial collapse, abandoned import substitution, and moved gradually to adopt the Washington Consensus. Now, financial controls and competition barriers are less burdensome,... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Foreign Direct Investment; Business and Government Relations; India
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      Vietor, Richard H.K., and Emily Thompson. "India on the Move." Harvard Business School Case 703-050, June 2003. (Revised March 2008.)
      • June 2003 (Revised July 2003)
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      India on the Move (TN)

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor
      Teaching Note for (9-703-050). View Details
      Keywords: Financial Crisis; Adoption; Foreign Direct Investment; Macroeconomics; Trade; Governance Controls; Competition; Inflation and Deflation; Entrepreneurship; India; Pakistan
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      Vietor, Richard H.K. "India on the Move (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 703-054, June 2003. (Revised July 2003.)
      • April 2003 (Revised July 2003)
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      Singapore Inc. (TN)

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor
      Teaching Note for (9-703-040). View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Taxation; Industry Clusters; Competitive Strategy; Foreign Direct Investment; Policy; Organizational Culture; Saving; Performance Productivity; Balance and Stability; China; Singapore
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      Vietor, Richard H.K. "Singapore Inc. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 703-049, April 2003. (Revised July 2003.)
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