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  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Group Therapy

new stock exchange, the notion that this will translate quickly into smoothly functioning financial markets, in the absence of enabling institutions and intermediaries, is unrealistic. Finally, agencies and multinational companies that... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
  • June 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Inditex: 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2000, Inditex was one of the largest specialty apparel retailers in the world, with $2.4 billion in sales from 1,080 stores across 33 countries. Zara, Inditex's main brand, produced popular designer items at a fraction of design-house prices and could push an item... View Details
Keywords: Fashion; Fashion Industry; Succession; IPO; Competition; Initial Public Offering; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Succession; Growth and Development Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Inditex: 2000." Harvard Business School Case 713-538, June 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
  • February 2002 (Revised February 2002)
  • Case

Morgan Stanley Japan, 2002

By: Tarun Khanna and Louis P. DiLorenzo, Jr
Thierry Porte, president of Morgan Stanley Japan, had spent the brisk November day in Tokyo with Eric Best, Morgan Stanley's head of scenario planning, outlining the exercise that all of the managing directors in Japan would participate in shortly. Japan remained mired... View Details
Keywords: Planning; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Investment Banking; Multinational Firms and Management; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Japan; United States
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Khanna, Tarun, and Louis P. DiLorenzo, Jr. "Morgan Stanley Japan, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 702-458, February 2002. (Revised February 2002.)
  • 01 Mar 2010
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Sole Mates

truly multinational countries in Europe, where all religions and ethnicities can feel they belong. Macedonians can now travel visa free to all of Europe except for the UK and Ireland. People study English starting in primary school, so it... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government
  • September–October 2017
  • Article

GE's Global Growth Experiment: The Company Pushed Cross-Business Collaboration

By: Ranjay Gulati
Like many other companies, GE under Immelt had to figure out how to balance serving local needs with the economies of worldwide scale. Harvard Business School’s Ranjay Gulati looks at how it tackled the challenge. He identifies several important takeaways for other... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management
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Gulati, Ranjay. "GE's Global Growth Experiment: The Company Pushed Cross-Business Collaboration." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 52–53.
  • January 2014 (Revised February 2014)
  • Teaching Note

Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A) and (B)

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
On April 24, 2013 the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Over 1,100 people were killed in the worst industrial accident since the Union Carbide plant gas leak in Bhopal, India. Most of the victims worked for garment factories,... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Multinational Firms and Management; Labor Unions; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Working Conditions; Corporate Accountability; Crisis Management; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Bangladesh
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Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 514-062, January 2014. (Revised February 2014.)
  • July 2011 (Revised August 2011)
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Renewing GE: The Africa Project (B)

By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary
This case continues the story of the evolution of GE's business initiatives Africa. Between November 2010 and March 2011 several significant structural changes and leadership appointments were announced at GE, which reflected the company's commitment to global growth... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Consumer Products Industry; Hong Kong; Africa; Republic of Ireland
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Thomas, David A., and Stephanie J. Creary. "Renewing GE: The Africa Project (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 412-028, July 2011. (Revised August 2011.)
  • April 2010
  • Case

Globalization at Komatsu

By: Michael Y. Yoshino
The case captures the challenges Komatsu, the second largest manufacturer of the earth moving equipment faced during the past five decades as it sought to globalize its operations. By 2007, it had become the second largest manufacturer of the earth moving equipment... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Distribution Channels; Production; Organizational Culture; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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Yoshino, Michael Y. "Globalization at Komatsu." Harvard Business School Case 910-415, April 2010.
  • March 2001 (Revised September 2002)
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Merck Latin America (C): Brazil

By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Examines Merck's change effort in Brazil from the perspective of the local employees. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Employees; Operations; Perspective; Pharmaceutical Industry; Brazil
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Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Merck Latin America (C): Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 401-031, March 2001. (Revised September 2002.)
  • 25 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?

School's ongoing International Seminar Series. This area of research is of universal interest. After all, a basic question that any multinational business would like to answer is this: Is there a single business model or set of best... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

  Working PapersIntra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We use a new firm-level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries—close... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

push into other countries more quickly. "Building a functioning multinational firm is a huge challenge. There are many that underestimate it." A strong rise in both venture capital and private equity funds under management shows... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
  • 01 Jan 2003
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Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.

primarily based on a narrow definition of 'good business,'" says Vasella. "If you can improve the way medicine is practiced, I believe you will also make money." With sales up 21 percent to $5.7 billion in the first quarter of 2003, Novartis-the Basel-based View Details
  • 01 Oct 2001
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Dean Clark on the New Academic Year

professional and personal lives, we see a tremendous breadth of engagement: in multinationals and start-ups; in nonprofit, philanthropic, and government organizations; and in museums, hospitals, and religious institutions. To meet your... View Details
Keywords: Kim B. Clark; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 05 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 5

at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a multinational as the typical decision maker. Illustrated with examples from companies of all sizes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

another of your working papers, "Globalization as Market Integration and the Future of International Business," you mention that horizontal multinational enterprises that engage in replication are often perceived as true... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Promise & Perils

reforms that began in 1978 have stoked annual growth in excess of 9 percent, three times that of the United States. Per capita income among the nation’s 1.3 billion inhabitants has more than quadrupled, surpassing $1,000 last year. View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • September 2012 (Revised January 2013)
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SMARTBITES (A)

By: Michael Roberts, Jeronimo Silva and Amar Bhide
The case describes a Turkish brother-sister team who are evaluating the option of acquiring and operating a franchise of a US bakery/cafe in Turkey. They are comparing this option to that of simply starting a similar business. View Details
Keywords: Franchising; Start-up; Franchise Ownership; Family Ownership; Business Startups; Cost vs Benefits; Multinational Firms and Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; Turkey; United States
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Roberts, Michael, Jeronimo Silva, and Amar Bhide. "SMARTBITES (A)." Harvard Business School Case 813-074, September 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
  • May 2018
  • Case

Inditex: 2018

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2018, Inditex, based in Spain, was the largest specialist fashion retailer in the world, generating sales of $31.5 billion in 2017 from a portfolio of eight retail brands selling through a total of 7,475 stores located in 96 countries and from websites in 49... View Details
Keywords: Fashion; Succession; IPO; Competition; Initial Public Offering; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Succession; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Inditex: 2018." Harvard Business School Case 718-515, May 2018.
  • October 1996
  • Teaching Note

International Sourcing at Intercon TN

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
Teaching Note for (9-688-055). View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Supply Chain; Selection and Staffing; Business Subsidiaries; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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Shapiro, Roy D., and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty. "International Sourcing at Intercon TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-010, October 1996.
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