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- March 1999 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Honda-Rover (B): Honda Draws the Line
By: Ashish Nanda, James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- March 1999 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Honda-Rover (C): "The Sting"
By: Ashish Nanda, James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- March 1999 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Honda-Rover (D): The Changing Tide of the BMW-Rover Alliance
By: Ashish Nanda, James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- November 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Background Note
Business as Stakeholder in Public Education: A History of Business Efforts to Improve Public Schools in the United States
Explores seven roles businesses and business leaders have played with respect to U.S. public education reform historically and today: "owners" helping set the agenda; "investors" donating funds; "customers" hiring graduates; "experts" contributing management know-how;... View Details
- July 1998 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
Display Technologies, Inc. (Abridged)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Jonathan West
Display Technologies, Inc. (DTI) is a new joint venture between Toshiba and IBM Japan that is manufacturing the most advanced form of flat panel displays. With success in achieving significant production volumes, DTI has been asked to double its output as quickly as... View Details
- June 1998 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Clear Communications Ltd. vs. Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. (A)
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Martin Calles
Features the challenges facing an entrant in the New Zealand telecommunications market during the period 1989-1994. Clear Communications Ltd. (CCL), a joint venture owned by Bell Canada, MCI, New Zealand Television Corp., and Todd Companies, begins offering long... View Details
- May 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Komatsu and Dresser: Putting Two Plus Two Together
By: Ashish Nanda
In 1987, Komatsu Ltd., looking to expand its presence in the U.S. earth-moving equipment (EME) industry, enters into a 50-50 joint venture with Dresser. The management of the Komatsu Dresser joint venture faces difficulty in bringing the two halves together. The rift... View Details
- March 1998
- Article
The Performance of International Joint Ventures: A Study of The Merchant Banking Industry In Singapore
By: Paul M. Healy, Andrew Alford and Ng Kah Hwa
- December 1997
- Case
Intercontinental Breweries (Abridged)
By: Thomas R. Piper
A senior executive of a U.S. multinational is attempting to develop a set of financial, operating, and ownership arrangements that will be acceptable to the management and employees of a major Polish company and to the Ministry of Privatization. The arrangements must... View Details
- September 1997
- Case
Siam Cement Group, The: Corporate Philosophy (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Prompilai Khunaphante
In 1996, senior executives of Thailand's Siam Cement Group must decide whether to apply its management philosophy and code of ethics when doing business outside of Thailand. The status of the code in joint ventures and contractual relationships is of particular... View Details
- September 1997
- Case
Siam Cement Group, The: Corporate Philosophy (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Prompilai Khunaphante
In November 1996, the board of directors of Thailand's Siam Cement Group approves a policy spelling out the extent to which code of ethics shall be applied in joint venture and contractor relationships. View Details
- April 1997
- Case
Display Technologies, Inc.
By: Jonathan West, H. Kent Bowen and Ryota Matsui
Display Technologies, Inc. (DTI) is a new joint venture between Toshiba and IBM Japan that is manufacturing the most advanced form of flat panel displays. With success in achieving significant production volumes, DTI has been asked to double its output as quickly as... View Details
- February 1997
- Case
Advent of Venture Capital in Latin America, The
By: Debora L. Spar
Widely regarded as the leader in international private equity, Advent International is considering the establishment of a private equity fund in Latin America in 1996. Typically, Advent entered new private equity markets through the creation of multicountry regional... View Details
- January 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
IBM and Siemens: Revitalizing the Rolm Division (A)
By: Ashish Nanda, Antonio Davila and Georgia Levenson
The case opens with a discussion of the evolution of the private branch exchange industry in the 1970s and 1980s. It follows the path of Rolm from an independent company to an IBM acquisition and its problem as an IBM division. Then describes Siemens' growing interest... View Details
- January 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
IBM and Siemens: Revitalizing the Rolm Division (B)
By: Ashish Nanda, Antonio Davila and Georgia Levenson
This supplement to the (A) case describes Siemens’ purchase of Rolm’s entire product development and manufacturing operation to form Rolm Systems and discusses the simultaneous 50/50 joint venture between IBM and Siemens to manage marketing, sales, and service for PBX... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Deal; Dealmaking; IBM; Siemens; Product Development; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy
- August 1996 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Delta & Pine Land: Measuring the Value of Transgenic Cotton
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Charlotte A. Tasker
Discusses the joint venture between two companies with different capabilities: 1) technology provider and 2) transportation agent. Discusses how to capture value from joint venture and biotechnology: 1) who are winners and who are losers; 2) how much value can/should... View Details
- August 1996
- Article
When Do Joint Ventures Create Value?
By: Ashish Nanda and P. Mohanram
Firms enter into joint ventures when their performance is deteriorating. Parent firms earn significant positive returns around announcements. However, at joint venture level, market value weighted return is insignificant. The stock market reacts negatively to ventures... View Details
- February 1996 (Revised June 1996)
- Teaching Note
General Mills Board and Strategic Planning and Lukens Inc., The: The Melters' Committee (A) & (B) TN
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Cynthia A. Montgomery and Lisa J. Chadderdon
Teaching Note for (9-491-117), (9-493-070), and (9-493-071). View Details
- October 1995 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Otis Elevator Company (A): China Strategy
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Thomas W. Malnight
Examines the evolution of Otis's joint venture in China, from inception to the political crisis in 1989. Raises the question of whether or not the company should make an additional investment in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square incident. View Details
- October 1995
- Case
Otis Elevator Company (B): China Strategy
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Thomas W. Malnight
Examines the conflict Otis faces with its joint venture partner as it seeks to expand into Southern China. View Details