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- November 2000 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Grupo Beta San Miguel (A)
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Hal Hogan
The World Trade Organization and NAFTA are reviewing the sweetener system and governmental sugar programs and their impact on world trade. What position should Jose Pinto take, and how will this affect his company, Mexico, and the global sugar players? View Details
- November 2000 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Greg Rogers
A recent MBA graduate heads international marketing for his family's Mexico-based rosin supply business, he must decide how to respond to the aggressive tactics of his much larger American competitor. Among other things, the U.S. competitor is spreading false rumors... View Details
- October 2000 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Avon Products (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Greg Rogers
The general manager of Avon Mexico, Fernando Lezama, must decide whether to promote a woman to the position of vice president of sales. If appointed, the candidate would be the first female in all of Latin America to hold an executive position and one of the first... View Details
- January 2000
- Teaching Note
Mexican Foundation For Rural Development
By: James E. Austin
Teaching Note for (9-300-082). View Details
Keywords: Mexico
- October 2000
- Article
BanCrecen
By: S. Dario, E.L. Montiel and Tatiana Sandino
This case describes the aggressive entry of BanCrecen, an affiliate of the Mexican bank BanCrecer, in Costa Rica in 1994. Its strategy, like that of the Mexican home office, was to focus on personal banking, with the rapid expansion of neighborhood branches and strong... View Details
- November 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Mexican Foundation for Rural Development
By: James E. Austin and Gerardo Lozano
The Mexican Foundation for Rural Development (MFRD) is a nonprofit network of 32 rural development centers servicing low-income farm families. Management plans to expand its operation dramatically, forming 10,000 rural cooperatives in ten years. It faces major issues... View Details
- October 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Weight Watchers Mexico
By: David J. Arnold, Myra M. Hart and Susan Harmeling
Weight Watchers must decide how to react to the Mexican financial crisis. Options include exiting, reducing investment, or continuing previous operations. View Details
- September 1999 (Revised October 2000)
- Supplement
Mexico in Debt Supplement
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Rebecca Evans
Supplements Mexico in Debt. View Details
Keywords: Mexico
- February 1999 (Revised October 2001)
- Teaching Note
Taco Bell, Inc.(1983-1994) TN
Teaching Note for (9-398-129). View Details
- December 1998
- Case
Grupo Industrial Bimbo S.A. (1998)
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder
A leading Mexican agribusiness firm wants to expand in the United States and other locations. How to do so in a manner that utilizes the strengths of the company? View Details
- August 1998 (Revised January 2000)
- Teaching Note
Mexico in Debt TN
Teaching Note for (9-797-110) and (9-700-051). View Details
Keywords: Mexico
- July 1998 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
IPODERAC
By: James E. Austin, Wendy Bermudez and Gustavo Escobar
This 32-year-old nonprofit organization has dedicated itself to the care and social development of abandoned street children in Mexico. Examines the organization's efforts to achieve financial sustainability, particularly through earned income activities on its farm.... View Details
- May 1998
- Teaching Note
Retail in Mexico,1993 TN
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for (9-793-144). View Details
- May 1998
- Teaching Note
Wal-Mart 1997; Wal-Mart Ventures into Mexico; Wal-Mart in East Asia
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for (9-797-099), (9-793-071), and (9-795-188). View Details
- May 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Taco Bell Inc. (1983-1994)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Dave DeLong
Details the actions of John Martin, newly named CEO, as he leads Taco Bell through a decade of incremental and radical changes. By the end of the case, total system sales within Taco Bell, a Mexican style fast-food restaurant chain and a division of PepsiCo, have grown... View Details
- March 1998 (Revised September 1999)
- Supplement
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)Supplement: A Personal Diary of A GVD Experience, Mexico City, October 4, 1997
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler
Supplements the case. View Details
- November 1997 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Cinemex
By: James L. Heskett
The founders of Cinemex, the largest capitalized venture start-up in Mexican history, are debating several issues concerning the operations of their new chain of motion picture theatres in Mexico City. The first concerns whether some seats should be left unsold to... View Details
- June 1997
- Teaching Note
BancZero New Product Development TN
By: Marco Iansiti
Teaching Note for (9-697-044). View Details
- April 1997 (Revised February 2001)
- Case
Mexico in Debt
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Eilene Zimmerman
Describes Mexico's political and economic system in the 1960s and 1970s. Focuses on: 1) the causes of the debt crisis in 1982; 2) elements of President de la Madrid's restructuring efforts between 1982-88; President Salinas's attempts to complete restructuring and... View Details