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- February 2002 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Volvo Trucks (A): Penetrating the U.S. Market
By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
Volvo Trucks has worked on a global strategy for several decades. Beginning in the mid-1970s, the company decided to enter the largest market for trucks: the United States. Over time, the company has struggled to get a significant share of the U.S. market and at the... View Details
- February 2002 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Volvo Trucks (B): Acquisition of RVI
By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- February 2002 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Volvo Trucks (C): Closing Volvo Global Trucks
By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- January 2002 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
General Electric Medical Systems 2002
By: Tarun Khanna and James Weber
Discusses one of General Electric's flagship divisions--the world's leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging equipment. Provides an opportunity to examine a multinational confronting massive technological and demographic changes around the world. Genomics has... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised June 2002)
- Background Note
A Note on Building and Leading Your Senior Team
By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas
As performance demands intensify in fast-moving global markets, more executives are coming to rely on senior teams for strategic and operational assistance. Team building with powerful senior executives presents special challenges, including competition for their boss'... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
Strategic Planning at NFTE
By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), is a successful nonprofit poised on the verge of explosive growth. The senior management contracted with McKinsey consultants to help guide the process. The founders of NFTE brought it from a small program... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
ProfitLogic
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Michael J. Roberts and Taslim Pirmohamed
Describes an "application software" company that has been through several evolutions--from consulting firm to applications service provider (ASP). The firm has received significant venture funding to pursue the ASP model but this has not worked, at least at the time... View Details
- January 2002
- Case
Noranda Inc.: Mining, Smelting, and Sustainability?
Noranda is a $7 billion international mining and smelting company headquartered in Canada. It has been cited for its fine environmental record. This case explores the issue of sustainability--in this case, for a mining company. Over time, and under nongovernmental... View Details
- December 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Nestle S.A.
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
Peter Brabeck wants to focus Nestle as a wellness company in the global food system and do so in a way that provides both growth in sales and margins in both developed and developing countries. View Details
- December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Financing PPL Corporation's Growth Strategy
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman
PPL Corp., an electric utility in Pennsylvania, needs to finance $1 billion of peaking plants as part of its new growth strategy. In February 2001, Steve May, director of finance for PPL's Global Division, is responsible for recommending a finance plan. After... View Details
- December 2001
- Case
iSteelAsia-2001
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Iris T. Li
Presents a follow-up one year later. Shows how this online steel distributor has now reached breakeven. Focuses on the new challenges for the future. View Details
- November 2001 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Camp Dresser & McKee: Getting Incentives Right
By: Ashish Nanda
"If you try to use money to motivate behavior, you are in a powerful and dangerous place, especially with engineers and scientists," remarked Tom Furman, CEO of Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. (CDM), a consulting environmental engineering firm. Historically, CDM had... View Details
- November 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Royal Ahold NV: A Global Food Provider
By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle
Ahold decides how strategy and partnerships will enable it to lead the global food industry for the future. View Details
- October 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Siemens AG: Global Development Strategy (A)
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Describes how Siemens, the German electrical engineering giant, has developed and manages global R&D in its large Information and Communications Networks (ICN) division. In 1994, Siemens opened its Bangalore (India) center, which has now grown into one of its largest... View Details
- October 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Nasdaq Japan: E-Merging Markets
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kristin M. Kohler
Describes the design and launch of Nasdaq Japan. Addresses issues concerning the design of electronic markets, the impact of information technology on market structures and relationships, the launch of new ventures by established firms, and the cultural issues that... View Details
- October 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Philipp Justus at eBay Germany (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas
A week after becoming country manager of eBay's recently acquired German auction site, Philipp Justus must steer the company through a massive technical integration with eBay's Web site. Throughout the seven-month project, Justus and his team must master the challenge... View Details
- October 2001
- Teaching Note
Gillette Singapore (A): Managing Global Business Integration on the Ground TN
Teaching Note for (9-897-102). View Details
- October 2001
- Teaching Note
Gillette Singapore (B): Managing Global Business Integration on the Ground TN
Teaching Note for (9-897-116). View Details
Keywords: Singapore
- October 2001
- Teaching Note
Gillette Singapore (C): Managing Global Business Integration on the Ground TN
Teaching Note for (9-897-117). View Details
Keywords: Singapore