Multinationals - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2002
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The Class of 1977

Mühlemann revitalized CSFB with new management and restored its institutional competitiveness on Wall Street. John Hess runs Amerada Hess, a Fortune 150 multinational oil and natural-gas company in the energy sector vital to the lives of... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

01 Oct 1997
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New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence

As general managers advance through their careers, they are often asked to bring their skills to bear on a new level of responsibilities. For the recently appointed country or business-unit manager of a multinational organization, such... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Mar 2011
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Tax and Grow

measures to prevent some unintended consequences. A large fraction of corporations’ excess cash — as much as two-thirds, according to some estimates — is held outside the United States to avoid the “repatriation taxes” that occur under the U.S. system of worldwide... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Apr 2000
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Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti

technically be within the law but has no practical business purpose. It's just sleight of hand to reduce taxes without a legitimate reason. Typically, it's the bigger companies and multinationals that engage in this activity. People in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Apr 1999
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An Eye to the East

research, drawing parallels with their own work or experience. A case in point was HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé's presentation, the first on the agenda. He reported on the initial results of a multination study of factors driving... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Apr 2001
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Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

Panitchpakdi, the next director general of the World Trade Organization and the deputy prime minister of Thailand, discussed the need for managing developing countries’ reactions to rapid and widespread trade and economic liberalization. He cautioned that the high... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2005
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WATER Ltd.

special public protections and oversight. Because it’s scarce, it has an economic value, but that value must be affordable to the communities we serve.” Based in New Jersey, American Water is part of the British multinational RWE Thames... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2007
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The Plight of the Global Poor

multinational corporations (MNCs) and local businesses are serving the previously invisible BOP market: Nestlé, with its “milk-district model” that encourages supporting businesses to spring up around its dairies in rural India; CEMEX’s... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 1998
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Short Takes

decision-making climates that are externally oriented." The lesson for managers, the authors say, is that instead of adapting their management practices to local norms, multinational firms should strive to create the kind of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey

01 Dec 2003
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HIV/AIDS and Business

social and financial cost of inaction is so high that standing by is not an option, particularly for multinational corporations doing business in countries with high infection rates. “AIDS places a dramatic spotlight on the question of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2000
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Latin America's Decade

emerging markets where local stock exchange listings have grown, liquidity in many Latin American exchanges has diminished in recent years. The purchase of local, family-owned companies and state-owned enterprises by outside View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

International. Saturday's discussion panels examined four main themes: restructuring and economic reforms, humancapital development, industry adaptation in Asia, and multinational corporations and entrepreneurship. A plenary panel on... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

question of how the inflow of foreign workers affects native employment and earnings; they also explore effects on innovation and productivity, wage inequality across skill groups, the behavior of multinational firms, firm-level dynamics... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

presents practical information about them, including whether they led to successful and unsuccessful outcomes. Faculty Books The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations by Tsedal Neeley... View Details

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

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

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

States, complete with fast-food chains and high-end malls. It’s a long way from our stay in the Zapotec villages. The companies we visit — Sealed Air, Femsa (Mexico’s largest beverage company), and ALFA — demonstrate the diversity and scale of View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

25 Jun 2020
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Covering All Corners

Riad Armanious (MBA 2008) regards the pandemic as the greatest professional challenge he has faced as managing director of family-owned Eva Group and CEO of Eva Pharma, a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Egypt. The... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

laundering. Western governments should urge their multinational corporations to stop the practice of over- and underpricing invoices, a commonplace procedure that fosters illegal flight capital. They should agree on mechanisms — some... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising

leads the Athens-based multinational producer of cement and other building materials. He ticks through a long list of issues that have made Greece unfriendly to business, from thickets of overregulation and archaic labor laws to the lack... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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