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- 2021
- Article
Internment as a Business Challenge: Political Risk Management and German Multinationals in Colonial India (1914–1947)
By: Christina Lubinski, Valeria Giacomin and Klara Schnitzer
Internment in so-called “enemy countries” was a frequent occurrence in the 20th century and created significant obstacles for multinational enterprises (MNEs). This article focuses on German MNEs in India and shows how they addressed the formidable challenge of the... View Details
Keywords: Internment; Political Risk; International Business; Multinational Firms and Management; Employees; War; History; Outcome or Result; India; Germany
Lubinski, Christina, Valeria Giacomin, and Klara Schnitzer. "Internment as a Business Challenge: Political Risk Management and German Multinationals in Colonial India (1914–1947)." Business History 63, no. 1 (2021): 72–97.
- December 2004
- Article
A Multinational Perspective on Capital Structure Choice and Internal Capital Markets
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "A Multinational Perspective on Capital Structure Choice and Internal Capital Markets." Journal of Finance 59, no. 6 (December 2004): 2451–2488. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 9715.)
- 1995
- Chapter
Interest Allocation Rules, Financing Patterns, and the Operations of US Multinationals
By: Kenneth A. Froot and James R. Hines Jr.
Keywords: Corporation Taxation; Interest Deductibility; Cost of Capital; Taxation; Financing and Loans; Corporate Finance
Froot, Kenneth A., and James R. Hines Jr. "Interest Allocation Rules, Financing Patterns, and the Operations of US Multinationals." Chap. 10 in The Effects of Taxation on Multinational Corporations, edited by Martin S. Feldstein, James R. Hines Jr., and G. Hubbard, 277–312. University of Chicago Press, 1995. (Also featured in The NBER Digest, November 1994. Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 4924.)
- 1995
- Chapter
The Tax Treatment of Interest and the Operations of U.S. Multinationals
By: Kenneth A. Froot
Keywords: Corporation Taxation; Interest Deductibility; Cost of Capital; Taxation; Financing and Loans; Corporate Finance
Froot, Kenneth A. "The Tax Treatment of Interest and the Operations of U.S. Multinationals." In Taxing Multinational Corporations, edited by M. Feldstein, J. Hines, and G. Hubbard, 81–93. University of Chicago Press, 1995.
- July 2005
- Teaching Note
Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-Era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-804-027). View Details
- February 1982 (Revised May 1983)
- Background Note
Deviations from Purchasing Power Parity and the Implications for the Multinational Business
By: Thomas R. Piper
Piper, Thomas R. "Deviations from Purchasing Power Parity and the Implications for the Multinational Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 282-051, February 1982. (Revised May 1983.)
- Article
Government, Business, and Academia: Origins of Raymond Vernon's Understanding of Multinational Enterprise
By: Louis T Wells Jr
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Government, Business, and Academia: Origins of Raymond Vernon's Understanding of Multinational Enterprise." Journal of International Management 6, no. 4 (Winter 2000): 279–295.
- 1992
- Other Unpublished Work
Conflict or Indifference: U.S. Multinationals in a World of Regional Trading Blocs
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
- March 2018
- Article
Global Business over Time
By: Geoffrey Jones
This article explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. It also shows how global firms, emerging out of industrialized Western economies, created and co-created markets and ecosystems... View Details
- 2017
- Book
The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations
By: Tsedal Neeley
For nearly three decades, English has been the lingua franca of cross-border organizations, yet studies on corporate language strategies and their importance for globalization have been scarce. In The Language of Global Success, Tsedal Neeley provides an... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Residency; Corporate Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Brazil; France; Germany; Indonesia; Japan; Taiwan; Thailand; United States
Neeley, Tsedal. The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017.
- December 2002
- Book Review
Review of International Taxation and Multinational Activity edited by J.R. Hines, Jr.
By: Mihir A. Desai
Desai, Mihir A. "Review of International Taxation and Multinational Activity edited by J.R. Hines, Jr." National Tax Journal 55, no. 4 (December 2002): 845–848.
- 2021
- Article
Les multinationales comme catégorie politique: les années formatrices (1970-1990)
By: Sabine Pitteloud
While multinationals are emblematic economic actors driving the current globalization process through the organization of production in global value chains, they appear to be important political actors as well. This article provides an historical perspective on such... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Corporation; Lobbying; Investor Protection; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Governance
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Les multinationales comme catégorie politique: les années formatrices (1970-1990)." Special Issue on L'entreprise comme acteur politique. Entreprises et histoire 3, no. 104 (2021): 93–110.
- June 2010
- Article
The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic
By: Lynn S. Paine
To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; China
Paine, Lynn S. "The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 6 (June 2010).
- September 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Wal-Mart Lobbying in India?
By: Karthik Ramanna and Vidhya Muthuram
In 2012, as part of a routine disclosure under U.S. law, Wal-Mart revealed it had spent $25 million since 2008 on lobbying to "enhance market access for investment in India." This disclosure, which came weeks after the Indian government made a controversial decision to... View Details
Keywords: Lobbying; India; Multinational Corporations; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Retail Industry; India
Ramanna, Karthik, and Vidhya Muthuram. "Wal-Mart Lobbying in India?" Harvard Business School Case 114-023, September 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- 1972
- Book
Managing the Multinational Enterprise: Organization of the Firm and Ownership of the Subsidiary
By: John M. Stopford and L. T. Wells Jr.
Stopford, John M., and L. T. Wells Jr. Managing the Multinational Enterprise: Organization of the Firm and Ownership of the Subsidiary. NY: Basic Books, 1972, French ed.
- 1980
- Book
Tax and Investment Policies for Hard Minerals: Public and Multinational Enterprises in Indonesia
By: Malcolm Gillis, Ralph Beals, Glenn Jenkins, L. T. Wells Jr. and Ulrich Peterson
Keywords: Taxation; Investment; Policy; Metals and Minerals; Multinational Firms and Management; Indonesia
Gillis, Malcolm, Ralph Beals, Glenn Jenkins, L. T. Wells Jr., and Ulrich Peterson. Tax and Investment Policies for Hard Minerals: Public and Multinational Enterprises in Indonesia. MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1980. (Wells wrote chapter 20.)
- 2010
- Conference Paper
Knowledge Creation in Multinationals and Return Migration of Inventors: Evidence from Micro Data
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
- 2022
- Working Paper
Talent Flows and the Geography of Knowledge Production: Causal Evidence from Multinational Firms
By: Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sara Signorelli and James M. Sappenfield
Leveraging a unique dataset merging patent data with all work-related migration reforms that took place in 15 countries over 26 years, we show that reforms discouraging inventor mobility decrease the patenting of MNE subsidiaries within a country, while reforms... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Technology; Policy Evaluation; Patents; Information Technology; Immigration; Policy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Globalization
Bahar, Dany, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sara Signorelli, and James M. Sappenfield. "Talent Flows and the Geography of Knowledge Production: Causal Evidence from Multinational Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-047, January 2022. (Revised December 2022.)
- March 1999
- Article
'Basket' Cases: Tax Incentives and International Joint Venture Participation by American Multinational Firms
By: Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Desai, Mihir A., and James R. Hines Jr. "'Basket' Cases: Tax Incentives and International Joint Venture Participation by American Multinational Firms." Journal of Public Economics 71 (March 1999): 379–402.