Romania - Publications - Faculty & Research

August 2012 (Revised December 2012)
Case

Telecommunications Regulation and Coordinated Competition in Romania

By: Arthur Daemmrich, Alex Radu and Ana Sarbu

Leaders of the Romanian telecommunications agency must decide about a proposed international merger and how to structure bandwidth auctions critical to the telecoms market. The case is designed to teach about regulatory choices from the perspective of a regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Regulation; Auction Policy; European Union; Government Policy; Cell Phone Industry; Mergers and Acquisitions; Telecommunications Industry; Romania

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May 2010
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Alpen Bank: Launching the Credit Card in Romania

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sunru Yong

In 2006, the country manager for Alpen Bank in Romania, Gregory Carle, considers whether to recommend the launch of a credit card business. The firm rejected the idea several years earlier because of poor economic conditions in Romania. However, Romania is experiencing... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Credit; International Business; International Marketing; Product Introduction; Service Management; Credit Cards; Globalized Firms and Management; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Service Delivery; Personal Finance; Product Launch; Banking Industry; European Union; Romania

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October 2012
Teaching Note

Telecommunications Regulation and Coordinated Competition in Romania (TN)

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich

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May 2010
Teaching Note

Alpen Bank: Launching the Credit Card in Romania (Brief Case)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sunru Yong

Teaching Note for 4559. View Details

Keywords: Consumer Credit; International Business; International Marketing; Product Introduction; Service Management; International Finance; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Service Operations; Product Launch; Credit

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May 2024
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SofMedica Group: Managing Growth

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott

SofMedica Group had expanded from its origins as a medical equipment distributor in Romania to a holding company with four business lines operating in six countries. This expansion had been driven by SofMedica’s mission: to make cutting edge medical technology... View Details

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2021
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Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective

By: Jaqueline Bhabha, Margareta Matache and Caroline M. Elkins

In this sweeping international perspective on reparations, Time for Reparations makes the case that past state injustice—be it slavery or colonization, forced sterilization or widespread atrocities—has enduring consequences that generate ongoing harm, which... View Details

Keywords: Reparations; Slavery; Colonization; Structural Racism; State Injustice

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Lisbon (2017) The Automotive Cluster in Portugal (2007) Romania Romania Apparel Cluster (2010) Russia The Moscow Financial Services Cluster (2012) Moscow Transportation (2006) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia... View Details

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Dante Roscini

Dante Roscini holds the Professor of Management Practice Chair endowed by the MBA Class of 1952 at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty in 2008 after a two-decades-long career in finance. He currently teaches the course Business, Government, and the... View Details

Ray A. Goldberg

A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

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Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine

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Participating Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

(Porto) ISEG, School of Economics & Management, University of Lisbon (Lisboa) Romania Bucharest University of Economic Studies (București) Saudi Arabia American University in Dubai, School of Business Administration (Dubai) Prince... View Details

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Set in Excel Carrefour: Countries of Operation Carrefour Kingdom of Saudi Arabia “Carrefour Exits Japan and Mexico,” BBC News, 10 March 2005 “Retailer Carrefour to Sell Stake in Greek Joint Venture,” BBC News, 15 June 2012 “About Carrefour” Carrefour View Details

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Portrait Project

Miriam Serban

opportunities, leaving behind over 300,000 children. My upbringing made me realize it is unfair that Romanians need to give up so much to have a better life. As such, I plan to dedicate my one wild and precious life to make Romania home... View Details