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- November 1993
- Supplement
OfficePro (C)
By: John A. Quelch
Supplements OfficePro (A).
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Business Subsidiaries;
Supply Chain Management;
Retail Industry;
France
Quelch, John A. "OfficePro (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 594-055, November 1993.
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
Gary Kusumi is considering. GMAC Insurance, the wholly-owned auto insurance subsidiary of General Motors, formed through the merger of two smaller insurance firms, is at a strategic cross-roads. Progressive changed the competitive...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
earned a reputation for his elegant style and use of the Rolleiflex camera in travel, fashion, documentary, and industrial photography.55 In a compressed schedule of 10 weeks, he traveled more than 20,000 miles documenting 30 of U.S. Steel’s View Details
- October 1996 (Revised March 2000)
- Teaching Note
Intercon Japan TN
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
Teaching Note for (9-688-056).
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- April 1993 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
ABB Deutschland (B)
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Focuses in detail on implementing a corporate restructuring program in ABB's German subsidiary. Special attention is given to Germany's unique form of industrial governance. Two major problem areas--power plants and power transformers--are described in detail, as is a...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Restructuring;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership Style;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Sales;
Opportunities;
Energy Industry;
Germany
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "ABB Deutschland (B)." Harvard Business School Case 393-131, April 1993. (Revised September 1996.)
- May 2010
- Teaching Note
Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy (Brief Case)
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Benjamin H. Barlow
Teaching Note for 4199.
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
International Business;
Subsidiaries, Leadership;
Project Management;
Multinational Corporations;
Implementing Strategy;
Management;
International Finance;
Leadership;
Business Subsidiaries;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Strategy;
Labor Unions;
Organizational Culture;
Projects
- March 2008
- Article
Market Reactions to Export Subsidies
By: M. A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
This paper analyzes the economic impact of export subsidies by investigating stock price reactions to a critical event in 1997. On November 18, 1997, the European Union announced its intention to file a complaint before the World Trade Organization (WTO), arguing that...
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Keywords:
Economic Systems;
Trade;
Development Economics;
Financial Markets;
Profit;
Taxation;
Volume;
Value Creation;
Market Design;
Business Subsidiaries;
Utilities Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Europe;
North and Central America
Desai, M. A., and James R. Hines Jr. "Market Reactions to Export Subsidies." Journal of International Economics 74, no. 2 (March 2008).
- November 1993 (Revised November 1994)
- Supplement
OfficePro (B)
By: John A. Quelch
Supplements OfficePro (A).
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Business Subsidiaries;
Supply Chain Management;
Retail Industry;
France
Quelch, John A. "OfficePro (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 594-054, November 1993. (Revised November 1994.)
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
foreign subsidiaries because of the tax costs associated with repatriating foreign income. Consistent with this hypothesis, firms that face higher repatriation tax burdens hold higher levels of cash, hold this cash abroad, and hold this...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Allston
subsidiary to oversee development, with former Massport CEO Thomas Glynn serving as CEO and Dean Nohria as chair of the governing board. Initial plans for the first phase of development include a 14-acre complex of research-focused...
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Resources for Harvard Economics Students
the country in which the company is located.) Think of Orbis when you want to: Get extensive data about a company including locations of subsidiaries Screen for companies based on geography, financial performance, industry, deals,...
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- July 2009
- Teaching Note
Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty (TN)
Teaching Note for [808133].
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- April 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Andina Bottling Co.
By: V.G. Narayanan and Alberto Ballve
Andina Bottling develops an information system for monitoring the performance and operations of its various foreign and domestic subsidiaries.
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Keywords:
Operations;
Information Technology;
Performance Evaluation;
Decision Making;
Business Subsidiaries;
Measurement and Metrics;
Business or Company Management;
Distribution
Narayanan, V.G., and Alberto Ballve. "Andina Bottling Co." Harvard Business School Case 102-040, April 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- February 2003
- Supplement
Silvio Napoli Cross Cultural Management
Presents an interview with Silvio Napoli regarding cultural aspects of an Italian manager in a Swiss company opening an Indian subsidiary. Issues range from personal and family adjustment to management style, corporate culture, and differences in national...
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Keywords:
Management Style;
Business Subsidiaries;
Nationality;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Characteristics;
Business Startups;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Italy;
Switzerland;
India
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Silvio Napoli Cross Cultural Management." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 303-806, February 2003.
- March 1991 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Kraft General Foods: The Merger (A)
By: David J. Collis
Describes Philip Morris' acquisitions of General Foods in 1985 and Kraft, Inc. in 1989, focusing on the integration of Kraft and General Foods that forms a $30 billion food subsidiary. Details the steps required to merge these two large companies, emphasizing the...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Subsidiaries;
Business or Company Management;
Managerial Roles;
Business Processes;
Cooperation;
Integration;
Food and Beverage Industry
Collis, David J. "Kraft General Foods: The Merger (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-139, March 1991. (Revised May 1995.)
- April 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Liz Claiborne China
By: Joseph L. Bower, Sonja Ellingson Hout and Fred Young
A new country manager builds the Shanghai office of Liz Claiborne into a powerful sourcing organization using local talent. She explains the nuts and bolts of transforming the office.
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Transformation;
Selection and Staffing;
Leadership;
Managerial Roles;
Market Entry and Exit;
Fashion Industry;
China
Bower, Joseph L., Sonja Ellingson Hout, and Fred Young. "Liz Claiborne China." Harvard Business School Case 301-098, April 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
difficult to build sound but less costly housing because of constricting regulations, building codes, and bureaucracy. "When all the various levels of subsidiary costs are added up," Poorvu observes, "the per-unit...
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- July 1997
- Teaching Note
U.S. Bank of Washington (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-292-057).
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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
as a ship engineer. In time, she moved into business to, as she puts it, “understand how the world worked,” even as her passion for the environment continued. After two decades in the for-profit sector, including consulting work and marketing for Mars Confectionery and...
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April White
- Web
Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
members of the corporation’s New Haven Works subsidiary “family at their appointed tasks and to indicate provisions to safeguard their health and to provide opportunities for their welfare.”40 Photographs and text thus served to humanize...
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