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- 01 Oct 2013
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Banking on Africa's Future
interesting activity, Lawani says, has been Helios's acquisition from multinationals of African businesses that, because of changes in strategy or focus by the parent company, have become "non-core" operations and thus essentially...
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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
successful firms, outline ten ways in which the managerial and innovative capabilities of Chinese firms differ from those of Western firms, and describe how multinationals doing business in China can become part of the Chinese ecosystem...
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- 01 Sep 2005
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London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
globalized, it’s been Americanized.” If you wanted to build a global brand or service, you had to dominate the U.S. market, he explained. That is rapidly changing with the rise of multinationals in China, India, and even Korea....
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- 01 Dec 2004
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Finding a Balance
period, multinational pharmas reported a growth rate of only 1 percent.) The case outlines Hamied’s impact — for one, pressuring global pharmas to cut the price of AIDS drugs by exporting a low-cost alternative to South Africa — and also...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Ann M. Fudge
away from the day-to-day responsibilities of overseeing a division of a huge multinational corporation, she looks forward to returning to the challenges of running a business. “I really do love to work hard and solve problems,” she adds,...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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The Past Informs the Future of Work
multinational company with operations in 26 countries and numerous international partnerships. In 2017, the company had more than half a billion mobile, fixed, and TV customers. During case discussions, students explore Vodafone’s...
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- 27 Oct 2016
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Paying It Forward
something like 800 cases—well, I was dying to do that. And it was a good bet because that was what led me to launch StopLift. Before HBS, I knew nothing about retail.” Almost 14 years later, the Cambridge, Massachusetts—based StopLift now employs nearly 200 people and...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
from local and regional forces rather than from multinational corporations. Corruption is the “oil and glue” of the system in much of Latin America. Reform will come from the private, not public, sector. Asia Business Conference...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
between the multinational company, which adjusts its products and practices from country to country (at great cost), and the global corporation, which operates “as if the entire world (or major regions of it) were a single entity; it...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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Answering the Call
international students do seem more familiar with it from observing it in their own countries. As it happens, the Lincoln Electric Company is now a thriving multinational — and its Cleveland plant remains as successful as ever.” Good...
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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
run a successful multinational IT services firm where employees are treated like an extended family and strategy emerges from the bottom up? Those are the key leadership questions posed by Professor David Garvin’s 2010 case, “Zensar: The...
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- 26 May 2016
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Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999
of Indian import policies, and I knew them backwards and forwards,” recalls Mittal, sitting in his office at the New Delhi headquarters of Bharti Enterprises, the multinational conglomerate he has built over the past 40 years. “Phones...
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Susan Young
- 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...
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Desmond Wong
- 13 Sep 2019
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Hollywood Ending
speculate about the potential of the World Wide Web. There was definitely no roadmap for harnessing a disparate community of Beanie Baby collectors into a multinational Fortune 500 company. “We just had to figure it out to the best of our...
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- 01 Apr 1997
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Facing the Music
have lost consumers by fostering music that is less inspired and more generic. "Artists are not developed quarter by quarter," acknowledges Boberg. "There's an inherent conflict in trying to tend to the needs of both the artist and the View Details
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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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...
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Alejandro Reyes
- 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