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- March 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Lada do Brasil
By: James E. Austin and Helen Shapiro
In an effort to capitalize on the entrepreneurial opportunity presented by the Brazilian government's trade liberalization, a Panamanian automobile trading company launched a business of importing the Russian made Lada cars into Brazil. The company confronts a complex...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Transformation;
Economics;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Capital;
Policy;
Competition;
Auto Industry;
Brazil
Austin, James E., and Helen Shapiro. "Lada do Brasil." Harvard Business School Case 392-122, March 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
- March 1992 (Revised November 1993)
- Background Note
Trading the Right to Pollute: Developing the Market for Pollution Allowances
Examines the issues underlying the formation of the market for tradeable pollution allowances, following the requirement of Title IV of the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act. Examines the implications that these trade the allowances hold for the U.S. electric...
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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Trading the Right to Pollute: Developing the Market for Pollution Allowances." Harvard Business School Background Note 292-120, March 1992. (Revised November 1993.)
- March 1992 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
AT&T Consumer Products
Describes the factors AT&T Consumer Products managers considered in deciding whether to locate a new plant for telephone answering machines in the United States, Asia, or Mexico. Describes in depth the restructuring of AT&T during the 1980s, the competition facing its...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Competitive Strategy;
Trade;
Management;
Operations;
Crime and Corruption;
Executive Compensation;
Selection and Staffing;
Demand and Consumers;
Asia;
Mexico
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "AT&T Consumer Products." Harvard Business School Case 392-108, March 1992. (Revised October 1994.)
- March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction
By: Dwight B. Crane
Set in June 1991, two months prior to Salomon Brothers' announcement that the firm had violated the Treasury Department's rules governing the auctions of new Treasury securities. Salomon Vice Chairman John Meriwether must decide how to address problems that continue to...
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Keywords:
Debt Securities;
Managerial Roles;
Ethics;
Market Transactions;
Bonds;
Investment Banking;
Crisis Management;
Auctions;
Legal Liability;
Banking Industry
Crane, Dwight B. "Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction." Harvard Business School Case 292-114, March 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
- 1992
- Other Unpublished Work
Conflict or Indifference: U.S. Multinationals in a World of Regional Trading Blocs
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
- February 1992 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Pfizer: Global Protection of Intellectual Property
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Top officials at Pfizer are assessing their strategy for improving protection of Pfizer's patents around the world. The outcome of the Uruguay Round of the GATT negotiations is uncertain, and it is not clear whether an acceptable intellectual property protection...
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Keywords:
Patents;
Trade;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Business Strategy;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Alliances;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States;
Japan;
Europe
Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Pfizer: Global Protection of Intellectual Property." Harvard Business School Case 392-073, February 1992. (Revised April 1995.)
- January 1992 (Revised August 1992)
- Case
Nichols Institute Diagnostics Trading S.A.--1988
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Nichols Institute Diagnostics Trading S.A.--1988." Harvard Business School Case 392-075, January 1992. (Revised August 1992.)
- 1992
- Chapter
U.S.-Japan Trade Today
By: Kenneth A. Froot
Keywords:
International Trade;
International Finance;
Trade;
International Relations;
Japan;
United States
Froot, Kenneth A. "U.S.-Japan Trade Today." In U.S.-Japan Economic Forum. Vol. 2, by Martin S. Feldstein and Yutaka Kosai. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1992.
- October 1991 (Revised February 1995)
- Case
North American Free Trade Agreement
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "North American Free Trade Agreement." Harvard Business School Case 592-039, October 1991. (Revised February 1995.)
- October 1991
- Case
Marketing Beef in Liberalized Japan
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Marketing Beef in Liberalized Japan." Harvard Business School Case 592-030, October 1991.
- August 1991 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Champion International Corp.: Timber, Trade, and the Northern Spotted Owl
Champion's forest products division owns timberlands, sawmills, and plywood mills in the Pacific Northwest. The listing of the northern spotted owl as an endangered species, and restrictions on exports of logs from state-owned lands, have disrupted the stumpage, log...
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Keywords:
Science-Based Business;
Natural Environment;
Product Marketing;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Government and Politics;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Strategy;
Trade;
Decisions;
Management Teams;
Forest Products Industry;
North and Central America
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Champion International Corp.: Timber, Trade, and the Northern Spotted Owl." Harvard Business School Case 792-017, August 1991. (Revised March 1993.)
- July–September 1991
- Article
Strategic Trade Policies in a Tripolar World
By: Kenneth A. Froot and D. B. Yoffie
Froot, Kenneth A., and D. B. Yoffie. "Strategic Trade Policies in a Tripolar World." International Spectator 26, no. 3 (July–September 1991): 3–28. (Reprinted in The Political Economy of International Cooperation, NIRA Research Output, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1992.)
- summer 1991
- Article
Trade Secrets and the Justification of Intellectual Property: A Comment on Hettinger
By: L. S. Paine
Keywords:
Intellectual Property
Paine, L. S. "Trade Secrets and the Justification of Intellectual Property: A Comment on Hettinger." Philosophy & Public Affairs 20, no. 3 (summer 1991): 247–263. (Reprinted in Business in Ethical Focus: An Anthology, edited by Fritz Allhoff and Anand J. Vaidya, 564-576. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2008; Reprinted in Ethics in the Workplace: Selected Readings in Business Ethics, edited by Robert A. Larmer, 268-278. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1996; Reprinted in Ethics in the Workplace, edited by Edward J. Ottensmeyer and Gerald McCarthy, 508-519. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996; Reprinted in Intellectual Property: Moral, Legal, and International Dilemmas, edited by Adam D. Moore, 39-56. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1997.)
- May 1991 (Revised October 1993)
- Case
Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A)
By: David B. Yoffie
Describes the competitive situation that has arisen in the commercial aircraft manufacturing industry since Airbus entered in 1970. Having overtaken McDonnell Douglas for second place, Airbus announces plans to challenge market leader Boeing's last pocket of dominance....
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Keywords:
Transition;
Trade;
Ethics;
Investment;
Problems and Challenges;
Business and Government Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Sales;
Competitive Strategy;
Technology Adoption;
Air Transportation Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-106, May 1991. (Revised October 1993.)
- March 1991 (Revised January 1996)
- Case
The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Examines the General Mills Board of Directors' role in the General Mills joint venture with Nestle S.A. to sell cereals outside of North America. It raises the more general question of the appropriate role for the board of directors in strategy formulation.
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Trade;
Corporate Governance;
Managerial Roles;
Expansion;
Food and Beverage Industry;
North America
Lorsch, Jay W. "The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning." Harvard Business School Case 491-117, March 1991. (Revised January 1996.)
- March 1991
- Supplement
Zenith and High-Definition Television--1990, Video
By: Benjamin Gomes-Casseres and David B. Yoffie
Records a visit by Jerry Pearlman, Zenith CEO, to an MBA classroom. He is shown commenting on Zenith strategy and industrial policy issues and fielding student questions.
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Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin, and David B. Yoffie. "Zenith and High-Definition Television--1990, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 891-513, March 1991.
- November 1990
- Article
Manufacturer Trade Deals and Retail Price Promotions
By: R. Lal
Lal, R. "Manufacturer Trade Deals and Retail Price Promotions." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) (November 1990).
- 1990
- Chapter
Institutional Incentives for Protection: The American Use of Voluntary Export Restraints
By: J. J. Coleman and D. B. Yoffie
- October 1990
- Article
Bankruptcy, Boards, Banks, and Blockholders: Evidence on Changes in Corporate Ownership and Control When Firms Default
By: S. C. Gilson
In 111 publicly traded firms that either file for bankruptcy or privately restructure their debt between 1979 and 1985, bank lenders frequently become major stockholders or appoint new directors. On average, only 46% of incumbent directors remain when bankruptcy or...
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Keywords:
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Governance;
Banks and Banking;
Change;
Business Ventures;
Ownership
Gilson, S. C. "Bankruptcy, Boards, Banks, and Blockholders: Evidence on Changes in Corporate Ownership and Control When Firms Default." Journal of Financial Economics 27, no. 2 (October 1990): 355–387.