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- March 2015 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Turkey and the Southern Corridor
By: Rawi Abdelal, Esel Çekin and Cigdem Çelik
In December 2014, Russia cancelled the South Stream pipeline that was envisaged to deliver natural gas through the Black Sea basin on to Europe and replaced it with a new pipeline through Turkey. The Turkish Stream was a great opportunity for Turkey to turn itself into...
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Keywords:
Business & Government Relations;
Energy;
Energy Security;
Energy Corridor;
Hub;
Turkey;
European Union;
Eurasia;
Politics;
International Relations;
Trade;
Energy Sources;
Business and Government Relations;
Energy Industry;
European Union;
Turkey;
Russia
Abdelal, Rawi, Esel Çekin, and Cigdem Çelik. "Turkey and the Southern Corridor." Harvard Business School Case 715-042, March 2015. (Revised May 2015.)
- April 22, 2015
- Editorial
One Way To Help Greece Recover: Help Greek Companies Obtain Financing
By: George Serafeim
Keywords:
Europe;
European Union;
Eurozone;
Politics;
Government;
Government And Business;
Competitiveness;
Country Analysis;
Country Strategy;
Finance;
Competition;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Crisis;
Business and Government Relations;
European Union;
Greece
Serafeim, George. "One Way To Help Greece Recover: Help Greek Companies Obtain Financing." Forbes.com (April 22, 2015).
- October 2013
- Teaching Note
Switzerland: Foreign Pressure and Direct Democracy
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
- April 1984
- Teaching Note
Founding of the European Economic Community & Germany (A): The Rebirth of an Economy, Teaching Note
By: Bruce R. Scott
- 24 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Brexit is a Big Deal
The consequences of yesterday's vote by the British people to leave the European Union will be far-reaching, but there is no reason for global markets to panic. Brexit is a vote against the View Details
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by John Quelch
- September 2002
- Background Note
Note on WTO Disputes: Five Major Cases
By: David A. Moss and Nick Bartlett
Summarizes five major trade disputes before the World Trade Organization (WTO): (1) the Brazil-Canada aircraft dispute, (2) the European Union/United States foreign sales corporation dispute, (3) the Asian/United States shrimp and sea turtle dispute, (4) the United...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Conflict Management;
Negotiation;
Brazil;
Canada;
European Union;
Asia;
United States
Moss, David A., and Nick Bartlett. "Note on WTO Disputes: Five Major Cases." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-016, September 2002.
- April 2013
- Case
Europe: An Ever Closer Union?
By: Gunnar Trumbull, Jonathan Schlefer and Diane Choi
In 2010, the European Union faces the challenges of the global financial crisis. With 27 member states, each facing different challenges, can new EU institutions respond effectively? Will its new currency, the euro, survive?
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Trumbull, Gunnar, Jonathan Schlefer, and Diane Choi. "Europe: An Ever Closer Union?" Harvard Business School Case 713-085, April 2013.
- January 2007 (Revised April 2007)
- Background Note
Note on Lobbying
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Libby Cantrill and Patricia Wu
Describes how companies engage the political and legal system and the rules and ethics associated with doing so. Focuses on the U.S. political and legal system, but also seeks to familiarize readers with lobbying norms and structures in the European Union and Japan.
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Keywords:
Business and Government Relations;
Ethics;
Labor Unions;
Public Administration Industry;
Legal Services Industry;
United States;
Japan;
European Union
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Libby Cantrill, and Patricia Wu. "Note on Lobbying." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-471, January 2007. (Revised April 2007.)
- December 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
A Wider Europe: The Challenge of EU Enlargement
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Kimberly A. Haddad
By 2002, the euphoria that accompanied the grandest achievement to date of Europe's 50-plus years of integration--full monetary union--was fading fast. European policy makers completed the historically unprecedented monetary integration of 12 countries, and then they...
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Keywords:
History;
Cost vs Benefits;
Expansion;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Problems and Challenges;
European Union;
Europe
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Kimberly A. Haddad. "A Wider Europe: The Challenge of EU Enlargement." Harvard Business School Case 703-021, December 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- 01 Sep 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Behind Apple's Tax Situation, an Unprecedented Financial Policy
- September 2002 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Silhouette v. Hartlauer
Silhouette, an Austrian eyeglass frame manufacturer, sued Hartlauer, an Austrian retail discounter, for reselling Silhouette frames within the European Union (EU) that Hartlauer had purchased outside the EU. Does the EU follow the principle of exhaustion of trademarks?
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Keywords:
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Trademarks;
Manufacturing Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
European Union
Bagley, Constance E., and Claude Mosseri-Marlio. "Silhouette v. Hartlauer." Harvard Business School Case 803-055, September 2002. (Revised July 2003.)
- September 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Cartier v. Metro
Metro, a German wholesaler, sued Cartier, a French luxury retailer, to require Cartier to honor Cartier's guarantee on its watches that Metro sold, even though Metro is not part of Cartier's selective distribution network. Is such a network incompatible with the...
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Keywords:
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Distribution Channels;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
France;
Germany;
European Union
Bagley, Constance E., and Claude Mosseri-Marlio. "Cartier v. Metro." Harvard Business School Case 803-054, September 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- 17 Nov 2015 - 19 Nov 2015
- Other Presentation
Cluster Mapping and Cluster-Based Economic Development
By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
This workshop brought together cluster policymakers, experts, and policy-oriented researchers from the United States and the European Union to exchange best practices on cluster mapping, cluster portals, and cluster-based economic development policies and programs....
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Keywords:
Clusters;
Competitiveness;
Economic Development;
Competition;
Development Economics;
United States;
European Union
Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Cluster Mapping and Cluster-Based Economic Development." US–EU Cluster Workshop, Boston, MA, November 17–19, 2015.
- March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Supplement
Opening Dot EU (B)
By: Benjamin Edelman
EURid considers possible market mechanisms to allocate initial domain names within the Internet's newly-created "dot EU." European Union regulations and community norms substantially constrain EURid's approach, preventing the use of the most natural economic mechanisms...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Internet and the Web;
Resource Allocation;
Auctions;
Information Industry;
Europe
Edelman, Benjamin. "Opening Dot EU (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 908-053, March 2008. (Revised April 2008.)
- 2018
- Working Paper
Towards a New Approach for Upgrading Europe's Competitiveness
By: Christian Ketels and Michael E. Porter
The traumatic experience of the European sovereign debt crisis, followed by the outcome of the British referendum on leaving the European Union, has sent shockwaves through Europe. For the first time since the signing of the Treaties of Rome six decades ago, the very...
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Ketels, Christian, and Michael E. Porter. "Towards a New Approach for Upgrading Europe's Competitiveness." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-033, September 2018.
- February 2007 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Latvia: Economic Strategy after EU Accession
By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
Describes the economic development of Latvia, a small eastern European country on the shores of the Baltic Sea, from regaining independence in 1991 to European Union (EU) accession in 2004 and is set on May 1st, 2004, the day Latvia became an EU member. Latvia had...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Policy;
Business and Government Relations;
European Union;
Latvia
Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Latvia: Economic Strategy after EU Accession." Harvard Business School Case 707-515, February 2007. (Revised November 2007.)
- March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
Opening Dot EU (A)
By: Benjamin Edelman
EURid considers possible market mechanisms to allocate initial domain names within the Internet's newly-created "dot EU." European Union regulations and community norms substantially constrain EURid's approach, preventing the use of the most natural economic mechanisms...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Resource Allocation;
Auctions;
Internet;
Information Industry;
Europe
Edelman, Benjamin. "Opening Dot EU (A)." Harvard Business School Case 908-052, March 2008. (Revised April 2008.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- November 2006
- Case
Santander's Acquisition of Abbey: Banking across Borders
Banco Santander, Spain's largest commercial bank, announced in July 2004 the acquisition of Abbey National Bank, the fifth largest U.K. commercial bank. This transaction was the largest ever cross-border acquisition in European banking and would result in the...
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Keywords:
Integration;
Value Creation;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Globalization;
Commercial Banking;
Banking Industry;
United Kingdom;
European Union;
Spain
Ghemawat, Pankaj, Eduardo Ballarin, and Jose Manuel Campa. "Santander's Acquisition of Abbey: Banking across Borders." Harvard Business School Case 707-485, November 2006.
- November 2010 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Energy Security in Europe (A): Nord Stream
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Sogomon Tarontsi
Russian and German energy firms initiated the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline project with strong political support from their home governments but encountered resistance from other states. Although the pipeline would connect Russia with Germany directly, the project...
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Keywords:
Non-Renewable Energy;
Leadership;
Distribution;
Business and Government Relations;
Conflict and Resolution;
Energy Industry;
Russia;
European Union;
Germany
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Sogomon Tarontsi. "Energy Security in Europe (A): Nord Stream." Harvard Business School Case 711-026, November 2010. (Revised February 2013.)
- October 2014 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution
By: Rawi Abdelal, Leonardo Maugeri and Sogomon Tarontsi
The 2014 Ukraine crisis once again exposed the mutually limiting knot—a web of commercial relationships and oil and gas pipelines—that historically tied the European Union and Russia closely. In this crisis, a familiar conundrum preoccupied minds in the corridors of...
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Keywords:
International Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Energy Sources;
Energy Industry;
European Union;
Russia;
Ukraine
Abdelal, Rawi, Leonardo Maugeri, and Sogomon Tarontsi. "Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 715-006, October 2014. (Revised February 2017.)