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Globalizing Consumer Durables: Singer Sewing Machine Before 1914
By David Kiron, Geoffrey G Jones. 2003
Examines the global strategy of Singer, one of the world's first multinationals, before 1914. Singer, a U.S. pioneer of the…
modern sewing machine, established its first foreign factory in Scotland in 1867. Investments followed in manufacturing and marketing in other countries, especially Russia. By 1914, Singer held a remarkable 90% share of all sewing machine sales outside the United States and was the seventh largest firm in the world. Examines why sewing machines became one of the world's first global products and the entrepreneurial and organizational factors behind Singer's international success. Taught as the first case in the MBA elective Evolution of Global Business.Satera Team at Imatron Systems, Inc. (A)
By Teresa M. Amabile, Elizabeth A. Schatzel. 2003
Escalating conflict has erupted within the Satera product development team, resulting from the conflicting cognitive styles of the two senior…
mechanical engineers. The conflict has taken a toll on both project progress and team morale, endangering one of the most important initiatives at Imatron Systems, Inc. After discussing the situation with VP of R&D Rick Levinger, team leader Gary Pinto realizes he must take decisive action. This case presents a profile of the company, the team, the Satera project, and the team members, focusing on Pinto and the dueling engineers. Through a detailed description of their vastly different problem-solving preferences, and the interactions in which those differences become most apparent, the conflict presents a common problem that managers must face when working with creative people on creative projects.Berkshire Hathaway
By Bharat N. Anand, Samhita Jayanti. 2009
Berkshire Hathaway describes the history and strategy of one of the best known investment firms over the last forty years.…
The case describes the investment philosophy of Warren Buffett, its legendary chairman and CEO, the gradual diversification of its portfolio, its capital allocation strategy, compensation structure, and corporate governance approach, leading up to August 2008.Ford Argentina: Transforming a Global Industry in a Local Market
By Paula Etchard, Laureano Berasategui, Lynda M Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre. 2003
The president of Ford Argentina has to decide on the e-business approach at this subsidiary of Ford Motor Co. The…
approach must take into consideration the ambitious global e-business transformation proposed by the parent company within the context of a major economic crisis suffered in Argentina.Charles Schwab in 2002
By F. Warren Mcfarlan, Lynda M. Applegate, Jamie Ladge. 2002
Details the evolution of the Charles Schwab business model, from its founding in 1975 to October 2002. The protagonist, David…
Pottruck, is faced with re-inventing the firm as a full-service brokerage at a time of tremendous industry instability as the industry reels from the effects of deregulation, consolidation, global economic downturn, and investor lack of confidence.Dr. John's Products Ltd.
By William A. Sahlman. 2002
Valuing Cash Flows in an International Context
By Walter Kuemmerle, Matias Braun. 2002
Addresses the question of how to value cash flows in an international context. Focuses on entrepreneurial ventures, but its content…
applies to finance issues that arise in established multinational enterprises. Addresses cash flows, discount rates, country risk premium, projecting future exchange rates, and other issues. Also contains an extensive example of a software company that exports services to other countries.Australia: The Riches and Challenges of Commodities
By Laura Alfaro, Renee Kim. 2009
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd faced a daunting task that he never imagined he would have to face when he…
was elected two years ago. Australia at that time was poised to enter its 17th year of uninterrupted growth. Commodity exports were booming, largely driven by China's insatiable appetite for raw materials. Then the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, brewing challenges for the world's biggest exporter of coal and iron ore. Prime Minister Rudd pushed for massive stimulus packages to revive domestic consumption and demand. Yet as an economy heavily dependent on trade, tumbling commodity prices brewed difficult times for Australia's trade deficit and its persistent large current account deficit. What was in hold for Australia's deficit, which had been in the red all but four years since 1950? In addition, how should policymakers address the intense concerns regarding China's growing interest in Australia's prized natural resources sector?In The Partnership Charter, psychologist and business mediation expert David Gage offers a comprehensive guide to the art of establishing…
and maintaining a business partnership. The centerpiece of his approach is the Partnership Charter, a document that clearly outlines the goals, expectations, responsibilities, and relationships of the principals. The charter identifies potential sources of conflict and how they will be resolved, while addressing such sensitive issues as personal styles, values, money, and power. Illustrating every principle through engaging stories drawn from Gage's front-line experience consulting to business partners, as well as interviews with the founding partners of such successful businesses as Progressive Insurance Company and Manpower, Inc. , The Partnership Charter dispels common myths and presents a practical framework for launching, building, and sustaining a thriving business partnership.The New Corporate Cultures: Revitalizing the Workplace After Downsizing, Mergers, and Reengineering
By Terrence E. Deal, Allan A. Kennedy. 1999
Liberia
By Eric Werker, Jasmina Beganovic. 2011
From 1989 to 2003 civil war raged in Liberia, causing GDP per capita to drop an unprecedented 90% from peak…
to trough. The roots of Liberia's conflict and economic decline are complex and intertwined, resting on over a century of discriminatory elite rule and twisted by ethnic politics during a military dictatorship. By late 2011, eight years of post-conflict government have restored basic order, re-opened the country to foreign investors, and jump-started the small economy. But the country's business model may unsettle its political stability. As Africa's first democratically elected female head of state (and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf goes into her reelection campaign for Liberia's presidency, she must decide how to keep the country on its fragile but quick recovery, sowing the seeds for peace and prosperity rather than renewed conflict.Uganda: The Constitution of Development
By Catherine S.M. Duggan, Alexander Roehrkasse. 2011
Based on extensive and highly personal interviews with forty chief executives around the world-among them GE's Jack Welch, AOL's Steven…
Case, Intel's Andy Grove, Newscorp's Rupert Murdoch, BP Amoco's John Browne, Nokia's Jorma Olilla, and Toyota's Hiroshi Okuda-The Mind of the CEO takes us on a journey into the innermost thoughts of today's corporate titans and paints a compelling picture of the strategic and daily challenges facing them. Jeffrey Garten's findings are a challenge to those who are suspicious of corporate power, those who believe CEOs should focus only on enriching shareholders, and even to many CEOs who see their jobs much more narrowly. No one interested in the future can afford not to read, think about, and debate this book.Santander's Acquisition of Abbey: Banking Across Borders
By Pankaj Ghemawat, Eduardo Ballarin, Jose Manuel Campa. 2006
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 10th-largest bank in the world. Discusses the main sources of value creation from international expansion and acquisitions in the commercial banking industry. Also, highlights the barriers to integration within the single market of the European Union in a regulated service industry such as commercial banking.Fraunhofer: Innovation in Germany
By Gunnar Trumbull, Diego Comin, Kerry Yang. 2011
Fraunhofer is one of the largest applied research organizations in the world. With 17,000 employees and a 1.6 billion euros…
budget, Fraunhofer has 60 institutes in Germany that cover most fields of science. The case examines the consequences that Fraunhofer has for the competitiveness of the German economy. It also explores whether the organization of R&D is affected by the size distribution of firms as well as by institutions in labor and financial markets.Lobbying
By Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Libby Cantrill, Patricia Wu. 2007
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.Edelnor (A)
By Jordan Siegel. 2007
Fernando del Sol, president of F. S. Inversiones in Chile, had just bought himself a headache as a New Year's…
present. On December 31, 2001, he purchased a Chilean electricity generation and transmission company called Edelnor that was in danger of becoming insolvent within months. del Sol had six months to restructure the company before it would become completely insolvent, and his headache was compounded by the fact that the process for company reorganization in Chile typically dragged on in the courts, often for two or more years. Any debtor, no matter how small, could hold up the process at any point by issuing written complaints to the court. del Sol needed to figure out whether the company was worth saving, whether it had a business strategy that could succeed if the company's debt was restructured, and whether he could find some means of saving the company in time.How Media Choices are Changing Online Advertising
By Stephen P. Bradley, Nancy Bartlett. 2006
What is the response by advertisers as media consumption moves to the digital medium? Provides an overview of online advertising…
in mid-2006 and discusses the impact of an increasingly fractured media landscape and its accompanying expanding advertising options.Alibaba Group
By Julie M. Wulf. 2010
Discusses how Alibaba Group successfully managed new business ventures to become a leader in China's online marketplaces. Students follow Alibaba…
Group's transition from a startup to a multibusiness firm with over 15,000 employees in just over a decade. They analyze the evolving dynamics of internal competition and cooperation among Alibaba Group's subsidiaries. Students are also asked to address Alibaba Group's strategy, the role of its corporate center and how to incentivize subsidiary executives.Workplace Factors That Affect Hiring and Retention: Focusing on Culture
By Harvard Business Review Press. 2002
This chapter explains the work-life balance factors that affect the retention of valuable employees and how managers can alter the…
workplace environment to appeal to new candidates and avoid employee burnout.