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The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Government Magazine ArticleIn many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling. -
Digitizing Africa's Small and Midsize Businesses
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleStudying the offline behaviors of consumers and business owners could help bring this massive market online. -
Cocreating Business's New Social Compact
Global Business Magazine ArticleMoving beyond decades of mutual distrust and animosity, corporations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are learning to cooperate with each other.... -
Negotiating with Third World Governments
Cross-cultural management Magazine ArticleBecause of growing commitments of their companies in developing countries, large numbers of American and European managers have entered negotiations with government officials in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Also, with emerging nationalism, these negotiations have become increasingly frustrating. Sometimes misunderstandings have been so great that they have led to a breakdown in negotiations that […] -
The Globe: Segmenting the Base of the Pyramid
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleTo succeed, you’ll need to link your commercial interests with your constituencies’ well-being. -
Which U.S. Companies Are Doing the Most R&D in China and India?
Emerging markets Digital ArticleAnd what makes their initiatives successful. -
How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA substantial number of local companies in emerging markets have managed to hold their own--or better--in the face of competition from global Goliaths.... -
Africa: A Crucible for Creativity
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleLessons from the continent’s breakout businesses -
Cutting the Cost of HIV
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleCompanies doing business in the developing world have to contend with the staggering human and financial costs of HIV infection—and most would agree that conventional approaches to controlling the epidemic aren’t working. In our experience in the labor-intensive mining industries of Russia, South Africa, and Botswana, we’ve seen infection rates among workers exceeding 90% in […] -
Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets
Organizational Development Magazine Article"This war for talent is like nothing we've ever seen before," write the authors, who have spent decades studying talent management and leadership development.... -
Your Business Is Going to Depend on Connected Spenders, So You’d Better Understand Who They Are
Customer experience Digital ArticleBy 2025 they’ll account for 46% of the world’s consumer spending. -
Cracking Frontier Markets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWith emerging-market giants such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China experiencing slowdowns, investors, entrepreneurs, and multinationals are looking... -
How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa
Global Business Digital ArticleThey're the fastest-growing markets outside of Asia. -
What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe
Global Business Digital ArticleThe country's future may hinge on much-needed reforms. -
Inside the Mind of the Chinese Consumer
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past three decades, the torrid pace of GDP growth in China has fascinated companies around the world. Western companies, in particular, have viewed... -
The Next Era of Globalization Will Be Shaped by Customers, Technology, and Value Chains
Global Business Digital ArticleCountries that used to be sources of cheap labor have become lucrative markets. -
Ideals for Export
Business history Magazine ArticleMany nations in Asia and Africa have now become fully responsible for their destiny. What kind of nations will they become? Will they be swept along by the vision of progress through authoritarian discipline exemplified by the Communist nations? Or will they recognize and seek the ideal of individual freedom, of truth, of respect for […] -
Why Mexico's Economy Doesn't Depend on the Next U.S. President
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDeveloping economies need to move beyond free-trade deals. -
Local Memoirs of a Global Manager
International business Magazine ArticleManaging in my homeland taught me to treasure the provincial as well as the universal. -
Case Study: When Tragedy Strikes Your Supply Chain
Supply chain management Magazine ArticleIn the wake of a factory collapse, a clothing retailer must decide whether to relocate production.
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The October 2009 Petrobras Bond Issue (C)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details The Petrobras case explores the debt financing decisions of one of the largest oil companies in the world. The task is to decide on debt issues that are... -
Citibank: Global Customer Management
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Describes Citibank's worldwide operations, which include activities in developing and developed markets. The bank's structure also varies across markets... -
Miracle Mangroves: Funding of Green Shields in the Bay of Bengal
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case captures the story of Worldview International Foundation (WIF), focusing especially in the 2012-2016 period during which the organisation started... -
Metro Cash & Carry
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Analyzes the globalization of Metro Cash & Carry, a German wholesaler, which has flourished in many foreign markets but struggled to gain traction in... -
H.E. Butt Grocery Co.: A Leader in ECR Implementation (A) (Abridged)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Describes the industry context that has resulted in the development of efficient consumer response (ECR) within the grocery industry and its adoption... -
Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major... -
www.dhonuk.com - Marketing Art in an Emerging Market
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details India as an emerging market offers tremendous opportunities to marketers. The marketing scenario is an upbeat one both for mundane products as well as... -
Nippon Steel Corporation
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Nippon Steel Corporation, the largest Japanese steel producer and second largest in the world faces challenges in pursuing strategy to become a true global... -
TAV Airports Holding (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case explores the strategic options available to TAV Airports Holding, a Turkish firm, after it withdraws from a bid to build Istanbul's newest airport.... -
Wine in China: The Wild West of the Far East
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The purpose of this case is to illustrate why Napa Valley wine producers find it both irresistible and challenging to enter the growing Chinese wine market.... -
Brand Revitalizing and Brand Reinforcement: The Case of Arrow Shirts in the Indian Context
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details With several brands in the premium shirt market, the Arrow brand faced the challenge of balancing its premium associations that had been nurtured in the... -
Cheetah Conservation Fund Bush Project
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Laurie Marker, head of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, is trying to form a for-profit institution, the Bush Project, to control the bush encroachment problem... -
Jet Airways (India) Limited - Brand Building and Valuation: Industry Note
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The case documents how Naresh Goyal, chairman of Jet Airways (India) Limited founded the airline and related business group, and built the 'Jet Airways'... -
IFMR Capital: Securitizing Microloans for Non-Bank Investors
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2009 IFMR Capital sought to create new funding options for microfinance institutions by using a structured finance approach to attract a new class... -
Ho Tak Kee Book Co. Ltd. - A Third Generation at a Crossroads (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Ho Tak Kee was originally a professional publisher and printer that started in the 1950s in Hong Kong. Having faced static performance for decades, the... -
Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On June 6, 2000, the World Bank's and IFC's board of directors was scheduled to vote on whether to approve funding for the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Petroleum... -
SMART: AI and ML for Wildlife Conservation
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART), a set of software and analytical tools designed for the purpose of wildlife conservation, had demonstrated... -
Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In March 2006, Larry English, Director of Program Design and Innovation for Habitat for Humanity International Africa and the Middle East, was reflecting... -
Edible Agro Products Limited: Creating Higher Value for Farmers
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The director of Edible Agro Products Limited (EAPL) was reviewing the production figures for Gujarat Til-2, a variety of white sesame that EAPL had introduced... -
Made in India: Cisco Reroutes Innovation
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the strategy adopted by Cisco India to develop the Advanced Services Router 901 ('ASR 901'). It is part of a larger strategy by Cisco...
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The October 2009 Petrobras Bond Issue (C)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details The Petrobras case explores the debt financing decisions of one of the largest oil companies in the world. The task is to decide on debt issues that are... -
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Government Magazine ArticleIn many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling. -
Citibank: Global Customer Management
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Describes Citibank's worldwide operations, which include activities in developing and developed markets. The bank's structure also varies across markets... -
Miracle Mangroves: Funding of Green Shields in the Bay of Bengal
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case captures the story of Worldview International Foundation (WIF), focusing especially in the 2012-2016 period during which the organisation started... -
Digitizing Africa's Small and Midsize Businesses
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleStudying the offline behaviors of consumers and business owners could help bring this massive market online. -
Cocreating Business's New Social Compact
Global Business Magazine ArticleMoving beyond decades of mutual distrust and animosity, corporations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are learning to cooperate with each other.... -
Metro Cash & Carry
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Analyzes the globalization of Metro Cash & Carry, a German wholesaler, which has flourished in many foreign markets but struggled to gain traction in... -
H.E. Butt Grocery Co.: A Leader in ECR Implementation (A) (Abridged)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Describes the industry context that has resulted in the development of efficient consumer response (ECR) within the grocery industry and its adoption... -
Negotiating with Third World Governments
Cross-cultural management Magazine ArticleBecause of growing commitments of their companies in developing countries, large numbers of American and European managers have entered negotiations with government officials in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Also, with emerging nationalism, these negotiations have become increasingly frustrating. Sometimes misunderstandings have been so great that they have led to a breakdown in negotiations that […] -
The Globe: Segmenting the Base of the Pyramid
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleTo succeed, you’ll need to link your commercial interests with your constituencies’ well-being.