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Learning the Tricks of the Trade
Communication Magazine ArticleEach profession has its own vocabulary. Knowing how to talk the talk is critical--in some fields more than others. -
Why the U.S. Trade Deficit Can Be a Sign of a Healthy Economy
Global Business Digital ArticlePlus: bonus historical trivia about Richard Nixon and the gold standard. -
The Exploding Business of Bartering
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleCompanies are bartering everything from cars to jet fuel to legal services. -
A Quick Review of 250 Years of Economic Theory About Tariffs
Global Business Digital ArticleEconomists agree: They're a bad idea. -
Where Trump Does (and Doesn't) Have Leverage with China
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIt's in both countries' interests to keep trading. -
The U.S.–India Relationship Is Key to the Future of Tech
Globalization Digital ArticleAs tensions mount between China and the U.S., India’s role in global innovation — and who it partners with — becomes increasingly important. -
How the U.S. Should Fight Its Trade War with China
Global Business Digital ArticleThe rationale for admitting China to the World Trade Organization in 2001 was straightforward: Membership would gradually ensure that China viewed the... -
Preferential Treatment: The New Face of Protectionism?
Global Business Magazine ArticleAs free trade agreements become more popular, they present global executives with thorny strategic and operational decisions. -
Tech Giants, Taxes, and a Looming Global Trade War
Business and society Digital ArticleDramatic tax shortfalls are inflaming governments’ resentment about tech companies’ soaring profits. -
Banana War Maneuvers
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleHow Dole beat Chiquita by working around a restrictive EU trade policy instead of struggling against it. -
The State of Globalization in 2023
Globalization Digital ArticleData disproves the notion that the world has become more regionalized in recent years. -
Sell More with Smarter Trade Promotions
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleOne of the most difficult conversations a salesperson can have is with retail customers about trade promotion. The reason: there's big money at stake.... -
The Element of Surprise Is a Bad Strategy for a Trade War
Global Business Digital ArticleThe Trump administration's tariffs are catching businesses off guard. -
Choke Points
Global Business Magazine ArticleTo conduct international commerce, businesses have built an intricate system of networks that move money, information, and components around the world.... -
To Persuade People, Trade PowerPoint for Papier-Mâché
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleThe most effective presentations are interactive. -
New Tools of Trade
Global Business Magazine ArticleHarvard Business School's Regina M. Abrami and Texas A&M's Leonard Bierman argue that companies hurt only themselves when they block legislation that... -
Did Trade with China Make U.S. Manufacturing Less Innovative?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA major new paper suggests it did. -
The Radical Reshaping of Global Trade
Social and global issues Digital ArticleHow companies can prepare for the new, fragmented, non-system that’s replacing globalization. -
Embargoes Work - Just Not the Way We'd Hope
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLessons from Cold War-era HBR. -
Is China's Economic Dominance at an Inflection Point?
Global Business Digital ArticleSix reasons why its position at the top may have been short lived.
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Delta Blues: U.S.-Vietnam Catfish Trade Dispute (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
1918-1932: The International Great Depression (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case UV7884. In this B case, the actual events of the 1933 World Economic Conference are summarized, along with the actions and intentions... -
CME Group in 2019
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Chicago-based CME Group is the world's largest futures and options marketplace, with annual trading volume of over 4.8 billion contracts in 2018. This... -
Wine Importer Asa Top: Navigating the China-Australia Wine Trade War
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In March 2021, the wine trade war between China and Australia was escalating, and the competitive landscape in China's wine market had changed dramatically... -
Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 1993, senior managers at Levi Strauss & Co., the world's largest brand-name apparel manufacturer, were deciding whether the company should have a business... -
Haiti: Energizing Socio-Economic Reform
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The minister of Haiti's Department of Energy Security needed to prepare a presentation for the country's prime minister that proposed a solution for transforming... -
A Note on Canadian Dairy Supply Management
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This note introduces how supply and demand frameworks can be applied to understand distortions in the economy. -
Subsidies: Rationales and Trade and Investment Distortions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Governments throughout the world have offered subsidies for a wide variety of reasons, including the objectives of increasing investments and jobs, particularly... -
Kimura K.K.: Can This Customer Be Saved?
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Pramtex, an Australian company established in 1985, was one of the emerging star players in optical disk production equipment. Known for its high-quality... -
Note on Foreign Direct Investment
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Between 1985 and 1990, the global economy witnessed an unprecedented surge in flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). This sudden increase called back... -
Dalian Wanda Group: The AMC Entertainment Acquisition (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details When Dalian Wanda Group of China announced its plan to acquire the AMC Entertainment theatrical exhibition chain in the United States, many people in... -
The Kaesong Industrial Complex (A)
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Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In September 2013, two years after its $2.1 billion acquisition of Mey Icki Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Mey Icki), the principal spirits company in Turkey specializing... -
BeautifulCoffee and Fair Trade: Working with Local Farmer Co-operatives in Nepal
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Not long after John, BeautifulCoffee's (BC) newly appointed producer partnership manager, began his evaluation of the business relationship between BC... -
Note on International Trade Finance
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note provides an introduction to the financing terms and payment arrangements that support international trade. It describes the principal instruments... -
Tariffs on Tires (B): The Aftermath
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case UV7541. In September 2009, President Barack Obama announced a hefty tariff on low-cost automobile and light truck tires imported from... -
Embraer: The Global Leader in Regional Jets
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Embraer is the story of a company from a developing country, Brazil, that has become the leader in a high-tech field, regional passenger jets. Embraer's... -
Champion International Corp.: Timber, Trade, and the Northern Spotted Owl
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Champion's forest products division owns timberlands, sawmills, and plywood mills in the Pacific Northwest. The listing of the northern spotted owl as... -
TRIPS Part II: International Trade meets Public Health: TRIPS and Access to Medicines, Abridged
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This is an abridged version of case NR15-04-1736.0. The Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property (TRIPS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO)... -
The US-China Trade War: Deal or No Deal? (JAPANESE)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This is a Japanese translation of the March 17, 2020 version of UVA-GEM-0175. The US-China trade war in 2019 led to major shifts in global trade and supply...
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Delta Blues: U.S.-Vietnam Catfish Trade Dispute (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
1918-1932: The International Great Depression (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case UV7884. In this B case, the actual events of the 1933 World Economic Conference are summarized, along with the actions and intentions... -
CME Group in 2019
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Chicago-based CME Group is the world's largest futures and options marketplace, with annual trading volume of over 4.8 billion contracts in 2018. This... -
Wine Importer Asa Top: Navigating the China-Australia Wine Trade War
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In March 2021, the wine trade war between China and Australia was escalating, and the competitive landscape in China's wine market had changed dramatically... -
Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 1993, senior managers at Levi Strauss & Co., the world's largest brand-name apparel manufacturer, were deciding whether the company should have a business... -
Haiti: Energizing Socio-Economic Reform
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The minister of Haiti's Department of Energy Security needed to prepare a presentation for the country's prime minister that proposed a solution for transforming... -
A Note on Canadian Dairy Supply Management
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This note introduces how supply and demand frameworks can be applied to understand distortions in the economy. -
Subsidies: Rationales and Trade and Investment Distortions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Governments throughout the world have offered subsidies for a wide variety of reasons, including the objectives of increasing investments and jobs, particularly... -
Kimura K.K.: Can This Customer Be Saved?
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Pramtex, an Australian company established in 1985, was one of the emerging star players in optical disk production equipment. Known for its high-quality... -
Note on Foreign Direct Investment
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Between 1985 and 1990, the global economy witnessed an unprecedented surge in flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). This sudden increase called back...