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Wal-Mart Stores in 2003 (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Bradley, Stephen P.; Mark, KenCase HBS-704S12StrategyTo introduce students to creating a competitive advantage.Starting at €8.20
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Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; Schillinger, DougCase HBS-206S14FinanceThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the company's international expansion h...Starting at €8.20
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Plenty of Knowledge Work to Go Around (Spanish version)
Reich, Robert B.Article HBS-F0504EEconomicsThe furor over offshoring knowledge work is a tempest in a teapot.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Risk in an Unstable World (Spanish version)
Bremmer, IanArticle HBS-R0506BEconomicsThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. With emerging markets like China and politically unstable countries like Saudi Arabia figuring more than ever into companies' investment calculations, business leaders are turning to political risk analysis to measure the impact of politics on potential markets, mi...Starting at €8.20
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Taking a Chinese Company Global (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Vargas, Ingrid; Palepu, Krishna G.Case HBS-718S02StrategyIn 2005, Haier, China's leading appliance manufacturer, had over $12 billion in worldwide sales and was the third-ranked global appliance brand behind Whirlpool and GE. Describes Haier's rise from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Qingdao province to an international player with nearly $4 billion in overseas sales. Haier had followed a nontraditional expansion strategy of entering the developed markets of Europe and the United States as a...Starting at €8.20
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Getting Offshoring Right (Spanish version)
Aron, Ravi; Singh, Jitendra V.Article HBS-R0512JStrategythe value it creates for customers and the degree to which the company can capture some of that value. Companies will want to keep their core (highest priority) processes in-house and consider outsourcing their commodity (low-priority) processes. Second, businesses should analyze all the risks that accompany offshoring and look systematically at their critical and commodity processes in terms of operational risk (the risk that processes won't op...Starting at €8.20
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Top-Line Allure of Offshoring (Spanish version)
Lewin, Arie Y.; Peeters, CarineArticle HBS-F0603CStrategyA long-term study finds that offshoring can support, or even enhance, companies' growth strategies.Starting at €8.20
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High Cost of Cheap Chinese Labor (Spanish version)
Beamish, Paul W.Article HBS-F0606DEconomicsLabor churn should be taken into account when assessing the costs of doing business in China.Starting at €8.20
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Liquor Tax Reform in Thailand: Competing Interests and Objectives
Techajareonvikul, Aswin; Rosengard, Jay K.Case HBS-HKS238-EEconomicsIncome tax cuts for individuals and businesses, ambitious government spending plans, financial assistance for citizens affected by the December 2004 tsunami, rising costs of the national healthcare system, and public pressure to curb alcohol consumption all contributed to the Government of Thailand's decision to consider raising its excise taxes on alcoholic beverages. By September 2005 the Thai cabinet had to make a decision on reform of the sys...Starting at €8.20
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Liquor Tax Reform in Thailand: Competing Interests and Objectives: Teaching Note
Techajareonvikul, AswinTeaching Note HBS-HKS568-EEconomicsIncome tax cuts for individuals and businesses, ambitious government spending plans, financial assistance for citizens affected by the December 2004 tsunami, rising costs of the national healthcare system, and public pressure to curb alcohol consumption all contributed to the Government of Thailand's decision to consider raising its excise taxes on alcoholic beverages. By September 2005 the Thai cabinet had to make a decision on reform of the sys...Starting at €0.00