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PART I: TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS |
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Introduction |
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Some short business press readings that illustrate challenges of international business today.
Engardio, Pete, Aaron Bernstein, and Manjeet Kripalani. "Is Your Job Next?" Business Week. February 3, 2003.
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Industry Factors |
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Prahalad, C.K., and Yves Doz. "Mapping the Characteristics of a Business." Chapter 2 in The Multinational Mission. The Free Press, 1987.
Lessard, Donald R. "Frameworks for Global Strategic Analysis." Journal of Strategic Management Education. Senate Hall Academic Publishing, 2003. (Available online at the Journal of Strategic Management Education.)
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Location Factors: National Roots of Competitive Advantage |
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Michael, Porter. "The Competitive Advantage of Nations." Article No. 90211. Harvard Business Review 90-2. March-April 1990, pp. 73-93. |
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Firm-Specific Advantages: Location-Based Advantages, Location-Bound Advantages, and Capabilties |
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Kogut, Bruce. "Designing Global Strategies: Comparative and Competitive Value-Added Chains." Chapter 1 in Gupta and Westney.
Westney, Eleanor. "A Note on Sequential Models of Internationalization." (Course Website)
Deveny, Kathleen. "McWorld? McDonald's Can Make a Big Mac Anywhere, But Duplicating Its Culture Abroad Won't Be So Easy." Business Week. Oct 13, 1986, pp. 78-86.
Serwer, Andrew E. "McDonald's Conquers the World." Fortune. Oct. 17, 1994, pp. 103-116.
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Changing Models of Cross-Border Business |
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Bartlett, Christopher A., and Sumantra Ghoshal. "Managing Across borders: New Organizational Responses." Chapter 7 in Gupta and Westney. |
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Changing Dynamics of Global Competition |
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Yip, George. "Global Strategy - In a World of Nations." Chapter 2 in Gupta and Westney. |
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PART II: MANAGING ACROSS BORDERS |
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Developing Firm-Specific Advantages from Being International - The Globalization of Markets |
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Hart, Stuart, and Mark Milstein. "Global Sustainability and the Creative Destruction of Industries." Chapter 6 in Gupta and Westney. |
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Developing Firm-Specific Advantages from Being International - The Globalization of the Supply Chain |
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Levy, David. "Lean Production in an International Supply Chain." Chapter 3 in Gupta and Westney. |
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Developing Firm-Specific Advantages from Being International - The Globalization of Technology |
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Birkinshaw, Julian M., and J. N. Fry. "Subsidiary Initiatives to Develop New Markets." Chapter 9 in Gupta and Westney. |
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Expanding Abroad: Cross-Border M&A |
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Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Fariborz Ghadar. "The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers." Article No. R00405. Harvard Business Review. July-August 2000. |
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Expanding Abroad: From Emerging Markets |
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Dawar, Niraj, and Tony Frost. "Competing with Giants: Survival Strategies for Emerging Market Companies." Article 99203. Harvard Business Review. March-April 1999. |
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Expanding Abroad: Cross-Border Risk Management |
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In-Class Final Exam |
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