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How Olympic Sponsors Can Be Socially Responsible
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleAs media attention to the many fervent protests prompted by the Beijing Olympics continues to grow, senior executives at many of the world's leading corporations... -
The Latest Supply Chain Disruption: Plastics
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleA global shortage is impacting companies across every industry. -
A Quick Review of 250 Years of Economic Theory About Tariffs
National competitiveness Digital ArticleEconomists agree: They’re a bad idea. -
Trade Regionalization: More Hype Than Reality?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleExperts have been predicting a shift away from global trade, but recent data suggest otherwise. -
What the Last Trump Tariffs Did, According to Researchers
Trade Digital ArticleThe U.S.-China trade war from Trump’s first administration offers a glimpse of the effects a more protectionist trade policy might have this time around. -
What You Won't Hear About Trade and Manufacturing on the Campaign Trail
Global Business Digital ArticleTo fix a problem, you need to understand it. -
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... -
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. -
If the U.S. Gets into a Trade War with the EU, It Will Lose an Ally in Pressuring China
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New World Disorder
Global Business Magazine ArticleOn January 1, 1995, representatives from 76 countries signed the World Trade Organization (WTO) charter, which for years had been part of a temporary... -
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. -
Filing for a Patent Versus Keeping Your Invention a Trade Secret
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The U.S.-India Relationship Is Key to the Future of Tech
Global Business Digital ArticleAs tensions mount between China and the U.S., India's role in global innovation - and who it partners with - becomes increasingly important. -
Why Companies Shouldn't Be Allowed to Treat Their Diversity Numbers as Trade Secrets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship ResearchSome tech firms are going out of their way to avoid uncomfortable disclosures. -
Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer: Biggest Threat to World Is Rogue Actors - From Putin to Musk
Global Business Digital ArticleUnchecked power is dangerous in anyone's hands. -
What Countries and Companies Can Do When Trade and Cybersecurity Overlap
Global Business Digital ArticleBased on an analysis of 33 cases involving 19 countries. -
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. -
How the War in Ukraine Is Further Disrupting Global Supply Chains
It may accelerate a shift to regional suppliers. -
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.
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LangKomm Sweden: Traversing Middle East Politics
Management Case Study11.95View Details The in-coming Social Democrat-Green coalition government in Sweden cancelled a decades-long arms treaty with the Saudi Arabia, on the grounds of the latter's... -
Nuclear Power & the Language of Diplomacy: Negotiating a Game-Changing Nuclear Trade Agreement with India Sequel
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ABB Deutschland (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Addresses the results and the lessons from the German restructuring effort by focusing in detail on the relationship with the works council and the actions... -
Sugar Daddy: Quotas and the U.S. Government
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Since 1981, the U.S. federal government has operated a price support program to help sugar beet and sugar cane producers and processors. This complex... -
International Trade Policy: A Technical Note
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This Note explains some of the key issues of international trade policy. That entails examining the reasons that governments impose tariffs and non-tariff... -
World Trade Center Redevelopment Negotiation - Confidential Instructions for the Insurer
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Six-person facilitated negotiation among representatives of the city, state, developer, insurer, and victims' families regarding the redevelopment of... -
Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details A recent MBA graduate heads international marketing for his family's Mexico-based rosin supply business, he must decide how to respond to the aggressive... -
Charlene Barshefsky (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Details former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky's strategic and tactical approach to surmounting the barriers laid out in the (A) case. -
The Effects of Tariffs and Quotas
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This note discusses the welfare implications of tariffs for consumers, producers, and the government. A brief survey of the state of protectionism in... -
Chene Bleu: Caught in the Trade Tariff Crossfire
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details A French wine estate faced a 25% tariff on its U.S. exports following a multi-decade-long EU-U.S. trade dispute in the aerospace industry. -
Defending the National Interest, or Giving in to Union Pressure? U.S. Trade Policy and the U.S.-China Tire Dispute in the WTO
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The U.S. government responded to a surge of tire imports from China using Section 421 of the 1974 Trade Act. This allowed the U.S. government to impose... -
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... -
BRF
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In 2015, BRF's new leadership team is transforming several aspects of the Brazilian protein giant, which had grown sluggish after the 2011 merger that... -
Pressure Makes Diamonds: Investing in Copper Mining in Laos (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case RSM103 -
Singapore: "Facing Challenges Together"
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Since its expulsion from Malaysia in 1965, Singapore had transformed itself from a third world island nation into a vibrant city-state with one of the... -
Sasol: U.S. Growth Program
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Sasol, the world's largest producer of synthetic oil from coal and gas, has announced plans to build a huge Catalytic cracker and gas-to-liquids plant... -
Steel Wars: A Battle for the Future of American Steel
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Studies the impact of tariffs, subsidies, and quotas on the U.S. steel market. Focuses on "winners" and "losers" from different policies. Applications... -
Tommy Koh: Background and Major Accomplishments of the Great Negotiator, 2014
Communication Case Study11.95View Details Significant negotiation-related achievements from the career of Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore are highlighted in brief form along with elements of... -
Earth's General Store: Balancing People, Planet, and Profit in Organic-Food Retailing
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The owner and operator of two stores that sold organic groceries and fair-trade goods in Edmonton, Alberta was proud of what he had built; however he... -
World Trade Center Redevelopment Negotiation - Confidential Instructions for the Developer
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Six-person facilitated negotiation among representatives of the city, state, developer, insurer, and victims' families regarding the redevelopment of...
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LangKomm Sweden: Traversing Middle East Politics
Management Case Study11.95View Details The in-coming Social Democrat-Green coalition government in Sweden cancelled a decades-long arms treaty with the Saudi Arabia, on the grounds of the latter's... -
Nuclear Power & the Language of Diplomacy: Negotiating a Game-Changing Nuclear Trade Agreement with India Sequel
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ABB Deutschland (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Addresses the results and the lessons from the German restructuring effort by focusing in detail on the relationship with the works council and the actions... -
Sugar Daddy: Quotas and the U.S. Government
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Since 1981, the U.S. federal government has operated a price support program to help sugar beet and sugar cane producers and processors. This complex... -
International Trade Policy: A Technical Note
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This Note explains some of the key issues of international trade policy. That entails examining the reasons that governments impose tariffs and non-tariff... -
World Trade Center Redevelopment Negotiation - Confidential Instructions for the Insurer
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Six-person facilitated negotiation among representatives of the city, state, developer, insurer, and victims' families regarding the redevelopment of... -
Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details A recent MBA graduate heads international marketing for his family's Mexico-based rosin supply business, he must decide how to respond to the aggressive... -
Charlene Barshefsky (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Details former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky's strategic and tactical approach to surmounting the barriers laid out in the (A) case. -
How Olympic Sponsors Can Be Socially Responsible
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleAs media attention to the many fervent protests prompted by the Beijing Olympics continues to grow, senior executives at many of the world's leading corporations...
