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Thomas J. Watson, IBM and Nazi Germany
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Ballor, Grace; Brown, AdrianCase HBS-807133-EEconomicsConsiders the strategy of U.S.-owned IBM, then a manufacturer of punch cards, in Nazi Germany before 1937. Opens with IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson meeting Adolf Hitler in his capacity as President of the International Chamber of Commerce. IBM had acquired a German company in 1922, and like other American companies, found itself operating after 1933 in a country whose government violently suppressed political dissent and engaged in intimidation and di...Starting at €8.20
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Internet Issues (A) (Spanish version)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Young, FredCase HBS-303S25Information TechnologiesThis case looks at the issues facing a Hong Kong-based trading company, which links hundreds of factories in India and Asia with major customers like Gap and the Limited in Europe and in the United States. The company has recently launched a dot-com operation to allow its extraordinary network of factories in Asia to target much smaller retail chains in Asia and Europe than they were able to do before.Starting at €8.20