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Colombia: Strong Fundamentals, Global Risk
Musacchio, Aldo; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Schlefer, Jonathan; Camacho, CarolinaCase HBS-710012-EEconomicsBy mid-2009 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed stuck in a middle ground, industrially behind Brazil or Chile but ahead of poorer Latin American countries. Traditional exports--coal, coffee, oil--still comprised more than half the to...Starting at €8.20
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MAN B&W Diesel A/S - Managing Licensees in a Globalized World
Torben Pedersen; Jacob Pyndt; Bo Bernhard NielsenCase IVEY-9B09M030-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyMAN B&W Diesel (MBD), a subsidiary of MAN AG, had become very successful by having its large two-stroke diesel engines produced under licence in Asia. The success had led it to the position of world leader in ship engines, with world market shares between 70 and 80 per cent. The relationship between MBD and the licensees was characterized by both parties leveraging each other’s competencies. It was critical for MBD to access new knowledge in orde...Starting at €8.20