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The Nature of Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets: Why Markets Fail and How to Make Them Work
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Book Chapter HBS-5904BC-EStrategyConventional wisdom holds that the best way to select an emerging market to exploit is to evaluate its size and growth potential. Not so, according to the authors-two leading experts on the subject. The primary exploitable characteristic of an emerging market is actually the lack of institutions (like credit card systems, intellectual property adjudication, and data research firms) that facilitate efficient business operations. But while such ins...Starting at €8.20
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Spotting and Responding to Institutional Voids: Identifying Opportunities in Emerging Markets
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Book Chapter HBS-5905BC-EStrategyThe trick to defining and executing business strategy in emerging markets? Identifying the key institutions missing from developing economies-like absent or unreliable sources of market information, an uncertain regulatory environment, or inefficient judicial systems-and building businesses that will help fill those voids. This chapter, from the book "Winning in Emerging Markets" by two experts in the field, equips managers with toolkits to spot ...Starting at €8.20
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Emerging Giants: Competing at Home-How Emerging Market-Based Companies Can Build Competitive Advantage at Home
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Book Chapter HBS-5911BC-EStrategyUnshackled by economic liberalization, domestic companies in emerging markets are aggressively pursuing growth opportunities at home and abroad and thriving in the global marketplace. These "emerging giants" have the distinct advantage of understanding and operating directly in local markets and developing capabilities accordingly. But increasingly, these companies face enormous pressure from foreign multinational competitors and the lack of key ...Starting at €8.20
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Novartis: Leading a Global Enterprise
George, William W.; Palepu, Krishna G.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-413096-ENovartis, the world's leading healthcare company, was formed in 1996 out of a merger of two very different, mid-tier Switzerland-based pharma companies. The case traces the company's evolution over the past 17 years, as it transformed into a truly global enterprise with 127,000 employees of 153 nationalities in 140 countries generating $56.7 billion in 2012 revenues and $9.6 billion in net income, making the firm one of the world's largest and mo...Starting at €8.20
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Unilever's Paul Polman: Developing Global Leaders
George, William W.; Palepu, Krishna G.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-413097-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global in 2011
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Andrews, PhillipCase HBS-712408-EStrategyIn 2011, Haier, China's leading appliance manufacturer, had over $20 billion in worldwide sales and had just been named the leading refrigerator manufacturer worldwide. This case describes Haier's rise over three decades, from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Shandong province to an international player with $5.5 billion in overseas sales. Haier had followed a nontraditional expansion strategy of entering the developed markets of Europe ...Starting at €8.20
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Korea
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Schlefer, Jonathan; Wong, Keith Chi-ho; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-715047-EEconomicsSouth Korea's economic success and its transition from authoritarianism to democracy teach important lessons in national strategy and political economy. Now, though, its famous chaebols may need reform, the population is aging, and relations with the North are as tense as ever. What should the country's leaders do?Starting at €8.20
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Founder-CEO Succession at Acer
Wasserman, Noam; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-811062-EEntrepreneurshipStan Shih, founder-CEO of Acer, Inc., had proactively chosen and transitioned the "perfect" successor as CEO, but was now faced with major problems. Over the last two years, his heir apparent, Leonard Liu, had made the changes he had been hired to make, including revamping the organization structure and instilling a new corporate culture that emphasized accountability. However, such changes had caused numerous clashes between him and other cofoun...Starting at €8.20
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Oriental Fortune Capital: Building a Better Stock Exchange
Lerner, Josh; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-811105-EFinanceWhen ChiNext opened in October 2009 as the second tier market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), it aimed to provide Chinese entrepreneurs with equity capital and to facilitate the exits of venture capital firms and other investors which had previously relied on the New York, London, and Hong Kong markets for public offerings. A year into ChiNext's operation, Dr. Wei Chen, Chairman and founder of Oriental Fortune Capital, one of the fastest-g...Starting at €8.20
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Bharti Tele-Ventures, Teaching Note
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Teaching Note HBS-707467-EStrategyTeaching note to 704426.Starting at €0.00