Strategic Management In Developing Countries
Case Studies
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2008
704 pages
978-1-4391-1983-9 (ISBN)
Description
James E. Austin's case studies are designed to help managers effectively compete in the Third World business environment.
Designed for business school courses and in-house company training programs, this companion to Managing in Developing Countries presents 35 case studies organized around Professor Austin's Environmental Analysis Framework, a powerful, field-tested tool designed to help managers examine, prepare for and compete in the Third World business environment. Through comprehensive and thoroughly tested classroom-tested cases, Austin systematically examines the economic, political, and cultural factors of each country at international, national, industry, and company levels. The cases also reveal the critical strategic issues and operating problems that managers will encounter in developing countries--in governmental relations, finance, marketing, production, and organization.
Designed for business school courses and in-house company training programs, this companion to Managing in Developing Countries presents 35 case studies organized around Professor Austin's Environmental Analysis Framework, a powerful, field-tested tool designed to help managers examine, prepare for and compete in the Third World business environment. Through comprehensive and thoroughly tested classroom-tested cases, Austin systematically examines the economic, political, and cultural factors of each country at international, national, industry, and company levels. The cases also reveal the critical strategic issues and operating problems that managers will encounter in developing countries--in governmental relations, finance, marketing, production, and organization.
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James E. Austin, Dr. Austin holds the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. His most recent book is Social Partnering in Latin America (Harvard University Press), a collaborative research publication of the Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN).
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Overview
- OBJECTIVES OF THE BOOK
- IMPORTANCE OF LDCS
- LDC DIVERSITY
- AN APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
- ORGANIZATION OF THE CASES
- 2. Investing in Developing Countries
- KEY ISSUES
- CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
- Nike in China
- Hitchiner Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Enterprise Development Inc.
- Industrias del Maiz S.A.
- 3. Managing the Business-Government Nexus
- KEY ISSUES
- CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
- John Deere, S.A. (Mexico)
- Background Note on Mexico
- Mexico and the Microcomputers
- Dow Indonesia
- State Timber Corporation of Sri Lanka 185
- Bribery and Extortion in International Business
- Standard Fruit Company in Nicaragua
- Pandol Brothers, Inc. and Nicaragua
- 4. Production
- KEY ISSUES
- CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
- Leather Industry in India
- Packages Limited
- Thai Polyester Fiber (B)
- Evans Food Corporation
- Rio Bravo Electricos, General Motors Corporation
- 5. Marketing
- KEY ISSUES
- CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
- Sabritas
- Milkpak
- Nestlé Alimentana S.A.-Infant Formula
- Population Services International
- 6. Finance
- KEY ISSUES
- CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
- Electrohogar, S.A.
- Compañía Telefónica Mexicana S.A. (CTM)
- Colgate-Palmolive in Mexico
- Citibank in Zaïre
- International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
- Thai Farmers Bank
- 7. Organization
- KEY ISSUES
- CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
- Selecting a New Manager at Milkpak
- Turrialba Mining Company
- The Case of the Untouchable Water-Carrier
- Thai Polyester Fiber (C)
- Ashamu Holdings Limited: Let the Goat Eat Salt 577
- 8. Exporting from the Developing Countries
- KEY ISSUES
- CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
- Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.
- The Cut Flower Industry in Columbia
- Daidong Mould & Injection Co.
- Countertrade and the Merban Corporation
