After a brief summary of Henry A. Kissinger’s career, this case describes three of his most important negotiations: the historic establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, the dismantling of geopolitical tensions with the Soviet Union. , symbolized by the signing of the first strategic arms limitation treaty …
When Brazil’s vigorous but divided democracy emerged in the 1990s, the Ethos Institute launched a movement for corporate social responsibility (CSR) that it hoped would encourage the private sector to run its own businesses responsibly, for example, to avoid racism and protect the environment and lead Brazil to a more just and sustainable society. In …
Investigates the fall of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a US-backed coup in support of United Fruit Co. Over the past half century, United Fruit had built a large vertically integrated tropical fruit business, including large plantations of banana in the United States. Republics of “Banana” of “Central America, including Guatemala”. Examines …
Given the need to get rid of an offshore oil storage facility, the Royal Dutch Shell Corporation comes up with what they believe to be a simple and sensible plan: sink the oil platform into the deep sea 250 miles off the northwest coast of Scotland. This avoids a number of problems, including potential environmental …
This case describes the entry of the Austrian chocolate manufacturer Zotter Chocolate into the Chinese market. There are several things that make this company stand out: it is a small family business from Austria that produces a wide range of unconventional chocolate flavors. It prides itself on organic and fair trade and has attracted many …
In the late 1940s, US State Department officials began campaigning for the establishment of an International Trade Organization (ICO). This new organization would oversee global negotiations on trade liberalization, foreign direct investment, cartels, and commodity agreements; and it would complement the IMF and the World Bank, both founded at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference to …
Over the past 10 years, Turkey has increased its real GDP by around 6% per year. It did so after a huge debt crisis in 200102 that caused Turkey to borrow $ 16 billion from the IMF and stick to its difficult terms. Turkey is currently a middle-income country seeking an effective development strategy. Despite …
This is a shortened version of note NR15021661.0. The focus of international trade negotiations used to be on quotas and tariffs, the amount of a certain product that could be imported, and the tariffs that were applied at the border. In the course of the deepest integration of the world economy, attention has shifted from …
In 1990, President Alberto Fujimori came to power in Peru in a wave of public enthusiasm for the promised reforms. In fact, Fujimori achieved something of a miracle of economic recovery over the next five years. He also defeated an internal terrorist movement and proved to be a willing partner in the war on drugs. …