Australia: Commodities, Competitiveness, Climate and China

For the past several decades, Australia has grappled with the benefits and costs of repeated inflation from the mining boom, a housing bubble, a current account deficit, and growing dependence on China. However, between 1996 and 2007, Australia had most of these problems under control and grew at an impressive rate to become one of …

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Competing with Patanjali: Can You Bend Like the Baba?

Since its founding in 2006, Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. has become a major player in India’s fast-paced consumer goods industry. The company differentiated its products through a unique combination of Indian nationalism, yoga spiritualism, social motivation, and natural / Ayurvedic ingredients. Combined with low prices and a low cost position, this strategy challenged established multinational and …

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Healthcare (A): Rehability, Innovation in a Highly Regulated Industry

Executives in highly regulated industries like healthcare often feel like their hands are tied by rules and regulations, some of which some say may even affect their ability to innovate. Therefore, it is not uncommon for regulated companies to compete in the same way for decades without even questioning the status quo. The case “” …

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Zantac (A)

The cases describe the development, global market launch, and subsequent commercialization of a new drug that was only a slight improvement over the category pioneer, but became not only the leading product in its category, but also in the largest prescription drug in the world. Its success has propelled Glaxo, the company that developed and …

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Currency Wars

In February 2013, the G20 finance ministers met in Moscow to discuss growing fears of a possible international currency war. It has been speculated that some countries are deliberately devaluing their currencies to improve their competitiveness in world markets. Emerging economies claimed that expansionary monetary policies by major central banks such as the US Federal …

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Grupo Beta San Miguel (A)

The World Trade Organization and NAFTA are reviewing the sweetener system and government sugar programs and their impact on world trade. What should José Pinto’s position be and how will this affect his company, Mexico and the global sugar companies?

Zantac (B)

Supplement to the IN1271 case. The cases describe the development, global market launch, and subsequent commercialization of a new drug that was only a slight improvement over the category pioneer, but became not only the leading product in its category, but also in the world’s largest prescription drug. Its success has propelled Glaxo, the company …

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Malaga: In Search of Its Identity as a Smart City

The case examines the development of Malaga and its positioning as a smart city. It describes various strategic plans of the city, its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the management and leadership of Mayor Francisco de la Torre. The mayor must define the positioning of the city and decide how efforts to transform Malaga …

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Economic Liberalization and Industry Dynamics

Economic liberalization programs often lead to dramatic changes in the structure of the industry. This note contains excerpts from various research articles that summarize the findings on the development of industries after abrupt political reforms. The note is divided into seven sections. The first introduces the concept of competitive shocks and briefly analyzes its prevalence. …

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