Discussion: What kinds of do companies experience in international ops “uncertainty” Case: Larson in Nigeria, Ivey TU, 01/30 MANAGING GLOBAL OPERATIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY (cont’d) Readings: 06/17/2014 WSJ “Behind Vietnam’s Anti-China Riots..”, 09/23/14 CC FT, “Peru’s Improbably Inca Kola Wins Out…”, Case: At HBS “Jan Eriksson Norvatis Indonesia (A)” TH, 02/01 EMERGING MARKETS Lecture: Doing Business in Emerging Markets Readings: 10/10/2016 WSJ, CC “Ethiopia Investors Warily Eye Crackdown”, a Thicket of 02/23/16 WSJ, “Ikea’s India Bet Runs Into Rules”, Takes its 02/11/17 WSJ, CC “Wal-Mart Time…”, Case: An Emerging 06/16/15 ”Ethiopia: Market Opportunity?”, HBS. TU, 02/06 GLOBAL SERVICE OPERATIONS Readings: 01/14/16 WSJ, CC “London Becomes NFL’s New Frontier”, Learning Curve for 10/14/14 WSJ, “Steep Southwest Airlines…”, In-class Exercise: “Shanghai Disneyland” (handout) TH, 02/08 COMPETITIVE BENCHMARKING Discussion: What is Benchmarking? Case: "American Connector Co. (A)" HBS ** Assignment: Turn in the group project outline at beginning of class ** Assignment: Participation Quiz #1 TU, 02/13 GLOBAL QUALITY STANDARDS ISO 9000, 14000, and global competitiveness. Lecture:: ISO 14000- In ISO Website “ISO 9000 And Brief” Readings: in 09/11/2014 CC Forbes, “McDonald’s Faces Declining Sales Asia…”, Case: China Thunderbird “Mattel’s Experience” TH, 02/15 GLOBAL FACILITIES STRATEGY Strategies for locating facilities globally. Readings: to Close Operations in 01/25/16 WSJ, CC “Ford Motor Indonesia, Japan”, to Stop Selling Vehicles in 5/18/17 CC Detroit Free Press, “GM India…”, it Plans to 07/26/17 NYTimes, CC “Foxconn Says Build Factory….”, Case: HBS “Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad”
Discussion: What kinds of “uncertainty” do companies experience in international ops Case: Larson in Nigeria, Ivey TU, 01/30 MANAGING GLOBAL OPERATIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY (cont’d) Readings: “Behind Vietnam’s Anti-China Riots..”, WSJ 06/17/2014 “Peru’s Improbably Inca Kola Wins Out…”, FT, 09/23/14 CC Case: “Jan Eriksson At Norvatis Indonesia (A)” HBS TH, 02/01 EMERGING MARKETS Lecture: Doing Business in Emerging Markets Readings: “Ethiopia Investors Warily Eye Crackdown”, WSJ, 10/10/2016 CC “Ikea’s India Bet Runs Into a Thicket of Rules”, WSJ, 02/23/16 “Wal-Mart Takes its Time…”, WSJ, 02/11/17 CC Case: ”Ethiopia: An Emerging Market Opportunity?”, HBS. 06/16/15 TU, 02/06 GLOBAL SERVICE OPERATIONS Readings: “London Becomes NFL’s New Frontier”, WSJ, 01/14/16 CC “Steep Learning Curve for Southwest Airlines…”, WSJ, 10/14/14 In-class Exercise: “Shanghai Disneyland” (handout) TH, 02/08 COMPETITIVE BENCHMARKING Discussion: What is Benchmarking? Case: "American Connector Co. (A)" HBS ** Assignment: Turn in the group project outline at beginning of class ** Assignment: Participation Quiz #1 TU, 02/13 GLOBAL QUALITY STANDARDS ISO 9000, 14000, and global competitiveness. Lecture:: “ISO 9000 And ISO 14000- In Brief” ISO Website Readings: “McDonald’s Faces Declining Sales in Asia…”, Forbes, 09/11/2014 CC Case: “Mattel’s China Experience” Thunderbird TH, 02/15 GLOBAL FACILITIES STRATEGY Strategies for locating facilities globally. Readings: “Ford Motor to Close Operations in Indonesia, Japan”, WSJ, 01/25/16 CC “GM to Stop Selling Vehicles in India…”, Detroit Free Press, 5/18/17 CC “Foxconn Says it Plans to Build Factory….”, NYTimes, 07/26/17 CC Case: “Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad” HBS
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