| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Part I — Introduction | ||
| 1 | Why bother studying national economies in an era of globalization? | Readings Lardner, James. "I-The Sweater Trade." The New Yorker, January 11, 1988, 39-73. ———. "II-The Sweater Trade." The New Yorker, January 18, 1988, 57-73. Friedman, Thomas. "It's a Flat World, After All." New York Times Magazine, April 3, 2005, 32-37. |
| 2 | Alternative approaches to analyzing national economies | Readings
Baron, David. "Integrated Strategy: Market and Non-market Components." California Management Review 37, no. 2 (Winter 1995): 47-65. Case Young, Allegra, and Debora Spar. "Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-793-069, March 22, 1993. |
| Part II — Different types of market economies | ||
| 3 | Liberal market economies: The United States | Readings Porter, Michael. "Executive Summary." In Capital Choices: Changing The Way America Invests in Industry. Council on Competitiveness, 1992, 3-19. Sterman, John, Nelson P. Repenning, and Fred Kofman. "Unanticipated Side Effects of Successful Quality Programs: Exploring a Paradox of Organizational Improvement." Management Science 43, no. 4 (April 1997): 503-521. |
| 4 | State-driven development: Singapore | Case Vietor, Richard, and Emily Thompson. "Singapore Inc." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-703-040, February 27, 2003. |
| 5 | Emerging markets/uncertain rules 1: Russia | Case Huang, Yasheng, Kirsten O'Neil-Massaro, and Anatoli Miliukov. "Unified Energy System of Russia." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-702-068, March 13, 2002. |
| 6 | Emerging markets/uncertain rules 2: Africa | Cases Huang, Yasheng. "Note on Conflict Diamonds: Why Are Civil Wars, like Diamonds, Forever?" Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-702-027, January 9, 2002. Alfaro, Laura, Vinati Dev, Faheen Allibhoy, and Debora Spar. "Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-703-027, March 31, 2003. |
| Part III — Beyond the nation-state? Who is making the new rules? | ||
| 7 | The politics of trade | Case Abdelal, Rawi, Laura Alfaro, and Brett Laschinger. "Bombardier: Canada vs. Brazil at the WTO." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-703-022, February 20, 2003. |
| 8 | Intellectual property protection | Readings Sterenberg, Daniel. "Intellectual Property Laws in Brazil: Is Breaking Patents to Save Lives Right?" MIT Sloan School of Management Case under the supervision of Richard Locke, May 23, 2003, 1-24. Case Bartlett, Nicholas, and Debora Spar. "Life, Death, and Property Rights: The Pharmaceutical Industry Faces AIDS in Africa." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-702-049, June 13, 2002. |
| 9 | Global business and human rights | Readings Ruggie, John. "Human Rights Policies and Management Practices of Fortune Global 500 Firms: Results of a Survey." Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, September 1, 2006, 1-30. Locke, Richard, John Van Maanen, and Eleanor Westney. "Caspian Development Advisory Panel: Lesson Learned." MIT Sloan School of Management, April 29, 2007, 1-17. Case La Mure, Lane, and Debora Spar. "The Burma Pipeline." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-798-078, February 25, 1998. |
| 10 | Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private non-market action | Readings
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| 11 | Sustainability: Is there a business case? | |
| 12 | Putting the pieces together | Readings Huntington, Samuel. "The West Unique, Not Universal." Foreign Affairs 75, no. 6 (November/December 1996): 28-46. Locke, Richard. "Building Trust." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1, 2001: 1-34. |
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