Case Updates

Before you head to class each week, check out our case updates. Here you will find article summaries and Internet links recapping the latest developments pertaining to countries and organizations featured in the text's opening, closing, and part-ending cases.

Case updates provided by Jay Hyuk Rhee (Ph.D., The Ohio State University), Assistant Professor of International Business at San José State University. His research interests include firm internationalization, strategic planning for entrepreneurial firms, and management of international R&D operations. Please feel free to e-mail your questions and comments about the news updates to rhee_j@cob.sjsu.edu

"Enronitis delights local auditors"
The Economist, March 21, 2002
Case Connection: "China's Evolving Accounting System" in Chapter 19 (pp. 607-609.)

"Daewoo: Stuck in Neutral"
Business Week, February 18, 2002
Case Connection: "Anatomy of a Failed Alliance - General Motors and Daewoo" in Chapter 14 (pp.450-452).

"From cell-phones to self-phones"
The Economist, January 26, 2002
Case Connection: "The Emerging Global Telecommunications Industry " in Chapter 1 (pp.2-3).

"Weakening the Yen Won't Make Japan Strong"
Business Week, December 31, 2001
Case Connection: "Foreign Exchange Losses at JAL" in Chapter 9 (pp.276-277).

"Shaping up for the club"
The Economist, November 24, 2001
Case Connection: "FDI in Russia" in Chapter 7 (pp.228-229).

"GM May Have Landed a Dandy Daewoo Deal"
Business Week, October 8, 2001
Case Connection: "Anatomy of a Failed Alliance - General Motors and Daewoo" in Chapter 14 (pp.450-452).

"Nissan: Saying Sayonara"
Business Week, September 24, 2001
Case connection: "Honda in North America" in chapter 6 (pp.203-204)

"America's taxing trade troubles"
The Economist, August 21, 2001
Case connection: "Trade in Hormone-Treated Beef" in Chapter 5 (pp.150-151).

"Good in part"
The Economist, July 19, 2001
Case connection: "FDI in Russia" in Chapter 7 (pp.228-229).

"Link in the Global Chain"
Economist, June 2, 2001
Case Connection: "Li & Fung" in Chapter 16 (pp.502-503).

"Citigroup, Microsoft Will Allow Users to Send Money Transfers"
Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2001
Case Connection: "Citigroup--Building a Global Financial Service Giant" in Chapter 1 (pp.28-29).

"Telecom Meltdown"
The Economist, April 23, 2001
Case Connection: "The Emerging Global Telecommunications Industry" in Chapter 1 (pp.2-3).

"Lean and Clean"
The Economist, March 1, 2001
Case Connection: "The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Semiconductor Industry, 1970-2000" in Chapter 8(pp.270-273).

"Enron Hasn't Made Many Friends in the Third World"
Business Week, February 12, 2001
Case Connection: "Enron International in India" in Chapter 3 (pp. 110-113).

"Generation Gaps "
The Economist, January 13, 2001.
Case Connection: "Enron International in India" in Chapter 3 (pp. 110-113).

"A Pileup in Europe for Japan's Carmakers"
Business Week, December 18, 2000.
Case Connection: "Foreign Exchange Losses at JAL" in Chapter 9(pp.276-277).

"A Different, New World Order"
The Economist, November 9, 2000.
Case Connection: "Trade in Hormone-Treated Beef" in Chapter5 (pp.150-151).

"Korea: September 2000"
WTO Trade Policy Review, Press Release, September 18, 2000.
Case Connection: "The Gains from Trade: Ghana and South Korea" in Chapter 4.

"The Crawl of Refom at Daewoo"
Business Week, September 4, 2000, p.64.
Case Connection: "Anatomy of a Failed Alliance-General Motors and Daewoo" in Chapter 14.

"Super Factory -- or Super Headache"
Business Week, July 31, 2000, p.66.
Case Connection: "Global Strategy at General Motors" in Chapter 12.

"Airline hawks are ready to strike"
Business Week, June 19, 2000, p.52.
Case Connection: "Consolidation in the European Insurance Market" in Chapter 8.

"American textiles: Sweatshops to body scans"
The Economist, April 29th, 2000, pp.60-61.