This case illustrates the challenges facing Intel as it attempts to manage the post-acquisition integration of DECs semiconductors businesses. Additional emphasis is placed on how Intel developed a post-acquisition integration capability and on the way it is currently structured to manage the acquisition process.

This case deals with the integration of a recently acquired state-owned enterprise by Haier, a rapidly expanding, collectively owned company in China. It highlights the challenges of managing post acquisition integration in China, especially that of state owned enterprises and also provides useful information to understand the characteristics of emerging Chinese companies.

This case illustrates the challenges facing Intel as it attempts to manage the post-acquisition integration of DECs semiconductors businesses. Additional emphasis is placed on how Intel developed a post-acquisition integration capability and on the way it is currently structured to manage the acquisition process.

The case focuses on the US-China bilateral negotiations on China’s bid for WTO membership. It presents the domestic policy processes of both countries regarding the entry negotiation and indicates the likely impact of China’s entry.

This case analyses the evolution of the semiconductor industry in the US and Japan, and how it was shaped by the domestic policies, and the international trade problems it created. The authors address the implications of the international agreements between the two countries, which constituted a landmark in international trade politics.

The case presents the evolution of the banking system in China in the 1990s, but dating back to 1978.

Airbus is contemplating changing its legal structure and launching a super-jumbo to compete with the 747, but the consortium is divided on strategic priorities. Should it focus on changing its legal structure? Should it maintain a market-share strategy? Should the consortium seek a truce in the price war with Boeing?

Acer, one of the top five notebook computer manufacturers in the world, operates in an extremely fast moving market with product life cycles of 6 months. The company faced a crisis because of an unfavorable product mix and time-to-market delays costing them significant revenues.

Please refer to part A for the abstract.