Sunrun: Confronting Solar Panel Import Tariffs
How should Sunrun respond to the impending threat of steep tariffs on imported solar panels?
Isolationism
GE: Adapting to Isolationist America and its Workforce
As the US becomes increasingly isolationist, manufacturing companies like GE are forced to determine where to locate their factories and to reckon with the STEM skills gap in the US.
LEGO: The missing bricks in their global supply chain?
Examining the effects of globalization and isolationism on LEGO's global supply chain
Defending a Global Business Model in Turbulent Times
“Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more” ¿How isolationist political momentum across the world is threating Microsoft of accomplishing its mission? ¿Will the company be able to defend its global business model in a world in a world that seems suspicious of the benefits of the globalization?
General Mills UK and the Potential Impact of Brexit on the Dairy Industry
As Brexit looms, the dairy industries of the UK and EU-27 are concerned with potentially huge WTO tariffs, but how might this also affect General Mills's French produced Haagen-Dazs and Yoplait?
Delphi’s supply pain: moral and business responsibility in the age of isolationism
Delphi, along with other auto industry players and the communities in which they operate, is being threatened by isolationist movements throughout the world (e.g., Brexit, NAFTA renegotiation/termination)
Cuba Libre: Airbnb’s Approach to Diplomacy in Cuba
As United States foreign policy doubles down on a generation old and globally contentious trade embargo, Airbnb is flexing its home sharing platform to let Americans and Cubans reestablish ties through “person-to-person diplomacy”
Navigating the Storm: SEACOR and the Jones Act
A regulation that has long protected the U.S. maritime industry faces scrutiny in the aftermath of the catastrophic Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Can U.S. shippers win the debate in Congress and withstand the fallout?
Brexit’s Nuclear Isolationism Threatens UK Cancer Patients
Withdrawing from the little-known Euratom Treaty jeopardizes the NHS's supply of medical radioisotopes — a quintessential case of "you don't know what you've got until it's gone."
Fighting for Freddo: Cadbury’s Fight for Profitability in the Face of Brexit Uncertainty
This post examines Cadbury's challenge to maintain profitability in the face of increasing input costs due to Brexit.