Teaching note for product 9A95M007.

An American minority partner in an international joint venture in Indonesia is confronted by a local majority partner that wants to change the joint venture's growth strategy. If implemented, such a change will, they believe, significantly dissipate the joint venture's competitive advantage. The vice president of operations for the minority parent firm, must decide how to respond, and assess the effect of this on her company's plans for .....more

This note describes an industry in the throes of tremendous change brought about by deregulation and technological innovation. Students are asked to take the role of an investment banker who has been asked by her boss to analyze the attractiveness of the cable TV industry, and make a recommendation on a purchase price/cash flow multiple for the cable holdings of Maclean Hunter. This note permits a workout of Michael Porter's five forces model .....more