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Changing Face of Chinese Executives
Global Business Magazine ArticleResearchers have identified four cultural tensions that will influence how Chinese leaders develop over the next 15 years. -
Making M&As Fly in China
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleCross-border mergers and acquisitions are gaining momentum in China. To be successful, acquiring companies must understand certain M&A idiosyncrasies... -
The Lure of Global Branding
Globalization Magazine ArticleBrand builders everywhere think they want global brands. But global brand leadership, not global brands, should be the priority. Successful companies follow four principles to meet that goal. -
Tapping the World's Innovation Hot Spots
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleCountries around the world are putting innovation at the top of their agendas. As a result, companies now have access to a global market for talent, capital,... -
What You Won't Hear About Trade and Manufacturing on the Campaign Trail
Global Business Digital ArticleTo fix a problem, you need to understand it. -
The State of Globalization in 2023
Global Business Digital ArticleData disproves the notion that the world has become more regionalized in recent years. -
World Bank's Innovation Market
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleLarge, tradition-bound organizations can make space for radical, low-cost (and therefore low-risk) innovations. Just ask executives at the World Bank.... -
Finding Your Strategy in the New Landscape
Economics Magazine ArticleThe postcrisis world demands a much more flexible approach to global strategy and organization. -
The Strategic Challenges of Decoupling
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How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleTo win in the world’s fastest-growing markets, transnational giants have to compete with increasingly sophisticated homegrown champions. It isn’t easy. -
The Logic of Global Business: An Interview with ABB’s Percy Barnevik
International business Magazine ArticlePercy Barnevik, president and CEO of ABB Asea Brown Boveri, is a corporate pioneer. He is moving more aggressively than any CEO in Europe, perhaps in the world, to build the new model of competitive enterprise—an organization that combines global scale and world-class technology with deep roots in local markets. He is working to give […] -
China’s New Innovation Advantage
Globalization SpotlightChina is achieving a new level of global competitiveness, thanks to its hyper-adaptive population. -
Brexit and How Japanese Companies Are Navigating Its Uncertainties
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleThey're making defensive moves while waiting to see what happens. -
The Littlest Sales Force
Analytics and data science Magazine ArticleBernard Liautaud is cofounder and CEO of Paris-based Business Objects, a $425 million developer of business intelligence software. Here he describes his incremental approach to building a global sales presence: In their early years, companies often try to create large sales infrastructures as quickly as possible. They look at a market like Texas and say, […] -
Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleAs globalization changes the basis of competition, sourcing is moving from the periphery of corporate functions to the core. Always important in terms... -
Reinvention with Respect: An Interview with Jim Kelly of UPS
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen you think of UPS, what comes to mind? Most likely, you conjure up images of brown delivery vans, but this $30 billion company is much more than a... -
How Global Brands Compete
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleIt's time to rethink global branding. More than two decades ago, Harvard Business School professor Theodore Levitt argued that corporations should grow... -
The State of Globalization in 2021
Globalization Digital ArticleTrade, capital, and information flows have stabilized, recovered, and even grown in the past year. -
Eliminate the Middleman? (HBR Case Study)
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleGreg Jamison, the head of global sourcing at USTech, has a complicated situation on his hands. The U.S. consumer electronics giant has long outsourced... -
Whiteboard Session: 5 Principles for Innovation in Emerging Markets
Global Business VideoThink about consumers' jobs-to-be-done.
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When Expanding into a Foreign Market, Your Outsider Status Is a Competitive Advantage
Global strategy Digital ArticleHow global companies can not only navigate but thrive in new territories. -
5 Myths Expats Believe About Local Employees
Cross-cultural management Digital ArticleThe staff at foreign subsidiaries are too often overlooked as essential team members. -
Building Cross-Cultural Relationships in a Global Workplace
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleSix elements to keep in mind as you’re trying to forge bonds. -
Is China’s Economic Dominance at an Inflection Point?
International relations Digital ArticleSix reasons why its position at the top may have been short lived. -
The Radical Reshaping of Global Trade
Social and global issues Digital ArticleHow companies can prepare for the new, fragmented, non-system that’s replacing globalization. -
AI and the New Digital Cold War
Public-private partnerships Digital ArticleCompanies and countries need to prioritize collaboration and transformation over competition and disruption. -
Digital Skills Provide a Development Path for Sub-Saharan Africa
Globalization Digital ArticleThree policies that will support younger workers — and help scale promising economic opportunities. -
The State of Globalization in 2023
Globalization Digital ArticleData disproves the notion that the world has become more regionalized in recent years. -
Does Your Company Have an India Strategy?
Global strategy Digital ArticleMultinationals that don’t have a plan for building subsidiaries in the country risk missing out on one of the most promising market opportunities in the world today. -
The U.S.–India Relationship Is Key to the Future of Tech
Globalization Digital ArticleAs tensions mount between China and the U.S., India’s role in global innovation — and who it partners with — becomes increasingly important. -
Geopolitics Are Changing. Venture Capital Must, Too.
Globalization Digital ArticleAs we shift away from the unique conditions that fueled global growth for the past 30 years, investors will need more capital — and more patience. -
Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer: Biggest Threat to World Is Rogue Actors – From Putin to Musk
Business and society Digital ArticleUnchecked power is dangerous in anyone’s hands. -
How Companies Can Navigate Today’s Geopolitical Risks
Risk management Digital ArticleThe rules of international business have changed. -
Has Trade with China Really Cost the U.S. Jobs?
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What the Next Era of Globalization Will Look Like
Globalization Digital ArticleA Q&A with Rana Foroohar, a columnist at the Financial Times. -
Trade Regionalization: More Hype Than Reality?
Trade Digital ArticleExperts have been predicting a shift away from global trade, but recent data suggest otherwise. -
3 Obstacles to Globalizing a Digital Platform
Global strategy Digital ArticleAnd how to overcome them. -
The State of Globalization in 2022
Globalization Digital ArticleIts collapse has been vastly overstated, according to an analysis of international flows of trade, capital, information, and people. -
Are the Risks of Global Supply Chains Starting to Outweigh the Rewards?
In addition to product costs and supplier choices, today’s managers need to consider geopolitics, logistics, sustainability, and suppliers’ health.
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Tencent
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider... -
Note on the Global Hotel Industry
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The hotel industry has experienced tremendous growth since the 1980s and has emerged as a global industry. During the expansion processess and rise of... -
Schneider Electric Global Account Management
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Discusses Schneider Electric's shift from local to global account management. Focuses on the experience of Fritz Keller, international account manager... -
Sustainable Development at Shell (C)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
OYO: A New Global Chain of Hotels Emerges
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The case discusses the rise of a global chain of hotels that originated in India in 2015/16 and grew to become one of the top five leading hotel chains... -
Bay State Milling Co.
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Flour milling in recent years has had a great deal of consolidation. The fourth generation of a privately held firm is debating how to protect themselves... -
Vignettes on Professional Service Firm Governance
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The two vignettes within "Vignettes on Professional Service Firm Governance" (HBS No. 122-024) present various issues relating to governance in professional... -
Tesla Motors: Disrupting the Auto Industry?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Tesla case provides multiple opportunities to discuss core strategy and innovation topics, such as: • Patterns of innovation, e.g., new technologies... -
Grupo Garantia (D) Cervejaria Brahma SA: Beer Brewing and Marketing
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Christian Dior: A New Look for Haute Couture
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the foundation of Christian Dior, the leading Parisian fashion house, in 1946 and its subsequent globalization strategy. After explaining... -
Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After... -
Samsung as a Silicon Valley Company
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details While Samsung remains one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world, it is facing a need to re-invent itself. Chinese competitors like... -
Monsanto: Technology Cooperation and Small Holder Farmer Projects
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details As the leading plant technology company in the global food system, how can Monsanto share this technology with small-sale producers and not-for-profit... -
Entrepreneurship Goes Global: ResMed's Gamble
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details On the basis of its innovative medical device for treating sleep apnea, CEO Peter Farrell has made Australian-born ResMed a successful global company.... -
Nestle
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In April 2008, Paul Bulcke took over as CEO of the world's largest food and beverage company. His predecessor, Peter Brabeck, had delivered 12 years of... -
Canadian Institute of Business and Technology in China (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details After a decade of establishing itself in China's foreign education market, the Canadian Institute of Business and Technology (CIBT) Education Group was... -
India: The Promising Future
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case is about a large U.S.-based manufacturing company considering if it should shift its production from China to India to maintain it global competitiveness,... -
Xiaomi: A Winning Formula?
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VIZIO, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details William Wang, CEO of VIZIO, Inc., was proud of his company's success in providing affordable flat screen TVs. Since its founding in 2002, VIZIO had grown... -
Talent Management and the Future of Work
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The nature of work is changing-and it is changing rapidly. Few days go by without industry giants such as Amazon and AT&T announcing plans to invest billions...
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Tencent
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider... -
Changing Face of Chinese Executives
Global Business Magazine ArticleResearchers have identified four cultural tensions that will influence how Chinese leaders develop over the next 15 years. -
Note on the Global Hotel Industry
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The hotel industry has experienced tremendous growth since the 1980s and has emerged as a global industry. During the expansion processess and rise of... -
Making M&As Fly in China
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleCross-border mergers and acquisitions are gaining momentum in China. To be successful, acquiring companies must understand certain M&A idiosyncrasies... -
Schneider Electric Global Account Management
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Discusses Schneider Electric's shift from local to global account management. Focuses on the experience of Fritz Keller, international account manager... -
The Lure of Global Branding
Globalization Magazine ArticleBrand builders everywhere think they want global brands. But global brand leadership, not global brands, should be the priority. Successful companies follow four principles to meet that goal. -
Tapping the World's Innovation Hot Spots
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleCountries around the world are putting innovation at the top of their agendas. As a result, companies now have access to a global market for talent, capital,... -
Sustainable Development at Shell (C)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
OYO: A New Global Chain of Hotels Emerges
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The case discusses the rise of a global chain of hotels that originated in India in 2015/16 and grew to become one of the top five leading hotel chains... -
Bay State Milling Co.
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Flour milling in recent years has had a great deal of consolidation. The fourth generation of a privately held firm is debating how to protect themselves...