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What the West Gets Wrong About China
Global Business SpotlightMany people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built... -
Global Business Speaks English
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Cultural Intelligence
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn an increasingly diverse business environment, managers must be able to navigate the thicket of habits, gestures, and assumptions that define their... -
China + India: The Power of Two
Business history Magazine ArticleChina and India, ancient allies and modern competitors, are rebuilding economic ties after almost five decades. Consequently, multinational companies face the most challenging—and potentially rewarding—business landscape ever. -
Global Teams That Work
Global Business Magazine ArticleMany companies today rely on employees around the world, leveraging their diversity and local expertise to gain a competitive edge. However, geographically... -
Navigating the Cultural Minefield
Cross-cultural management Magazine ArticleLearn how to work more effectively with people from other countries. -
China's New Innovation Advantage
Global Business SpotlightEight of the 10 fastest companies ever to reach a $1 billion valuation are Chinese, and six of them were founded in 2014 alone. Whatever has propelled... -
The Right Way to Manage Expats
International business Magazine ArticleSending executives abroad is expensive, but most companies don’t get much back for their money. Those that do follow three practices. -
When Culture Doesn’t Translate
Globalization Magazine ArticleHow to expand abroad without losing your company’s mojo -
The Leadership Behaviors That Make or Break a Global Team
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleResponsiveness matters. -
The Silent Language in Overseas Business
Cross-cultural management Magazine ArticleWith few exceptions, Americans are relative newcomers on the international business scene. Today, as in Mark Twain’s time, we are all too often “innocents abroad,” in an era when naiveté and blundering in foreign business dealings may have serious political repercussions. When the American executive travels abroad to do business, he is frequently shocked to […] -
Research: Why Best Practices Don't Translate Across Cultures
Leadership & Managing People ResearchAnd what to do about it. -
The Forgotten Strategy
Financial markets Magazine ArticleMost of modern global strategy focuses on minimizing differences between countries. Perhaps it’s time to dust off approaches that exploit those differences as well. -
The Mistake Most Managers Make with Cross-Cultural Training
Cross-cultural management Digital ArticleJust focusing on differences isn’t enough. -
What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures
Cross-cultural management Digital ArticleHow decision making, communication, and dark-side tendencies vary. -
Transcending Business Boundaries: 12,000 World Managers View Change
Economics Magazine ArticleFor much of the twentieth century, business managers around the world confronted a series of walls. Walls between nations that establish the boundaries of national markets, national practices, or national social, economic, and political systems. Walls between the company and the society in which it exists, drawing sharp distinctions between corporate interests and social interests. […] -
The Explainer: Managing Multicultural Teams
Global Business VideoOvercome the challenges and get everyone working together. -
Mapping the World of Customer Satisfaction
Cross-cultural management Magazine ArticleTraditional satisfaction surveys often obscure the differences among consumers in different regions. -
The Hidden Benefits of Short-Term Business Travel
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMake the most of even the briefest trip. -
Case Study: What Does Diversity Mean in a Global Organization?
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleNeeds may differ between headquarters and regional offices.
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Globalization of CEMEX
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details CEMEX is a Mexican company that has become a major international competitor in cement while maintaining a higher level of profitability than other, longer-established... -
Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (A), Japanese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A young Italian MBA working for a Swiss multinational is sent to India to establish a subsidiary and implement the strategy he prepared at headquarters... -
Corruption at UNHCR Refugee Camps: Can it be Tackled?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Inspector-General of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Fatma Özdamar, receives two highly distressing pieces of news concerning... -
Waking the Bear (A): "Danonizing" the Bolshevik Biscuit Factory
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Direct foreign investment in Russia was only 1% of GDP in 1999, and Russian industry was only half as productive in that year as in 1992. Not surprisingly,... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication 2-Volume Collection
Communication Book45.00View Details If you read nothing else on communicating effectively, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. The best leaders know how to communicate... -
Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Lincoln Electric, a 100-year-old manufacturer of welding equipment and consumables based in Cleveland, Ohio, motivates its U.S. employees through a culture... -
Riverstone
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In 2020, Luke Minion and the leadership team at Riverstone, a hog producer founded in 2013 in Shandong, China, were evaluating Riverstone's strategy as... -
Becton Dickinson: Ethics and Business Practices (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Becton Dickinson's Global One-Company Operations Group must decide on the company's global policy on gifts, gratuities, and business entertainment. A... -
Daiichi Sankyo's Acquisition of Ranbaxy - Cultural Issues in Integrating Business Models and Organisations
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Daiichi Sankyo was the first major Japanese pharmaceutical firm to acquire a generic drug company. In early 2008, it acquired a majority share in Ranbaxy,... -
Team Conflict: The "Chatty" Accusation at the Customer Support Call Center
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This case is used in Darden's core Leading Organizations course and is appropriate for MBA, Executive MBA, GEMBA, and executive education programs. The... -
H&H Group: A Global Firm with Chinese Origins (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This case study describes the simultaneous evolution of both Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited (referred hereafter as "H&H") and... -
Birkenshire Corporation: The Pink Towels
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details On March 7, 2012, one day before International Women's Day, all female staff of Birkenshire Corporation, a British organization in China, received an... -
Merck Latin America (A), Portuguese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Introduces Grey Warner, the vice president of Merck's Latin America region, and his efforts to improve the organizational effectiveness of the region... -
TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova? (Abridged)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea - helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing... -
LiuGong: Integration Challenges in Poland (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This case series tells a story of post-merger integration, depicting a string of challenges faced by Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd. during its cross-border... -
IKEA in Saudi Arabia (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A Swedish newspaper reveals that IKEA has erased all images of women from its catalog for Saudi Arabia. The article sparks criticism of IKEA from the... -
3P Turbo - Cross Border Investment in Brazil
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Faced with uncompetitive regulation, the founder of 3P Turbo, Jason Starks, was contemplating setting up a facility to manufacture automobile turbochargers... -
Bay State Milling Co.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View 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... -
Beyond Beer: Brewing Innovation at Molson Coors
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In March 2019, Molson Coors CEO Mark Hunter considered a request to pull forward $65 million CAD in anticipated future funding for Truss Beverages, a... -
Bosai Minerals: A Journey of "Going Global" Guided by Neo-Confucianism
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Located in southwest China, Bosai Minerals Group Co., Ltd. (Bosai) has been engaged mainly in the bauxite and manganese business since 1997, and by 2010,...
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What the West Gets Wrong About China
Global Business SpotlightMany people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built... -
Global Business Speaks English
Business communication Magazine ArticleWhy you need a language strategy now -
Cultural Intelligence
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn an increasingly diverse business environment, managers must be able to navigate the thicket of habits, gestures, and assumptions that define their... -
China + India: The Power of Two
Business history Magazine ArticleChina and India, ancient allies and modern competitors, are rebuilding economic ties after almost five decades. Consequently, multinational companies face the most challenging—and potentially rewarding—business landscape ever. -
Global Teams That Work
Global Business Magazine ArticleMany companies today rely on employees around the world, leveraging their diversity and local expertise to gain a competitive edge. However, geographically... -
Navigating the Cultural Minefield
Cross-cultural management Magazine ArticleLearn how to work more effectively with people from other countries. -
China's New Innovation Advantage
Global Business SpotlightEight of the 10 fastest companies ever to reach a $1 billion valuation are Chinese, and six of them were founded in 2014 alone. Whatever has propelled... -
The Right Way to Manage Expats
International business Magazine ArticleSending executives abroad is expensive, but most companies don’t get much back for their money. Those that do follow three practices. -
When Culture Doesn’t Translate
Globalization Magazine ArticleHow to expand abroad without losing your company’s mojo -
The Leadership Behaviors That Make or Break a Global Team
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleResponsiveness matters.