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Understanding China
Global Business SpotlightThis package begins with "What the West Gets Wrong About China," by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, which discusses three fundamental misconceptions:... -
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 Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
Supply chain management Magazine ArticleCompanies need to make their networks more resilient. Here’s how. -
The Competitive Advantage of Nations
International business Magazine ArticleAre we matching ourselves against the toughest competitors and serving the most demanding customers? How can we be more innovative? -
Three Cognitive Traps that Stifle Global Innovation
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleSimple tests reveal whether you suffer from them (and you probably do). -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
What Will Management Look Like in the Next 100 Years?
Global Business Big IdeaIn recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis... -
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. -
Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets
Global Business Magazine ArticleIt's no easy task to identify strategies for entering new international markets or to decide which countries to do business with. Many firms simply go... -
Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility
Social enterprise HBR BestsellerGovernments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their activities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the performance of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), and, despite sometimes questionable methodologies, these rankings attract considerable publicity. As a result, CSR has emerged as an inescapable priority for business […] -
The Strategic Challenges of Decoupling
Global Business SpotlightMost business executives who have put time, effort, and investment into developing a presence in China resist the notion of decoupling. With the Biden... -
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. -
The Ways Americans Pay for Things Are Woefully Out of Date
National competitiveness Digital ArticleAnd PayPal, Square, and other services don’t go far enough. -
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleFor the first 40-plus years of their existence, the federal securities laws did not require or prohibit specific managerial practices in the operation of business, other than a business in one of a handful of closely regulated industries. But with the passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the SEC is equipped to […] -
Making Your Expat Assignment Easier on Your Family
International business Digital ArticleWhen temporary relocations fail, it’s seldom about the work. -
The High-Intensity Entrepreneur
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe popular take on entrepreneurs in the developing world is that they are few in number and run only microbusinesses. But in a two-year study of entrepreneurship... -
Change Management in Government
International business Magazine ArticleLeaders of government agencies operate under handicaps largely unknown within the private sector. But the best of them have improved performance by adopting and adapting some goals and methods that have been proven in business. -
What Will the U.S.-China Relationship Look Like in the Biden Era?
Business and society Digital ArticleA survey of economists projects that the economic and technological gaps between the countries will continue to narrow. -
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 […] -
India's New Leaders
Global Business Digital ArticleYoung, smart, and focused, Raj is typical of the thousands of Indian students who have enrolled at British and American business schools over the last...
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Tata Motors' Acquisition of Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In January 2004, the chairman of the India-based Tata Group, announced that the Tata Group would focus its efforts on international expansion to become... -
Building Innovation at Terrapin Bright Green
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm, and its approach for creating integrative, systematic solutions... -
Tata Motors' Integration of Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In January 2004, the chairman of the India-based Tata Group, announced that the Tata Group would focus its efforts on international expansion to become... -
Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement... -
EDM (Energie du Mali)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In the spring of 2005, the government of Mali was negotiating major changes in the concession of Energie du Mali (EDM), the private firm that operated... -
Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term... -
FDI in China, Spanish Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details China is one of the most popular investment destinations in the world. Throughout much of the 1990s, China accounted for 50% of foreign direct investment... -
Thierry Porté
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John Mackey and Whole Foods Market, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Traces the history of organic agriculture from its pre-industrial roots to the present day, and examines the growth of Whole Foods Market in the context... -
Zantac (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IN1271. The cases describe the development, worldwide launch, and subsequent marketing of a new pharmaceutical product which, although... -
Steve Parker and the GFS-China Technologies Venture (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details GFS-China Technologies is a joint venture between Standard Industries (Standard) of the United States and Good Fortune Enterprises (Good Fortune) of China.... -
A123 Systems: Power. Safety. Life.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A123 Systems, the largest manufacturer of lithium ion batteries in North America, is producing and selling batteries for electric vehicles in China and... -
Wal-Mart, 2005, Japanese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Wal-Mart has been expanding, both domestically and internationally. Covers recent developments at Wal-Mart, including new stores, new store formats, and... -
Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures--and Yours
Strategy & Execution Book29.95View Details China and India are home to one-third of the world's population. And they're undergoing social and economic revolutions that are capturing the best minds--and... -
Handelsbanken: May 2002
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Singapore's Public Enterprises
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Singapore has experienced exceptional economic success, lifting its self from third world to first world in fewer than four decades. Moreover, public... -
Tesco PLC: Strategy for India
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details As multinational enterprises expand operations in emerging economies, identifying and responding to unique marketing challenges may require strategy that... -
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Shanghai Diligence Law Firm continued with its approach to grow through a merger, rather than organically, and was eventually merged into a bigger law... -
Wal-Mart in 2002
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In its first quarter of 2002, Wal-Mart became the largest company on the globe (by sales) and expanded into Japan. Was the giant retailer unstoppable?... -
The Antamina Copper-Zinc Project: Political Risk Insurance
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Compania Minera Antamina S.A. is a consortium of three large multinational Canadian mining companies set up to exploit a very large copper-zinc deposit...
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Understanding China
Global Business SpotlightThis package begins with "What the West Gets Wrong About China," by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, which discusses three fundamental misconceptions:... -
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 Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
Supply chain management Magazine ArticleCompanies need to make their networks more resilient. Here’s how. -
The Competitive Advantage of Nations
International business Magazine ArticleAre we matching ourselves against the toughest competitors and serving the most demanding customers? How can we be more innovative? -
Three Cognitive Traps that Stifle Global Innovation
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleSimple tests reveal whether you suffer from them (and you probably do). -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
What Will Management Look Like in the Next 100 Years?
Global Business Big IdeaIn recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis... -
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. -
Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets
Global Business Magazine ArticleIt's no easy task to identify strategies for entering new international markets or to decide which countries to do business with. Many firms simply go... -
Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility
Social enterprise HBR BestsellerGovernments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their activities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the performance of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), and, despite sometimes questionable methodologies, these rankings attract considerable publicity. As a result, CSR has emerged as an inescapable priority for business […]