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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:... -
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... -
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. -
Globalization's Year of Uncertainty and Turbulence (Part 2)
Global Business Digital ArticleI'm just settling down from a trip to Davos and I'm thinking about some of the things I wrote just one month ago and how much has changed and stayed the... -
A Brief History of Britain's Relationship with Europe, Starting in 6000 BCE
Global Business Digital ArticlePulling up the drawbridge has never been an option. -
Not Enough Companies Are Ready for Brexit, No Matter What Happens Next
Global Business Digital ArticleThe uncertainty is affecting every industry. -
"Americans Don't Know How Capitalist China Is"
Global Business SpotlightWeijian Shan was born in China and had his life upended by the Cultural Revolution. Educated in the United States, he worked for the World Bank and J.P.... -
Choke Points
Global Business Magazine ArticleTo conduct international commerce, businesses have built an intricate system of networks that move money, information, and components around the world.... -
Melinda Gates Q&A: A Billion Dollars for Gender Equality
Global Business Digital ArticleThe philanthropist is funding women in a big way. Will others follow? -
Why Mass Migration Is Good for Long-Term Economic Growth
Global Business Digital ArticleIs the diversity created by mass migration a good thing for economic growth? To find out, a pair of researchers mobilized a large-scale dataset on international... -
The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2010
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHBR's annual ideas collection, compiled in cooperation with the World Economic Forum, offers 10 fresh solutions with the potential for a huge positive... -
Why "I'm Sorry" Doesn't Always Translate
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleResearch focused on Japan and America shows that a seemingly simple concept, the apology, is interpreted very differently by different cultures. Only... -
China vs the World: Whose Technology Is It?
Global Business Magazine ArticleNo longer content with being the world's factory for low-value products, China has quietly opened a new front in its campaign to become the globe's most... -
What Makes Analysts Say "Buy"?
Global Business Magazine ArticleA large global study examines the factors that stock analysts consider most important when issuing buy, hold, or sell recommendations. The considerations... -
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. -
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. -
How Expats Should Lead in China
Global Business VideoLynn Paine, Harvard Business School professor, offers five rules for western managers operating in the Chinese market. -
The U.S.’s “Special Relationship” Is with Germany, Not Britain
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80% of Companies Don't Know If Their Products Contain Conflict Minerals
Technology & Operations ResearchSupply chains have grown too complex. -
How Olympic Sponsors Can Be Socially Responsible
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleAs media attention to the many fervent protests prompted by the Beijing Olympics continues to grow, senior executives at many of the world's leading corporations...
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China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy for Hong Kong's Capital Markets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Set in 2010, the case discusses the strategic directions Hong Kong could pursue, particularly vis-a-vis China, as it seeks to preserve its preeminence... -
Experiments in Public Procurement: Italy Buys in Bulk Sequel
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Under pressure from the European Union, which had admitted Italy to the "Eurozone" hesitantly, on condition that the country control its deficit spending... -
Zotter Chocolate: Creating a Market in China
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the process of Austrian chocolate producer Zotter Chocolate entering the Chinese market. There are several things that make this company... -
Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire
30.00View Details In Japan it's called the "Ghosn Shock"--the stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive... -
Welfare State and its Impact on Business Competitiveness: Sweden Inc. for Sale?, Spanish Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The Swedish Model--sometimes presented as a third way between savage capitalism and unrealistic socialism--was much lauded in the 1960s. It was viewed... -
Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Considers the lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of apartheid against multinationals who operated in South Africa prior to 1994. Reviews the debates... -
Getting to Dayton: Negotiating an End to the War in Bosnia
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The road to the breakthrough Dayton Peace Accords, which ushered in the prospect of a stable peace in the war-torn former Yugoslavia, is built through... -
Israelis, Palestinians and the Technology Bridge Between Them: A Work in Progress
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Could these dots be connected? Dozens of Israeli startups and Multinational Corporations (MNCs) thought that they could, and were employing 700 Palestinian... -
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... -
Brexit: A Withdrawal Agreement? - Theresa May
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to 717028. -
Henry A. Kissinger as Negotiator: Background and Key Accomplishments
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Following a brief summary of Henry A. Kissinger's career, this case describes three of his most pivotal negotiations: the historic establishment of U.S.... -
To Hell with the Future, Let's Get on with the Past: George Mitchell in Northern Ireland
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Examines the strategies and tactics used by U.S. negotiator George Mitchell during his two-year tenure as chairman of the all-party talks in Northern... -
Turkey and the Southern Corridor
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In December 2014, Russia cancelled the South Stream pipeline that was envisaged to deliver natural gas through the Black Sea basin on to Europe and replaced... -
Huawei and the U.S.-China Trade War
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 2019, Chinese smartphone maker and telecommunications empire Huawei was preparing to launch its new flagship smartphone series, the Mate 30. After... -
Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View 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... -
Japan: Betting on Inflation?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case focuses on the challenges still confronting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the end of 2013, a year after he has been in office. It also gives an... -
World Oil Markets, Chinese Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Summarizes world markets for oil and natural gas from 1980-2001. Examines the rise of OPEC, two oil shocks, Gulf War efforts, and recent pricing issues... -
Soybean Production in Argentina: The Duhau Group
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The ongoing U.S.-China trade war had lifted South American soybean prices to 20% higher than the CBOT price. Domestically, a severe drought had undermined... -
The Kaesong Industrial Complex (B)
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Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The 2014 Ukraine crisis once again exposed the mutually limiting knot-a web of commercial relationships and oil and gas pipelines-that historically tied...
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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:... -
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... -
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. -
China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy for Hong Kong's Capital Markets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Set in 2010, the case discusses the strategic directions Hong Kong could pursue, particularly vis-a-vis China, as it seeks to preserve its preeminence... -
Experiments in Public Procurement: Italy Buys in Bulk Sequel
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Under pressure from the European Union, which had admitted Italy to the "Eurozone" hesitantly, on condition that the country control its deficit spending... -
Zotter Chocolate: Creating a Market in China
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the process of Austrian chocolate producer Zotter Chocolate entering the Chinese market. There are several things that make this company... -
Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire
30.00View Details In Japan it's called the "Ghosn Shock"--the stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive... -
Globalization's Year of Uncertainty and Turbulence (Part 2)
Global Business Digital ArticleI'm just settling down from a trip to Davos and I'm thinking about some of the things I wrote just one month ago and how much has changed and stayed the... -
Welfare State and its Impact on Business Competitiveness: Sweden Inc. for Sale?, Spanish Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The Swedish Model--sometimes presented as a third way between savage capitalism and unrealistic socialism--was much lauded in the 1960s. It was viewed... -
Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Considers the lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of apartheid against multinationals who operated in South Africa prior to 1994. Reviews the debates...