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Expanding in China
Global Business Magazine ArticleBain consultants Ann Chen and Vijay Vishwanath offer three key strategies multinationals can use to expand from China's premium segment into the broader... -
How to Reach Customers in Emerging Markets
Global Business VideoNavi Radjou, innovation and leadership strategist, suggests multinational companies rely on comprehensive networking to ensure successful expansion. -
Emerging Threat: Human Rights Claims
Global Business Magazine ArticleIt's only a matter of time before some company becomes the Enron of human rights abuse, warns the general counsel in this fictional memo to the CEO. Activist... -
Competing with Giants: Survival Strategies for Local Companies in Emerging Markets
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe arrival of a multinational corporation often looks like a death sentence to local companies in an emerging market. After all, how can they compete... -
Bottom-Up Economics
Global Business Magazine ArticleIqbal Quadir, the founder of Bangladesh's GrameenPhone, discusses the failure of foreign aid to rescue moribund third-world economies and the need to... -
Development, Democracy, and the Village Telephone
Global Business Magazine ArticleConventional thinking about Third-World development rejects the idea of state-of-the-art technology for villages that lack adequate water, power, food,... -
Thriving Locally in the Global Economy (HBR Classic)
Global Business Magazine ArticleMore and more small and midsize companies are joining corporate giants in striving to exploit international growth markets. At the same time, civic leaders... -
Succeeding in Volatile Emerging Markets
Global Business VideoTo do business in a volatile emerging market, companies can draw on preexisting operations in other emerging markets, as well as local hires, to understand... -
Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThree decades into the environmental revolution, many companies in the industrialized nations have recognized that they can reduce pollution and increase... -
How GE Is Disrupting Itself
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor decades, General Electric and other industrial-goods manufacturers based in rich countries grew by developing high-end products at home and distributing... -
Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMore than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little... -
Capturing the Ricochet Economy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleImmigrants in developed countries who send money to and buy goods for relatives in the developing world are creating a vast new international market. -
Globalizing the Rest of the World
Global Business Magazine ArticleAlthough they account for 20% of the world's population and a major share of its natural resources, Latin America and Africa have been left out of the... -
Third-World Families at Work: Child Labor or Child Care?
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe new vice president of international contracts for Timothy & Thomas North America, Jonathan Stein, faces tough decisions regarding the company's Pakistani... -
Nurturing Respect for IP in China
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe best way to foster an appreciation for intellectual property rights in China is to let partner firms experience the benefits of locally generated... -
Mapping Frontier Economies
Global Business Magazine ArticleGlobal players in search of double-digit growth are running out of opportunities. Emerging-market giants such as Brazil, Russia, and China are experiencing... -
Dream Deferred: The Story of a High-Tech Entrepreneur in a Low-Tech World
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleAdesemi, an American start-up in Africa, had been trying for six years to blanket the developing world with desperately needed wireless communications... -
Living Agreements for a Risky World
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleIn emerging markets, contracts must be both flexible and rigid. "Shock absorber" and "safety net" clauses offer firms a living, breathing solution. -
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... -
Going Global: Lessons from Late Movers
Global Business Magazine ArticleConventional wisdom says that companies from the periphery of the global market can't compete against established global giants from Europe, Japan, and...
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How Digital Technologies Could Boost Tiny Retailers in Developing Countries
Technology and analytics ResearchToo much of this vast market’s potential is unrealized. -
How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain
Human rights Digital ArticleA case study of the popular Dutch chocolate company. -
Accelerating Digital Integration in Africa
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleIt comes down to three factors: private sector partnerships, interoperable systems, and internet infrastructure. -
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. -
Why Sharing Economic Growth with the Community Is Good Business
Social and global issues Digital ArticleMutually beneficial partnerships can both drive profit and alleviate poverty. -
The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleAfter building the oil and gas distribution company UBI Group in her native Ghana and then selling a majority stake to an international investor, Salma... -
What Covid-19 Taught Us About Doing Business During a Crisis
Business ethics Big IdeaTakeaways from a seven-city global survey. -
How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid
Global Business Digital ArticleSeven lessons for innovators everywhere. -
Research: How Technology Could Promote Growth in 6 African Countries
Developing countries Digital ArticleA framework for understanding economic potential in the region. -
The Next Era of Globalization Will Be Shaped by Customers, Technology, and Value Chains
Global Business Digital ArticleCountries that used to be sources of cheap labor have become lucrative markets. -
How Employers in Poor Countries Are Using Nudges to Help Employees Save Money
Economics ResearchA study of the largest mobile phone company in Afghanistan. -
What 45 Years of Data Tells Us About Globalization's Influence on the Shadow Economy
Global Business Digital ArticleHow openness to trade and participation in IMF programs influence the informal economy. -
Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMore than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little... -
Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleGetting there will take classic business skills. -
The World's Next Great Manufacturing Center
Global Business Magazine ArticleAccording to data from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, privately owned Chinese companies are making more than 150 investments a year in Africa's manufacturing... -
Whiteboard Session: 5 Principles for Innovation in Emerging Markets
Global Business VideoThink about consumers' jobs-to-be-done. -
Survey: People's Trust Has Declined in Business, Media, Government, and NGOs
Global Business Digital ArticleNew results from Edelman's annual research on trust. -
Mapping Frontier Economies
Global Business Magazine ArticleGlobal players in search of double-digit growth are running out of opportunities. Emerging-market giants such as Brazil, Russia, and China are experiencing... -
The Dos and Don'ts of Working with Emerging-Market Data
Global Business Digital ArticleOvercome data gaps, biased data, and outdated numbers. -
The Countries That Would Profit Most from a Cashless World
Economics Digital ArticleIn two charts.
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Apollo Hospitals--First-World Health Care at Emerging-Market Prices
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Apollo Hospitals Group, one of Asia's premier health care organizations, had come to rival the best health care organizations on the globe. Apollo... -
GoSports: Developing Sports Talent to Create Role Models
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case GoSports: Developing Sports Talent to Create Role Models describes the evolution of an Indian not-for-profit organization GoSports, whose mission... -
Doing Business in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case uses the example of a large investment made by French retail group Carrefour in Brazil to discuss the opportunities and challenges of doing business... -
Brummer and the bracNet Investment
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details bracNet, a for-profit/nonprofit partnership, aims to establish Internet connectivity throughout Bangladesh. Venture capitalist Patrik Brummer invested... -
Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of 'Dubai, Inc.'
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has converted Dubai from a sleepy little coastal village into a world-class city, famous for its ambition, drive,... -
House of Tata
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case traces the evolution of the Tata group, one of the largest and highly respected Indian business houses, from its 19th century founding and early... -
Global Climate Cooperation and Conflict: Brazil and the Paris Agreement
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details It is March 2019, and Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's newly elected president, is deciding what to do about Brazil's participation in the 2016 Paris Agreement... -
Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Second in a three-part series that explores the multifaceted organizational and strategic choices that companies now face as a result of the global AIDS... -
Citibank Hong Kong: Capital Arbitrage in the Emerging Markets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Describes how a credit derivative may be used to structure a profitable transaction between a bank and its client. Design and risk management issues are... -
Case Brief: Stone Container in Honduras and Costa Rica
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Summarizes contents of two full-length cases. The cases provide examples of two different approaches to managing complex multi-party negotiations with... -
Doing Business in Santiago, Chile
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case uses the example of the opening of the first IKEA furniture store in Chile - which is operated by Chilean group Falabella - to discuss the opportunities... -
Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Population Services International (PSI) was a not-for-profit agency founded to disseminate family planning information and to market birth control products,... -
Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd.
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details Li & Fung, one of the largest export trading companies in Asia, works primarily as an agent to connect U.S. and European manufacturers and retailers of... -
Business and Human Rights
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This note addresses some of the most frequently asked questions about the relation between human rights and business. Topics include the definition of... -
Project Finance Glossary
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Description: This glossary contains a list of almost 1,000 definitions for terms commonly used in the field of project finance. -
The Octopus and the Generals: The United Fruit Company in Guatemala
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Examines the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. Over the previous half... -
ITC eChoupal Initiative
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details Soybean farmers in India have traditionally sold their product through ineffective and frequently dishonest physical marketplaces (mandi). Farmers are... -
Stalemate at the WTO: TRIPS, Agricultural Subsidies, and the Doha Round
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This note analyzes disputes over intellectual property enforcement and agricultural trade barriers at the center of the Doha Round of World Trade Organization...
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Apollo Hospitals--First-World Health Care at Emerging-Market Prices
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Apollo Hospitals Group, one of Asia's premier health care organizations, had come to rival the best health care organizations on the globe. Apollo... -
Expanding in China
Global Business Magazine ArticleBain consultants Ann Chen and Vijay Vishwanath offer three key strategies multinationals can use to expand from China's premium segment into the broader... -
GoSports: Developing Sports Talent to Create Role Models
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case GoSports: Developing Sports Talent to Create Role Models describes the evolution of an Indian not-for-profit organization GoSports, whose mission... -
Doing Business in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case uses the example of a large investment made by French retail group Carrefour in Brazil to discuss the opportunities and challenges of doing business... -
GoSports: Developing Sports Talent to Create Role Models, Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching note for case IMB877. -
Brummer and the bracNet Investment
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details bracNet, a for-profit/nonprofit partnership, aims to establish Internet connectivity throughout Bangladesh. Venture capitalist Patrik Brummer invested... -
Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of 'Dubai, Inc.'
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has converted Dubai from a sleepy little coastal village into a world-class city, famous for its ambition, drive,... -
Diaspora Dividends: Paragons and Pariahs from the Overseas Chinese and Indians
Strategy & Execution Book Chapter8.95View Details This chapter looks at how Chinese and Indian attitudes about their diaspora of fifty million and twenty million respectively have affected the development... -
How to Reach Customers in Emerging Markets
Global Business VideoNavi Radjou, innovation and leadership strategist, suggests multinational companies rely on comprehensive networking to ensure successful expansion. -
Emerging Threat: Human Rights Claims
Global Business Magazine ArticleIt's only a matter of time before some company becomes the Enron of human rights abuse, warns the general counsel in this fictional memo to the CEO. Activist...