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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... -
Geopolitics Are Changing. Venture Capital Must, Too.
Global Business 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. -
Learning the Fine Art of Global Collaboration
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleCompanies that excel in managing partnerships for innovation put a great deal of effort into im-proving their ability to collaborate. Their plans address... -
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... -
A Brief History of Britain’s Relationship with Europe, Starting in 6000 BCE
Business history Digital ArticlePulling up the drawbridge has never been an option. -
Lack of Information Stokes Globalization Anxiety
Global Business VideoThe less we know about the world, the less we want to interact with it. -
Shattering the Myths About U.S. Trade Policy
Global Business Magazine ArticleMany Americans blame free trade for their nation's economic slide, but the authors' research shows that free trade has been assigned a villainous role... -
Position Your International Team for Success
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When in Chinatown, You Really Do Think More Chinese
Global Business Magazine ArticleWhen you're in a foreign culture, you actually do adopt the ideas and behaviors of that culture. In fact, even brief exposure to a symbol of a foreign... -
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. -
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... -
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... -
Communicate Across Culture
Make sure your ideas and requests don't get lost in translation. -
The Vitality of Cities
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleHow 27 cities worldwide stack up on measures of international appeal--including number of hotel rooms, number of international tourists, airport activity,... -
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.... -
A New Approach to Rebalancing the U.S-China Trade Deficit
Global Business Digital ArticleCap and trade could succeed where tariffs have failed. -
Why Your Company Needs a Foreign Policy
Global Business Magazine ArticleAfter a relatively quiet period following the end of the Cold War, geopolitics is back. With the United States displaying a reduced appetite for violent... -
"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.... -
Voices from the Front Lines
Global Business Magazine ArticleExecutives on the front lines of managing across borders share their insights: Luc Minguet, of France's Michelin, talks about the importance of cultural...
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The Ethos Institute (B): Promises and Risks of Working with the Government
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As Brazil's energetic but fractious democracy emerged in the 1990s, the Ethos Institute launched a movement for corporate social responsibility (CSR)... -
The Clean Network and the Future of Global Technology Competition
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In May 2019, amidst of an ever-worsening trade war between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump added Chinese telecom giant Huawei to the Department... -
Forta Furniture: International Expansion
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The Forta Furniture case highlights the need to consider new market expansion to grow a firm. It demonstrates that simply doing what has always been done... -
Rogue Trader at Daiwa Bank (A): Management Responsibility Under Different Jurisprudential Systems, Practices and Cultures
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 1995, Sumio Abekawa, Daiwa Bank's president, received a letter on July 18 from Toshihide Iguchi, vice-president of the bank's New York branch. In that... -
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... -
In the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm: Korea's Lotte Group, China and the U.S. THAAD Missile Defense System (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case explores Lotte Group's challenge of how to respond to Chinese government pressure in 2017, following the Group's February decision to transfer... -
Note on Comparative Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This note draws on academic work, as well as social and economic data across several countries, to provide a basic understanding of some of the differences... -
The Ethos Institute (A): Challenging Business to Become the Vanguard of Social Progress in Brazil: Sequel
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As Brazil's energetic but fractious democracy emerged in the 1990s, the Ethos Institute launched a movement for corporate social responsibility (CSR)... -
Aiding or Abetting? The World Bank and the 1997 Judicial Reform Project
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details When the World Bank signed an agreement with the government of Peru in December, 1997 to provide a $22.5 million loan to help reform the country's antiquated... -
China: "To Get Rich Is Glorious"
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 1978, Deng Xiaoping assumed the leadership of an impoverished China, after Mao Zedong's disastrous Cultural Revolution. During the next 17 years, Deng... -
Tommy Koh: Background and Major Accomplishments of the Great Negotiator, 2014
Communication Case Study8.95View Details Significant negotiation-related achievements from the career of Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore are highlighted in brief form along with elements of... -
Managers and Market Capitalism, Module Note
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The last thirty years have seen the widespread embrace of market capitalism as not only a highly efficient form of economic organization but also as one... -
Ratification Politics and Preferential Trade Agreements: Malaysia and the CPTPP
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details What does the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) mean for a country like Malaysia? This case investigates the... -
Profits, Politics, and Pipelines: Europe, Russia, and the Challenge of Nord Stream 2 (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Nord Stream 2, a pipeline project that aimed to bring natural gas directly from Russia to Europe beneath the Baltic Sea, was a critical project for Gazprom,... -
Algramo: Smart Purchasing
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Algramo is a company whose objective is to improve the lives of those living below the poverty line. Using a revolutionary technology tailored to "bottom... -
In the Name of Democracy? The Rise and Decline of India's Congress Party
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 1950 it looked highly doubtful that Indian democracy would hold -- typical family income was $6 a month, only about 15 percent of the population was... -
Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia
Global Business Case Study8.95View 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... -
Ivey Publishing: Making a Case for Paying the Price
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2017, Ivey Publishing, a publisher and distributor of cases for the academic market, struggled with widespread copyright infringement, which affected... -
Japan: Land of the Setting Sun?
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details
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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... -
Geopolitics Are Changing. Venture Capital Must, Too.
Global Business 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 Ethos Institute (B): Promises and Risks of Working with the Government
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As Brazil's energetic but fractious democracy emerged in the 1990s, the Ethos Institute launched a movement for corporate social responsibility (CSR)... -
It's a Young Country: Turkey and Akbank
Global Business Digital ArticleProfiles Akbank's adaptation to the evolution of Turkey's banking sector. -
Learning the Fine Art of Global Collaboration
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleCompanies that excel in managing partnerships for innovation put a great deal of effort into im-proving their ability to collaborate. Their plans address... -
The Clean Network and the Future of Global Technology Competition
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In May 2019, amidst of an ever-worsening trade war between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump added Chinese telecom giant Huawei to the Department... -
Forta Furniture: International Expansion
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The Forta Furniture case highlights the need to consider new market expansion to grow a firm. It demonstrates that simply doing what has always been done... -
How to Steer Clear of Pitfalls in Cross-Cultural Negotiation
Communication Other Article4.50View Details Although globalized communications and marketing have made the world much smaller in many ways, deep differences between cultures remain. Negotiating...