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How do you view the world and others you work with, live with, pass on the street? Are youan Assimilationist who believes that everyone should just become a regular American? A Culturalcentrist who believes that a person’s race or ethnicity is central to their personal and public identity? A Meritocratist who believes that if you have the abilities and work hard enough, you can make … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Mark Alexander Williams | Subjects: International, Organizational Behavior

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Companies that consider investing in China’s huge but challenging market face an array of questions. What successful strategies have leading players adopted in the past? How are strategies best tailored to different markets in China? What trends are on the horizon? How can differentiation help a company beef up its competitive edge and become tomorrow’s winner? To answer these questions, A.T. Kearney researched the leaders … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Kearney | Subject: International – China

U.S. companies are using technology to overcome barriers to doing business in the world’s hottest market.

Content: Article | Author: Paul McDougall | Source: InformationWeek | Subjects: International – China, IT / Technology / E-Business

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The world’s most populous nation has become a capitalist’s paradise, supplanting Asia’s “tiger economies” – and soon, perhaps, the West.

Content: Article | Author: Kenichi Ohmae | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: International – China, Trends / Analysis

What a treat! European Financial Management has a cool paper by Jay Ritter discussing the differences between the US and European IPO markets. For instance: did you know that in Germany there is a “when issued market” that allows trading in the shares prior to issuance. For what it is worth, this is sort of like how the opening lines are set … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jay R. Ritter | Source: European Financial Management | Subjects: Finance, International – Europe

There are three sets of nations from whom Russia can learn about how to integrate into the global economic system. The developed countries such as United States, Britain, Germany, France, and Japan demonstrate how developments over several decades if not couple of centuries can influence national business systems and hence international competitiveness. They also show how a country’s national business system responds to international relationships … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Srinivasa Rangan | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Economics, International

The scene is a familiar one. A new offshore venture hosts its grand opening celebration as the mayor lights a ceremonial lamp and a client makes a traditional food offering. An Indian businessman steps to the podium, commenting on what the new company means in terms of improved service and growth. Events like this take place all over India, all the time. But this one … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Kearney | Subjects: International, Outsourcing / BPO

A look at the profound implications of accelerating globalization for our planet’s health, and a prescription for the action necessary to cope with this challenge.
Our world is shrinking fast: goods, money, microbes, pollution, people, and ideas are crossing borders with growing ease. National governments are ill-suited for tackling the problems that result, from climate change, to the soaring trade in limited resource commodities like … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Hilary French | Subjects: International, Social Responsibility (ESG)

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Though a little dated (1997), this article offers some good insight into the business opportunities emerging countries represent. Focused on Latin America (with some interesting associated facts and figures) some analysis is also somewhat generalizable, specifically looking at:
a) The “multidomestic player” that must move to a regional footprint and management model.
b) The multinational player that is starting to expand … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jorge H. Forteza | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: International – Americas, Strategy

To judge by the example of Canada, which began an experiment in free trade with the United States in 1989, the proposed U.S. free-trade agreement with Mexico is a threat to the social comity on which prosperity depends.

Editor’s Note: this was written back in 1992 but the analysis it provides is really interesting and of long-lasting value when evaluating free trade concepts (thanks to … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jonathan Schlefer | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Economics, Trade

In the third issue of EBF (autumn 2000) the question was posed: Will the internet encourage more responsible business? The debate provoked interest not just because of the ‘new’ economy angle but because Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) slowly seems to be moving from the periphery of corporate strategy into mainstream European thinking. Here EBF publishes more contributions to that debate. Valérie Swaen and Isabelle Maignan … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: International – Europe, Social Responsibility (ESG)

What are the critical skills global managers need today compared to ten years ago? An interview with Harvard Business School professor Christopher A. Bartlett.

Content: Article | Author: Cynthia D. Churchwell | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: International, People

American culture loves the myth of the lone individual hero. It is built into our cultural DNA as a nation and yet it’s not even supported by the evidence of our own history – the West was settled by groups of people not lone individuals; the great industrial advancements of the 1800s and early 1900s were not accomplished by lone geniuses but achieved by people … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Culture, International

Wharton accounting professor Brian Bushee remembers talking to the CFO of a large Australian consumer products company that was having trouble attracting interest from U.S. analysts and institutional investors. Part of the problem, the CFO had decided, was that his company chose to comply with Australian accounting methods rather than with U.S. GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). His experience led Bushee and two colleagues to … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Brian Bushee | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Finance, International | Industry: Finance / Banking

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When in Rome, do as the Romans do: good advice for tourists who want to blend in and, it turns out, for Western consumer goods companies that want to take their brands to emerging markets. The trappings of a polished Western brand-fancy packaging, glossy advertising-can make products too pricey for many consumers in poorer countries. Better to buy into local brands and capture markets at … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Fernando Lunardini, Gilberto Duarte de Abreu Filho, Nicola Calicchio | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: International, Marketing / Sales