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globalEDGE provides a global business knowledge Web portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. It serves as a gateway to specialized knowledge on countries, cross-border business transactions, and cross-cultural management, developing virtual communities to connect on common areas of interest such as international business, global supply-chain management, e-commerce and knowledge management. Prime … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: Michigan State University (Broad College of Business) | Subject: International
CP Group: From Seeds to ‘Kitchen of the World’
Thailand’s CP Group became Asia’s largest agro-industrial company through the development and geographic expansion of its vertically integrated system. In this new Case Study, Professor Peter Williamson and Keeley Wilson explain how CP build the capabilities required for success and used alliances and joint ventures to expand beyond its core business and into processed foods.
Content: Case Study | Authors: Keeley Wilson, Peter Williamson | Source: INSEAD | Subjects: Industry Specific, International – Asia | Industry: Agriculture | Company: CP Group
Democracy in America
Democracy in America is the classic analysis of America’s unique political character, quoted heavily by politicians and perennially popping up on history professors’ reading lists. The book’s enduring appeal lies in the eloquent, prophetic voice of Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), a French aristocrat who visited the United States in 1831. A thoughtful young man in a still-young country, he succeeded in penning this penetrating study … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Authors: Alexis De Tocqueville, Richard D. Heffner | Subjects: History, International – Americas
Non-Voice Pushes Mobile Services in Western Europe
Internet Subscribers in Japan, by Access Technology
Perspectives on Europe
Here is a collection of reports and articles from Accenture which attempts to deliver distinctive points of view on important issues affecting the European business landscape.
– EU Enlargement and Transformations in Central & Eastern Europe
– European eCommerce and Competitiveness
– Scenarios for the Future in Europe
These perspectives are based on specially-commissioned surveys, interviews with CEOs, case studies of leading companies and research … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Accenture | Subject: International – Europe
Global Online Populations (by Country)
The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Dispute
Few issues have fueled more transatlantic distrust than the ongoing dispute between the European Union and the United States about data privacy. Wharton management professor Stephen J. Kobrin probes the often overlooked roots of the controversy in his report, “The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Dispute, Territorial Jurisdiction and Global Governance.” Resolving the issue will be especially challenging, he notes at one point, because the two sides … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subject: International
Business Data Services in Western Europe
Mobile Young People and SMS
East Meets West: A Look at China’s Venture Capital Industry
China’s venture capital industry is a recent phenomenon emerging from decades of government-led technology policy. This working paper traces the roots of the existing system of funding and compare the new types of VC structures that have come on the scene to finance and nurture technology-based firms.
Content: Article | Authors: Jian Gao, Steven White, Wei Zhang | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: International, Venture Capital
PC Penetration in Europe
In International Private Equity Deals, Finding the Right Managers Is Key
Private equity investment in international markets comes with the same risks and rewards that it does in local ones – only more so, according to speakers on a panel entitled, “Go Local to Be Global,” at the Wharton Private Equity Conference in January. To profit from global economic growth, private-equity investors need strong people on the ground to source potential deals and nurture new companies. … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: International, Venture Capital
Worldwide SME E-Business Revenues, by Region
Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. – Honda’s Entry into the Chinese Car Market
When Peugeot pulled out of its partnership with the Guangzhou Automobile Group in 1997, it left behind slow sales, a decrepit factory filled with 20-year-old equipment, and 1,600 exasperated employees. In this new Case Study, Professors Philippe Lasserre and Ming Zeng, and Hiromi Hinata tell how Honda turned this picture around.
Content: Case Study | Authors: Hiromi Hinata, Ming Zeng, Philippe Lasserre | Source: INSEAD | Subjects: Industry Specific, International – Asia | Industry: Automotive | Company: Honda Motor Company
Joseph Stiglitz
The fact that the New Economy is real, however, doesn’t mean that we’ve understood it. In explaining our success in the nineties to ourselves and the world we have largely drawn on a set of myths that desperately need debunking: that deficit reduction by itself led to the economic recovery of the 1990s; that the brilliance of our economic leaders created our newfound prosperity; that … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Economics, International
Why CEOs Fall: The Causes and Consequences of Turnover at the Top
Despite the many well-researched articles about individual chief executive officers, there have been no systematic studies of the impact on CEOs’ careers of the tectonic shifts in global business, such as rising shareholder activism and changing corporate governance. Although the performance of chief executives has been the subject of extensive research, much of that research has focused on performance relative to compensation. Little if anything … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Charles E. Lucier, Eric Spiegel, Rob Schuyt | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Corporate Governance, International
Cracking Down on the Chaebol
The SK case may signal a new drive against corporate crime in South Korea
Editor’s Note: though a topical article, some of the underlying issues discussed are of value to those without extensive knowledge of South Korea and the chaebol system.
Content: Article | Author: Moon Ihlwan | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: International – Asia
India Is Living Up to Its Promise
After years of false starts, its companies are finally starting to soar.
Content: Article | Author: Manjeet Kripalani | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: International – Asia