Seeking Common Ground in Multicultural Communication
In an increasingly multicultural age, communication between business people becomes increasingly tricky. An article coauthored by IESE’s Carlos Sánchez-Runde reveals how culture affects cognition and how companies can enhance their multicultural communication.
Content: Article | Author: Carlos Sánchez-Runde | Source: IESE Insight | Subject: International
The State of Ecommerce in India
Western European Ecommerce Market Continues Strong Growth
Busting the Myths About Emerging Markets
False assumptions can trip up foreign expansion plans.
Content: Article | Authors: Kristy Sundjaja, Radu Auf der Heyde | Source: Oliver Wyman | Subject: International
Avoiding Misunderstandings at International Meetings
English may be the lingua franca of business gatherings, but that doesn’t mean non-native speakers are always in sync. There are ways to bridge the gap.
Content: Article | Author: Pamela Rogerson-Revell | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: International, Organizational Behavior
Strategies for a Two-speed World
Competing successfully in this new decade requires companies to meet the needs of both low-growth and high-growth markets while differentiating themselves from foreign and local competitors. Building a low-cost global production network that taps into the strengths of each geographical region is critical. Also crucial to success: innovating products, processes and business models to increase margins wherever possible — and to gain market share. Key … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Sources: Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: International, Strategy
The Value of Bicultural Individuals to Organisations
How do companies improve operationally with diverse and talented workforces? By taking advantage of individuals who feel at home in multiple cultures, says INSEAD visiting professor Mary Yoko Brannen.
Content: Article | Author: Mary Yoko Brannen | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: International, Organizational Behavior
The International Joint-Venture: A Discussion with Professor Paul W. Beamish
Paul Beamish is Professor of International Business at the Richard Ivey School of Business and the Founding Director of the School’s Asian Management Institute. He is the author or co-author of numerous books and journal articles and more than 100 case studies. His latest book is Joint Venturing. In the book, Professor Beamish, who has consulted on numerous international joint ventures, discusses the opportunities that … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Paul W. Beamish | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subject: International
Secrets of Virtual Success
How do you manage a team across borders and time zones? Start by tearing up your old management rule book, says Erin Meyer.
Content: Article | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: International, Management, Organizational Behavior
Globalization of Capital: How Managers Can Profit
Capital flowing around the world is changing the way businesses grow and shrink. And, like an explorer trying to find his way out of the wilderness, business leaders would be wise to follow the pathways that capital follows. In so doing, business leaders can uncover new business opportunities and shun emerging risks.
Content: Article | Authors: Peter S. Cohan, U. Srinivasa Rangan | Source: Babson Insight | Subject: International
Keys to Building the Right Global Business Strategy
Accenture identifies five key dimensions behind a global business strategy for high performance businesses.
Content: Multimedia Content | Source: Accenture | Subject: International
The World’s Most Efficient Workforces
Which government takes the biggest bite out of an income of $100,000?
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
Humans have evolved four priorities or “drives,” according to HBS professor emeritus Paul R. Lawrence: the drive to acquire, to defend, to bond, and to comprehend. In an excerpt from his new book, Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership, Lawrence describes how the four drives impact globalization.
Content: Article | Author: Paul R. Lawrence | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Economics, International
Smart Moves A New Approach to International Assignments and Global Mobility
To respond to opportunities in global production, research and development, and innovation, as well as to optimize customer sales, service, and growth, companies need to deploy the right people to the right places at the right cost. Along with changing employee expectations, companies also face an increasing need to attract, develop, deploy, and retain employees and leaders who know how to think and operate globally. … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Deloitte | Subjects: Human Resources, International
The Corporate Governance Gap Between the U.S. and Japan
Professor Sanford Jacoby and Emily Nason say significant differences remain in the ways that executives in these nations view employees, shareholders and other stakeholders. [Hat tip to FinanceProfessor.com]
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Emily Nason, Sanford Jacoby | Source: UCLA | Subjects: Corporate Governance, International
General Mobility Framework for International Depoloyments
Multi-Polar World: Creating a Winning Geographic Strategy
Procuring materials. Locating operations. Raising capital. Sourcing talent and ideas. It often seems that, as the world gets smaller, the challenges become larger. One way businesses can cope is to develop an overarching geographic strategy. Accenture explains what such an effort entails and profiles its five underlying fundamentals.
Content: Article | Authors: Mark Foster, Mark Purdy, Tim Cooper | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subject: International
Competing for Advantage: How to Succeed in the New Global Reality
BCG has developed an analytical framework—the Global Advantage Diamond—for assessing a company’s current market position and devising strategies to achieve global competitive advantage. The Global Advantage Diamond differs from previous global-strategy models in its focus on all four aspects of global advantage: market access to reach new markets and segments, resource access to maximize competitive advantage, local adaptation to meet the full range of needs … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Arindam Bhattacharya, Bernd Waltermann, Jim Hemerling | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subjects: International, Strategy
How GLOBAL Is Your Board
No one disputes that the competitive chessboard today is global, and will continue to become even more international in scope as emerging markets like China, India and Latin America burgeon. Yet, most U.S. multinationals, alleging impediments like travel impositions and language and cultural barriers, retain boards that reflect the American and not the global marketplace.
Content: Article | Author: Russ Banham | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Corporate Governance, International