472 Articles found for subject: International

Economic and political turbulence have prompted speculation that the world is already deglobalizing. But the evidence suggests that global integration is here to stay, albeit with nuance.

Content: Article | Authors: Hamid Samandari, Jeongmin Seong, Jonathan Woetzel, Michael Birshan, Olivia White, Sven Smit, Tiago Devesa | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Economics, International, Trade

In our era of globalization, your job performance may depend on your “CQ”. So what is it?

Content: Article | Author: David Robson | Source: BBC | Subjects: Human Resources, International, Training & Development

Life on a global team isn’t necessarily equitable. Employees far away from headquarters often have less access to the team leader. As a result, they may have a harder time getting their concerns noticed and attended to. Additionally, more peripheral members of global teams are often forced to speak in a language that’s not their own and communicate in a style that’s not necessarily second … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Andy Molinsky | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, International, Teamwork

A new measure for gauging and understanding the challenge of business abroad.

Content: Article | Author: Michael A. Witt | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subject: International

Without further institutional development, China is headed for the middle-income trap.

Content: Article | Author: Michael A. Witt | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subject: International – China

On the world’s most diverse continent, companies need a deep understanding of local context.

Content: Article | Authors: Jorge Camarate, Miles Puttergill, Peter Hoijtink | Source: strategy+business | Subject: International – Africa

Innovation is culturally agnostic in one sense and highly culture-sensitive in another. While in theory, nothing prevents every country in the world from having its own Silicon Valley (although it would look different from place to place), there are seven cultural “universals” shared by every truly innovative society.

Content: Article | Author: Gordon Redding | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Innovation, International

Political science suggests that a reversal, or even collapse, of globalisation is a distinct possibility.

Content: Article | Author: Michael A. Witt | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subject: International

Throughout much of human history, economic output was firmly yoked to the size of a country’s labor force. Because productivity growth was negligible, the countries with the largest populations, such as China and India, could put the most people to work. They reigned as the world’s largest economies. Things changed suddenly during the late 1700s. A number of economic, institutional, and other factors coalesced in … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: John Jullens | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Economics, International

Professor Pankaj Ghemawat argues that four key propositions he has put forth regarding international business also apply to intranational business – working within national borders. Recognize local biases and regional differences to help unlock strategic opportunities at home as well as abroad.

Content: Article | Author: Pankaj Ghemawat | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: International, Management

When President Bill Clinton signed the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in December 1993, he predicted that “NAFTA will tear down trade barriers between our three nations, create the world’s largest trade zone, and create 200,000 jobs in [the U.S.] by 1995 alone. The environmental and labor side agreements negotiated by our administration will make this agreement a force for social progress as well as … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Economics, International

Executives who accumulate international experience are no more likely than others to advance their career at multinational companies.

Content: Article | Author: Matt Palmquist | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Career, International

The strength of cross-cultural teams is their diversity of experience, perspective, and insight. But to capture those riches, colleagues must commit to open communication; they must dare to share. Unfortunately, this is rarely easy. In the 25 years we’ve spent researching global work groups, we’ve found that challenges typically arise in three areas.

Content: Article | Author: Ginka Toegel | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Culture, International, Organizational Behavior, Teamwork

What makes a great leader? Although the core ingredients of leadership are universal (good judgment, integrity, and people skills), the full recipe for successful leadership requires culture-specific condiments. The main reason for this is that cultures differ in their implicit theories of leadership, the lay beliefs about the qualities that individuals need to display to be considered leaders. Research has shown that leaders’ decision making, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: International, Leadership

Today’s technology enables integrated operations that can change the globalization penalty into a premium.

Content: Article | Author: Pascal Visée | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: International

After more than 50 years of trying, the search for an ideal model of the global organization remains elusive. But intriguing new experiments are under way.

Content: Article | Authors: Aaron De Smet, Suzanne Heywood, Wouter Aghina | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: International, Management, Organizational Behavior

In multinationals with subsidiaries scattered around the world, communication is key – and complex. So what’s the best way to get firm knowledge flowing in the right directions? A large scale survey of over 800 subsidiaries in 13 countries finds that the relatively novel trend of “inpatriation” may be more useful to businesses than the traditional expat assignments for two-way knowledge flow.

Content: Article | Authors: Anne-Wil Harzing, B. Sebastian Reiche, Markus Pudelko | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Human Resources, International, Management, Organizational Behavior

Managers in different parts of the world are conditioned to give feedback in drastically different ways. Understanding why can help you critique more effectively.

Content: Article | Author: Erin Meyer | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: International, Management, Organizational Behavior

The DHL Global Connectedness Index, now in its third edition, shows that not all flows of trade, capital, information, and people are alike.

Content: Article | Authors: Pankaj Ghemawat, Steven A. Altman | Source: strategy+business | Subject: International

How skilled return migrants can be your company’s agents of change.

Content: Article | Author: Dan Wang | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: International, Organizational Behavior