How Cultures Across the World Approach Leadership
They vary in deference and decision making.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Erin Meyer | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: International, Leadership
U.S. and Japanese Firms Differ on H.R. Emphasis
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Sanford Jacoby | Source: UCLA | Subjects: Human Resources, International – Asia
Pankaj Ghemawat: Actually, the World Isn’t Flat
It may seem that we’re living in a borderless world where ideas, goods and people flow freely from nation to nation. We’re not even close, says Pankaj Ghemawat. With great data (and an eye-opening survey), he argues that there’s a delta between perception and reality in a world that’s maybe not so hyperconnected after all.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Pankaj Ghemawat | Source: TED Conferences LLC | Subjects: Economics, International
Richard Wilkinson: How Economic Inequality Harms Societies
We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Richard Wilkinson | Source: TED Conferences LLC | Subjects: Economics, 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 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