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How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA substantial number of local companies in emerging markets have managed to hold their own--or better--in the face of competition from global Goliaths.... -
How Employers in Poor Countries Are Using Nudges to Help Employees Save Money
Finance & Accounting ResearchA study of the largest mobile phone company in Afghanistan. -
Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Global Business Magazine ArticleFinancial experts in the West suggest that diversified business groups--or affiliated companies under one parent--in emerging markets should break up.... -
Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets
Organizational Development Magazine Article"This war for talent is like nothing we've ever seen before," write the authors, who have spent decades studying talent management and leadership development.... -
Reality Check at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThere's a fatal flaw in the low-price, low-margin, high-volume strategy that multinationals have been pursuing in the bottom of the economic pyramid for... -
Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleA few years ago, while I was a first-year Ph.D. student in the engineering school at Johns Hopkins University, I had a business idea. I had taken two excellent courses on microelectronics, and decided that I could build a business around them in my native Nigeria. As a college student in Nigeria, I had wanted […] -
Inside the Mind of the Chinese Consumer
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past three decades, the torrid pace of GDP growth in China has fascinated companies around the world. Western companies, in particular, have viewed... -
The Next Era of Globalization Will Be Shaped by Customers, Technology, and Value Chains
Global Business Digital ArticleCountries that used to be sources of cheap labor have become lucrative markets. -
How Companies Can Give More Than Just Thanks
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMany cultures around the world celebrate a yearly thanksgiving festival, a time when we express our gratitude for a successful harvest. While observances... -
Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThree decades into the environmental revolution, many companies in the industrialized nations have recognized that they can reduce pollution and increase... -
Managing Risks in Mexico
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe authors warn that any company considering a move to Mexico must manage both the old risks of a developing country and the new uncertainties of an... -
New Indian Consumer
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleAccording to the Gallup Organization, consumerism is becoming a way of life in India. -
Another Challenge to China's Growth
Global Business Magazine ArticleBelow $10,000 per capita, a country's income can grow even in the absence of good institutions. But at higher income levels, as China will soon discover,... -
The Perils of Partnering in Developing Markets
Cross-cultural management Magazine ArticleHow a health care provider addresses the risks that come with globalization -
The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleAfter building the oil and gas distribution company UBI Group in her native Ghana and then selling a majority stake to an international investor, Salma... -
Forward-Thinking Cultures
Global Business Magazine ArticleSingapore is the most future-oriented country in the world, new research from Thunderbird business school reveals, whereas Russia is the least. Yet people... -
Capturing the Ricochet Economy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleImmigrants in developed countries who send money to and buy goods for relatives in the developing world are creating a vast new international market. -
The Countries That Would Profit Most from a Cashless World
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIn two charts. -
End of Corporate Imperialism (HBR Classic)
Global Business Magazine ArticleAs they search for growth, multinational corporations will have no choice but to compete in the big emerging markets of China, India, Indonesia, and Brazil.... -
Serving the World's Poor, Profitably
Global Business Magazine ArticleBy stimulating commerce and development at the bottom of the economic pyramid, multinationals could radically improve the lives of billions of people...
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When Expanding into a Foreign Market, Your Outsider Status Is a Competitive Advantage
Global strategy Digital ArticleHow global companies can not only navigate but thrive in new territories. -
How Digital Technologies Could Boost Tiny Retailers in Developing Countries
Technology and analytics ResearchToo much of this vast market’s potential is unrealized. -
How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain
Human rights Digital ArticleA case study of the popular Dutch chocolate company. -
Accelerating Digital Integration in Africa
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleIt comes down to three factors: private sector partnerships, interoperable systems, and internet infrastructure. -
How to Support Your Iranian Colleagues
Developing countries First PersonShow support and solidarity. -
Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer: Biggest Threat to World Is Rogue Actors – From Putin to Musk
Business and society Digital ArticleUnchecked power is dangerous in anyone’s hands. -
Why Sharing Economic Growth with the Community Is Good Business
Social and global issues Digital ArticleMutually beneficial partnerships can both drive profit and alleviate poverty. -
The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleAfter building the oil and gas distribution company UBI Group in her native Ghana and then selling a majority stake to an international investor, Salma... -
What Covid-19 Taught Us About Doing Business During a Crisis
Business ethics Big IdeaTakeaways from a seven-city global survey. -
How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid
Global Business Digital ArticleSeven lessons for innovators everywhere. -
Research: How Technology Could Promote Growth in 6 African Countries
Developing countries Digital ArticleA framework for understanding economic potential in the region. -
The Next Era of Globalization Will Be Shaped by Customers, Technology, and Value Chains
Global Business Digital ArticleCountries that used to be sources of cheap labor have become lucrative markets. -
How Employers in Poor Countries Are Using Nudges to Help Employees Save Money
Economics ResearchA study of the largest mobile phone company in Afghanistan. -
What 45 Years of Data Tells Us About Globalization's Influence on the Shadow Economy
Global Business Digital ArticleHow openness to trade and participation in IMF programs influence the informal economy. -
Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMore than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little... -
Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleGetting there will take classic business skills. -
The World's Next Great Manufacturing Center
Global Business Magazine ArticleAccording to data from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, privately owned Chinese companies are making more than 150 investments a year in Africa's manufacturing... -
Whiteboard Session: 5 Principles for Innovation in Emerging Markets
Global Business VideoThink about consumers' jobs-to-be-done. -
Survey: People's Trust Has Declined in Business, Media, Government, and NGOs
Global Business Digital ArticleNew results from Edelman's annual research on trust. -
Mapping Frontier Economies
Global Business Magazine ArticleGlobal players in search of double-digit growth are running out of opportunities. Emerging-market giants such as Brazil, Russia, and China are experiencing...
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Delta Blues: U.S.-Vietnam Catfish Trade Dispute (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
General Motors Technical Center India - Powertrain Engineering
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Prabjot Nanua was proud of the growing capabilities of the General Motors Technical Center India Powertrain Engineering group that he oversaw. Since 2003... -
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India: In Service for Sight
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Starting as a modest 20-bed hospital, Aravind had grown into a 1,400-bed hospital complex by 1992. It had by then screened 3.65 million patients and performed... -
Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore,... -
Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Acoplasticos was established in 1961 as a lobbying group for Colombia's major plastics manufacturing companies. In the early 1980s, the organization shifted... -
Pepsi-BASIX Partnership
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details AWARD WINNING CASE: Adjudged best case at the ISB Case Competition 2010 held in partnership with the Richard Ivey School of Business and the Association... -
Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On June 6, 2000, the World Bank's and IFC's board of directors was scheduled to vote on whether to approve funding for the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Petroleum... -
Made in India: Cisco Reroutes Innovation
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the strategy adopted by Cisco India to develop the Advanced Services Router 901 ('ASR 901'). It is part of a larger strategy by Cisco... -
Nestle Alimentana S.A. -- Infant Formula (Abridged)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The new vice president of infant and dietetic products of Nestle Alimentana S.A. has to make recommendations on the company's marketing programs for its... -
Note on Foreign Direct Investment
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Between 1985 and 1990, the global economy witnessed an unprecedented surge in flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). This sudden increase called back... -
Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past and Future of Afghanistan (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details This B case takes up the story of the Afghan female entrepreneur Kamila Sidiqi between 2009 and 2015. The case opens with U.S. Secretary of State John... -
National Innovation Systems of China and the Asian Newly Industrialised Economies: A Comparative Analysis
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Asian Newly Industrialised Economies (ANIEs)--Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong--have become masters and creators of advanced technologies... -
Interplast's Dilemma
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Established in the late 1960s, Interplast was the first international humanitarian organization to send American medical professionals overseas to provide... -
BeautifulCoffee and Fair Trade: Working with Local Farmer Co-operatives in Nepal
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Not long after John, BeautifulCoffee's (BC) newly appointed producer partnership manager, began his evaluation of the business relationship between BC... -
Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger Economy (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Describes Ireland's transformation from one of Europe's poorest countries to one of its richest in just 10 years, earning it the title Celtic Tiger. The... -
GoSports: Developing Sports Talent to Create Role Models
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case GoSports: Developing Sports Talent to Create Role Models describes the evolution of an Indian not-for-profit organization GoSports, whose mission... -
New Model for the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Institute for OneWorld Health
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Introduces the Institute for OneWorld Health (IOWH), a company dedicated to producing drugs for neglected diseases and the first nonprofit pharmaceutical... -
Corporate Responsibility & Community Engagement at the Tintaya Copper Mine (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Engaging local stakeholders and building strong relations has become a strategic imperative for multinational firms in the often politically charged mining,... -
Standards for Child Sponsorship Agencies (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In the spring of 1998, nonprofit agencies known as "child-sponsorship" organizations found themselves on the defensive. The agencies-dedicated to raising... -
Bougainville Copper Ltd. (D)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Covers events between February 1974 and September 1974.
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Delta Blues: U.S.-Vietnam Catfish Trade Dispute (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
Breaking Down the Wall of Codes: Evaluating Non-Financial Performance Measurement
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIn some Third World factories, there is a literal wall of codes. Posted are dozens of codes of conduct as defined by dozens of customer, firm, and industry... -
General Motors Technical Center India - Powertrain Engineering
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Prabjot Nanua was proud of the growing capabilities of the General Motors Technical Center India Powertrain Engineering group that he oversaw. Since 2003... -
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India: In Service for Sight
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Starting as a modest 20-bed hospital, Aravind had grown into a 1,400-bed hospital complex by 1992. It had by then screened 3.65 million patients and performed... -
Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore,... -
Decline of Emerging Economy Joint Ventures: The Case of India
Global Business Digital ArticleEmerging economies such as India have become an increasingly important part of the global business landscape. Until recently, multinational corporations... -
Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Acoplasticos was established in 1961 as a lobbying group for Colombia's major plastics manufacturing companies. In the early 1980s, the organization shifted... -
How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA substantial number of local companies in emerging markets have managed to hold their own--or better--in the face of competition from global Goliaths.... -
How Employers in Poor Countries Are Using Nudges to Help Employees Save Money
Finance & Accounting ResearchA study of the largest mobile phone company in Afghanistan. -
Pepsi-BASIX Partnership
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details AWARD WINNING CASE: Adjudged best case at the ISB Case Competition 2010 held in partnership with the Richard Ivey School of Business and the Association...