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How DHL Express Navigated the Pause - and Rebound - of Global Trade
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Competitiveness: Self-Help for a Worsening Problem
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Beyond Offshoring: Assess Your Company’s Global Potential
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"Americans Don't Know How Capitalist China Is"
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The State of Globalization in 2022
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The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
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How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay
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The New Tools of Trade
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7 Traits of Companies on the Fast Track to International Growth
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In Search of Global Leaders
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Get Buy-in for Your Global Strategy with Local Partners
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How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa
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Online Platforms Are Leveling the Playing Field for Global Job Seekers
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A Definitive Guide to the Brexit Negotiations
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When Expanding into a Foreign Market, Your Outsider Status Is a Competitive Advantage
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Digital Skills Provide a Development Path for Sub-Saharan Africa
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The State of Globalization in 2023
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The State of Globalization in 2022
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Are the Risks of Global Supply Chains Starting to Outweigh the Rewards?
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Redefining Global Strategy, with a New Preface: Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still Matter
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Delta Blues: U.S.-Vietnam Catfish Trade Dispute (B)
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Mekong Corporation and the Vietnam Motor Vehicle Industry (B)
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Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia (B)
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Hiring Professionals in China: A Practitioner's Guide
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L'Oreal: Global Brand, Local Knowledge
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StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution
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Populism in America: Fake News, Alternative Facts and Elite Betrayal in the Trump Era
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Nippon Steel Corporation
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The Maggi Noodle Safety Crisis in India (C)
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General Motors Technical Center India - Powertrain Engineering
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Saatchi & Saatchi: Pioneers of Globalization in Advertising (A)
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ARCOR Group's Internationalization and the ARCOR Foundation in Brazil
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Technology Legend in China
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PAREXEL International Corp.: Scaling Up
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Novartis: Leading a Global Enterprise
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Microsoft in Korea
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How DHL Express Navigated the Pause - and Rebound - of Global Trade
Global Business Digital ArticleThree counterintuitive lessons in resilience. -
Redefining Global Strategy, with a New Preface: Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still Matter
Global Business Book35.00View Details New Tools for Succeeding Globally. Why do so many global strategies fail--despite companies' powerful brands and other border-crossing advantages? Because... -
Competitiveness: Self-Help for a Worsening Problem
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleA country’s competitiveness, like a company’s, is not primarily a matter of sales: it is a matter of incomes, and incomes earned, not borrowed. To be competitive means to raise incomes as rapidly as competitors do and to make the investments necessary to keep up competitively in the future. From this perspective, U.S. competitiveness is […] -
Delta Blues: U.S.-Vietnam Catfish Trade Dispute (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
The Lure of Global Branding
Globalization Magazine ArticleBrand builders everywhere think they want global brands. But global brand leadership, not global brands, should be the priority. Successful companies follow four principles to meet that goal. -
Beyond Offshoring: Assess Your Company’s Global Potential
Globalization Magazine ArticleHow global an industry becomes depends on the interaction of production, regulatory, and organizational factors. Companies that read the landscape correctly will capture dramatic revenue growth. -
Mekong Corporation and the Vietnam Motor Vehicle Industry (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details At the time of the Mekong Corporation (Mekong) and the Vietnam Motor Vehicle Industry (A) case, product 9A96H002, some analysts felt that the Vietnamese... -
Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details In the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After... -
Leveraging AI to Battle This Pandemic - And the Next One
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleWe may need to rethink the rules around data sharing. -
Hiring Professionals in China: A Practitioner's Guide
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This note outlines how leading professional service firms operating in China revise their standard hiring practices to fit local challenges and customs....