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What the West Gets Wrong About China, French Version
Global Business SpotlightMany people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built... -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleThe U.S.-China trade war and the supply and demand shocks brought on by the Covid-19 crisis are forcing manufacturers everywhere to reassess their supply... -
Competitive Advantage of Nations
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA four-year, ten-nation study of the patterns of competitive success in leading countries concludes that companies achieve competitive advantage through... -
What Will Management Look Like in the Next 100 Years?
Global Business Big IdeaIn recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis... -
The Strategic Challenges of Decoupling
Global Business SpotlightMost business executives who have put time, effort, and investment into developing a presence in China resist the notion of decoupling. With the Biden... -
China + India: The Power of Two
Business history Magazine ArticleChina and India, ancient allies and modern competitors, are rebuilding economic ties after almost five decades. Consequently, multinational companies face the most challenging—and potentially rewarding—business landscape ever. -
Giving Feedback Across Cultures
Communication Digital ArticleWhat works in Stuttgart won't work in Shanghai. -
Connecting with Your Foreign-Born Employees
Managing people Digital ArticleThey’re polite. They’re hardworking. So what do you do when your management methods just aren’t working? -
When Should Multinationals Move Back into Venezuela?
International business Digital ArticleCompanies should hope for the best and prepare for the worst. -
Turn Multicultural Teams into Fusion Teams
Leading teams Digital ArticleI’m a huge fan of fusion cuisine — when a chef combines elements of, say, French and Mexican traditions — and recently I got to wondering: could multicultural teams learn to use the very best elements of different cultures represented on the team? Could they become fusion teams? It’s certainly not the norm! Most multicultural […] -
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleFor the first 40-plus years of their existence, the federal securities laws did not require or prohibit specific managerial practices in the operation of business, other than a business in one of a handful of closely regulated industries. But with the passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the SEC is equipped to […] -
Priorities for Jumpstarting the U.S. Industrial Economy
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What Being Global Really Means
International business Digital ArticleToday’s greatest business opportunities, and also the greatest challenges we face, are global in nature and therefore demand leaders who are also global. But what does “global” really mean? The old mantra “think global, act local” is woefully inadequate to describe the complex realities global leaders face. Truly global leaders act as bridge builders, connectors […] -
Opportunity vs. Cost in a New Market, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting VideoBudgeting tools can help you make decisions when very little is known. -
What Working for a Japanese Company Taught Me
Managing people Magazine ArticleBack in the late 1970s, as a consultant to several Japanese computer giants, I read everything I could about Japanese business. It was all very interesting—interesting, but not particularly useful. When I became a line manager in 1981, I realized how little of what I’d read had any practical value. I couldn’t control interest rates, […] -
The European Union: A Failed Experiment
Economics Digital ArticleTime to wind it down asap, and ramp up efforts to help the separate national economies prosper. -
The Emerging Market Demand for Smart Phones on Steroids
Innovation Digital ArticleEditor’s Note: This blog was co-authored with Tang Wang, doctoral student at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Missouri, Kansas City. Smart phones will be the occasion for significant “reverse innovation” in the coming months and years, we believe. Why? A recent survey that Motorola conducted in Brazil suggests that the single […] -
Ten Things You're Not Allowed to Say at Davos
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleConsider me gagged and muffled. I confess: I wrote a long-winded, thoroughly boring, hopelessly cliched critique of Davos this year, like anyone under... -
Beyond the Banking Crisis: A Strategy Crisis
Recessions Digital ArticleIs what’s shaking the economic landscape just a simple banking crisis? Or is there – as so many feel, and as the tremors indicate – something more hidden just beneath the surface? Let’s begin with a quick explanation from the ever-incisive Tyler Cowen. He notes: “What is distinctive today is the drying up of market […]
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Timken Co.: Market Entry into Romania (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details On November 17, 1997, Jon T. Elsasser, then vice-president of The Timken Co. bearings business for Europe, Africa, and West Asia, reviewed the company's... -
Blaser Swisslube: Marketing A Premium Product
Management Case Study8.95View Details Although Blaser Swisslube (Blaser)'s market share in the coolant space in the Indian industry is relatively low as compared to other players, India is... -
Cavendish Cove Cottages
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Sherry Noonan, a senior business student, is considering purchasing Cavendish Cove Cottages, a complex of 19 cottage rental units marketed to visitors.... -
Unilever in Vietnam: The "Perfect Village" Initiative
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) is a global initiative integrating Unilever's commercial and sustainability-related agenda. In this context, Unilever... -
Timken Co. Market Entry into Romania (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Lumière: Supporting a Virtual Workspace on the Cloud
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In early 2015, the chief information officer at Lumière Business Solutions (Lumière) was reflecting on the impact of technology on the company's business... -
Procter & Gamble: Marketing Capabilities
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details P&G had become known and recognized as a marketing machine. It was the largest advertiser in the world, with 2010 spending of $8.68 billion. From the... -
Cameco in Kyrgyzstan: Corporate Social Responsibility Abroad
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Based in Saskatoon, Canada, Cameco was the world's largest uranium mining company. It had developed its policy for corporate social responsibility in... -
Schneider Electric: Becoming the Global Specialist in Energy Management
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Global electrical products company assesses growth and market demands in India. Company must decide between a products acquisition or developing a service... -
Olympian Competition: Bidding for Olympic Television Rights
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Competition is present, explicitly or implicitly, in many business negotiations. Rarely in buyer-seller negotiations are the bargainers stuck with each... -
Making the Tough Team Call (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details This case reports the actions taken and personal reflections of team members described in Case A, "Making the Tough Team Call (A)" (UVA-OB-0705). Set... -
Wal-Mart in 2002
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In its first quarter of 2002, Wal-Mart became the largest company on the globe (by sales) and expanded into Japan. Was the giant retailer unstoppable?... -
A Technical Note on Corruption
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This note defines and discusses the measurement of corruption, describes corruption's principal effects on firms and societies, and discusses its relevance... -
Albert Heijn: Price War Among Retailers (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In October 2003, leading Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn slashed prices up to 30 on more than 1,000 items to counter a loss in market share caused... -
To Kill a Tweeting Bird: The Suspension of Twitter Operations in Nigeria
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details On the evening of June 4, 2021, the Nigerian government ordered the suspension of business operations for Twitter in Nigeria, accusing the social media... -
When a Pandemic Hits: Treading H2O and the Possible Pox (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This five-case series, sold as a package, presents an opportunity for students to understand that leadership mindset is not going from crisis to crisis,... -
China's Environmental Challenge
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details China faces enormous environmental challenges. This background note looks at the historical, economic and political origins of the environmental crisis... -
Trader Joe's: At a crossroads?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details When Covid-19 hit the US in 2020, the grocery retail industry underwent a greatly accelerated digital transformation as consumers' habits changed drastically... -
GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative, Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Follows the actions of GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, as he implements a growth strategy for the $150 billion company in a tough business environment. In four years,...
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What the West Gets Wrong About China, French Version
Global Business SpotlightMany people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built... -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleThe U.S.-China trade war and the supply and demand shocks brought on by the Covid-19 crisis are forcing manufacturers everywhere to reassess their supply... -
Competitive Advantage of Nations
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA four-year, ten-nation study of the patterns of competitive success in leading countries concludes that companies achieve competitive advantage through... -
What Will Management Look Like in the Next 100 Years?
Global Business Big IdeaIn recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis... -
The Strategic Challenges of Decoupling
Global Business SpotlightMost business executives who have put time, effort, and investment into developing a presence in China resist the notion of decoupling. With the Biden... -
China + India: The Power of Two
Business history Magazine ArticleChina and India, ancient allies and modern competitors, are rebuilding economic ties after almost five decades. Consequently, multinational companies face the most challenging—and potentially rewarding—business landscape ever. -
Giving Feedback Across Cultures
Communication Digital ArticleWhat works in Stuttgart won't work in Shanghai. -
Connecting with Your Foreign-Born Employees
Managing people Digital ArticleThey’re polite. They’re hardworking. So what do you do when your management methods just aren’t working? -
Timken Co.: Market Entry into Romania (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details On November 17, 1997, Jon T. Elsasser, then vice-president of The Timken Co. bearings business for Europe, Africa, and West Asia, reviewed the company's...