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HBS Working Knowledge
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Julia Hanna |
The Death of the Global Manager Multinational corporations must pursue three core strategies to build layers of competitive advantage: exploit worldwide operations to build global scale efficiency; develop sensitivity and responsiveness to national differences; and leverage the world for information, knowledge, and expertise.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 25, 2003
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
Studying Japan from the Inside What comes next for Japan's economy? Masako Egawa, executive director of Harvard Business School's Japan Research Office, sees a period of fundamental change ahead. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 20, 2006
Huston & Sakkab |
P&G's New Innovation Model Procter & Gamble's assessment of its aging innovation process and the development of connect and develop. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 11, 2005
Garry Emmons |
The New International Style of Management As the best international companies exhibit similarities in certain standards and practices, managers within these firms, despite national and cultural differences, are finding common ground where they can work together. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 12, 2014
Sean Silverthorne |
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization Why is the firm overlooked as a contributor when we identify the drivers of globalization? Geoffrey Jones discusses his new book, Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. |
CIO
August 15, 2001
Sandy kendall |
How Things Change Five top gurus' views on innovation principles and practices... |
Global Services
August 14, 2008
Mehra & Singh |
A Comprehensive Talent Strategy for Services Outsourcing Outsourced service operations in India, China, and other developing countries face a war for talent that will ultimately determine their competitiveness. Win this war by pursuing a comprehensive talent-management strategy. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 22, 2007
Michael Roberts |
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China Professor William Kerr discusses the phenomena of technology transfer and implications for U.S.-based businesses and policymakers. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005 |
"Dynamism as the Norm" Ten years ago, author Steve Goldman presciently advocated "corporate agility." Here's where he sees the trend going now. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 15, 2007
Martha Lagace |
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat Some indicators of globalization aren't increasing as many experts have claimed. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 10, 2004
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures Why are joint ventures losing favor with transnational companies? Professor Mihir A. Desai discusses research that suggests globalization makes go-it-alone strategies pay off. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Cynthia Churchwell |
An Entrepreneur's Journey in Africa Monique Maddy, who started and then closed a telecommunications business in Africa, has interesting insights into the challenges of entrepreneurship in developing countries in her new book, Learning to Love Africa: My Journey from Africa to Harvard Business School and Back. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005 |
Jeff Immelt on Taking "Swings" GE's CEO explains his quest to keep the giant fresh and growing. One approach: A program called "Imagination Breakthroughs" |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 12, 2004
Martha Lagace |
Operations and the Competitive Edge In a new book, three co-authors from Harvard Business School show how a well-designed operations function can become a strategic competitive weapon. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 23, 2010
Paul R. Lawrence |
The Drive to Acquire's Impact on Globalization Humans have evolved four priorities or "drives": the drive to acquire, to defend, to bond, and to comprehend. Most U.S. corporations are built to fulfill the drive to acquire. |
BusinessWeek
December 8, 2003
Kripalani & Engardio |
The Rise Of India Growth is only just starting, but the country's brainpower is already reshaping Corporate America |
IndustryWeek
January 31, 2012
Josh Cable |
GE Barometer: Executives Believe Innovation and Growth Go Hand-in-Hand However, uncertainty in the global economy is curbing their companies' appetites for risk and making it harder for them to find capital. |
Parameters
Summer 2004
William E. Rapp |
Past its Prime? The Future of the US-Japan Alliance Over the next two to three decades, Japan will liberalize and expand its security posture in broad ways long sought by the United States, but at the same time will increasingly desire to chart its own course in foreign policy. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 7, 2004
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
The Competition of Countries To be successful in a global world, countries need to build on comparative advantages, says Harvard professor Richard H. K. Vietor. But exploiting natural resources isn't the only answer. |
BusinessWeek
December 8, 2003
Michael J. Mandel |
Commentary: Meeting the Asian Challenge As India and China ascend the economic ladder, here are steps that America can take to boost the four key components of innovation: R&D spending, education, finance for invention, and the national willingness to take risks. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2006
John Teresko |
Expanding In China: Smaller Companies Step In The easiest way to sell the need for a China strategy is to pose the prospect of close competitors suddenly enjoying 30% to 40% reductions in labor costs from China sourcing. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 3, 2006
Sean Silverthorne |
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance As waves of globalization wash across the business world, great new opportunities for financing and investment open to savvy enterprises. In a new casebook, Harvard professor Mihir A. Desai discusses the numerous challenges and opportunities facing firms as they make these decisions. |
BusinessWeek
June 14, 2004
Bremner & Tashiro |
Is Japan Back? After a disastrous decade, markets, household spending, and once-struggling sectors are soaring. Here's the story behind the numbers. |
