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- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
China-based China-LuQuan, strategic and cross-cultural negotiation challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading US chemical company has been seeking ways to secure the company's foothold in China's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 1989
- Case
Dennis Hightower and the Walt Disney Co. in Europe
Describes the initial entry challenges faced by Dennis Hightower after being assigned the task to revitalize and reposition Walt Disney Co. of Europe in preparation for 1992. Allows students to consider the challenges of cultural heterogeneity, Disney traditions, and... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Europe
Jick, Todd D. "Dennis Hightower and the Walt Disney Co. in Europe." Harvard Business School Case 490-010, October 1989.
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
interpersonal challenges of cross-cultural interaction and the management and organizational implications for companies operating in differing cultural contexts. Given the diverse areas of exploration among these and other HBS faculty,... View Details
- December 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Can PACIV (Puerto Rico) Serve European Customers?
Jorge Rodriguez-Gonzalez, PACIV's (Puerto Rico) founding CEO, is considering expanding PACIV's pharmaceutical manufacturing compliance services company to the U.K. and Europe. He has to decide whether to hire Wayne Snelgrove and how to define the scope of his... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Service Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; Puerto Rico
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Can PACIV (Puerto Rico) Serve European Customers?" Harvard Business School Case 808-099, December 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
- 1998
- Book
Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Sumantra Ghoshal. Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution. 2nd ed. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1998. (Also published in translated editions in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and Korean. Paperback ed., HBS Press, 1991.)
- 2017
- Blitz Discussions
Of Margins and Modalities
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
Comparing India and China is to embark on an old puzzle that has fascinated smart people for centuries. The newer question of economic leadership, however—"Which country will overtake the other in the foreseeable future?" —is an urgent and important one,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 2017
- Book
The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations
By: Tsedal Neeley
For nearly three decades, English has been the lingua franca of cross-border organizations, yet studies on corporate language strategies and their importance for globalization have been scarce. In The Language of Global Success, Tsedal Neeley provides an... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Residency; Corporate Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Brazil; France; Germany; Indonesia; Japan; Taiwan; Thailand; United States
Neeley, Tsedal. The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017.
- 2016
- Chapter
Fiscal Issues for Cross-Border Natural Resource Projects
By: Joseph Bell and Jasmina Chauvin
Projects that cross national boundaries give rise to the complex question of how the project's taxable income should be allocated among the national entities. This chapter utilizes a hypothetical mining project with the mine and infrastructure in two different... View Details
Keywords: Extractive Industries; Business ＆ Government Relations; Transfer Pricing; Taxation; Infrastructure; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business and Government Relations; Mining Industry
Bell, Joseph, and Jasmina Chauvin. "Fiscal Issues for Cross-Border Natural Resource Projects." Chap. 8 in International Taxation and the Extractive Industries, edited by Philip Daniel, Michael Keen, Artur Świstak, and Victor Thuronyi, 190–214. Routledge Studies in Development Economics. Routledge, 2016.
- October 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Siemens AG: Global Development Strategy (B)
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Research and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product Development; Telecommunications Industry; Germany; Bangalore
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Siemens AG: Global Development Strategy (B)." Harvard Business School Case 602-062, October 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
cross-cultural negotiation, this paper develops the first two levels of a four-level prescriptive framework for effectively carrying out such assessments: Common expectations for surface behavior: etiquette, protocol, and deportment. A... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
cases are made of, a fact not lost on professors Gerardo Lozano and Carlos Romero at Mexico's Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas (EGADE). Rather than focus on cross-cultural marketing or management issues,... View Details
- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
Most managers understand at some level the wisdom of the adage, "It's not what you know; it's who you know." Indeed, building the right professional relationships is critical for business success. In China, relationships are even more important to getting... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 2018
- Dialogue
Welcome and Introductions
- May 1999 (Revised July 1999)
- Background Note
Global Friction Among Information Infrastructures
By: George C. Lodge and Cate Reavis
Examines the conflicts in international communications that result from changing technologies and divergent country policies toward developing infrastructures. Examines a number of different national information infrastructures (NIIs). Points of friction, such as... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management; Infrastructure; Communication Technology; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Lodge, George C., and Cate Reavis. "Global Friction Among Information Infrastructures." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-152, May 1999. (Revised July 1999.)
- April 2012
- Article
Retail Doesn't Cross Borders: Here's Why and What to Do about It
By: Marcel Corstjens and Rajiv Lal
Most companies assume that the easiest way to grow is by investing overseas and that the developing world offers the best opportunities for boosting revenues and profits today. However, success abroad varies widely, and research shows that it's often tough to... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Growth and Development Strategy; Globalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Local Range; Retail Industry
Corstjens, Marcel, and Rajiv Lal. "Retail Doesn't Cross Borders: Here's Why and What to Do about It." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012).
- 2009
- Working Paper
Innovation Communication in Multicultural Networks: Deficits in Inter-cultural Capability and Affect-based Trust as Barriers to New Idea Sharing in Inter-cultural Relationships
By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Michael W. Morris
Innovative solutions to pressing global problems require effective inter-cultural communication. We propose that a barrier to the sharing of ideas pertinent to innovation in inter-cultural relationships is low affect-based trust, which arise from individuals' deficits... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing; Trust
Chua, Roy Y.J., and Michael W. Morris. "Innovation Communication in Multicultural Networks: Deficits in Inter-cultural Capability and Affect-based Trust as Barriers to New Idea Sharing in Inter-cultural Relationships." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-130, May 2009.
- 2003
- Chapter
Managing Across Borders: New Organizational Responses
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal
- 10 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community
there are over 100 members, and their mission is to provide a forum for the promotion, understanding, and cross-cultural exchange of East Asian and Asian-American business, social, academic, cultural, political, and community-related... View Details