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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up
that nobody seems to remember. It is one of the most inspiring and influential books that I’ve ever read.” Excerpt “Language can affect every aspect of global organizational life. A lingua franca is the... View Details
- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
levels of language skills, communication and performance suffer. Q: You have written about English becoming the primary lingua franca in global businesses. Do you see any dangers in that proliferation? Are... View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Research Brief: Lost in Translation
In an increasingly global business world, English is the lingua franca that tethers companies and their investors together. Executives without a deep fluency in English could be costing their companies more... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Rules of E-Commerce
Mikitani (MBA 1993) is not shy about pursuing the big idea, in this case a belief that English is the lingua franca of business and learning it would give his organization a competitive edge. Rakuten,... View Details
- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
Some of this surely stemmed from language considerations. To an extent, the Indians' greater command of the world's lingua franca will lubricate the inevitably-difficult integration process. Fourth, the... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 21 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
East Asia MBA Market Update
in its Ease of Doing Business 2013 report; as a point of comparison in East Asia, China was ranked 91st. For MBAs considering internship or career opportunities in Malaysia who are not from the region, English is widely spoken and it is the View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
in-depth look at a single organization, the high-tech giant Rakuten, in the five years after its English lingua franca mandate. Her behind-the-scenes portrayal explores how language shapes the ways in which... View Details