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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
gift to help launch the FIELD 2 program. “The world has changed,” says Rubenstein, a member of the HBS Board of Dean’s Advisors and cofounder and co-CEO of The Carlyle Group. “To prepare for 21st-century business realities, you have to View Details
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Middle East & North Africa - Global
Middle East & North Africa Cairo, Dubai, Istanbul, Tel Aviv HBS continues its efforts to build a deep understanding of and expertise in global business practice and innovation around the world, including... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
articles, "Clusters and Competition: New Agendas for Companies, Governments, and Institutions" and "Competing Across Locations: Enhancing Competitive Advantage through a Global Strategy." Jim Aisner of HBS spoke with... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The New Global Business Manager
sensitive to that will understand and respond much better in a global context. What challenge will global managers encounter in the next five to ten years? While there are few... View Details
Keywords: Management
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Global Business Course | HBS Online
This course is part of the Business in Society and Strategy track. Introduction to Global Business ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Global Business... View Details
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Government, Business, and Academia: Origins of Raymond Vernon's Understanding of Multinational Enterprise
By: Louis T Wells Jr
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Government, Business, and Academia: Origins of Raymond Vernon's Understanding of Multinational Enterprise." Journal of International Management 6, no. 4 (Winter 2000): 279–295.
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
related to the possession of deep individual technical skills in hundreds of diverse disciplines," the researchers conclude in their paper, Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage. "Boeing's unique... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
understanding of what factors likely influence success and failure. Many startups in developed ecosystems eventually enter other markets and understanding constraints can aid this expansion. Additionally,... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 06 Nov 2018
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China in the Age of Xi Jinping: Domestic Changes and Global Ambitions
China's outward push will remake the global economic and political environment, and business leaders need an understanding of China's leadership to navigate this new world. Join Associate Professor Rithmire to discuss the evolution of the business landscape in China. View Details
- 30 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies
of Comin's research with Mestieri and the results of his research with Hobijn, Easterly, and Gong suggest that up to 70 percent of differences in cross-country per capita income can be explained by differences in technology adoption. Comin reports that future research... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2007
- Working Paper
Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations
By: Christopher Marquis and Julie Battilana
We develop an institutional theory of how local communities continue to matter for organizations, and why community factors are particularly important in a global age. Since globalization has taken center stage in both practitioner and academic circles, research has... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Local Range; Globalization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Power and Influence
Marquis, Christopher, and Julie Battilana. "Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-034, November 2007.
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
HBS Fund Advances Global Strategy
Recognizing that the best ideas can come from anywhere and that examples of great leadership and management practice exist everywhere, HBS is extending its intellectual reach to understand these new ideas and approaches and to disseminate... View Details
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Europe - Global Activities 2020
president of Yugoslavia; the nature and impact of NATO’s 1999 intervention; the country’s transition to capitalism; and China’s recent investments. After delivering a presentation on the state of global capitalism at HBS’s Europe Research... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
Issue Focus: Leadership To keep pace with a fast-changing global business environment, “You’ve got to institutionalize the process of reinvention,” says William Fung. Photo courtesy Li & Fung Ltd. Issue Focus Making the Leadership Case... View Details
- 17 Dec 2014
- News
Facilitating an understanding of business and society in Turkey and the surrounding region
by an appreciation of the West, having studied and worked in the United States. “I constantly talk to business people in Turkey and try to understand their challenges—what is different for them than for the rest of the world? I then bring... View Details
- June 2011 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Home Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations
By: Lynda M. Applegate, William R. Kerr and David Lane
Chris Exline founded Home Essentials, a furniture rental business targeted toward expatriates, in Singapore but rapidly moved the base of operations to Hong Kong. The company was highly successful in Singapore and Hong Kong and then pursued rapid global expansion.... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Renting or Rental; Corporate Governance; Global Strategy; Failure; Singapore; Hong Kong
Applegate, Lynda M., William R. Kerr, and David Lane. "Home Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations." Harvard Business School Case 811-078, June 2011. (Revised January 2013.)
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Israel - Global Activities 2021
Reinhardt has brought the issue into the classroom with a case discussion on Israel-based Netafim, the global leader in drip irrigation systems—the most efficient way to deliver water to crops. While Israel is a small country, it is a... View Details
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Europe - Global Activities 2021
Sweden—Lovisa “Lisa” Tengberg (MBA 2020) found that the topic was much more complicated. She had to understand the broader challenges of assimilating the massive influx of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees hoping to find new homes in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
cross-cultural learning aspect to it that you can’t duplicate in the classroom, which is very much a part of being a global business school. That doesn’t mean putting a U.S.-born student in the Paris office of Goldman Sachs. It’s... View Details
- 2009
- Article
Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Enduring Influence of Local Communities on Organizations
By: Christopher Marquis and Julie Battilana
We develop an institutionally oriented theory of how and why local communities continue to matter for organizations in a global age. Since globalization has taken center stage in both practitioner and academic circles, research has shifted away from understanding... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Business and Community Relations; Local Range; Civil Society or Community; Power and Influence
Marquis, Christopher, and Julie Battilana. "Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Enduring Influence of Local Communities on Organizations." Research in Organizational Behavior 29 (2009): 283–302.