Global Understanding - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2017
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New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach

Geoffrey Jones (photo by Susan Young) Professor Geoffrey Jones (photo by Susan Young) Two decades ago, HBS launched the Global Initiative to strengthen the School's engagement with businesses and business leaders around the world and to... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Faculty Books

changes in China have been more dramatic than people realize. Second, democracy in China is inevitable. Third, these economic reforms have been political, cultural, and, above all, global processes. View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2013
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A Conversation with Dean Nohria

teach the Brazilians about Brazil—we'll rarely replicate the sort of expertise that can be developed regionally. Instead, we offer cases on India, China, and other emerging markets to help the participants better understand the world.... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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The Changing Nature of Research

The problems facing business and society are increasingly complex. Developing solutions to global challenges requires a faculty adept at field work, cross-sector collaboration, complex data analysis, and intensive laboratory work, as well... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Research Is the Foundation

span more languages, geographies, and cultures than ever, requiring workers to communicate effectively to deliver results. I wanted to understand how a radical language change can bridge differences and facilitate cross-border... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Around the World

Class of 2013. With more faculty and student diversity, and more international context in courses and cases, the MBA experience itself shifted toward a more global perspective. “Students now develop a keen View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

28 May 2019
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Future Source

Seni Sulyman (MBA 2014) wants to rescript Africa’s role in the world. “For too long the continent has been seen as a place people give things to,” he says. “I want to connect Africa to the world on equal terms.” As vice president of View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Apr 2002
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Insights into Business in Islamic World

global context. Hayes and Vogel, coauthors of the 1998 book Islamic Law and Finance: Religion, Risk, and Return, explored issues of doing business in Islamic countries at a presentation in late January. Hayes noted that despite a common... View Details

Keywords: Islam; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Takes Center Stage

behavior, the area where he has devoted his professional career at HBS. He also came to understand “how being an academic in many ways resembles being an entrepreneur, in that I have the opportunity to decide what ideas to pursue.”... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

15 Oct 2019
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Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

understand business in Africa. In November, the ARC expanded its coverage on the continent with the hiring of Wale Lawal, a senior researcher who will be based in Lagos. Professor Tsedal Neeley spoke about the View Details

01 Sep 2017
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Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

Helping African Businesses Compete on the Global Stage Sheila Kyarisiima’s (MBA/MPA 2017) curiosity about building things, especially infrastructure, prompted the Kampala, Uganda, native to come to the United States in 2007 to study... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Sep 2006
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East to West

associates Chisato Toyama (MBA ’99) and Kim Eric Bettcher. As head of the first-year required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability, Paine notes that she often looks for opportunities to bring a global perspective to the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

01 Dec 2018
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Trade Off

What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

order to build and grow teams that they understand and can help motivate over time to deliver.” Now back in Dearborn, Michigan, Fields works with what’s become an emerging and increasingly high-profile issue for View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2010
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HBS Seeks Deeper Ties with China

programs at the center this year. Krishna Palepu, chair of the Global CEO Program for China (offered in partnership with the China Europe International Business School and IESE Business School), noted, “These programs require that we... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

of goods and people—which has been increasing since World War II. We’ve seen a cultural backlash against globalization—against large numbers of immigrants—but perhaps even more important to the rise of populism is the counteroffensive against economic change. View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

experiences. Klump’s experience is a reminder of just how complicated, on a personal level, globalization and managing across cultures can be. On the one hand, the world seems small and interconnected, thanks to high-speed technology,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 1998
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Putting on the Wheels

As head of General Motors's international division - which last year invested $2.45 billion worldwide - Louis Hughes brings a rock-steady philosophy to the auto giant's global operations: "Wherever possible, invest where you sell." Hughes... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Mar 2006
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Faculty Research Online

property rights (IPR) to entice international corporate investment. But who really benefits from IPR? Should multinationals feel secure that their secrets will be protected? A Q&A with Assistant Professor Fritz Foley. The Regional Slice of Your View Details