Cross-cultural - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Sep 2014
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Getting Cross-Cultural Teamwork Right

21 Feb 2014
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In a New Culture, Wait to Cut to the Chase

Keywords: cross-cultural management; communication; international assignments

21 Mar 2014
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Where Bragging Is Bad

Keywords: personal branding; cross-cultural communication; self-promotion

15 Jul 2014
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Adapt to a New Culture - but Don't Go Too Far

Keywords: cross-cultural communication; communication strategy; interpersonal behavior

01 Oct 2012
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

and travel. From jumping everyday hurdles to discerning unspoken, cross-cultural cues, Mind Your Manners helps us feel the joy and transformation of social fluency—that deep comfort that comes from connection, inclusion, and presenting... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2010
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IXP Heads to Haiti, Points Beyond

and business leaders. “The IXP has a cross-cultural learning aspect to it that you can’t duplicate in the classroom,” says HBS senior fellow Regina Abrami, who serves as faculty chair of the program. On deck for 2011 are faculty-organized... View Details

Keywords: IXP

01 Jun 2009
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IXP 2009

confirms the benefits of placing students in an unfamiliar, cross-cultural setting, with local people often the students’ only resource for grappling with the subject at hand. “It really gets into the nuts and bolts of addressing a topic... View Details

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

28 May 2019
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Action Plan: Border Crossing

Tea’s products. We chose our name because tea evokes a sense of presence, connection, and timelessness.” Rawdon’s desire to foster these cross-cultural connections also led to Tea’s partnership with the Global Fund for Children (GFC), a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2002
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Think Globally, Teach Locally

international student body — 33 percent of the MBA Class of 2003 — that our course materials are drawn from diverse country environments that illustrate cross-border and cross-cultural issues in business management,” notes HBS professor... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

15 Nov 2016
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China IFC: Global Access, Global Perspective

insight into sales and distribution by working with Shanghai Electric. “The hands-on learning deepened our understanding of working in cross-cultural teams,” she notes. Ultimately, she concludes, “I feel inspired to continue to explore... View Details

11 Jul 2013
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Program Aims to Develop a Generation of Global Citizens

people deep experience living and working abroad, while cultivating their skills speaking languages and navigating cross-cultural work environments. The need for such experience is clear, she adds. “Two-thirds of business leaders believe... View Details

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

01 Jan 2009
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Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985

cross-cultural initiatives at Harvard. Committed to enabling young people to reach their potential, Lemann co-founded Fundação Estudar to provide scholarships for Brazilian students. He also heads a family foundation that supports... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Turning Point: Dream Weaver

about that potential, as well as the power of global, cross-cultural storytelling to create dialogue. At a time when we’re so often driven apart, we need to educate and inspire the next generation of storytellers to use their creative... View Details

Keywords: career; life experience; Hollywood; movies; film

15 May 2020
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New Menu

Camembert, Gruyere, and feta, from cauliflower. Another is producing a facsimile of traditional pork dumplings from jackfruit. (Big Ideas Ventures, which is based in both New York and Singapore, is focused on funding foods that have View Details

01 Sep 2006
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East to West

management, and investors interact.” Paine expects the case will undergo further revision before it’s taught in the HBS classroom; for now, its value lies in its contribution to research on governance and cross-cultural management, as... View Details

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

01 Oct 1999
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Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

views the challenges she is uncovering as a beginning for coping with cross-cultural conflict. "Astute managers learn about cultures in order to build bridges and bring about changes that will make their organizations more effective and... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Dec 2002
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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

01 Dec 2002
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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

01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

Starbucks the world's fastest- growing global brand. "We're fortunate because coffee and the coffeehouse concept have cross-cultural relevance," Smith observes, predicting that the company will have a presence in fifty countries by 2005.... View Details

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