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Leading Global Teams Effectively
Diriger des équipes Magazine ArticleAvoid the Western assumptions that often derail cross-cultural work. -
The Secret to Cross-Cultural Negotiations
Negotiation strategies Magazine ArticleFollow these basic rules. -
Research: How Companies Can Support Managers They Send Abroad
Business management Digital ArticleA study of general managers at global hotel chains found that certain structural elements predicted employee success in new countries. -
Stop Overlooking the Leadership Potential of Asian Employees
High potential employees Digital ArticleWhen companies leverage the diverse talents of their Asian workforce, they can evolve into more global, agile, and powerful hubs of innovation and growth. -
5 Myths Expats Believe About Local Employees
Cross-cultural management Digital ArticleThe staff at foreign subsidiaries are too often overlooked as essential team members. -
Building Cross-Cultural Relationships in a Global Workplace
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleSix elements to keep in mind as you’re trying to forge bonds. -
Becoming More Collaborative When Your Impulse Is to Be Territorial
Management Digital ArticleFour ways to redefine winning as a shared goal. -
Developing a Successful Business Strategy in China
Management Digital ArticleCompanies are facing a number of difficult decisions, made tougher by difficult geopolitics and a lack of visibility on the ground. -
When Diversity Meets Feedback
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Your Guide to Working on Global Teams
Management Digital ArticleBuild connections, communicate your preferences, and set ground rules for collaboration. -
What My Bicultural Background Taught Me About Being a Leader
Six lessons that helped me develop a global mindset. -
Case Study: What Does Diversity Mean in a Global Organization?
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleNeeds may differ between headquarters and regional offices. -
What Does Diversity Mean in a Global Organization? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe CEO of a Toronto-based toy company is trying to decide whom to hire for a critical position in its Asia division. He has two strong candidates: a... -
What Does Diversity Mean in a Global Organization? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe CEO of a Toronto-based toy company is trying to decide whom to hire for a critical position in its Asia division. He has two strong candidates: a... -
How Much Autonomy Should You Give Your Global Teams?
International business Digital ArticleThree key factors to consider, based on more than 100 interviews with global executives. -
Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity
Age and generational issues Big IdeaGenerational identity should be a source of learning, not division. -
"Americans Don't Know How Capitalist China Is"
Global Business SpotlightWeijian Shan was born in China and had his life upended by the Cultural Revolution. Educated in the United States, he worked for the World Bank and J.P.... -
China's New Innovation Advantage
Global Business SpotlightEight of the 10 fastest companies ever to reach a $1 billion valuation are Chinese, and six of them were founded in 2014 alone. Whatever has propelled... -
What the West Gets Wrong About China
Global Business SpotlightMany people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built... -
What Makes You “Multicultural”
Managing yourself Digital ArticleKnowledge of more than one culture can often help you create innovative solutions.
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Diversity Drives Business: Challenges Faced by Rosa Lee at Bosch China
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case describes how Rosa Lee, Executive Vice President at Bosch China, explored diversity-related activities on global and local levels to accelerate... -
Overcoming Ageism: Women at Work Discussion Group Toolkit
Management Book99.95View Details The HBR Women at Work series, based on the popular HBR podcast of the same name, spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout... -
Overcoming Ageism (HBR Women at Work Series)
24.95View Details Combat age discrimination in your workplace. Everyone experiences age-related bias at some point in their careers, but for women the costs are greater.... -
Smith and Jones: An International English Law Firm in Italy
Management Case Study11.95View Details This disguised case set in April 2016, based on true events, describes an existential crisis faced by an English law firm operating in Italy. English... -
CHINT Global: Selecting the Next Country Manager
Management Case Study11.95View Details James Han, director of strategy and planning at CHINT Group, needed to select the new country manager for the group's branch in Saudi Arabia. The branch... -
Mumbai Dairy Company: Lessons in Motivation
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Pete Anderson, the general manager of Mumbai Dairy Company, is facing several difficult but related challenges. Revenues and profits at the Mumbai, India-based... -
Birla Carbon Egypt: Building Soft Power in a Foreign Country
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Birla Carbon, a flagship business of the nearly $60-billion global conglomerate and India-headquartered Aditya Birla Group (ABG), is one of the world's... -
National Cultural Differences and Global Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This note discusses the role of national cultural value differences for global business. The persistence of cultural value differences is particularly... -
Bosai Minerals: A Journey of "Going Global" Guided by Neo-Confucianism
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Located in southwest China, Bosai Minerals Group Co., Ltd. (Bosai) has been engaged mainly in the bauxite and manganese business since 1997, and by 2010,... -
Reclaiming the Land of Purple: Purpl's Mission to Unlock Finance in Lebanon
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Karl Naim, Co-Founder and CEO of Purpl, embarked on a venture to lower remittance costs for his native Lebanon. Since October 2019, the Lebanese economy... -
Abu Issa Holding: Navigating the Qatar Blockade
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case follows Ashraf Abu Issa, CEO and chairman of Abu Issa Holding (AIH), as he contemplated the fate of his company's regional expansion. AIH was... -
TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova? (Abridged)
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea - helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing... -
Uwa Ode: Embracing Life and Career Across Cultures
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case traces the personal and professional career of Uwa Ode, a bicultural individual who grew up in Nigeria and then lived in the United Kingdom and... -
Crossing Borders and Cultures: Global Branding
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Many of the world's most valuable brands are global in scope. They benefit from shared meanings, systems, and stories across markets, and much of their... -
Does the U.S. Hospitality Market Offer Fertile Soil for Lemon Tree Hotels' Inclusive Business Model?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case focuses on Lemon Tree Hotels, a leading Indian hotel company that employs large numbers of people with disabilities and other socially marginalized... -
East Meets West in the LPGA
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2019, Michael Whan, commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), a non-profit organization that ran the world's most prestigious... -
H&H Group: A Global Firm with Chinese Origins (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case study describes the simultaneous evolution of both Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited (referred hereafter as "H&H") and... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication 2-Volume Collection
Communication Book45.00View Details If you read nothing else on communicating effectively, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. The best leaders know how to communicate... -
The In-box
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Richard Evans, the newly appointed General Manager of the Siam Chemicals Company (SCC) returns to his Bangkok office after a two-week absence to find... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication, Vol. 2 (Paperback + Ebook)
Communication Special Offer34.95View Details Is your message getting through? The right communication tactics can motivate your people--and fuel your business. Get more of the ideas you want, from...