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HBS Working Knowledge November 10, 2003 Pankaj Ghemawat |
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences Should your global strategy optimize scale or exploit differences? Harvard professor Pankaj Ghemawat suggests a mix-and-match strategy. |
Reason November 2000 Brink Lindsey |
Trade Winds International economic integration is a phenomenon drowned in hype: Cheerleaders talk breathlessly of a world without borders, while doomsayers rage against the supposed tyranny of uncontrolled market forces. John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge cut through both sides' bombast... |
CIO September 28, 2014 Michael Friedenberg |
Is the World as Flat as We Think? The author weighs the promise of globalization against the competitive realities of Internet business practices and security concerns. |
HBS Working Knowledge April 10, 2006 |
Readers Respond: Has Globalization Reached Its Peak? I don't think globalization has reached its peak... Globalization comes in waves... The results of globalization beyond outsourcing have been enormous... etc. |
Global Services June 1, 2008 Imrana Khan |
Offshoring: Not the Answer to the Challenges of Globalization Offshore outsourcing enabled globalization and its economics brought value to the business. What now? |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 S. Ibi Ajayi |
What Africa Needs to Do to Benefit from Globalization |
Finance & Development March 2008 David T. Coe |
Jobs on Another Shore Outsourcing of service jobs to other countries could affect industrial countries' economies and attitudes toward globalization. |
BusinessWeek December 1, 2010 Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose talks to Wal-Mart's Mike Duke Wal-Mart's CEO discusses the retail giant's focus on growing in the U.S. via smaller urban stores and digital sales while it expands in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 Peter Coy |
The Convictions Of A Convert In defending globalization, Bhagwati isn't standing up for the status quo. He's making the case for a humane form of globalization guided by enlightened government policies. It made sense in 1963, and it makes sense in 2004. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Deichmann & Gill |
The Economic Geography of Regional Integration Done right, regional integration helps connect developing countries to world markets. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 |
Globalization: The Story Behind the Numbers Has globalization raised living standards?... What is globalization?... Has globalization helped the poor?... Has globalization reduced inequality?... What should governments do?... Globalization timeline... |
Entrepreneur February 2003 Joshua Kurlantzick |
Stay Home? If the great global future of business is here, so far it's not much to look at. Are you trying to find a path to international success in today's world economy? |
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Eduardo Aninat |
Surmounting the Challenges of Globalization In recent years, concerns have grown about the negative aspects of globalization and especially about whether the world's poorest will share in its benefits. There is an urgent need for a broad global debate on how these challenges can best be met and on who should play what role... |
HBS Working Knowledge August 23, 2006 Ghemawat & Mark |
The Real Wal-Mart Effect Critics are lining up to take shots at Wal-Mart's treatment of workers and a host of other alleged knocks against society. But the critics miss one big point: Wal-Mart's overall impact benefits the economy and lower-income consumers. |
HBS Working Knowledge March 17, 2008 Sean Silverthorne |
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook A Q&A with Geoffrey Jones, coeditor of the Oxford Handbook of Business History, which provides a state-of-the-art overview of business history research worldwide. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Mohamed Daouas |
Africa Faces Challenges of Globalization |
Wired September 22, 2008 Mark Horowitz |
Jagdish Bhagwati: Keep Free Trade Free The Columbia University economist, 74, who has advised everyone from the Indian government to the World Trade Organization, is a rare nonpartisan in a field dominated by ideologues. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 James Royal |
The Globalization Monster in the Closet In their new book, Globalization, authors Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn offer insights into economic megatrends and suggests how businesses and investors can profit in an era of intense worldwide competition. |
Global Services August 4, 2008 Keerthi Nair |
Book Review: Quest for Global Dominance The new book by A. Gupta, V Govindarajan, and H. Wang graphically explains the terms simple globalization of yesterday and complex globalization of today's world and cleverly weave complex globalization with digital technologies. |
HBS Working Knowledge March 12, 2014 Sean Silverthorne |
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization Why is the firm overlooked as a contributor when we identify the drivers of globalization? Geoffrey Jones discusses his new book, Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. |
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 Peter Coy |
One World, Two Blueprints "Making Globalization Work" gives a creative look at how globalization can improve the lot of poor nations. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 23, 2010 Paul R. Lawrence |
The Drive to Acquire's Impact on Globalization Humans have evolved four priorities or "drives": the drive to acquire, to defend, to bond, and to comprehend. Most U.S. corporations are built to fulfill the drive to acquire. |
HBS Working Knowledge April 24, 2006 Jim Heskett |
Summing Up on Globalization: The End of One Phase, the Beginning of the Next? How will we know when globalization has truly peaked? |
HBS Working Knowledge January 2, 2008 Sean Silverthorne |
Most Popular Stories 2007 Here are the 20 most popular business stories from 2007. |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Laura D'Andrea Tyson |
Behind The EU Backlash The recent votes against the EU Constitution by the citizens of France and the Netherlands were a stunning rebuke to globalization. But governments must address justifiable fears with an agenda to create jobs of the future. |
Fast Company May 2000 Keith H. Hammonds |
Good News - It's a Small World Who cares where our cars, computers, or clothes are made? If December's "Battle of Seattle" is any indication, lots of people do. A book by two savvy journalists makes the case for globalization: A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization |
HBS Working Knowledge December 15, 2003 Cynthia D. Churchwell |
The New Global Business Manager What are the critical skills global managers need today compared to ten years ago? An interview with Harvard Business School professor Christopher A. Bartlett. |
HBS Working Knowledge July 11, 2005 Garry Emmons |
The New International Style of Management As the best international companies exhibit similarities in certain standards and practices, managers within these firms, despite national and cultural differences, are finding common ground where they can work together. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 7, 2004 Cynthia D. Churchwell |
The Competition of Countries To be successful in a global world, countries need to build on comparative advantages, says Harvard professor Richard H. K. Vietor. But exploiting natural resources isn't the only answer. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2007 Kose et al. |
Financial Globalization: Beyond the Blame Game A new way of looking at financial globalization -- the phenomenon of rising cross-border financial flows -- reexamines its costs and benefits. |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart's Warm Welcome in India The move brings the megaretailer as much risk as opportunity. |
The Motley Fool September 2, 2010 Tim Hanson |
These Global Giants Look Cheap Get emerging markets exposure without leaving the U.S. market. |
Wired May 2005 Daniel H. Pink |
Why the World Is Flat Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard to geography or distance - or soon, even language. |
BusinessWeek April 30, 2007 Anthony Bianco |
Wal-Mart's Midlife Crisis Declining growth, increasing competition, and not an easy fix in site for Wal-Mart. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 21, 2006 Ann Cullen |
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance A discussion about the implications and the historical roles of Europe and the United States in promoting the flow of capital across national borders. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2000 |
Books Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation... The Lexus and the Olive Tree... Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty... The Future of the Electronic Marketplace... The Weightless World: Strategies for Managing the Digital Economy... Historical Dictionary of the International Monetary Fund, Second Edition... |
Reason March 2003 Charles Oliver |
Global Speculators A billionaire and a Nobel laureate want to fix international trade agencies. Why bother? |
Reason December 2003 Nick Gillespie |
Poor Man's Hero Controversial writer Johan Norberg champions globalization as the best hope for the developing world. |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2010 Tim Hanson |
How to Save Your Portfolio Think about your investment portfolio. Does it have any international exposure? |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2003 David Drickhamer |
Bye-Bye To 'Buy American'? Today's U.S. consumer marketplace is a melting pot of people, products and paychecks. Manufacturers need to ask: Does 'Made in America' matter to their customers anymore? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2007 Anderson & Moultrup |
Investing Worldwide Ongoing challenges will continue to impact the current wave of global expansion, including changes in interest rates, oil prices, terrorist activities, and governmental trade restrictions. Still, the impact of globalization is too large to be ignored. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Jaumotte & Tytell |
Globalization of Labor Globalization is a vital force sustaining world growth, but policymakers need to ensure that all people benefit by strengthening access to education and training, adopting adequate social safety nets, and improving the functioning of labor markets. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 G.E. Gondwe |
Making Globalization Work in Africa There is no doubt that economic growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa have lagged far behind those of other regions and that Africa is the region least integrated into the global economy. |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
You Need More of These Stocks Limiting your investing to the U.S. could limit your future returns, making you pass up amazing opportunities that others will cash in on. |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Nathan Parmelee |
Wal-Mart Expands Online and Overseas Wal-Mart's performance continues to be mediocre at best, but it also continues to have a very strong business with a dominant position. It's also a business that is priced for things to go wrong. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company March 2008 Richard Florida |
In Praise of Spikes In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy Is Making Where You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life, Richard Florida, the guru of the Creative Class, explains the peaks and valleys of the global economy. |
CIO December 15, 2003 Art Jahnke |
We Can Shape The Global Economy Economist Lester Thurow says globalization can have long-term benefits for all Americans, but only if we move to shape what happens during the next few years. |
HBS Working Knowledge December 17, 2007 Martha Lagace |
The Rise of Medical Tourism Medical tourism is a new term but not a new idea. Patients have long traveled in search of better care. Today, constraints and long waiting lists at home, as well as the ease of global travel, make medical tourism more appealing. |
IndustryWeek December 16, 2005 Traci Purdum |
Questioning Globalization Competition on a global scale is squeezing manufacturers dry. |
Reason September 2004 Prakash Loungani |
Globalization Without Tears The book In Defense of Globalization tries to show that major complaints about the adverse social effects of globalization are mistaken. Globalization in fact reduces poverty and the use of child labor, fosters women's rights, promotes respect for democratic norms, enriches culture, and even sustains the environment. |