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How to Win in Emerging Markets: Lessons from Japan
Global Business Magazine ArticleIn the 20th century, Japanese multinationals established themselves as powerhouse exporters in developed markets. Names like Sony, Toyota, and Honda became... -
How Employers in Poor Countries Are Using Nudges to Help Employees Save Money
Economics ResearchA study of the largest mobile phone company in Afghanistan. -
A New Alliance for Global Change
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe citizen sector, composed of millions of groups worldwide that are attempting to address critical social needs, has long been regarded as understaffed... -
New Indian Consumer
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleAccording to the Gallup Organization, consumerism is becoming a way of life in India. -
Global Capitalism at Risk: What Are You Doing About It?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMarket capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing... -
Global Work Force 2000: The Globalization of Labor
Global Business Magazine ArticleA growing imbalance between the world's labor supply and demand is driving the globalization of labor. While the developed world accounts for most of... -
How GE Is Disrupting Itself
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor decades, General Electric and other industrial-goods manufacturers based in rich countries grew by developing high-end products at home and distributing... -
How Emerging Giants Are Rewriting the Rules of M&A
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhile Western companies struggle with mergers and acquisitions, emerging giants like Indian aluminum producer Hindalco are using M&A as their main globalization... -
Forward-Thinking Cultures
Global Business Magazine ArticleSingapore is the most future-oriented country in the world, new research from Thunderbird business school reveals, whereas Russia is the least. Yet people... -
Accelerating Digital Integration in Africa
Global Business Digital ArticleIt comes down to three factors: private sector partnerships, interoperable systems, and internet infrastructure. -
A New Model to Expand Credit Access Globally
Emerging markets Digital ArticleHow predictive cash flow modeling could help provide credit to the more than 130 million businesses and 1.4 billion individuals who lack access. -
Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Developing Countries
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleOver the past 20 years, waves of liberalization have all but washed away protectionist barriers in developing countries. As multinational corporations... -
Living Agreements for a Risky World
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleIn emerging markets, contracts must be both flexible and rigid. "Shock absorber" and "safety net" clauses offer firms a living, breathing solution. -
Emerging Threat: Human Rights Claims
Global Business Magazine ArticleIt's only a matter of time before some company becomes the Enron of human rights abuse, warns the general counsel in this fictional memo to the CEO. Activist... -
Microcapitalism and the Megacorporation
Global Business Magazine ArticleMore than 100 miles from Bangalore, India, there's a rural area called Kuppam where one in three citizens is illiterate, more than half of the households... -
Survey: People's Trust Has Declined in Business, Media, Government, and NGOs
Global Business Digital ArticleNew results from Edelman's annual research on trust. -
How Digital Technologies Could Boost Tiny Retailers in Developing Countries
Technology & Operations ResearchToo much of this vast market's potential is unrealized. -
Preferential Treatment: The New Face of Protectionism?
Global Business Magazine ArticleAs free trade agreements become more popular, they present global executives with thorny strategic and operational decisions. -
Management and the World's Work
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe truly important challenges managers face are caused by the success of management itself. Management has transformed the economic and social fabric... -
Research: How Technology Could Promote Growth in 6 African Countries
Global Business Digital ArticleA framework for understanding economic potential in the region.
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China Life: Microinsurance for the Poor
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Knights Apparel and the Alta Gracia Factory: Paying a Living Wage
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2014 The Alta Gracia clothing factory in the Dominican Republic was doing something quite unusual in the industry; it was paying its employees a living... -
Otis Elevator Co.: China Joint Venture (E2)
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AquaSafi Purification Systems: Changing the Operating Model
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details AquaSafi Purification Systems Pvt. Ltd. (AquaSafi) was a social enterprise that aimed to provide clean water to people in the developing world. The organization... -
Inside the Ayangue Community: In search of sustainable tourism
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The Ayangue community is a tourist destination in the municipality of Santa Elena in Ecuador known for its tranquil waters and its proximity to the El... -
Angola and the Resource Curse
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Since emerging from decades of conflict in 2002, Angola has been growing at a scorching double-digit rate, led by its oil industry. But the nation remains... -
The Octopus and the Generals: The United Fruit Company in Guatemala
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Examines the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. Over the previous half... -
Targeting Malaria: Comparing Charity and Social Marketing-Based Approaches
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In Africa, the usage of insecticide treated bed-nets (ITNs) has shown to be one of the best ways to prevent malaria. USAID, the principal U.S. agency... -
IPODERAC
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This 32-year-old nonprofit organization has dedicated itself to the care and social development of abandoned street children in Mexico. Examines the organization's... -
Mirae Asset: Korea's Mutual Fund Pioneer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Park Hyeon-Joo, the founder and Chairman of Korea's earliest and largest mutual fund company, plans to expand internationally. After first offering emerging... -
M-KOPA: Empowering Lives
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The Pay As You Go solar power company in East Africa had sales of $71 million in 2019. It wished to grow to $300 million by 2025. M-KOPA, founded by three... -
Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore,... -
Juhudi Kilimo: Designing Microfinance Staff Incentive Plans (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In January 2013, Nat Robinson, the 32-year old CEO of Juhudi Kilimo, is faced with the challenge of how to best introduce and implement an incentive plan... -
Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case describes barriers to adoption of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Zambia and highlights the importance of understanding end users in promoting... -
Pressure Makes Diamonds: Investing in Copper Mining in Laos (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case RSM103 -
Petrolera Zuata, Petrozuata C.A.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Petrozuata is a proposed $2.5 billion oil-field development project in Venezuela. The case is set in 1997 as the project sponsors, Conoco and PDVSA (Venezuela's... -
Note on the Caspian Oil Pipelines
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Caspian region may become one of the world's next major energy producers. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan-all former Soviet republics--hold... -
CrossBoundary Energy
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution... -
Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger Economy (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Describes Ireland's transformation from one of Europe's poorest countries to one of its richest in just 10 years, earning it the title Celtic Tiger. The...
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China Life: Microinsurance for the Poor
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details ... -
How to Win in Emerging Markets: Lessons from Japan
Global Business Magazine ArticleIn the 20th century, Japanese multinationals established themselves as powerhouse exporters in developed markets. Names like Sony, Toyota, and Honda became... -
Knights Apparel and the Alta Gracia Factory: Paying a Living Wage
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2014 The Alta Gracia clothing factory in the Dominican Republic was doing something quite unusual in the industry; it was paying its employees a living... -
Otis Elevator Co.: China Joint Venture (E2)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details ... -
AquaSafi Purification Systems: Changing the Operating Model
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details AquaSafi Purification Systems Pvt. Ltd. (AquaSafi) was a social enterprise that aimed to provide clean water to people in the developing world. The organization... -
How Employers in Poor Countries Are Using Nudges to Help Employees Save Money
Economics ResearchA study of the largest mobile phone company in Afghanistan. -
Inside the Ayangue Community: In search of sustainable tourism
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The Ayangue community is a tourist destination in the municipality of Santa Elena in Ecuador known for its tranquil waters and its proximity to the El... -
Angola and the Resource Curse
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Since emerging from decades of conflict in 2002, Angola has been growing at a scorching double-digit rate, led by its oil industry. But the nation remains... -
Creative Capitalism and The Global Creativity Index
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleGoing forward, growth and prosperity in communities around the world will depend on three enablers of creativity, which the authors call 'the 3Ts of economic... -
The Octopus and the Generals: The United Fruit Company in Guatemala
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Examines the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. Over the previous half...
