Emerging markets

The organizational structures of many multinational corporations are inadequate to the task of capitalizing on opportunities in emerging markets. Locating...

What companies need to know.

To succeed in the world’s poorest markets, aim for much higher margins and prices than you thought were necessary—or possible.

In the 20th century, Japanese multinationals established themselves as powerhouse exporters in developed markets. Names like Sony, Toyota, and Honda became...

Global companies face a crucial question when they enter emerging markets: how far should they go to localize their offerings? Typically they try to sell...

In many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling.

Things are heating up in the former "Singa-bore."

Lessons from Bugatti, Starbucks, and Moderna.

How can profit-making enterprises justify investments in philanthropic causes? One executive offers four criteria for ensuring that charitable initiatives pay off both socially and economically.

Many Western multinationals expect to find most of their future growth in emerging economies. But they have frequently struggled to exploit the opportunity,...

There’s still a lot of opportunity, despite the continent’s slowing growth.

Because of growing commitments of their companies in developing countries, large numbers of American and European managers have entered negotiations with government officials in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Also, with emerging nationalism, these negotiations have become increasingly frustrating. Sometimes misunderstandings have been so great that they have led to a breakdown in negotiations that […]

The U.S. may be the world’s leading innovator, but it won’t be for long if investors, regulators, and the legal establishment continue to penalize companies for risk taking, says Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Council on Competitiveness. Recently, the council’s National Innovation Initiative, a leadership network of CEOs and university presidents, released a report in […]

The popular take on entrepreneurs in the developing world is that they are few in number and run only microbusinesses. But in a two-year study of entrepreneurship...

Three strategies that have worked around the world.

Mergers and acquisitions, the stuff of newspaper headlines, quite often fail. Around 50% of mergers don’t achieve their business objectives, and takeovers cause the shareholders of most acquirers to lose money, according to several studies conducted over the past four decades. Yet, in an ironic twist, companies from developing countries such as China, India, Malaysia, […]

Sometimes even the best laid plans are not enough.

Three policies that will support younger workers - and help scale promising economic opportunities.

A channel manager.

According to the Gallup Organization, consumerism is becoming a way of life in India.