Globalization

What companies need to know.

Companies and countries need to prioritize collaboration and transformation over competition and disruption.

A country’s competitiveness, like a company’s, is not primarily a matter of sales: it is a matter of incomes, and incomes earned, not borrowed. To be competitive means to raise incomes as rapidly as competitors do and to make the investments necessary to keep up competitively in the future. From this perspective, U.S. competitiveness is […]

Information industries are sexy, but they make lousy exporters.

Research shows cross-cultural experience may help people spot opportunities.

According to a survey of over 500,000 professionals in 40 nations.

Lincoln assumed that its manufacturing prowess and fabled culture would allow it to succeed anywhere in the world. The company’s former CEO recounts how that thinking was put to the test.

Brand builders everywhere think they want global brands. But global brand leadership, not global brands, should be the priority. Successful companies follow four principles to meet that goal.

A Q&A with Rana Foroohar, a columnist at the Financial Times.

The company's founder opens up.

They're making defensive moves while waiting to see what happens.

It's the standard for global business, information exchange, and technology.

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

Corporate governance in an age of protectionism.

The staff at foreign subsidiaries are too often overlooked as essential team members.

Companies that fail to understand them risk falling behind.

According to several criteria, the UK is a digital star.

Executives should consider four key ideas.

A global shortage is impacting companies across every industry.

The UN's new agenda focuses on the private sector.