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Research: How the “Accent Penalty” Determines Who Gets Heard
Behavioral economics Digital ArticleAnd what leaders can do to mitigate its effects in the workplace. -
Leading Global Teams Effectively
Cross-cultural management Magazine ArticleAvoid the Western assumptions that often derail cross-cultural work. -
Making Mental Health Programs Work at Multinational Companies
Mental health Digital ArticleHow to avoid three common problems when implementing these programs across cultures. -
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
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleFour ways to redefine winning as a shared goal. -
Developing a Successful Business Strategy in China
Leading teams 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
Collaboration and teams 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. -
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. -
Getting the Best Out of the Five-Generation Workforce
Workplace discrimination Big IdeaGenerational identity should be a source of learning, not division. -
Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity
Age and generational issues Big IdeaGenerational identity should be a source of learning, not division. -
What the West Gets Wrong About China
Business history Digital ArticleMany people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built... -
"Americans Don't Know How Capitalist China Is"
Cross-cultural management Digital ArticleWeijian 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
Behavioral economics Digital ArticleEight 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...
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Reviving Research Excellence: Cultural Turnaround at Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children's Hospital
Cross-cultural management Case Study11.95View Details In August 2023, Cao Hua stood at the back of the conference hall of Block 1 at the Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children's Hospital (thereafter 'the... -
BairesDev: Culture and Growth
Business models Case Study11.95View Details In February 2025, Nacho de Marco, CEO of BairesDev, the nearshoring tech company founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was planning the company's next growth... -
Kinetic Solutions: Change Management for Company Growth
Adaptive leadership Case Study11.95View Details Established in 1975, Kinetic Solutions (KS) manufactured drives, devices that controlled the speed and direction of motors. In 2017, it was acquired by... -
Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) in Korea: Leveraging Analytics to Support Law Enforcement in Tracing Potential Money Launderers
Blockchain Case Study11.95View Details The case study explores the challenges and strategies of the Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) in expanding its blockchain analytics tools into the... -
Designing the Future of Work: Atlassian's Distributed Work Practices
Corporate strategy Case Study11.95View Details In early 2020, the software company Atlassian made a bold commitment: employees could work from anywhere-forever. While many tech peers reversed course... -
Diversity Drives Business: Challenges Faced by Rosa Lee at Bosch China
Cross-cultural 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
99.95View 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
Cross-cultural 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
Cross-cultural 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
Cross-cultural management 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
Cross-cultural management 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
Cross-cultural management 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
Cross-cultural management 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
Cross-cultural management 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
Cross-cultural management 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)
Business models 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
Cross-cultural management 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
Brand management 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?
Business models 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...
