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Will China Bring Your Firm New Owners, Partners, or Competitors?

Harvard Business Review

You may think this is an issue for tomorrow—when Chinese firms are known for being innovators instead of imitators, and when their overseas investments are not limited to natural resources in Africa and Latin America. In 2010, Chinese firm AVIC Automotive purchased Nexteer for $465 million. and other developed markets?

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CEOs Sometimes Need Outside Help

Harvard Business Review

The reality today is that businesses, governments, and nonprofits are so complex and often must move so quickly that in many cases, finding answers to difficult questions requires tapping experts, service providers, and innovators scattered all over the world. Collaboration and coordination eventually improved , but still faltered at times.

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