Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. If these events occur, they would severely disrupt multinationals’ market strategies, supply chains, and exchange-rate assumptions. Latin America: Potential Populist Backlash in Mexico and Brazil.

Market Risk 8

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

What links the world together has changed fundamentally — and for many companies, succeeding in this new operating environment will require rethinking many past decisions and assumptions. Today growth in global trade has flattened, and it looks unlikely to regain its previous peak relative to world GDP anytime soon.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Businesses and governments will have to work together to increase productivity, encourage innovation, and improve integration in supply chains toward a sustainable global food balance. First and foremost, farmers, trading companies, and other processing groups (Big Food in particular) need to commit to deforestation-free supply chains.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Policies Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

they account for 50% of employment and 45% of GDP. Firms applied for credit to finance recovery. Despite the need for credit to finance recovery, disasters can also constrain the capacity of lenders to supply it because so many households and businesses are affected at once. In the U.S.,

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. The SOEs produce 33% of China’s GDP and account for 20% of its jobs; the central government controls one-third of the SOEs. They enjoy lower taxes and selective anti-trust enforcement to shield them from private competitors.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

While aggregated data is often challenging to find, the recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) found 126 million women starting or running businesses, and 98 million operating established (over three and a half years) businesses. Coca-Cola sees five thousand women entrepreneurs as part of its global supply chain by 2020.

Globalization 11

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Four years ago, GE initiated a strategy to compete more effectively in Africa, one of the fastest growing regions in the world in terms of GDP. Earlier this year, they raised $325 million in the public markets and this month acquired BancABC , a bank with operations in Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It’s neither.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8