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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

Other key events we hosted included an in-person networking event with the HKU SPACE GMBA students and alumni, and four webinars on different topics: “Future Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Deep Dives into STEM and Finance” as well as “Skills for New Employment Landscape” with the UNESCO HK Glocal Peace Centre.

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The $2,000 Car

Harvard Business Review

Other companies still subscribe to a "glocalization" strategy of adapting their Western products to meet local needs, and will have to step up their game to get more from their innovation efforts. Phase 2: Glocalization. Innovation happened at home, and then the new offerings were distributed everywhere.

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The Problem with Trend Tracking

Harvard Business Review

I'm teaching a course this January on how to read cultural trends ( CMS.S62 in the nomenclature of MIT). Both parties are to this extent "glocal" — global and local. You might like to join us if you're in Boston. The course is called "Time Machine: Building a Conceptual Model for Cultural Prediction.".

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How Story Platforms Help Global Brands Go Local

Harvard Business Review

One solution to this tension is to pursue what we call glocal advertising strategy — locally adapting a universally embraced core idea that will resonate in any market anywhere in the world.". Coke rolled out the "Go Crazy" campaign in numerous locales, including South America, Africa, the Middle East and the UK.

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