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- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
On a recent trip to China, Steven C. Wheelwright noted an increasing interest in entrepreneurship, globalization, and competitiveness. Most of all, the Chinese have an increasing thirst for management education. Key concepts include: Local knowledge and contacts are essential for foreign firms doing business in China. Chinese agencies and companies recognize the importance of becoming global players, and they're taking steps to increase China's competitiveness on the international stage. China lacks a tradition of strong business management education but recognizes the need to nurture managerial talent for the future. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
If you were an advisor to the senior managements of these companies doing business in China, what would you propose that they do? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
Can India overtake China? That's the title of an influential new article in Foreign Policy magazine. A Q&A with authors Yasheng Huang of MIT and Tarun Khanna of HBS. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006
The United States and Germany continue to top an annual review of the business competitiveness of 121 countries, which is compiled by Professor Michael Porter's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. While India climbed in the rankings, China fell. Key concepts include: The Business Competitiveness Index measures the underpinnings of a country's prosperity. While a nation's macroeconomic factors are often considered fundamental to long-term prosperity, productivity depends on microeconomic factors such as the level of company sophistication and quality of the business environment. Unless microeconomic capabilities improve, sustainable improvements in prosperity will not occur. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.