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Innovation Strategy
Why Innovators in China Stay Close to the Market
Businesses in China source more innovations from customers and market-facing sources than companies elsewhere do.
Neil C. Thompson, Didier Bonnet, Mark J. Greeven, Wenjing Lyu, and Sarah Jaballah
Culture
On Ideals and Innovation
The U.S. must examine its cultural ideals, in the context of its economic rivalry with China and within its own borders.
Elizabeth Heichler
Innovation Strategy
How Culture Gives the US an Innovation Edge Over China
Societies shaped by individualism may have an edge when it comes to growth through innovation.
Carl Benedikt Frey
Global Strategy
Monitoring the COVID-19 Crisis From Space
What leaders can learn from near-real-time disaster monitoring data.
Michael Hudecheck, Charlotta Sirén, Dietmar Grichnik, and Joakim Wincent
Organizational Structure
How Autonomy Creates Resilience in the Face of Crisis
What managers can learn from the coronavirus outbreak.
Howard Yu and Mark J. Greeven
Financial Management & Risk
Is the COVID-19 Outbreak a Black Swan or the New Normal?
The kinds of challenges we face with the coronavirus point to permanent changes we must make.
Andrew Winston
Financial Management & Risk
How Companies Can Respond to the Coronavirus
Managers can learn a lot from how organizations in China have been coping with the COVID-19 crisis.
Michael Hudecheck, Charlotta Sirén, Dietmar Grichnik, and Joakim Wincent
Global Strategy
Where China Is Leading the Mobility Revolution
China is taking the lead on developing new technology focused on mobility.
Heiko Rauscher
Developing Strategy
For Western Companies, Has China Lost Its Appeal?
Is China still an attractive growth opportunity for Western multinational companies?
Global Strategy
Understanding China’s Next Wave of Innovation
Thousands of emerging innovators in China pose a threat to established multinationals.
Mark J. Greeven, George S. Yip, and Wei Wei
Disruption
Learning From China’s Digital Disrupters
Chinese digital banking newcomers who understood their consumers changed the economic status quo.
Mohan Subramaniam and Raj Rajgopal
AI & Machine Learning
Global Competition With AI in Business: How China Differs
AI’s largest and most enduring contributions will be in non-technology sectors, and many of them will come from China.
Philipp Gerbert, Martin Reeves, Sam Ransbotham, David Kiron, and Michael Spira
Global Strategy
Lessons From China’s Digital Battleground
This online exclusive article discusses why the dramatic rise of China’s digital leaders has put the squeeze on Western internet giants.
Shu Li, François Candelon, and Martin Reeves
Global Strategy
The Changing Face of Innovation in China
Foreign companies must retool their R&D strategies to keep pace with newly innovative Chinese enterprises.
Dan Prud’homme and Max von Zedtwitz
Global Strategy
Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating
Knowledge embedded in today’s production and design tools is a powerful force that is leveling the global technology playing field.
Willy Shih
Culture
Can IT Be Too in Sync With Business Strategy?
IT alignment can produce organizational inertia — unless it’s accompanied by the right culture.
Huigang Liang, Nianxin Wang, Yajiong Xue, Shilun Ge, and Sam Ransbotham
Global Strategy
Negotiating With Chinese Investors
Chinese companies are increasingly investing overseas — and bring a different negotiating style.
Li Ma, Jeanne Brett, Hao Wang, and Zhi-Xue Zhang
Culture
Why China Is the World’s Innovation Role Model
China continues to be the best place to go to learn how to make ideas commercially viable.
Leslie Brokaw
Global Strategy
Fighting the “Headquarters Knows Best” Syndrome
The problem of the domineering corporate headquarters resonates with executives of multinationals.
Cyril Bouquet, Julian Birkinshaw, and Jean-Louis Barsoux
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