Supply Chains & Logistics
Commodities Markets Are Broken. Responsible Supply Chains Can Fix Them.
Transparency about how minerals are sourced advances environmental justice and climate protection.
Global Economy & Trade
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Developing Strategy
Five Articles for Building Resilience When Facing a Recession
A roundup of MIT SMR articles to help business leaders navigate the uncertainty and volatility of an economic downturn.
Ally MacDonald
Supply Chains & Logistics
The Crisis in Ukraine Spells More Trouble for Semiconductor Supply
Semiconductor manufacturers must invest in alternative sources for key materials to mitigate supply chain risks.
Per K. Hong, Erik Peterson, Bharat Kapoor, and Drew DeLong
Global Strategy
Will Russian Sanctions Have Long-Term Effects on Human Rights Protections?
Strategists weigh in on the long-term effects of Russian sanctions on how companies respond to human rights abuses.
MIT SMR Strategy Forum
Supply Chains & Logistics
Reshaping Supply Chains for a Post-Pandemic World
Learn how to navigate post-pandemic supply chains in this recent webinar with MIT professor Yossi Sheffi.
Yossi Sheffi and Paul Michelman
Innovation Strategy
The Great Innovation Deceleration
COVID-19’s impact on in-person work and global value chains may slow down innovation, too.
Carl Benedikt Frey
Global Strategy
The Prosperity Paradox: A Live Session at Disruption 2020
Western organizations shouldn’t attempt to transplant what works in their own countries into developing economies, but instead should become familiar with the environments there and seize existing opportunities in-context.
Karen Dillon, Efosa Ojomo, and Paul Michelman
Supply Chains & Logistics
Is It Time to Rethink Globalized Supply Chains?
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores why disaster preparedness is vital for supply chain resilience.
Willy Shih
Technology Implementation
How Cities Should Prepare for Artificial Intelligence
How cities deal with AI-related changes will determine which ones will thrive in the future.
Timocin Pervane and Kaijia Gu
Financial Management & Risk
Will Stock Market Volatility Simmer or Spike?
Will the stock market remain volatile in coming years, or are calming forces on the way?
Financial Management & Risk
What Would a Hard Brexit Mean for Global Business?
Strategy experts weigh in on possible impacts of a complete U.K. separation from the European Union.
Developing Strategy
For Western Companies, Has China Lost Its Appeal?
Is China still an attractive growth opportunity for Western multinational companies?
Technology Implementation
Will Blockchain Transform Emerging Markets?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines how blockchain and cryptocurrency might impact developing countries in the global economy.
Global Strategy
We Must Keep Globalization in Its Place: The Marketplace
Globalization’s power to improve the world is undermined by its incursions into the public arena.
Henry Mintzberg
Financial Management & Risk
Who Suffers Most in a Trade War — Businesses or Consumers?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines how a trade war will affect the economy.
Business Models
Welcome to the Coherence Economy
A major economic shift is happening — from the experience economy to the coherence economy.
Uri Sarid
Analytics & Business Intelligence
The Coming Consumer Data Wars
Tough new EU data security laws mean that consumers’ data is about to become more valuable.
Thierry Mennesson
Global Strategy
The Five Steps All Leaders Must Take in the Age of Uncertainty
Leaders must move beyond managing their own firms to become active influencers within broader systems.
Martin Reeves, Simon Levin, Johann D. Harnoss, and Daichi Ueda
Business Models
Five Steps to Strategic Sustainability and Abundance
The success of mobile money pioneer M-Pesa shows how addressing sustainability issues opens new opportunities.
Jay Friedlander
Climate Change
Closing the Trade Finance Sustainability Gap
Many companies have worked to make supply chains more environmentally sustainable. But there’s work yet to be done in the finance sector.
Olivier Jaeggi and Gina Santos
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