Global Strategy

Competing against state-subsidized competitors in global markets requires a new set of tactics.

Knowledge embedded in today’s production and design tools is a powerful force that is leveling the global technology playing field.

Leaders in a digital world have to navigate more complexity than ever before.

Leading teams with complicated hierarchies of power demands both curiosity and humility.

Chinese companies are increasingly investing overseas — and bring a different negotiating style.

Leaders must move beyond managing their own firms to become active influencers within broader systems.

Haier CEO Zhang Ruimin is transforming a manufacturing giant into a platform for entrepreneurship.

Some multinationals have a winning India strategy that involves both local and global value chains.

Western multinationals looking for East Asian leaders may need to explore their cultural biases.

China continues to be the best place to go to learn how to make ideas commercially viable.

As firms work with increasingly diverse arrays of people, they need to adopt leadership standards that cross geographies.

Companies need to recognize — and account for — the financial risks posed by climate change.

For many companies, the headaches of being global are intensifying, The Economist says. In most sectors domestic peer companies are growing faster than multinationals.

Manufacturers thinking about bringing operations back to the U.S. need to weigh the challenges.

Advanced risk identification tools require companies to take a new approach to supply chain resilience.

Water’s low cost in many countries is not yet promoting responsible management within many companies.

The Chinese telecom company Huawei has used strategic partnerships to gain ground in Europe.

Many Asian startups are competing on business model innovation and new technology rather than cost.

Multinationals need to start viewing market intelligence as a strategic asset in emerging markets.

Partnering with emerging-market startups is easier if four key factors can be addressed.