With the globalization of the world economy, there has been a concomitant rise in the number of companies that operate...
Read moreInternational Businesses and the Opening up of Emerging Economies The previous articles in this module have discussed the contours of...
Read moreFinite Resources and Infinite Consumption We live in a world of finite resources many of which are consumed at an...
Read moreTo Expand Sales The first and foremost reason is that western multinationals would like to expand their sales and acquire...
Read moreIt is not only about Profits Of the many criticisms of globalization, the prominent critique relates to the fact that...
Read moreMore Losers than Winners The previous articles in this module covered the topic of globalization in depth. Some of the...
Read moreGlobal Capital, Local Resistance The previous articles in this module discussed how international businesses expand into overseas markets both for...
Read moreEmerging Market Cities and their Growth Potential Studies have shown that the number of cities in emerging markets is growing....
Read moreIn the last couple of years, with the advent of the ongoing global economic crisis, many investors have been looking...
Read moreFrom Backwaters to Powerhouses At the start of the 1970s a widely held belief in the United States and in...
Read moreFrom Oxcart to Wal-Mart As more and more international retailers make a beeline for emerging markets like India, China, Nigeria,...
Read moreEnter Low and Middle End Segments of the Market It has been found that many multinationals find their sweet spot...
Read morePolitical Instability The recent case involving GMR Group in Maldives wherein the new government cancelled the license of the company...
Read moreWhat is FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) ? FDI or Foreign Direct Investment is the practice of international businesses investing in...
Read moreForeign Investment is more stable than fund inflows In recent years, “hot money” or speculative capital has flown into many...
Read moreTypes of Foreign Investment and its Implications for Developing Countries With the opening of the economies of the world, there...
Read moreReforms driving International Businesses or Vice Versa? It is debatable whether the reforms in emerging and developing markets drive the...
Read moreEcosystem of Services Any business in order to function and grow needs an ecosystem of suppliers, vendors, and infrastructure that...
Read moreThe Need to Encourage Foreign Investment The previous articles have discussed how international businesses need supporting ecosystems and business friendly...
Read moreGlobalization, Localization, and Glocalization It is a known facet of globalization that businesses that operate across the world have to...
Read moreThe Fortune 100 list of companies comprises of the top 100 corporations in the world in terms of size, revenues,...
Read moreThe Rise of Oligarchies and its Effect on Consumers A noticeable phenomenon in the business world ever since the 1970s...
Read moreChaos, Complexity, and Change The world is in turmoil. Whether it is the Eurozone debt crisis, the ongoing recession in...
Read moreThe evolution of media and its interaction with business trends has gone through several waves. If it was Web 1.0...
Read moreInnovation is and has always been at the center of all human endeavors. People those who are able to perform...
Read moreWhat is Innovation and how did it evolve? Innovation is commonly known and defined as the ability or skill to...
Read moreCross Border Mergers and Acquisitions Cross border Mergers and Acquisitions or M&A are deals between foreign companies and domestic firms...
Read moreHow Culture Impacts Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions With the advent of globalization, it has become common for western multinationals...
Read moreCorporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other methods of organizational restructuring and transformations, are strategically important in...
Read moreWhat is Due Diligence? Many of us would have heard the term Due Diligence in various contexts and situations where...
Read moreUrbanization and its Problems for Corporates The world is increasingly being urbanized and this has implications for the corporate sector...
Read moreWhat are Mediation and Arbitration ? Mediation and Arbitration are features of the business landscape that let aggrieved parties resolve...
Read moreThe Global Airline Industry and its Travails It is an open secret that airlines all over the world are bleeding...
Read moreWith an annual turnover of $400 billion, Wal-Mart is usually the biggest company on the Fortune 500 list. Its presence...
Read moreThe fall of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart has been a global retailing behemoth. The rise of Wal-Mart is an amazing story, but...
Read moreCities are the Future of the World The future of the world would be in cities and urban and semi-urban...
Read moreWhat to do when Businesses and Professionals Stagnate Stagnation can happen to anyone. Whether they are businesses, nations, societies, groups,...
Read moreNorth Korea has always been perceived by the world as a rogue nation. Their aggressiveness became even more apparent when...
Read moreThe Transformations Wrought About by the Digital Age This is the age of Smart Machines that can perform tasks that...
Read moreIt has been more than 20 years since the World Trade Organization (WTO) came into existence. However, there is still...
Read moreThe mainstream media believes that capitalism is the dominant economic system prevalent in the world today. This is why any...
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