Global Business

There’s a widespread belief that U.S. companies are increasingly choosing to deglobalize. But is that really happening?

Foreign companies in China should prepare for the possible detention of their executives if a business dispute arises.

A surge in regulations aimed at protecting remote workers poses new challenges to companies dependent on them.

The spring 2022 issue of MIT SMR focuses on how companies use KPIs to measure performance. Plus: What happy, rude, or activist employees bring to the table; strategic thinking for uncertain times.

Multinationals must understand the forces driving both digital globalization and localization to optimize innovation.

When their operations intersect with labor or human rights abuses, companies need to have a plan of action at the ready.

A pharmaceutical giant enlists a consultant to help create an industry-leading global compliance system.

Identifying postcrisis opportunities, marketing to nonbinary genders, and prioritizing during supply chain disruption.

Past disruptions reveal how both ends of the supply chain can best handle product shortages.

Adjusting business strategies and plotting comebacks in the face of uncertainty.

The business climate remains unpredictable, but supply chain leaders should plot their comebacks.

To solve the issue of advanced analytics talent concentration, companies need to think creatively.

Thousands of emerging innovators in China pose a threat to established multinationals.

Chinese digital banking newcomers who understood their consumers changed the economic status quo.

AI’s largest and most enduring contributions will be in non-technology sectors, and many of them will come from China.

Foreign companies must retool their R&D strategies to keep pace with newly innovative Chinese enterprises.

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

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

Companies entering global markets should identify an approach that best suits their business model.

Regenerative marketing and collaborative exchange are just two of many tactics offering businesses pathways to sustainability.