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Nothing less than the chance to become a vital trading partner with the world’s fastest growing economies – and to reduce the country’s reliance on the United States for its exports – awaits a Canada...
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Maintaining a heady growth rate in one of the world’s three largest economies is proving to be a formidable challenge. This author describes the forces that have powered India’s economy over the last...
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India’s large Gen Y cohort is young and eager to learn and advance. Managing this workforce through robust talent identification and development plans will be the only way that organizations will reap...
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Geographical, cultural and linguistic diversity were mere obstacles to be overcome for this Indian entrepreneur, whose resourcefulness and outside-the-box thinking launched a financial services firm...
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Turning around a State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) which is a significant contributor to the national economy would be like fixing an airplane’s engine in mid-flight: the conventional rules do not apply...
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Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are often depicted as the new colonials in Africa, rapacious exploiters who lack transparency and good corporate citizenship. But the reality is rather...
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Aldo Musacchio is an associate professor in the Business, Government and International Economy unit and a Marvin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School. He is the co-author of the forthcoming book,...
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Many observers in the West find the possibility that Chinese state-owned enterprises may actually not be instruments of the state hard to swallow. Even more difficult to fathom is the notion that...
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The dysfunctional federal government in the United States has been on the global stage in recent months to the dismay of most Americans, including the business and investor communities. The legislative...
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Pragmatic risk management in a tightly-coupled world
One of the most publicized corporate failures in recent memory was the bankruptcy of General Motors in mid-2009, when the icon of American industry filed for Chapter 11 after years of mismanagement....
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The investigation launched by Chinese authorities last year into the alleged use of bribes by GlaxoSmithKline executives to get local doctors and hospital officials to push GSK products represents the...
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Following an extensive international search by Western University, Robert (Bob) Kennedy officially became the new dean of Ivey Business School on October 1, 2013. The former head of the William...
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The tilt towards Asia that has long been heralded in the foreign policy of the United States of America carries with it important implications for its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...
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How China could improve its global acquisition game
As of April 2013, China had about US$3.44 trillion worth of foreign reserves and approximately US$1 trillion in related sovereign wealth funds. These funds are expected to continue growing. But when it...
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THE IVEY INTERVIEW: Nasir Shansab
Afghanistan is rich in natural resources, which optimists think will help the war-torn nation attract a steady stream of foreign investment that will dramatically improve local living standards and...
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Geographical, cultural and linguistic diversity were mere obstacles to be overcome for this Indian entrepreneur, whose resourcefulness and outside-the-box thinking launched a financial services firm...
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Turning around a State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) which is a significant contributor to the national economy would be like fixing an airplane’s engine in mid-flight: the conventional rules do not apply...
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Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are often depicted as the new colonials in Africa, rapacious exploiters who lack transparency and good corporate citizenship. But the reality is rather...
View ArticleThe Ivey Business Journal Interview: Aldo Musacchio
Aldo Musacchio is an associate professor in the Business, Government and International Economy unit and a Marvin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School. He is the co-author of the forthcoming book,...
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