We build on the emerging literature of influence-based models to study how multinational firms can navigate host governments. Our ?core-periphery? framework posits that the actions that an MNC takes with actors in what we call the ?periphery??comprised of state, quasi-state, and civil society actors?can lead to positive or negative influence with interconnected state actors in a ?core.? There a…
China and India offer contrasting models of recent economic development. I focus on two dimensions of this Sino-Indian difference -- having to do with the state and with civil society -- that have become contextually salient as a result of the current world financial crisis but have received short shrift in the management literature. China exhibits a strong state, forcing organizations to coexi…
The combination of the gigantic American trade deficit and the price of oil at more than $125 per barrel has created an attendant pool of financial liquidity among oil exporters in the Gulf. The member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have adopted active investment and development strategies: They are investing heavily in large Western organizations as well as in emerging markets in…
China and India are burying the hatchet after four-plus decades of hostility. A few companies from both nations have been quick to gain competitive advantages by viewing the two as symbiotic. If Western corporations fail to do the same, they will lose their competitive edge - and not just in China and India but globally. The trouble is, most companies and consultants refuse to believe that the …
From the Preface: The research journey for this book began fifteen years ago when we were teaching in a Harvard Business School Executive Program, Managing Global Opportunities in China and India. The program targeted Western multinationals and investors interested in business opportunities in the then rapidly growing Chinese market and the newly liberalizing Indian market. In Mumbai, as part o…
Includes bibliographies and index
Includes bibliographies and index