Chief executives have consistently cited backlash against globalization as one of the main risks facing their operations across borders.
We’ve heard about this risk for a decade now. Sometimes they materialize into concrete fights, like the French farmer Jose Bove attacking a McDonalds in Millau in 1999, or rioting in Genoa against the G8 summit in [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Enter a market (and be accepted)
Posted in India / South Asia, Risk Management, tagged globalization, India / South Asia, inequality, Political Risk, risk mitigation on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tapping into Local Insights
Posted in India / South Asia, Local Strategy, tagged China, foreign investment, globalization, India / South Asia, Local market on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A new book, Billions of Entrepreneurs, by HBS professor Tarun Khanna reiterates what microfinance organizations have been saying for decades: local-level entrepreneurship in India and China is thriving and will only become a larger force in their economies. Not just economic–local entrepreneurs are able to make a large social impact relative to the size of their [...]
