Emerging markets

The void beyond Earth has become an exciting frontier for entrepreneurial ventures. SpaceX, Blue Origin, and scads of other companies are pursuing commercial...

In Russia, citizens are cleaning up business and government.

A major shift is occurring in the nature of global competition, but it’s widely misunderstood. Emerging markets are no longer competing solely on price—by offering the lowest-cost manufacturing, for instance. Rather, they are increasingly competing with sophisticated skills in key sectors like health care, software, entertainment, consumer products, and manufacturing. They’re leveraging a fast-growing ability […]

The U.S. may be the world’s leading innovator, but it won’t be for long if investors, regulators, and the legal establishment continue to penalize companies for risk taking, says Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Council on Competitiveness. Recently, the council’s National Innovation Initiative, a leadership network of CEOs and university presidents, released a report in […]

In the wake of a factory collapse, a clothing retailer must decide whether to relocate production.

According to author Rick Yan, a vice president in the Beijing office of Bain & Company, making money in the China market in the short run is the best...

"This war for talent is like nothing we've ever seen before," write the authors, who have spent decades studying talent management and leadership development....

Because of growing commitments of their companies in developing countries, large numbers of American and European managers have entered negotiations with government officials in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Also, with emerging nationalism, these negotiations have become increasingly frustrating. Sometimes misunderstandings have been so great that they have led to a breakdown in negotiations that […]

Multinational companies can be successful expanding into emerging markets-- but they need to structure their buiness models right. Keep costs down to...

It's time to stop treating the situation as a short-term crisis.

They're still growing faster than developed markets.

With emerging markets like China and politically unstable countries like Saudi Arabia figuring more than ever into companies' investment calculations,...

How many companies in Africa earn annual revenues of $1 billion or more? Most global executives guess there are fewer than a hundred; many answer "zero."...

Transnationals can give as well as take. They have in abundance precisely what developing nations need.

A young social entrepreneur must decide whether to stick with her struggling start-up--a tomato paste company based entirely in Nigeria--or go to work...

There are opportunities and challenges.

Overcome data gaps, biased data, and outdated numbers.

CEO Daniel Vasella explains why his company is placing a big bet on China's future as a world scientific power.

In India and other large emerging economies, rural markets hold great promise for boosting corporate earnings. Companies that sell in the countryside,...

A channel manager.