MIT OCW (Global Strategy and Organization Spring 2008)
Part I: Nation, industries and firms
1. The changing global landscape
Friedman, Thomas. "It's a Flat World, After All." The New York Times Magazine, April 3,
2005.
Ghemawat. "Semiglobalization and Strategy." Chapter 1.
Can Bollywood Go Global? HBS 9-806-040.
2. Linking national and firm-level advantage
Porter, Michael. "Competing Across Locations: Enhancing Competitive Advantage through a
Global Strategy." From On Competition. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1998.
ISBN: 9780875847955.
Beise, Marian. "Lead Markets: Country-Specific Drivers of the Global Diffusion of
Innovations." Research Policy 33 (2004): 997-1018.
Finland and Nokia, HBS 9-702-427.
Part II: Building the global enterprise
3. Local strength to global advantage
Lessard, Donald. "Frameworks for Global Strategic Analysis." Journal of Strategic
Management Education 1 (2003): 19-37.
Ghemawat. "Differences Across Countries." Chapter 2.
Shimano Inc. A and B, MIT Sloan Courseware.
4. Building a global business Ghemawat. "Global Value Creation." Chapter 3. Globalization
"The CEMEX Way" MIT Sloan Courseware.
5. Cross-border arbitrage and outsourcing
Ferdows, Kasra. "Making the Most of Foreign Factories." Harvard Business Review (MarchApril 1997): 3.
Ghemawat. "Arbitrage - Exploiting Differences." Chapter 6.
"IBM and Globalization: Hungry Tiger, Dancing Elephant." The Economist (April 4, 2007).
American Outsourcing, HBS 9-705-037.
6. Expanding from new regions Bartlett, Christopher, and Sumantra Ghoshal. "Going Global:
Lessons from Late Movers." Harvard Business Review (March-April 2000): 133-142. ICICI's
Global Expansion, HBS 9-706-426.
7. Responding to strategic threats from late movers
Dawar, Niraj, and Tony Frost. "Competing with Giants: Survival Strategies for Local
Companies in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business Review (March-April 1999): 119-129.
Recommended
Ramamurti, Ravi, and Jitendra Singh. "Generic Strategies of India's Emerging
Multinationals." In Emerging Multinationals from Emerging Markets. Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
The PC Wars: Dell vs. Lenovo, MIT Sloan Courseware.
Part III: Integrating the global enterprise
8. Managing integration and responsivess
Bartlett, Christopher, and Sumantra Ghoshal. "Managing Across Borders: New
Organizational Responses." Sloan Management Review 29 (Fall 1987): 43-53.
Ghemawat. "Adaption - Adjusting to Differences." Chapter 4.
P&G Europe: Ariel Ultra's Eurobrand Strategy, INSEAD 300-085-1.
9. Integrating global manufacturing and product development
Santos, Jose, Yves Doz, and Peter Williamson. "Is Your Innovation Process Global?" MIT
Sloan Management Review 45 (Summer 2004): 31-37.
Majchrzak, Ann, Arvind Malhotra, Jeffrey Stamps, and Jessica Lipnack. "Can Absence Make
a Team Grow Stronger?" Harvard Business Review (2004): 131-137.
Ghemawat. "Aggregation - Overcoming Differences." Chapter 5.
"InterSoft of Argentina (A+B)," HBS 9-497-025.
10. Integrating global supply and marketing chains
Ghoshal, Sumantra, and Lynda Gratton. "Integrating the Enterprise." Sloan Management
Review 44 (Fall 2002): 31-38.
Ghemawat. "Playing the Differences." Chapter 7.
Zara: Fast Fashion, HBS 9-703-497.
11. Global leadership
Bartlett, Christopher, and Sumantra Ghoshal. "What is a Global Manager?" Harvard Business
Review 81 (2003): 101-108.
Ghosn, Carlos. "Saving the Business Without Losing the Company." Harvard Business
Review (January 2002): 3-11.