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Global Views

Views and analysis of our faculty, alumni, and invited speakers on international issues.

Faculty Perspectives

 

Corruption Costs Businesses Competitive Advantage
It has long been known that corruption is associated with lower GNP per capita, and lower investments and growth rates, but the study by Ernesto Dal Bó, associate professor of political economy at the Business School, and Martin Rossi of the Universidád de San Andrés in Argentina, is the first to show that corruption damages nations by making firms inefficient. (August 2008) Details

Exporting Values Through Movies
During the occupation of Nanking in the winter of 1937, hundreds of thousands of Chinese were killed by the Japanese. A small group of foreigners, including an American doctor and a German businessman, saved tens of thousands of lives.

Their heroism is on display in a documentary film, Nanking, directed by Bill Guttentag a filmmaker and lecturer at the GSB. He feels it’s important to make films that address political and ethical issues. “The entertainment industry makes up 6.5 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product,” Guttentag told the San Francisco Chronicle. “For better or worse, we’re exporting our values. It’s an incredibly important industry.” (May 2008)

Pondering the Ethics of Global Business Video video icon
Ethical dilemmas such as selling other nations scanners that can tell the sex of an unborn child or kerosene heaters without safety features available in the United States were debated during a discussion on “Academic vs. Real World Ethics” led by Professor David Brady. (February 2008) Details

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Global Speakers Series

The Global Management Program, the student facing arm of the Global Center has been honored to host a number of high-level speakers for the Global Speaker Series. Leaders from the worlds of business, politics, and academia discuss the challenges of leading global organizations with our students.

India’s Economic Growth is Missing the Poor

India’s economy has doubled in the past decade, but Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen told a Business School audience the benefits are not being shared equally by all levels of Indian society.

Market Stresses Won’t Halt Saudi Arabian Oil’s Market Dominance, says CEO Jum’ah

The leader of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, the world’s largest producer of crude oil, says he doubts that either the current instability of world financial markets or a U. S. push toward oil independence will stop his company’s growth. (November 2008) Details

Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico (March 2008)

Vicente FoxMexico, the United States' largest trading partner with Latin America's highest per capita income, is expected to become the world's fifth largest economy by the year 2040 former Mexican President Vicente Fox told a Business School audience. (March 2008) Details

International Markets are Growing for FedEx Express
By keeping its eye on technology, International FedEx Express avoids going the way of the Pony Express, the firm’s president, Michael Ducker, told a Business School audience. (February 2008) Details

Sérgio Rial, CEO of Cargill Brazil, a global leader in food and agricultural products, shared his experiences of managing a fast-growing business in Latin America and of working for one of the world’s largest private corporations. He joined Cargill in 2003, holding the positions of CEO of Seara (poultry) and head of Cargill Food Ingredients Latin America. Slideshow PDF

In the News

Developing Nations Offer Big Market Opportunities,
Says Intel’s Otellini

Intel CEO Paul Otellini, has spent over 30 years shaping the chipmaker as well as his own career. What does the future hold? How about cell phones in Africa and the computer market in China? (November 2008) Details

Time Will Tell How Bad the Economic Crisis Is, Says Latin-America’s Medina-Mora

It’s much greater than the subprime crisis, says Citigroup Latin America CEO Manuel Medina-Mora. But the current economic turmoil can teach us a great deal. (November 2008) Details

 

Criticism May Produce Innovation, Wal-Mart CEO Scott Says
Wal-Mart President and CEO Lee Scott explained how criticism has taught his company not just to look at the specific criticisms being levied but also to anticipate future hot-button issues with the public. For example, the company is currently focused on sustainability, an issue that emerged as a key area in which Wal-Mart could benefit from being ahead of society’s expectations, rather than simply following the law. (March 2008) Details

InBev Practices No-Frills Approach to Corporate Leadership

Developing a cohesive corporate culture that trains leaders from the ground up and rewards strong performers based on merit is an important ingredient in financial success said Carlos Brito, chief executive officer of the Belgium-based company InBev, the world’s second-largest brewer. (February 2008) Details

A Plan to Snuff Out Darkness
MBA students Sam Goldman and Ned Tozan want to light up Third World lives with LED technology. (February 2008) Details

Global Firms Must Understand Local Practices
Establishing Eli Lilly’s operations in China in the mid 1990s was complicated because the firm didn’t understand local dynamics, including how top employees would react to peers being promoted, the firm’s Chief Marketing Officer Robert Brown told a Business School audience. (January 2008) Details

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