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Taiwan’s HTC: not so brilliant, but management is resilient

Apr 11, 2013 4:03pm by Sarah Mishkin
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What makes HTC different from all the other struggling tech companies around these days?

Despite its falling sales, management at the Taiwanese smartphone maker has not been shaken up. The same chief executive has held the job for more than six years and the chairwoman has shot down local reports suggesting rifts in the leadership. That sets it apart from its peers, including Blackberry, Nokia — even Apple. So why have top management kept their jobs despite recent performance including a 98 per cent fall in profits in the first quarter? Continue reading »

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Davos 2013: end of the expat model and the start of the Cultural Quotient model

Jan 21, 2013 5:31pm by Peter Vanham
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Forget IQ. And while you’re at it: forget EQ as well. If you’re looking for an executive to lead your emerging market operations in 2013 and beyond, it’s all about CQ – the cultural quotient. Or so says Kevin Kelly, CEO of executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles. He spoke to beyondbrics before heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, where the issue of how to capitalise on the relative strength of emerging markets over developed ones will be a major theme. Continue reading »

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Guest post: the global hunt for talent

Jan 17, 2013 11:49am by beyondbrics
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By NV ‘Tiger’ Tyagarajan of Genpact

The core of a business is the talent underpinning it. As the global landscape changes, emerging as well as advanced economies are faced with a scarcity of employable talent. Lack of such talent can impact businesses and pose grave challenges to every industry, but particularly for those in fast-growth economies. Continue reading »

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bb review: Emerging Markets Rule, by Mauro Guillen and Esteban Garcia-Canal

Jan 11, 2013 3:15pm by Peter Vanham
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Will 2013 be the year in which EM multinationals become the real role models of the global marketplace? The authors of Emerging Markets Rule certainly think so. They say leading EM companies will inspire their peers around the world with alternative ways of doing business. Continue reading »

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EM wages: paying more at the top

Nov 23, 2012 9:53am by Rob Minto
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While average wages in emerging markets have increased in many countries, especially China, they are still well behind those in developed nations.

But not at the top. Over the last decade, senior salaries in EMs have caught up with those in the west, and in many cases surpassed them, according to a report by management consultancy Hay Group. Continue reading »

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Multinationals in EMs: failing to adapt

Jul 26, 2012 10:20am by Andrew Bowman
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One might normally assume that big multinational companies hold a lot of advantages in emerging markets. Besides the financial clout and extensive supply chain options, they have access to the fabled global talent pool and management strategies honed through decades, perhaps even centuries, of experience.

However, research by management consultants Hay Group suggests that multinationals may be putting themselves at a disadvantage to domestic companies in emerging markets through their reluctance to decentralise management responsibilities, and let go of cherished strategies that work in home markets. Continue reading »

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Execs in search of an EM strategy

Jan 25, 2012 2:17pm by Rob Minto
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While beyondbrics has a healthy scepticism for consultants’ surveys, they do sometimes throw up the odd nugget. Here’s one from Accenture:

Forty percent [of executives] do not believe that their companies possess the strategic and operational capabilities to fully grasp the opportunities in emerging markets.

That’s not a confident place to be. And it gets worse. Continue reading »

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