Chapter 3. Developing Global Leaders

Vladimir Pucik

As firms compete globally, they face a multitude of new requirements for their organization and people, often being pushed in several contradictory strategic directions at once. To survive and prosper in the new globally competitive environment, companies are embracing closer regional and global integration and coordination.[1] At the same time, in the markets in which they compete, they face demands for increasing local responsiveness, flexibility, and speed. Consequently, building and sustaining organizational capabilities for global operations is a critical challenge for most firms operating across borders. To quote one of the early proponents of a global organization, the former CEO of ABB, ...

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