Managing Across Cultures - 3rd ed.

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Brazil, India, and Nigeria, among others, present opportunities and challenges for business in a rapidly developing energy landscape.

ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet discusses EUV innovation, AI chip demand, sustainability, and how Europe’s top tech firm powers the digital economy.

Chugai A traces the transformative journey of a leading Japanese biopharmaceutical firm from its founding in 1925 to the early 2000s. Starting with founder Jz Ueno's vision to 'create medicines that benefit society,' the case details the company's evolution from an over-the-counter OTC drug importer to a research-driven enterprise. Key milestones include the shift to prescription drugs in the 1960s and a strategic pivot to biotechnology in the 1980s. Despite Japan's limited biotech expertise at the time, Chugai successfully developed groundbreaking therapies by forging global partnerships, such as with the US-based Genetics Institute, and laid the foundation for its leadership in biopharmaceuticals. The case highlights visionary leaders like Jz Ueno, Kimio Ueno, and Osamu Nagayama, who drove pivotal strategic transformations in response to environmental and policy changes from 1925 to the 1990s. The central conflict focuses on how President Nagayama, upon taking office in 1992, navigated the limitations of the traditional business to seize the immense opportunities in biotechnology, ultimately realizing the firm's ambition to become an international enterprise.

This Technical Note presents a comprehensive framework of ten evidence-based principles for improving decision-making effectiveness in leadership contexts. Drawing from cognitive science, behavioral economics and management theory, it addresses the critical challenge that leaders face in making sound decisions under pressure and uncertainty.The ten principles cover: understanding and avoiding cognitive biases, recognizing the importance of decision framing, embracing probabilistic thinking, structuring information effectively, encouraging constructive disagreement, leveraging diverse perspectives, fostering inclusive decision making, implementing structured decision rules, balancing deliberation with speed, and intelligently integrating analytics. Each principle is supported by practical tools and techniques, from emotional regulation training to weighted decision matrices.The note emphasizes how cognitive biases become more pronounced under stress and pressurecommon conditions in leadership roles. It provides specific strategies for activating deliberate, analytical thinking System 2 over fast, intuitive responses System 1 when making important decisions. The framework integrates insights from leading researchers such as Daniel Kahneman, Annie Duke and Amy Edmondson.This comprehensive guide serves as both a theoretical foundation and practical toolkit for leaders seeking to improve their decision-making capabilities. It acknowledges the reality that leaders must often make decisions quickly while maintaining quality, providing frameworks that support both speed and accuracy in complex business environments.

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LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace boosts performance and resilience, yet most Swiss firms lag behind. Discover how leaders can close the DE&I gap.

Gideon Rachman, Financial Times Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator and author, offers expert analysis on global politics, economics, and leadership.

Despite the growing demand for care economy employees (e.g., nurses, teachers, and social workers), men remain underrepresented in these careers. While economically developed countries support more equal rights for women and men, their labor marke...