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The Road Ahead: The Future of Global Leadership and Implications for Research and Practice

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While there has been progress in our understanding of global leadership, there is more to learn, and Henson recommends a number of areas that will help both scholars and practitioners gain a better understanding of successful global leadership in the next decade: (1) future success factors for various global leadership roles; (2) the impact of the continued growth of emerging markets on the practice of global leadership; (3) the implications of new technologies and innovations for how a new generation of managers will lead globally; (4) future developmental paths and experiences for global leaders; (5) the relationships among national cultures, corporate cultures, and institutional forces; and (6) increasing use of joint ventures, strategic alliances, partnerships, networks, and other forms of cross-border collaboration and cooperation within and across organizations.

Cultural variations do not matter in all types of cross-national transactions. They matter in some situations more than others: they matter more in situations where fundamental cultural values are either challenged or questioned in the process of expanding global operations of multinational firms. (R. Bhagat 2009, p. 523) (Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press.)

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Notes

  1. 1.

    As of October 15, 2015.

  2. 2.

    The Economist. 2015. “Managing Partners,” May 23. http://www.economist.com/news/business/21651895-pressure-companies-form-alliances-rivals-growing-inexorably-managing-partners.

  3. 3.

    “Fiat Gains Full Control of Chrsyler in $4.35 Billion Dollar Deal” from Bloomberg Business Week, January 1, 2014: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-01-01/fiat-agrees-to-buy-rest-of-chrysler-in-4-35-billion-deal

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    “Xiaomi to Set up R&D Centre in Bangalore; Will Focus on India-Specific Products, Says Manu Jain.” 2015. Tech2. Accessed August 29. http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/xiaomi-to-set-up-r-will-focus-on-india-specific-products-says-manu-jain-251990.html.

  5. 5.

    “Samsung.” 2015. Accessed August 29. http://www.samsung.com/us/sjexpansion/.

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    http://www.ge.com/in/oil-and-gas/JFWTC

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Henson, R. (2016). The Road Ahead: The Future of Global Leadership and Implications for Research and Practice. In: Successful Global Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58990-3_9

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