Michael A. Witt

Professor and director

INSEAD

Michael A. Witt, Ph.D., teaches and researches international business at INSEAD, one of the world’s largest graduate business schools. Witt also directs the senior executive program on doing business successfully in Asia. Witt’s research explores how business and management vary by society and how firms handle these differences. Accordingly, this teaching focuses on how companies can go international successfully. A published author of four books and research papers, Witt serves as general editor of the academic journal, Asian Business & Management, and as senior editor of the Management and Organization Review.

 

Mon, 12/12/2016 - 11:54
The Nine Major Ways of Doing Business in the WorldCluster analysis helps international firms overcome the ‘liability of foreignness’
Thu, 10/12/2017 - 12:02
There is a simple truth in international business: All else being equal, the more similar the host country abroad to the home country of a firm, the more likely is success. It is a lot easier, for instance, for a Spanish firm to do well in Portugal…
The End of Globalization? Part 2How executives should respond
Mon, 12/19/2016 - 13:14
Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series. Read part one here. While globalization has benefited humanity in many ways, its continued progress is in serious doubt. As I wrote previously, the two leading political science theories,…
The End of Globalization? Part 1Political science suggests that a reversal, or even collapse, of globalization is a distinct possibility
Mon, 12/12/2016 - 11:54
For most of the past 25 years, globalization was seen as an unstoppable force, as sure to advance as the sun rises in the east. But increasingly, it looks more vulnerable than inexorable. Causes for concern are easy to find. For instance, the last…