{"id":2369,"date":"2016-03-01T15:21:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T20:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom-magazine\/?page_id=2369"},"modified":"2016-03-21T13:36:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T17:36:26","slug":"going-global-think-local","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom-magazine\/spring-2016\/going-global-think-local\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Global? Think Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong class=\"gray\">America might be home to many<\/strong> of the world\u2019s biggest businesses, but that doesn\u2019t mean it has a monopoly on the best way to do business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely crucial that human capital, economic development, and demographic aspects are taken into consideration when considering management approaches in different parts of the world,\u201d says author and scholar Howard Thomas. \u201cWhen business leaders plant a model based on Western culture into non-Western contexts and cultures, they are in danger of doing the wrong thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the kind of perspective Thomas is bringing to Questrom as the inaugural <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/2015\/07\/27\/howard-thomas-ph-d-named-boston-university-questrom-school-of-business-visiting-professor\/\">Ahmass Fakahany Distinguished Visiting Professor<\/a>. A former dean of the <a href=\"http:\/\/business.smu.edu.sg\/\">Lee Kong Chian School of Business<\/a> at Singapore Management University, he\u2019s an expert on strategic management and management education. Thomas will lead initiatives that enhance and expand the School\u2019s global education programs and work with business schools in other parts of the world, including emerging economies, to build on the findings from the <a href=\"http:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/businesseducationjam\/\">2014 Business Education Jam<\/a>. 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