global strategy

International business approach

Global strategy is an organization's plan for operating across multiple countries as an integrated whole rather than as separate national units.

It typically involves standardizing products, centralizing operations, and coordinating activities worldwide: The company's global strategy meant the same marketing campaign ran in Tokyo, Paris, and São Paulo.

Distinguished from multinational strategies that adapt heavily to local markets.

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geographic scope

global strategynational strategy

Country-level coordinated plan

planning horizon and abstraction

global strategyday-to-day operations

Regular functioning of an organization

quick fix · tactical maneuver · micro-management · improvisation

standardization vs. adaptation

global strategyglocalization

Tailoring global for local

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globe, strategy, global

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