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Saturday, December 09, 2023
Hope for the World

Friday, December 08, 2023
Thursday, December 07, 2023
Moving From the 'Take-Make-Use-Waste' Model to an Efficient Circular Economy
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With this paper, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), on behalf of the global business community, underscores the importance to move from the 'take-make-use-waste' model to a sustainable, resource-efficient circular economy.
Wednesday, December 06, 2023
A Recalculation of Globalization
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Globalization has had a rough time lately. Worldwide, just-in-time supply chains suffered under stiff tariffs. COVID-19 shutdowns and travel restrictions caused further distress. Now, the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russian companies are making matters even worse. Inflation and price increases have made energy and food more expensive. Ordinary customers, especially the poor, are suffering.
Does Germany in particular have to rethink globalization?
Tuesday, December 05, 2023
Gnara: Innovative Solutions to Apparel Problems For Active Women (wegginar® 12/6)
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- How to decide if IP is right for you
- Navigation of global trademarks and patents through the IP process
- How to go from granted to garnering licensing interest
Monday, December 04, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: Navigating Global Divergencies
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- Navigating global divergencies.
- Global growth to slow in 2024.
- Banks predict slower growth for global economy in 2024.
- Quote of the week: "Only those who will risk going too far can find out how far one can go." – T.S. Eliot
- Prepare for stalling or divergent global growth in 2024.
- Finding pockets of growth in fashion as uncertainty reigns.
Saturday, December 02, 2023
Weather in Ireland
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Friday, December 01, 2023
Innovation Capability Has a Positive Impact on International Expansion for Global SMEs
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Unsurprisingly, the relevant literature displays an increasing interest in SME innovation activities and how they influence a firm’s international activities. Hitherto, research has focused on the earliness of entry into a foreign market. For example, the literature on born globals argues that SMEs with innovative products internationalize soon after their inception to benefit from opportunities emerging before competitors enter the same markets.
The authors go on to say that SMEs with a greater propensity to innovate by introducing new products and processes tend to internationalize in a wider range of foreign markets. This extensive internationalization in turn, allows these firms to gain new insights from diverse foreign markets, in turn improving their technological learning and innovation capabilities.
Read the entire research paper: "Pace of innovation and speed of small and medium-sized enterprise international expansion."
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Don't Even Think About Abandoning Globalization (Podcast)
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Big Global Ambitions: TikTok, Temu and Shein
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Now see how Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein, Temu, and TikTok Shop are causing a stir and going global with big ambitions.
Monday, November 27, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: Betting on a Lifestyle Brand to Go Global
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- The Italian Made in Italy apparel and accessory brand Vicario Cinque is ready to further expand globally through a series of strategies in-keeping with its own identity, expertise, love for the environment, quality, savoir-faire. It's a bet on a lifestyle brand.
- A triple-shot reinvention strategy with multiple paths for long-term [global] growth.
- Full-blown gym Everlast plans for global expansion.
- Quote of the week: "My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game." – Julia Gillard
- Global economic growth will slow in 2024, say banks.
- A different perspective than from above says that the global economy will perform better than many expect in 2024.
Saturday, November 25, 2023
Speak Your Mind
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"Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Friday, November 24, 2023
Lessons Learned About Gratitude
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Are some forms of gratitude more effective than others, for instance? What are the big, headline takeaways about gratitude she wishes everyone understood post Thanksgiving?
Read on to discover Jessica's insights.
On a related note, thank you all for your readership. Grateful.

Thursday, November 23, 2023
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Why Ireland Matters for Security Reasons
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Ireland has real maritime and cyber vulnerabilities that could have important impacts beyond the country. The EU, NATO, and other European states need to work with Ireland in addressing these threats.
Find out why Ireland matters for European security.
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
AI Translation Software and Tools
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Many translation services combine machine translations with human support to ensure the translation is specific to the target location. This also allows the content to use specific expressions, social references, and more.
Here are some AI translation software and tools on the market.
Monday, November 20, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: China, the New Globalization and Its Ongoing Transition
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- China, the new globalization and its ongoing transition.
- Is the U.S. trying try to shape a “new economic world order” around protecting workers?
- What is the Global South?
- Quote of the week: “Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges." – Anna Lindh
- What comes after globalization?
- A look at re-globalization for a secure, inclusive and sustainable future.
Saturday, November 18, 2023
A Chance to Chill
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"A holiday is an opportunity to journey within. It is also a chance to chill, to relax. It is when I switch on my rest mode." – Prabhas
Friday, November 17, 2023
Small Global Companies Are Hidden Champions
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For Toffaletti, there is a misconception that everything is owned and invented by Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and other Big Tech companies. But “the reality is that, if not all but many of the innovations do not come from those companies.
Read on to learn how Europe has thousands of hidden champions, smaller companies, which are at the top of innovation in their small niches. Something you can achieve too whether you are located in Europe, USA or Latin America. for example.
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Build a Reputation Beyond Your Local Market
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Key insights:
- Brands outside of cities like Paris and New York often struggle to build a reputation beyond their local markets.
- Post-pandemic digitalisation, including the proliferation of Zoom and online shopping, has made it easier for designers to reach buyers, VIP clients and other tastemakers.
- Other effective strategies include targeting influential wholesale accounts and building a strong social media presence.
Learn how regional brands go global (full article requires payment).
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Own the Change
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By empowering people to achieve their own goals, leaders can overcome great skepticism—and achieve great results. What worked for cookstoves in Guatemala can work for corporate cloud adoption.
Want people to embrace transformation? Allow them to own the change.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Globalization Puts The World On Your Plate
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When people hear the word “globalization” they probably think of giant container ships, wonky economic terms like “offshoring” and “trade deficit,” or geopolitical tensions and agreements. And, to be sure, Cato’s Defending Globalization project covers all of that stuff and more. Yet, as we explain in a new essay for the project, there may be no better symbol of real globalization—and its many benefits—than the restaurant down the street.
Access the essay here.
Monday, November 13, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: Changing How We See The World
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- Changing how we see the world in all its beauty and bizarreness.
- Kylie Jenner: from successful global beauty empire to soon to be fashion empire.
- Globalization is a funny thing, and McDonald’s today is a many-tentacled entity that morphs to fit the politics of the moment and the regions that franchises operate in.
- Quote of the week: “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." – Archimedes
- Birkenstock has gotta get the growth after its IPO so China it is.
- Tory Burch has redefined American preppy with a global point of view, so it makes sense that her eponymous brand is now focused on expanding its global footprint.
Saturday, November 11, 2023
The Bird Is Powered By Its Own Life
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Friday, November 10, 2023
SMBs Level Up with AI
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As Sasan Goodarzi, president and CEO of Intuit, puts it, “AI presents the next tectonic shift in technology and will be the greatest driver of innovation since electricity and the internet—and generative AI is transforming the way humans interact with computers.”
GenAI has democratized access to this information, and by using this technology, small businesses now have a resource that provides them with precise information collected from vast amounts of data that they can use to propel their business forward.
Global small business is the lifeblood of most economies, and as technology evolves, SMB’s need to become more competitive in order to drive growth in a digitally enabled landscape. AI might just take them there.
Thursday, November 09, 2023
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Collaboration Across Borders (Online Course)
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- Orientation
- Welcome to your Online Campus
- Designing teams and processes for virtual work
- Decision-making in virtual contexts
- Collaboration across borders
- Power dynamics in global virtual teams
- Creating connection and working sustainably
- Working as a global virtual team
Tuesday, November 07, 2023
To Achieve Positive Export and Import Growth, We Must Remain Vigilant
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While the current trade slowdown may threaten the living standards of people around the world, a rebound is expected. Said WTO chief economist Ralph Ossa: “Positive export and import volume growth should resume in 2024, but we must remain vigilant.”
Read more here.
Monday, November 06, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: Is Globalization In Decline?
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- Is globalization in decline?
- Are you an American solipsist, blaming U.S. leaders for everything bad that happens in the world, denying foreigners any agency?
- Israeli-hostage families fear abandonment.
- Quote of the week: “It is true that we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them.” – Golda Meir
- Why Israel must fight on (requires subscription).
- Bernie Sanders rejects calls to cease fire in Gaza.
Saturday, November 04, 2023
Friday, November 03, 2023
The U.S. Economy's Vulnerabilities
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Recession watchers should be careful about jumping to conclusions over the rise in small-business bankruptcy activity.
Smaller firms' exposure to variable-rate debt may well make them a leading indicator for the American economy, but so far they're mostly sending a message of resilience. And that may well mean that the US economy can continue to stay afloat as well.
Read the entire article here.
Thursday, November 02, 2023
Wednesday, November 01, 2023
IP Assets Are the Heart of a Tech Company's Competitive Advantage
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Before scaling, you need to conduct a thorough IP audit first. By assessing the strength, uniqueness, and market potential of your IP assets, you can determine your value in a global marketplace. This should include, for example, new product designs, manufacturing equipment, and process recipes for making your new products.
The bottom line in any such analysis is to determine the financial benefits that your IP assets are expected to deliver to a new venture that you may license or otherwise partner with.
As young tech companies set their sights on global expansion, the wisdom and guidance of an experienced IP investor can make all the difference.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Some Like It Hot and So Does wegg® at Its Next wegginar® 11/1/23
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- How to do your research for global exporting
- The importance of running and embracing the numbers – metrics matter!
- How to be agile in an ever-changing market
Monday, October 30, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: The History of Halloween 2023
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- The history of Halloween.
- Spooky Halloween traditions around the world.
- Halloween is gathering popularity around the world.
- Quote of the week: "It's Halloween; everyone's entitled to one good scare." – Brackett, Halloween
- There's so much to talk about regarding Halloween.
- Halloween 2023: unique traditions from around the world.
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Really Takes Center Stage
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Friday, October 27, 2023
Defending Globalization
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- Globalization and Growing Global Equality
- The Reality of American “Deindustrialization”
- Globalization Has Propelled India to Prosperity
To access them all, visit here.
Thursday, October 26, 2023
The Breakout Year for Generative AI
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The expected business disruption from gen AI is significant, and respondents predict meaningful changes to their workforces.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
The Rise of Global Business Services (GBS)
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- Global reach
- Integrated capabilities
- Cost efficiency
- Focus on customer-centricity
- Flexibility and scalability
If you want to achieve greater growth and excellence, GBS is the way forward.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Transformational: 8th Annual Global Small Business Forum 10/20/23
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Monday, October 23, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: Setting Up Your Ecommerce Strategy
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- Setting up your ecommerce strategy.
- Uniting a divided workforce.
- How does AI think? We are only starting to understand that.
- Quote of the week: "People tend to think of the web as a way to get information or perhaps as a place to carry out e-commerce. But really, the web is about accessing applications." – Marc Andreessen
- Best money transfer apps.
- US economy is largely unchanged; but other markets are experiencing turmoil.
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Picture Heaven As a Vast Library
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Friday, October 20, 2023
Think Global to Drive Success: Here's How to Scale
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The digital economy, along with the transition to more remote/hybrid work, has provided opportunities to find the best talent globally. However, companies need expert guidance and technology to enable strategies.
Here's how to prepare for the global shift to global growth. It starts with thinking global to drive success.
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Geoeconomic Fragmentation
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The baseline forecast is for global growth to slow from 3.5 percent in 2022 to 3.0 percent in 2023 and 2.9 percent in 2024, well below the historical (2000–19) average of 3.8 percent.
Given increasing concerns about geoeconomic fragmentation, part of the report assesses how disruptions to global trade in commodities can affect commodity prices, economic activity, and the green energy transition. The report does not factor in the recent Israel-Hamas war – the latest Gaza conflict.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
LAST CHANCE to Register: 8th Annual Global Small Business Forum (Hybrid) 10/20/23
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
New York Enables Small Businesses to Expand Their Global Reach through STEP
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STEP connects businesses in New York state to exporting opportunities abroad through grants for qualifying small and medium-sized businesses.
Learn more about how STEP enables small businesses to expand their global reach and competitiveness.
For information on STEP and to apply for funding if you are a business based in New York, click here.

Monday, October 16, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: The Conflict Between Israel and Hamas Puts Pressure on the Global Economy
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- The conflict between Israel and Hamas risks embroiling other Middle East nations and has the potential of fueling another bout of inflationary pressures and even tipping the global economy into a recession.
- Global outlook during turbulent times.
- Some say troubles are coming to the world economy.
- Quote of the week: “The speed of light does not merely transform the world. It becomes the world. Globalization is the speed of light." – Paul Virilio
- China's economic headwinds.
- Confronting inflation and low growth – global economy.
Saturday, October 14, 2023
Jump On My Scooter
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Friday, October 13, 2023
Global Free Zones of 2023
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The 'Best zones for SMEs' category crowns the world's best zones, as well as the best ones in each single region for their strategy to attract small and medium enterprises (SMEs) tenant.
Find out more here.
Thursday, October 12, 2023
U.S. SBA Awards Washington State a $1 Million STEP Grant to Fuel Exports
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Three Common Obstacles to Scaling Innovations and Ways to Overcome Them
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This leads to lost revenues and higher costs, since teams around the world often end up duplicating (or triplicating, or quadruplicating) investments in solving common problems.
This article identifies three common obstacles to scaling innovations and describes a way to overcome them.
Monday, October 09, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
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- Depending on where in the United States you live and whom you work for, Columbus Day, 10/9/23, may be a day off with pay, another holiday entirely, or no different from any other Monday.
- McCarthy weighs in on Trump's involvement in House speaker race.
- More than 250 bodies found at site of Israeli Supernova festival - rescuers say.
- Quote of the week: “It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it." – Robert E. Lee
- Israel is battling Hamas militants for a second day after a surprise attack.
- Americans may be among the dead and those taken hostage in Israel-Hamas war, Blinken says.
Saturday, October 07, 2023
Miller High Life Beer
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