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Friday, November 30, 2012

Got An Overseas Plant? Scrutinize Working Conditions.

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Photo courtesy:  ©Laurel Delaney 2012, "Hat Made Anywhere, World" It's 3:00 a.m. local time.  Do you know where your pro...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Why It Pays to Be Flexible in Foreign Markets

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iStock/Thinkstock As a business owner, you've heard of being resilient in tough economic times but it also pays to be flexible al...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Does Every Entrepreneur Dream of Going Global?

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iStock/Thinkstock According to "Gidsy Shows How to Take Your Start-Up Global " (Tech Europe - WSJ - August 28, 2012): Eve...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Multicultural Design

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iStock/Thinkstock When you design for an international audience, it's like walking on thin ice.  You want a certain look or feel -...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Small Is Beautiful and Can Be Global

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Top Photo Group/Thinkstock When I was in my twenties, I remember reading Small Is Beautiful (excellent book) and every time I think a...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

From Global Blogger to Breadmaker

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©Laurel Delaney 2012, "Baked Rhodes Bread" Here's my attempt at making homemade bread (as shown in photo).  Shhh ... it...
Friday, November 23, 2012

Global Small Business Owner: Don't Keep Making Hamburgers When McDonald's Comes to Town

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iStock/Thinkstock How does the owner of a small hamburger shop survive when McDonald's comes to town?  What does the little hardwa...
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving Dear Readers!

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©Laurel Delaney 2012, "The Garden" "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Maximizing the Benefits of Globalization: European Perspective

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iStock/Thinkstock The following report seeks to identify opportunities to make European industries more competitive by maximizing the ...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

ShopPlanet

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iStock/Thinkstock You've heard of Small Business Saturday but now we're proposing Global Small Business Sunday (11/25/12)! ...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

Who Has Enormous Power Over the World?

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Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock According to Pakalert Press, a small group of companies have enormous power over the world. “An analysi...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Global Ambition Takes Flight

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Photo courtesy:  ©Laurel Delaney 2012, "Birds On a Pier" "Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." ...
Friday, November 16, 2012

The China Effect

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Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock The 27-page report below is six years old but still relevant and worth a read.  From Oxford Economics: ...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

How to Globalize Early and Rapidly

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iStock/Thinkstock According to the article featured below, how well a technology startup addresses the realities of globalization wil...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

There They Go Again: China Blocks Google

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Hemera/Thinkstock The Chinese government blocked Google's major services late last week. The ban shows that companies that espou...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Payoffs, Bribes and Gifts in International Business: Avoid At All Costs

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iStock/Thinkstock Payoffs, bribes or gifts should never, ever be a means to accomplishing your international business goals. Example...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Prediction: China to Become World's Largest Economy by 2016

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iStock/Thinkstock Looking to 2060: Long Term Prospects for the World, a report produced by the Organization for Economic Co-operation...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Are You a Global Thinker?

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Wavebreak Media/Thinkstock How do you break from the past and develop a global mindset? The Global Thinkers Forum (GTF) is a non-pro...
Friday, November 09, 2012

Globalization of Services Is Still In Infancy

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iStock/Thinkstock According to WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy : “The global economy is being transformed at an unprecedented speed...
Thursday, November 08, 2012

How to Manage an Import/Export Mistake

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iStock/Thinkstock When things go bad in the global marketplace, communication is the key to turning things around in a positive direct...
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