Happy Chinese New Year of the Dog. May you all live a long and happy life.
(Chinese Astrology - 2006, the Fire Dog)
Warm wishes,
Laurel
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Monday, January 23, 2006
China Overtakes U.S. As IT Export Leader
In internetnews.com
For the first time, China has overtaken the United States as the world's leading exporter of information and communications technology (ICT) goods.
Read the article and find out more about the new study issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) here.
For the first time, China has overtaken the United States as the world's leading exporter of information and communications technology (ICT) goods.
Read the article and find out more about the new study issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) here.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Going Global: Outsource the Outsourcing
In Inc.
By now, nearly everyone understands the logic of offshoring. Why keep noncore functions in-house when you can contract them out to lower-cost providers overseas? Less obvious is how to put that understanding into practice -- that is, how do you actually create a global organization able to operate across multiple time zones and tricky cultural and linguistic divides?
Find out here.
By now, nearly everyone understands the logic of offshoring. Why keep noncore functions in-house when you can contract them out to lower-cost providers overseas? Less obvious is how to put that understanding into practice -- that is, how do you actually create a global organization able to operate across multiple time zones and tricky cultural and linguistic divides?
Find out here.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
IT Without Borders
In MIS
As domestic opportunities are conquered and financial and labor markets internationalize, the search for growth has gone global. IT strategy is at the forefront.
Read the article here.
As domestic opportunities are conquered and financial and labor markets internationalize, the search for growth has gone global. IT strategy is at the forefront.
Read the article here.
Monday, January 09, 2006
Outsourcing Santa?
Did anyone else experience this? A wink and thanks over to the folks at Bluedog Design (www.bluedog-design.com) for tipping us off on this.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Abridged Borderbuster 1/5/06
CONTENTS
If you are not a subscriber to Borderbuster, here's a glimpse of what you missed this month:
1. Welcome From The Publisher
2. Feedback From Our Readers
3. China, China, China*
4. Business and Cultural Tips: Have Some Fun!*
5. Tracking Non-English Online Populations*
6. How I Went Global: Ongoing Series // Nicewords UK!
7. A Reader Asks: Q&A*
8. Everybody Loves a Freebie -- repeat: FREE OFFER*
9. The Hard Questions About Outsourcing
10. A Wake-up Call From Asia*
11. A Foreign Affair*
12. Blog World: Lost in Translation*
13. Laurel’s New e-Book: “GODZILLA Global Marketing!”
14. Take A Walk On The Wild Side (TAWOTWS)*
15. Wind Behind Your Sail*
16. Miscellany*
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*Indicates exclusive to Borderbuster subscribers only.
Sample section:
10. A WAKE-UP CALL FROM ASIA
*Subscriber Exclusive*
If you think competitors in China, India and other emerging economies will settle for low-value-added, high-labor-content jobs forever -- or even the near future -- you'd better wake up. Are you directing your company into head-to-head competition with massive numbers of these new, lower-cost companies, whether high-tech, low-tech or anywhere in between? Have you determined how to integrate your company into a global supply chain that increasingly includes your low-cost colleagues? If not, you are at risk of becoming irrelevant.
To read the article, visit: IndustryWeek
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If you are not a subscriber to Borderbuster, here's a glimpse of what you missed this month:
1. Welcome From The Publisher
2. Feedback From Our Readers
3. China, China, China*
4. Business and Cultural Tips: Have Some Fun!*
5. Tracking Non-English Online Populations*
6. How I Went Global: Ongoing Series // Nicewords UK!
7. A Reader Asks: Q&A*
8. Everybody Loves a Freebie -- repeat: FREE OFFER*
9. The Hard Questions About Outsourcing
10. A Wake-up Call From Asia*
11. A Foreign Affair*
12. Blog World: Lost in Translation*
13. Laurel’s New e-Book: “GODZILLA Global Marketing!”
14. Take A Walk On The Wild Side (TAWOTWS)*
15. Wind Behind Your Sail*
16. Miscellany*
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Indicates exclusive to Borderbuster subscribers only.
Sample section:
10. A WAKE-UP CALL FROM ASIA
*Subscriber Exclusive*
If you think competitors in China, India and other emerging economies will settle for low-value-added, high-labor-content jobs forever -- or even the near future -- you'd better wake up. Are you directing your company into head-to-head competition with massive numbers of these new, lower-cost companies, whether high-tech, low-tech or anywhere in between? Have you determined how to integrate your company into a global supply chain that increasingly includes your low-cost colleagues? If not, you are at risk of becoming irrelevant.
To read the article, visit: IndustryWeek
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Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Going Global: The Hard Questions About Outsourcing
In Inc.
Should you do it yourself, or should you pay someone else to do it for you? That is the fundamental question of outsourcing. The question assumes that you have already determined that the work needs to be done; the only issue is who best to do it.
Find out here.
Happy New Year! May you bust every border on the planet!
Should you do it yourself, or should you pay someone else to do it for you? That is the fundamental question of outsourcing. The question assumes that you have already determined that the work needs to be done; the only issue is who best to do it.
Find out here.
Happy New Year! May you bust every border on the planet!
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Grabbing a Globalization Partner
In Optimize
Why a global collaboration executive should be the CIO's next partner -- or position.
Read the article here.
Why a global collaboration executive should be the CIO's next partner -- or position.
Read the article here.
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Abridged Borderbuster 12/5/05
CONTENTS
If you are not a subscriber to Borderbuster, here's a glimpse of what you missed this month:
1. Welcome From The Publisher
2. Feedback From Our Readers
3. Offshore Adds U.S. Jobs?*
4. Business and Cultural Tips: Have Some Fun!*
5. Making It In China*
6. How I Went Global: Ongoing Series // Euresto Partners
7. A Reader Asks: Q&A*
8. Everybody Loves a Freebie -- repeat: FREE OFFER*
9. Professional Protocol In The Global Marketplace*
10. Going Global*
11. Building A More Competitive America*
12. Blog World: Curing Brand Chaos On The Web*
13. Laurel’s New e-Book: “GODZILLA Global Marketing!”
14. Take A Walk On The Wild Side (TAWOTWS)*
15. Wind Behind Your Sail*
16. Miscellany*
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*Indicates exclusive to Borderbuster subscribers only.
Sample section:
8. EVERYBODY LOVES A FREEBIE: HOW TO GROW GLOBAL EXECUTIVES
*Subscriber Exclusive*
As global companies strive for competitive advantage wherever they can find it, it is not much of a stretch to suggest that developing a cadre of outstanding global executives offers a sustainable advantage that meets most of the criteria. Find out here whether your leadership pipeline is best described as a drip rather than a flow. Not sure what that means? Well, you are in for a big global surprise.
To download the PDF file or to read the HTML version, visit here.
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If you are not a subscriber to Borderbuster, here's a glimpse of what you missed this month:
1. Welcome From The Publisher
2. Feedback From Our Readers
3. Offshore Adds U.S. Jobs?*
4. Business and Cultural Tips: Have Some Fun!*
5. Making It In China*
6. How I Went Global: Ongoing Series // Euresto Partners
7. A Reader Asks: Q&A*
8. Everybody Loves a Freebie -- repeat: FREE OFFER*
9. Professional Protocol In The Global Marketplace*
10. Going Global*
11. Building A More Competitive America*
12. Blog World: Curing Brand Chaos On The Web*
13. Laurel’s New e-Book: “GODZILLA Global Marketing!”
14. Take A Walk On The Wild Side (TAWOTWS)*
15. Wind Behind Your Sail*
16. Miscellany*
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*Indicates exclusive to Borderbuster subscribers only.
Sample section:
8. EVERYBODY LOVES A FREEBIE: HOW TO GROW GLOBAL EXECUTIVES
*Subscriber Exclusive*
As global companies strive for competitive advantage wherever they can find it, it is not much of a stretch to suggest that developing a cadre of outstanding global executives offers a sustainable advantage that meets most of the criteria. Find out here whether your leadership pipeline is best described as a drip rather than a flow. Not sure what that means? Well, you are in for a big global surprise.
To download the PDF file or to read the HTML version, visit here.
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Thursday, December 01, 2005
What Do Saudi Women Want?
In AME Info FZ LLC
Of the 23 million or so people in Saudi Arabia 49% are women. It doesn't take a mathematician to gauge the wealth of marketing possibilities. What are you waiting for? Read the article here.
Of the 23 million or so people in Saudi Arabia 49% are women. It doesn't take a mathematician to gauge the wealth of marketing possibilities. What are you waiting for? Read the article here.
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Global Small Business Success: What Does It Take?
Small businesses are the backbone of our state and national economy.
According to the Small Business Administration, small business represents 99.7 percent of all employers, employ half of all private sector employees and pay 44.3 percent of total U.S. private payroll. Nearly 40 percent of these small businesses are in the technology fields and 53 percent of them are home-based.
Clearly, national and state policy-makers should be listening to what small business wants and needs to succeed in the global economy.
What do we need to push forward?
Read the opinion piece here but I think we need a lot more than this.
According to the Small Business Administration, small business represents 99.7 percent of all employers, employ half of all private sector employees and pay 44.3 percent of total U.S. private payroll. Nearly 40 percent of these small businesses are in the technology fields and 53 percent of them are home-based.
Clearly, national and state policy-makers should be listening to what small business wants and needs to succeed in the global economy.
What do we need to push forward?
Read the opinion piece here but I think we need a lot more than this.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
The Role of Small Businesses In Exports to China
In Export.Gov
Go here to download report.
Then click on "The Role of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Exports to China: A Statistical Profile."
Get the scoop on what's really going on and then get going! The data represented is from 2002, the last year for which data are available. It's phenomenal! You won't want to miss it.
Go here to download report.
Then click on "The Role of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Exports to China: A Statistical Profile."
Get the scoop on what's really going on and then get going! The data represented is from 2002, the last year for which data are available. It's phenomenal! You won't want to miss it.
Monday, November 21, 2005
20 Women Exporters Take Part In Training
In IPPMedia
An institution dealing with women entrepreneurship development (WED) and the Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) have organized a five-day training session in Dar es Salaam to make women exporters in Tanzania become competitive in the global market and increase their capacity so that they can engage themselves effectively in international trade.
Read the article here.
An institution dealing with women entrepreneurship development (WED) and the Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) have organized a five-day training session in Dar es Salaam to make women exporters in Tanzania become competitive in the global market and increase their capacity so that they can engage themselves effectively in international trade.
Read the article here.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
A Global Checkup: Diagnosing the Health of Today's Organizations
In Strategy+Business
Nearly 50,000 profiles completed over two years by individuals around the world are consistent with one central hypothesis: Most organizations are unhealthy. Find out why here.
Nearly 50,000 profiles completed over two years by individuals around the world are consistent with one central hypothesis: Most organizations are unhealthy. Find out why here.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Global Business Columnist
In PRWEB
It's official!
CHICAGO, IL (PRWEB) November 11, 2005 – Laurel Delaney, an international entrepreneur and author, will become a global business columnist for Entrepreneur magazine on Nov. 1.
Read the release here.
I just hope I can follow through on my remarks: “There are just no more excuses on why companies aren’t going global,” Delaney says. “Rather, this is the beginning of a global small business revolution.”
It's official!
CHICAGO, IL (PRWEB) November 11, 2005 – Laurel Delaney, an international entrepreneur and author, will become a global business columnist for Entrepreneur magazine on Nov. 1.
Read the release here.
I just hope I can follow through on my remarks: “There are just no more excuses on why companies aren’t going global,” Delaney says. “Rather, this is the beginning of a global small business revolution.”
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Abridged Borderbuster 11/4/05
CONTENTS
If you are not a subscriber to Borderbuster, here's a glimpse of what you missed this month:
1. Welcome From The Publisher
2. Feedback From Our Readers
3. U.S. Must Help Iraq Obtain Wealth Quickly*
4. Business and Cultural Tips: Have Some Fun!*
5. Foreign Shopping Sites Cater to U.S. Customers*
6. How I Went Global: Ongoing Series // GlobeTrade.com
7. A Reader Asks: Q&A*
8. Everybody Loves a Freebie -- repeat: FREE OFFER*
9. Expanding Internationally: Grow As You Go*
10. The Importance of Developing An International Strategy*
11. Executive Planet*
12. Blog World: A Feature On Wal-Mart*
13. Laurel’s New e-Book Is Ready: “GODZILLA Global Marketing!”
14. Take A Walk On The Wild Side (TAWOTWS)*
15. Wind Behind Your Sail*
16. Miscellany*
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Published in Chicago – “Home of The World Series Champion White Sox!” – Congratulations!
*Indicates exclusive to Borderbuster subscribers only.
Sample section:
9. EXPANDING INTERNATIONALLY: GROW AS YOU GO
*Subscriber Exclusive*
Large companies routinely take advantage of the enormous potential of international markets. They simply budget for the expansion, spending whatever it takes to build the infrastructure to support future revenue. Entrepreneurs, on the other hand, have limited resources, few connections, and tight budgets. When they go global, they need to be convinced that they are doing the right thing.
To read the balance of the article, visit:
EntreWorld
###
To subscribe to Borderbuster, visit:
Sign Up For Borderbuster!
If you are not a subscriber to Borderbuster, here's a glimpse of what you missed this month:
1. Welcome From The Publisher
2. Feedback From Our Readers
3. U.S. Must Help Iraq Obtain Wealth Quickly*
4. Business and Cultural Tips: Have Some Fun!*
5. Foreign Shopping Sites Cater to U.S. Customers*
6. How I Went Global: Ongoing Series // GlobeTrade.com
7. A Reader Asks: Q&A*
8. Everybody Loves a Freebie -- repeat: FREE OFFER*
9. Expanding Internationally: Grow As You Go*
10. The Importance of Developing An International Strategy*
11. Executive Planet*
12. Blog World: A Feature On Wal-Mart*
13. Laurel’s New e-Book Is Ready: “GODZILLA Global Marketing!”
14. Take A Walk On The Wild Side (TAWOTWS)*
15. Wind Behind Your Sail*
16. Miscellany*
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Published in Chicago – “Home of The World Series Champion White Sox!” – Congratulations!
*Indicates exclusive to Borderbuster subscribers only.
Sample section:
9. EXPANDING INTERNATIONALLY: GROW AS YOU GO
*Subscriber Exclusive*
Large companies routinely take advantage of the enormous potential of international markets. They simply budget for the expansion, spending whatever it takes to build the infrastructure to support future revenue. Entrepreneurs, on the other hand, have limited resources, few connections, and tight budgets. When they go global, they need to be convinced that they are doing the right thing.
To read the balance of the article, visit:
EntreWorld
###
To subscribe to Borderbuster, visit:
Sign Up For Borderbuster!
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Going Global: Help For Small Manufacturers
In Industry Week
Despite the criticism of the federal government's trade policies that some say have effectively allowed foreign competitors to gain unfair advantages against U.S. makers of goods, at least one Commerce Department program is aimed specifically at helping small and midsize manufacturers to thrive in the same big pond with the sharks.
Read the article here.
Friday, November 04, 2005
The Three Hurdles Of Global Web Sites
In Optimize
One of the most difficult issues companies are dealing with in the new global economy is thinking locally and managing globally. Sure, companies have always had international divisions and subsidiaries, but they tended to be isolated fiefdoms. Now the global economy requires that companies use their Web site to provide a consistent image to customers, no matter where they are. But companies can't just impose a one-size-fits-all view on their Web site.
Here's what they have to look out for:
http://www.optimizemag.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=171200563
One of the most difficult issues companies are dealing with in the new global economy is thinking locally and managing globally. Sure, companies have always had international divisions and subsidiaries, but they tended to be isolated fiefdoms. Now the global economy requires that companies use their Web site to provide a consistent image to customers, no matter where they are. But companies can't just impose a one-size-fits-all view on their Web site.
Here's what they have to look out for:
http://www.optimizemag.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=171200563
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Going Global: Can You Afford It?
In WorldWIT
Determining how much you can afford to invest in your international expansion efforts can be a tricky proposition. Will it be based on ten percent of your domestic business profits or on a pay-as-you-can-afford process? That’s an excellent question. And my answer is: It depends.
Read more here.
And a big thank you to our favorite webinar place -- shhhhhhhh ... a best-kept secret -- for letting us know the article was published.
Determining how much you can afford to invest in your international expansion efforts can be a tricky proposition. Will it be based on ten percent of your domestic business profits or on a pay-as-you-can-afford process? That’s an excellent question. And my answer is: It depends.
Read more here.
And a big thank you to our favorite webinar place -- shhhhhhhh ... a best-kept secret -- for letting us know the article was published.
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