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IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Welcome Back U.S. Manufacturing It's too early to tell whether high fuel prices and the falling dollar will be enough to bring offshored operations back home, but some recent moves suggest it's possible.   |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Quality Issues Bring Production Home When the risks of defective or tainted products become too much for manufacturers to offshore, companies think of returning manufacturing operations to the United States. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Eastern Promises While manufacturers have found rewarding sourcing opportunities in Eastern Europe, they still need to educate themselves first. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Breathing Down on the Dragon More low-cost countries are proving to be viable alternatives to China. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
Portrait of Best-in-Class Global Trade Compliance Trade compliance is taking on more prominence in separating the best companies from the also-rans. |
CFO
July 15, 2008
Avital Louria Hahn |
Worlds Apart To foster successful cross-border mergers, try cultural due diligence. |
TIME Europe
July 9, 2008
Adam Smith |
Another Fine Mess in the Oil Business For companies yearning to cash in on Russia's immensely lucrative energy boom, there's an obvious business lesson: choose your partners carefully. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2008
Allen Kenney |
Sovereign Wealth Rising As rising foreign economic powers such as China and Russia established their own sovereign wealth funds, U.S. policy-makers and pundits are devoting more time and attention to questions regarding their proper regulation. |
BusinessWeek
July 3, 2008
Roberts & Tschang |
China: An Olympic Loss for Industry In an effort to clear Beijing's murky skies for the 10,000 athletes and half-million foreign visitors expected for the Olympics, China is ordering broad restrictions on much of the capital's industry. |
BusinessWeek
July 3, 2008
Pete Engardio |
Mom-and-Pop Multinationals Improved software and services allow the smallest businesses to outsource work around the globe. |
TIME Europe
July 2, 2008
Jeff Israely |
Mediterranean Crossing Today an enormous economic gap separates the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean. Too often it is bridged by the illicit and perilous transit of desperate human beings, instead of by the sanctioned flow of commerce. |
Bank Technology News
July 2008
Michael Sisk |
English Goes Global Via Online Training The pace of globalization, which is making cross-border commerce, acquisitions, and exchange of best practices more common, makes English proficiency more vital throughout organizations. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Globalization Now It's not a question of if, but when, every advisor will embrace the reality that the world is shrinking. Are you ready? |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
Shrinking Planet Even as globalization has opened up the world of cross-border investing and money management, individuals will only be able to realize its full potential if countries support globalization with the right kind of regulatory systems. |
Inc.
July 2008 |
Finding Salespeople Abroad Locating top performers in the global economy... How to calculate what you should spend on advertising. |
Chemistry World
June 20, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Global industries call for carbon cuts Business leaders from more than 90 of the world's largest companies, including major chemical companies, have endorsed a policy framework for tackling climate change ahead of July's G8 summit in Japan. |
Search Engine Watch
June 17, 2008
Aaron Shear |
SEO Issues with Global Expansion When a U.S.-based company expands globally, they typically spend little or no time with their expansion plans overseas -- often resulting in lost business. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2008
Bruce Haulley |
Comparative Advantage U.S. brokers who understand the business concept of comparative advantage will prosper in the global investment arena. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
The World's 1000 Largest Manufacturers 2008: The Chinese Influence Emerging worldwide markets helped solidify the petroleum and automotive industries as the top revenue earners in 2007. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2008
Thomas J. Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- Globalization Comes Under Siege A rising tide of anti-globalization sentiment could threaten trade-dependent U.S. manufacturers. |
Global Services
June 10, 2008
Shyamanuja Das |
Outsourcing to India: 1998 Vs. 2008 If you want to offshore to India for the same reasons some of your peers did in 1998, then do so at your own risk. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2008 |
Regulatory Watch US-South Korea trade agreement... Food inspection system under study... Bakers criticize ethanol policy... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2008
Caruana & Narain |
Banking on More Capital The New Capital Adequacy Framework (commonly dubbed Basel II) is fast being adopted by bank regulators as an international standard for the capital that banks need to put aside to deal with current and potential financial and operational risks. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2008
Saurina & Persaud |
Will Basel II Help Prevent Crises or Worsen Them? Two points of view on whether Basel II -- a set of guidelines on how much capital banks should hold to guard against current and future risks -- adds to boom-bust cycles |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2008
Kose et al. |
How Much Decoupling? How Much Converging? Business cycles may well be converging among industrial and emerging market economies, but the two groups appear to be decoupling from each other. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2008
Thomas Dorsey |
A Capital Story The sharp increase in private investment flows to low-income countries is an untold development success story. |
FAO Today
May/Jun 2008
Peggy Cope |
Executive Profile: Advancing the Cause of Civility Steven P. Cohen and his organization, The Negotiation Skills Company, help executives further their business goals by teaching them the benefits of cultural sensitivity. |
FAO Today
May/Jun 2008
Nowacki & Gupta |
Managing the Currency Exchange Risk in FAO As the dollar continues to stall and the rupee accelerates, currency fluctuation can become a problem for global FAO. |
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