10 Sep Chinese Business One-Liner
There is a joke that a Chinese CEO keeps 3 sets of books: One for his wife, one for his girlfriend, one for the tax man ...
07 Sep Questions Firms Don’t Ask in International Marketing
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Denver Business Journal by Bill Decker Date: Monday, August 27, 2012, 6:00am MDT Businesses study countries and their markets as they ponder which international markets to enter. They often ask such questions as: • How big is the market? • What is our market niche? • How do we reach our...
12 Aug Strategy – A More Effective To Do List
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This is an unusual thing for me to do, submit someone else's article. But a colleague of mine, Herb Rubenstein, President of the Sustainable Business Group wrote this and I felt it should be shared. So here it is: The “to do” list is a staple...
11 May International Business – What is Importing Really About
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Imagine a company in Denver learns it can sell a special toothbrush to the American market, and it will be manufactured in Singapore and imported to the United States. Let’s assume it understands how to deal with Asian factories, and knows how to sell toothbrushes to...
14 Mar Is There a Better Way to Manage Remotely- International Business
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While no one seems to know the exact number of remote or distance workers that U.S. companies employ, we do know the trend will keep rising. Some research groups put the number of remote workers in the millions; others say tens of millions. Can firms manage employees overseas the same...
19 Oct Don’t Get Ripped OffShoring – Overseas Production Can Cost You
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Countless executives complain that Chinese factories deliver the wrong products, defective materials, items not made to specifications and shipments delivered late. There are horror stories of knockoffs and counterfeit pieces. “We hired a firm to make our nail clippers, and now the factory is selling...
05 Jul Top 10 tips for selling products in the United States
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"The hardest market in the world to do business"...
31 May Getting down to Middle East Business
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Turmoil may open business opportunities overseas We’re all watching historic developments in Middle East North Africa (MENA) countries. Citizens have been protesting in the streets in defiance of their governments; Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office. Other changes may be coming. All of it is...