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Trip Report: Xi’an China – From Silk Road to Silicon Road
This was my third trip to Xi’an this year, and I never tire of returning here. The city never ceases to amaze me on so many fronts. From its historic past as the ancient capital of China for 13 dynasties, to its current notoriety as the home of the Terra Cotta Warriors, to its international diversity, to its prominence as the third largest municipal economy in China, behind only Shanghai and Beijing. It is for these reasons, and many more, that ... -
Globalization Today Creates New Company and Announces Board of Advisors
Business Leaders Collaborate to Advise on Content, Growth and Direction for Leading Global Publication Scottsdale, AZ – October 22, 2012 – Globalization Today, LLC the leading single source provider of information dedicated to serving companies, governments and individuals focused on operating and promoting their organization in more than one country, today announced the formation of the company’s inaugural advisory board. Members of the Globalization Today Board of Advisors bring a wealth of expertise, perspective, and contacts from their work around the ... -
Market Report: Katowice, Poland: Where Second Tier is Not Second Rate
Katowice, Poland: Where Second Tier is Not Second Rate Often when second tier outsourcing countries promote their second tier outsourcing cities, one often begins to question the quality of the technical infrastructure, the availability of flights, hotels, restaurants, qualified employees, quality of life, and other factors that led to it being a second tier city in the first place. In many of the low cost destinations around the world, these and numerous factors are legitimate risks that need to be considered. After ... -
International Trade Protectionist Agenda for Obama’s Second Term, 2013-2017
How would the U.S. engage in regulation of international trade and investment during a second term of Barack Obama? In the Romney-Obama debate on October 3, 2012 (before elections on November 6), President Obama called for “economic patriotism.” How will it affect market access for cross-border business services and foreign manufacturing? What steps should be taken now by business executive, American importers of consumer products, sourcing managers, foreign outsourcing service providers, globalizing enterprises and environmentalists? I. Trade Agreements. Since the 1950’s ... -
Outsourcing Social Responsibility: Lessons Learned by Apple and Nintendo The Oxymoron of Global Outsourcing revisited – Part 1.
After the Wall Street Journal published its story on suicides at a Foxconn manufacturing plant in May 2010, Steve Jobs learned that his loyal followers were deeply concerned about the working conditions of workers who assemble iPhones and many other branded electronic gadgets. When few weeks later, Steve Jobs wanted to promote new features of the incoming iPhone 3, Apple users demanded accountability for the Foxconn suicides. Consumers went further and demanded accountability for the working conditions at all Apple ... -
Trip Report: Poland…Not Your Average Outsourcing Destination
I recently returned from a business tour of Poland as an outsourcing destination, wherein I met with numerous business and government leaders who helped me to better understand this sleepy little gem of an outsourcing destination. Here are my observations: On the positive side: Poland has its act together…at least from an infrastructure and delivery standpoint. My perceptions prior to going there were rooted in the Cold War, Communist run period of overcast, polluted skies from factories that had not been modernized ... -
Latin America: Trends, Traps and Opportunities
For many out there, outsourcing seems to be defined largely by the above – people working for low compensation in locations such as India helping the client save significant monies. That is outsourcing to them. However, the recent downturn and current client experience has upset many notions and models that have been in place for over a decade. What was considered to be the norm where outsourcing is concerned, is now in flux and so requires different responses. As global sourcing ...
