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Globalization: Operating around the world. Although many large companies have globalized for decades, the Web, more than any other phenomenon, has enabled the smallest company to have a global presence....; Full Globalization Definition >>

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Podcast: Globalization Challenges and Opportunities: A Conversation with The Boston Consulting Group's Hal Sirkin: Listen to this podcast featuring Hal Sirkin, senior partner and managing director at The Boston Consulting Group, to learn about the new Era in international business competition. This podcast will discuss: Global trends in the marketplace The rise in competition due to low operating costs...; Tags: International Business, Boston Consulting Group Inc., Podcasts, Globalization, Internet, Strategy, Management; White papers 2009-09-01
$20/gallon gasoline: heaven or hell?: Gasoline prices rank with beer prices and taxes as economic issues nearly every American reacts to. Now one writer has engineered a book designed to play to everybody's gasoline paranoia. Nobody we know controls the price of gasoline, but we are sure somebody can or does or should....; Tags: China, NPR, Gasoline, Christopher Steiner, Globalization, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2009-07-16
"New Software Testing Quadrant" - A Tool to Help Choose the Right Testing Partner: With globalization sweeping through the financial services industry at an unprecedented rate, companies in the finance sector are especially impacted due to deluge of legislative initiatives designed to protect consumers, reduce financial risk, minimize operational risk and preserve company integrity. The expanded complexity and distribution of today's systems brings a...; Tags: Software, Financial, Software Testing, Tool, Thinksoft Global Services, Globalization, Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Personal Finance, Strategy, Management, Finance, Software/Web Development; White papers 2009-07-01
Offshore Outsourcing: As all companies face increased competition due to globalization and unforgiving market forces, the use of offshore development partners is becoming a compelling way to maintain market share and boost profits. Moving development offshore - once a risky proposition - is now a well understood, highly defined process. Using Bamboo's...; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, Bamboo Technologies, Globalization, Outsourcing, Benefits, Strategy, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Human Resources; White papers 2009-06-08
Britannica Mobile 1.0 (Mobile): delivers 28,000 clearly written entries covering various branches of human knowledge, such as science, history, business, art, culture, geography, and geology, as well as more contemporary issues, such as cloning, terrorism, and globalization. Britannica, the most trusted info source, has included over 2000 lavish photographs, maps, tables, drawings, and color...; Tags: Mobile, Knowledge, Globalization, Homeland Security, Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Government, Marketing; Software downloads 2009-06-04

Sun & Symantec: A New Breed of Sustainability Leadership?: The passage of the Waxman Markey Bill through the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee this week has left behind it some hard feelings and a split in the business lobby. The US Chamber of Commerce came under severe pressure for lobbying against the...; Tags: Sustainability, Symantec Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Duke Energy Corp., Climate, Chamber, Bjorn Lomborg, Globalization, Security, Strategy, Management, James Farrar; Blog posts 2009-05-24
Next-Generation Disaster Recovery and Availability Technologies for IBM Power Systems: Due to globalization, Web-based sales and service, more vigorous competition, and more stringent regulations, the goal of ensuring the availability and recoverability of data and applications has risen considerably on the priority lists of today's CIOs. A wide range of technologies is available to address this goal. At the apex...; Tags: Vision Solutions Inc., IBM Corp., Disaster Recovery, Globalization, Data Management, Strategy, Management; White papers 2009-03-26
How to Conduct an Interview Using Skype: Video conferencing has been in use for a number of years, particularly with the globalization of most large companies. Time and money can be saved and decision-making enhanced by involving decision-makers in a video conference call, without engaging in the high cost and low productivity of travel. This paper is...; Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Box.net, Globalization, Corporate Communications, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Marketing; White papers 2009-03-23
A Real-World Approach to Planning the Right Workforce for Tomorrow's Organizations - Part 1: An Introduction to Workforce Planning: Every organization is heading towards a future determined by its current trends and practices in areas such as recruitment, turnover and promotion, and also by social trends taking place in the wider society in which the organization operates. These trends determine what the available future workforce will look like, and...; Tags: Trend, Organization, Workforce, Aruspex, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Globalization, Human Resources, Strategy, Management; White papers 2009-03-12
Seven Risk Dashboards Every Bank Needs: Banking is about managing risk and multiple risk types. In fact, a bank's raison d'Ãªtre is to accept structured uncertainty and manage the associated risks, with the goal of capitalizing on these risk differences to earn profits. The skill with which bank balances alternative risk/reward strategies will determine ability to...; Tags: Bank, Shareholder, Risk, Dashboard, Basel II, Financial Services, Globalization, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Security, Management, Finance; White papers 2009-03-01
Don't give me special treatment: The US Congress wants to include "Buy American" provisions in the stimulus bill. I say "no thanks." Protected industries aren't going to pull America out of recession. by John Carroll; Tags: America, Bailout, American, Globalization, Free Trade, Government, Strategy, Management, Finance, John Carroll; Blog posts 2009-02-06
String Resource Translator 2.0 (Windows): Editor for resource files that supports internationalization. Allows you to edit the string resources in existing files, create new files for new locales, update one resource file from another and so on. One part of a pair of utilities the other is the String Resource Creator from Tom Jorgenson Consulting...; Tags: Resource, Globalization, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Strategy, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software; Software downloads 2009-02-02
Transforming to Win: As a result of globalization, demographics, technology and regulation, the world is a flatter place. Banks are rethinking strategies for both business and technology. They are maximizing globalization, innovation, agility and diversity while minimizing costs and risks to compete and win in the new, flat world. To do so, banks...; Tags: Bank, Globalization, Financial Services, Strategy, Management; White papers 2009-01-15
Achieving Compliance and Control of Software-as-a-Service and Cloud-Based Applications: An unprecedented set of macro-market trends is reshaping the way companies of all sizes must operate. The advent of globalization and ecommerce has fundamentally changed the competitive landscape. At the same time, advancements in mobile technology are allowing employees to work anywhere. But, most importantly the combination of escalating energy...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Compliance, THINKstrategies, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Managed Hosting, Globalization, Emerging Technologies, Strategy, Management; White papers 2009-01-08
Viewpoint: Globalization in the Asset Management Industry: This paper considers the progress of globalization in the asset management industry to date, and the potential impact of recent market disruption. It explores the fundamental drivers and enablers of greater globalization, as well as the key challenges facing individual firms. It also considers how the direction of globalization may...; Tags: Asset, Industry, Viewpoint Corp., Globalization, Asset Management, Strategy, Management, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Finance, Business Operations; White papers 2009-01-01
Nevron Diagram for .NET - Maps: Off late globalization process is stronger than ever and many companies sell products and services all over the world. That's why software applications in many areas need to provide geographical and mapping information to the end users. World's most popular format for storing such information is the ESRI shapefile. There...; Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Nevron, Globalization, Tools & Techniques, .Net, Middleware, Strategy, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2008-12-19
Globalization Company Standardizes, Cuts Costs, Enhances Security With Virtualization: Lionbridge Technologies provides globalization, development, and testing services for enterprise applications and IT systems. A public company with U.S.$452 million in revenue, it handles complex translation, testing, and development projects that are shared among multiple sites. Lionbridge needed to centralize and streamline its process and create a more flexible, cost-effective,...; Tags: Lionbridge, Security, Virtualization, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Globalization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Strategy, Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; Case studies 2008-12-01
Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisis: Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisisCredit created a false economyAs with most things, when used in moderation, they can create a desired effect, but when they are over used, they take on a life of their own that is hard to control. With credit, the risk of the activities...; Tags: Strategy, SECURITY, Shipping News, credit crisis, globalization, risk; Discussion threads 2008-11-23
Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisis: DK Matai, chairman of the ATCA Open has written a very interesting article about global shipping of bulk cargo and how it has come to a halt because of the lack of letters of credit. Just five months ago it cost about $234,000 to rent a 170,000 tonne Capesize...; Tags: Cargo, Financial, Raw Material, Vessel, Globalization, Great Unwind, Reports, Financial Accounting, Finance, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-11-22
Computers make the case for globalization: Computers make the case for globalizationlol - What planet are you on?Essentially, your whole blog amounts to: globalization is good because a company can plug into a global supply chain and keep costs down. Did you go to school to learn that?Globalization is only possible because we can rape the...; Tags: Operational accounting, computer, globalization, coffee maker, free trade, government; Discussion threads 2008-11-14