Last week I gave a talk on Surviving in the Global Economy and one of my keynote slides really resonated with the audience. It was a question I posed to the audience: What does your global sphere look like?
And what I mean by that — which I explained at great length to the attendees — was if som…
Continue reading "How Big Is Your Global Sphere?"Many of us have read Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat, and now comes a new book by Ronald Aronica and Mtetwa Ramdoo who put air — not sure hot or cold — into Friedman’s flat world.
After reading their commentary, let me ask you this: Do you think Friedman’s vision of the globalized world is a…
Continue reading "Is Friedman’s Flat World Deeply Skewed?"Exporting offers all sorts of advantages, from increasing sales and profits to creating jobs and fostering wealth. But there are other ways in which exports help our economy.
For example, global economies of scale and competition lowers prices for consumers, increases the variety of goods and serv…
Continue reading "The Many Advantages of Exporting"In the future, there will be two kinds of enterprises: those that go global and those that die.
Why? You can find out here.
Don’t let the length of the manifesto put you off. There’s something in it for everyone. I suggest you read it in full PDF file format capabilities.
Going global doesn’t have to be as complex as people make it out to be. To get started, I recommend you learn everything there is to know about a market before you do business there. And it’s easy to access that kind of information.
1. Explore the U.S. Commercial Service site and select a country …
Continue reading "3 Steps to Find Export Information by Country"