"PC market growth will be impacted by devices that enable better on-the-go content consumption such as media tablets and next-generation smartphones," added research analyst Raphael Vasquez. "These devices will be increasingly embraced as complements if not substitutes for PCs where voice and light data consumption are desired."And according to Laurel Delaney, founder of GlobeTrade:
"The iPad will make it a whole heck of lot easier and more fun to take your business global."Read more here.
“The whole world is going global, and especially in the last three or four years, it has really taken off,” said Janssen. “The revenue growth is in Asia—with some in Europe, but [revenue growth in] the United States is virtually flat. The jobless recovery here is very, very real. The war for talent in the United States [consists of] finding those who have skills to manage a global group—those who have global awareness and understand the complexities in doing global business. It’s only a handful of people right now.”Read the entire article here.
The U.S. Meat Export Federation thinks that the butt, which has enjoyed a surge in popularity in the U.S. as the raw material for pulled pork sandwiches (as shown), should go international.Read all about it here.
USMEF is looking at a variety of markets for this initiative, including Mexico, the Caribbean, Canada, South Korea and Japan,” said Dan Halstrom, USMEF senior vice president of marketing and communications. “U.S. pork is the protein of choice globally, and we see opportunities to expand market share and compete with other proteins by educating our contacts there about the advantages of the pork butt.”Posted by: The Global Small Business Blog
In addition, the company is also looking to expand internationally. Already, Netflix is available in Canada. However, the company is considering moving “beyond North America” in the second half of 2011. It’s unknown which countries Netflix has its eyes one, but the company is expected to invest up to $50 million trying to expand to countries other than United States and Canada.Source: Erictric
Kim Kardashian and sister Kourtney Kardashian are going global with cover spreads in far flung India and South Africa. It’s a far cry from Wilshire Blvd. but the Kardashian brand apparently knows no bounds, even in the Third World.What can we learn from them? That anything is possible when it comes to taking a brand global.
Making peace and humanitarian operations more effective, efficient and equitable so that they deliver cheaper, faster, smarter missions - resulting in a stronger peace and a larger peace dividend.Learn more here about their fascinating approach to get more money to SMEs worldwide and change the way aid and peacekeeping is delivered.
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| Mr. Inderjit Singh, Member of Parliament (Singapore) |
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| World Entrepreneurship Forum Team (France)! |
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| Mr. Claude Robichaud (L), President, Falpaco Plastic and Rubber Inc. (Canada) and Dave Frood (R), Author, The Thinking Corporation (Australia) |
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| Innovation and the Development of High-Growth Organizations Workshop Team |
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| Prof. Riadh Zghal (microphone), Senator, Tunisian Chamber of Councillors (Tunisia) and Ms. Lisa Fecteau (right front), President, Groupement des chefs d'entreprise du Quebec (Canada) |
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| Mr. Antti Kangaslahti (microphone), Founder, Finntastico.com (Finland) and Mr. Dan Evans (right), Chief Innovation Officer Executive Education Emlyon, Professor in Entrepreneurship (France) |
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| Mr. Liu Chuan-Zhi (L), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lenovo Group (China), Interpreter (China), Ms. Bhatt (India) and Mr. Steve Strauss (United States) |
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| Ms. Ela R. Bhatt, Founder, Self-Employed Women's Association (India) |
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| Mr. Yves-Henri Robillard, Director, World Entrepreneurship Forum (France) |
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| Mr. Steve Strauss, The Strauss Group, Inc., United States |
Dr. Howard H. Stevenson has received the Entrepreneur for the World award in the "Expert" category as he is considered the founder of Entrepreneurship as an academic field. He is the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Dr. Stevenson has authored, edited or co-authored numerous books and articles, which are widely used by university professors around the world.More later ...
According to Wikipedia (http://tinyurl.com/2qjapp), cloud computing is: “Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid.” In simpler language: Cloud computing is a data center, controlled by a vendor, that your employees access to share, edit, store and play files over the Internet from any location in the world. Google’s Gmail, Apps, Docs and Sites ... read more.2. 10 Factors to Consider Before You Put Your Business in a Cloud
You can choose from a wide range of service providers with varying pricing, depending on the complexity of your business needs and the amount of capacity you require. Here are 10 factors to consider before you make ... read more.3. 10 Benefits of Cloud Computing
1. Achieve economies of scale - increase volume output or productivity with fewer people. Your cost per unit, project or product plummets.Full disclosure: Verio (www.Verio.com) is a client of GlobeTrade.com and GlobeTrade.com is a customer of Verio's.
2. Reduce spending on technology infrastructure. Maintain easy access to your information with minimal upfront spending. Pay as you go (weekly, quarterly or yearly), based on ... read more.
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"When I started the customer base, it was about 3 to 5 miles. Today, it's worldwide. People find us online through searches, through search engines, through Twitter searches as well as Facebook."Illustration credit: ScanMyPhotos (as referenced above).
