Category: Globalization

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The Transformation of Multinationals

A year ago I wrote a post about a letter to the editor of the Financial Times written by IBM CEO Sam Palmisano [Globalization and Resilient Enterprises]. Palmisano argued that multinationals, in

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The Dark Side of the Global Commute

Every wave of globalization has required a relatively free flow of people, resources, and capital. As the emotional debates over immigration in the U.S. Congress and beyond underscore, the most controversial of

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Standards and Aid

When I have discussed  Development-in-a-Box™, I have always stressed the importance of standards and best practices. If you are going to jump-start a developing economy and get it connected to the developed

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The Long Road to Iraqi Reconciliation

With new U.S. polls showing ever increasing dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq, it is little wonder that Democratic presidential candidates tried to steer the recent New Hampshire debate to that subject

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Recalling Typhoid Mary

Since the spread of AIDS, the scare of SARS, and looming threat of Avian Flu, people are more aware than ever of the potential for a pandemic. A pandemic is one of

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Globalization and Labor Standards

New York Times‘ columnist and economist Paul Krugman recently penned a column about globalization and how it affects jobs and wages in developed countries, specifically the U.S. [“Divided Over Trade,” 14 May

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Others on the Edge of Globalization

The cover of 28 May 2007 issue of BusinessWeek asks the provocative question, “What’s the Most Extreme Emerging Market on Earth?” As my recent posts on Kurdistan have indicated, I believe there

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