http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/ Insights and resources to help any size company succeed in international trade and business, including: Export market development, International joint ventures, Management of foreign operations. en-US Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:34:33 -0700 http://www.typepad.com/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2009/01/is-now-the-time-to-begin-exporting.html http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2009/01/is-now-the-time-to-begin-exporting.html Exports are down and economies everywhere are contracting as our global interconnectedness is proving both blessing and challenge. Amid the downturn companies are cutting marketing budgets, travel expenses, and, most importantly, people. One might reasonably ask whether this is the... Export Market Development cmaginness Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:34:33 -0700 http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/10/discussing-politics-while-building-relationships-abroad.html http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/10/discussing-politics-while-building-relationships-abroad.html With the U.S. in the throes of a widely watched election, it is not surprising that American business travelers abroad are often asked to engage in a conversation about American politics and the election. And I suspect that this will... International Business cmaginness Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:02:31 -0600 http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/10/trade-policy-in-an-age-of-protectionism----how-governments-can-affect-global-trade-through-a-domestic-agenda.html http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/10/trade-policy-in-an-age-of-protectionism----how-governments-can-affect-global-trade-through-a-domestic-agenda.html I had the opportunity to attend a meeting this morning with Dr. Laura Tyson, professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, a former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under Clinton and one of Obama's chief economic advisers.... cmaginness Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:47:34 -0600 http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/09/a-new-paradigm-for-a-dynamic-international-market-for-sustainable-energy----the-conclusion.html http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/09/a-new-paradigm-for-a-dynamic-international-market-for-sustainable-energy----the-conclusion.html This is the post that concludes the themes raised in the immediately preceding two. Part I posed the dilemma of creating a rational energy policy in a net oil consuming nation given the lack of free competition in current international... cmaginness Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:24:53 -0600 http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/08/inefficiencies-in-international-energy-markets-and-the-search-for-a-new-paradigm-for-the-value-of-renewable-resources----part.html http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/08/inefficiencies-in-international-energy-markets-and-the-search-for-a-new-paradigm-for-the-value-of-renewable-resources----part.html This is Part II of what I anticipate will be a 3 part post. In Part I, I tried to set up the intractable dilemma that has prevented the net oil consuming nations such as the U.S. from formulating a... International Business cmaginness Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:34:01 -0600 http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/08/inefficiencies-in-international-energy-markets-and-the-search-for-a-new-paradigm-for-the-value-of-renewable-resources.html http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/08/inefficiencies-in-international-energy-markets-and-the-search-for-a-new-paradigm-for-the-value-of-renewable-resources.html Regular readers will have noticed the lack of recent posts -- I've been too busy with business lately to blog. I always keep a running list of potential blog topics, but unfortunately many of the short pithy ones are related... International Business cmaginness Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:42:35 -0600 http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/06/the-united-nations-speaks-out-for-free-trade----at-least-when-it-comes-to-the-global-food-supply.html http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/06/the-united-nations-speaks-out-for-free-trade----at-least-when-it-comes-to-the-global-food-supply.html Among the many positive attributes of the United Nations, and I think there are many, I wouldn't normally include a penchant for free trade. Sure it's an international body and by its very nature is on the leading edge of... International Business cmaginness Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:00:39 -0600 http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/05/responding-to-t.html http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/05/responding-to-t.html One of the things that great companies have in common, or at least companies that are great at product development, marketing and customer service, is that they have a genuine empathy for their customers. This inherent customer centric view allows... Cultural Dimensions cmaginness Fri, 16 May 2008 12:20:55 -0600 http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/05/can-todays-mis.html http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/05/can-todays-mis.html Among the concerns with secondary education today is that in teaching to the lowest common denominator dictated by standardized tests, the average American high school student is woefully undereducated in subjects critical to the world of the future (and today... International Business cmaginness Tue, 13 May 2008 14:39:16 -0600 http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/05/what-it-took-fo.html http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2008/05/what-it-took-fo.html Regular readers of this blog know that from time to time we've examined whether global companies have the power to impose standardization upon foreign markets (ala Ted Levitt's original conception of globalized business), or whether the most successful global competitors... Export Market Development cmaginness Mon, 05 May 2008 10:30:09 -0600