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Category Archive: International Business
International Business
Jan 13
The link between information technologies and globalisation
Technology is fundamentally changing the landscape of the global financial marketplace by lowering transaction costs and reducing asymmetric information, thus levelling the playing field for investors and issuers. Despite high initial investments for technology, economies of scale will eventually drive down costs and increase competitiveness. The rise of the Internet and the explosive pace of …
Jan 13
International business skills
With everything going global these days, it is important to know how you can make an international business venture successful. A multinational enterprise is not easy to handle as the scope is much wider and it is difficult to tackle all the issues. When you first begin an international business things can be a bit …
Jan 13
International trade plan
Countries have been trading goods with each other for more than one thousand years, originally between China, India and the Roman Empire and then later including the rest of Europe and North America. Different produce originated in different parts of the world and trading companies were established to trade aromatics, spices, coffee and silk.Today, different …
Dec 21
How can you make your business global?
Deciding how to deal with the globalisation of markets poses tough issues and choices for mangers. There are both external business forces, and internal organisational factors to consider.
Dec 19
Globalisation and technologies
Globalization is the buzzword of today. The economies of the world are being increasingly integrated. Mobile phones and Internet have brought people closer. The world is becoming a smaller place. Goods, which were once confined to western countries, are available across the globe. Work can be outsourced to any part of the world that has …
Dec 16
Globalisation Advantages and drawbacks
Globalisation is a fashionable word to describe trends perceived to be dramatically and relentlessly increasing connections and communications between people the global economy is impacting the workplace both in terms of the types of jobs that are being created versus those that are disappearing and also in terms of the work Developed nations have outsourced …