Do companies need to be large to go global? Not necessarily, writes Chief Executive scribe Dale Buss. In a recent article entitled "Little Giants," Buss considers a handful of example firms -- companies that are staying relatively small while expanding overseas. He susses out the following strategies and tactics:

• Make the leap
• Follow the customer
• Focus on exports
• Manufacture overseas
• Partner strategically
• Spread currency risk around
• Innovate locally
• Mandate a global vision

Regardless of whether you work for a large or small company -- or by yourself -- how wide ranging is your work? How do you go global?