globalization

Fast Talk: Hail, global citizens!

BY Christine CanabouWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

Business has become the most powerful institution on the planet. Given that, we wonder: What are its responsibilities to the rest of the world? And how do companies act on those responsibilities?READ»

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The Wal-Mart You Don't Know

BY Charles FishmanWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?READ»

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Wanted: A Few Good Microbes

BY Loch AdamsonWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM

Problem: How to reduce usage of chemical pesticides. Solution: Develop natural products based on killer bacteria.READ»

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Driving in the Valley of the Shadow of Death

BY Jessica SteinbergWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM

It's the management problem from hell: How do you run a company whose customers and employees are being killed?READ»

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One Man's Drive... One Company's Courage

BY Charles FishmanWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:40 AM

Anglo American is by far the dominant company in a proud country that is being ravaged by AIDS. Dr. Brian Brink made it his business to transform Anglo's approach to saving lives in South Africa -- even if it meant incurring the wrath of a government that prefers to look the other way. Meet the determined face of corporate citizenship.READ»

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What's the News About the Nightly News?

BY Anne KreamerWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:39 AM

This month, Anne exchanges email with Tom Brokaw, anchor and managing editor, NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw.READ»

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Culture

BY Anne Kreamer and Kurt AndersenWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:37 AM

Anne Having read each new newspaper story about the impending war with Iraq, I'm familiar with (and not entirely unsympathetic to) the Bush administration's rationale: We need to prevent Saddam from deploying biological and nuclear ...READ»

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Free Trade Isn't Fair

BY Sara TerryWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:20 AM

Mike Dolan is leading a long-shot crusade against the new economy's most widely shared belief: that global economic integration -- of countries, companies, currencies, and markets -- is both virtuous and inevitable.READ»

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The New Fabric of Success

BY Cheryl DahleWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:14 AM

Grupo M, the largest private employer in the Dominican Republic, makes clothes for Abercrombie Fitch, Hugo Boss, and Tommy Hilfiger. But this is no Third World sweatshop. Instead, it's stitching together a sophisticated pattern of growth.READ»

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Social Justice - Alan Khazei and Vanessa Kirsch

BY Cheryl DahleWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:11 AM

"If you are exposed directly to an injustice or need, you want to do something about it."READ»

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Do-Gooders Need Not Apply

BY Cheryl DahleWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:03 AM

Bill Leeson, the outspoken cofounder of one of Great Britain's most high-profile charities, believes that you can do good works without being a do-gooder: "I am a deal maker. I make deals to get my story out."READ»

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They Put the Rest of the World on the Web

BY Eric RansdellWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:02 AM

The "tech cowboys" at Webcast Solutions travel to some of the poorest places in the world -- and uncover rich content for the World Wide Web. Have you tuned in to the radio broadcast from Burkina Faso?READ»

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The Agenda - Social Justice

BY Cheryl DahleWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

The Freeplay Group, based in Cape Town, South Africa, builds products that capture the imagination of the world -- and that change the world.READ»

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social justice - Ray Bakke

BY Curtis SittenfeldTue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:59 PM

"The real challenge facing the world is not geographic distance but cultural distance."READ»

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Wealth and Poverty

BY Peter CarbonaraTue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:50 PM

Muhammed Yunus's share-the-wealth business model.READ»

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Ways to Give Back

BY Anna MuoioTue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:49 PM

Unit of OneREAD»

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Here's a Business Plan to Fight Poverty

BY Peter CarbonaraTue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:49 PM

The social entrepreneur who pioneered 'microlending' has launched a new company. Its goal: a cell-phone in every village.READ»

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What's Black and White and Working?

BY Eric RansdellTue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:36 PM

The answer: South Africa. Wendy Luhabe's consulting firm, Bridging the Gap, trains young blacks to enter the world of business.READ»

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Globalization: China's Corruption Solution

Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 4:47 PM

I've been reading with fascination over the last few weeks as story after story appears about corruption involving Chinese food, drugs, and other consumer products. We've seen tainted seasoning, poisoned toothpaste, and nasty pet ...READ»

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The Little Red Book of Chinese Advertising

BY Linda TischlerMon May 21, 2007 at 2:38 PM

“Imagine the Beatles at JFK in 1964. That was what our reception was like.” Kevin Swanepoel, president of The One Club, was recounting what it was like to step before an auditorium of hundreds of clapping, cheering, ...READ»

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GM's New Cars--Designed Everywhere

Thu Mar 29, 2007 at 12:20 PM

Next week at the New York Auto Show, General Motors will unveil three concepts for its new minicar--and it'll invite customers to vote on which one should actually go into production. People can check out the models and choose their ...READ»

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Skype Charges for Calls; Rolls Out New Plans

Wed Dec 13, 2006 at 1:25 PM

Beginning in the new year, Skype users who have delighted for almost 10 years in free international phone calls will have to pay. Owned by eBay since 2005, Skype plans to charge $30 a year for unlimited calls made from a computer ...READ»

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Wal-Mart's China Expansion Strategy

BY Lynne d JohnsonTue Oct 17, 2006 at 11:31 AM

Wal-Mart appears to be in talks to make a more significant entry into the Chinese marketplace through the acquisition of a Taiwanese-owned supermaket chain called Trust-Mart, according to The New York Times reports this morning. ...READ»

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Numbers to Lose Sleep By

Thu Oct 12, 2006 at 7:17 PM

Want more evidence that we should be worrying about American competitiveness? Check out the monthly trade data for August, released this morning by the Commerce Department--and sending some analysts scurrying to revise (downward) ...READ»

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We're number one?

Tue Oct 10, 2006 at 8:40 AM

An indicator that may or may not mean anything: Four of this year's six Nobel Prizes have been awarded--and all have been won by Americans. Andrew Fire and Craig Mello won in medicine, for discovering a mechanism to control the flow ...READ»