Topic: Globalization

Into Thin Air

Maybe offshoring is good for the economy in the long run. Maybe it will boost productivity and save companies. But it's causing real pain to real people. And they never thought it would happen to them.READ»

Create Jobs, Don't Protect Them

Some U.S. jobs are gone forever. Protecting the ones we have left is the wrong response.READ»

In Praise of Spikes

In an exclusive excerpt, the guru of the Creative Class explains the peaks and valleys of the global economy.READ»

• Where Art Thou?

Look Into Their Eyes

These people lost high-tech jobs to low-wage countries. Try telling them that offshoring is a good thing in the long run.READ»

The Tropicalization of Digitization and Global Red-Light Districts

Bruce Sterling is an internationally acclaimed author who lives in Austin, Texas. Having produced a steady stream of enlightening essays and ground-breaking science fiction since 1976, Sterling's most recent book is Tomorrow Now. In ...READ»

Make 2007 Your Year to Go Global

Peter F. Drucker presciently said, "in about five years, there will be two types of CEOs: those who think globally and those who are unemployed." Given the rapid pace globalization has achieved, it seems Mr. Drucker was only ...READ»

Five Trends That Will Transform Society

Author Richard Watson examines emerging patterns and developments and society, politics, science and technology, media and entertainment, and other industries in his book Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years -- and makes educated, and witty speculations as to where they might take us.READ»

Rise of the Aerotropolis

As competition shrinks the globe, the world is building giant airport-cities. They look monstrous to American eyes--and that could be a problem. READ»

Is Offshoring Good? [Full-text]

The head of an Indian consulting firm and a high-tech-union president face off on the effects of offshoring and globalization.READ»

Medical Leave

Your next heart surgery could well be in Bangkok -- but don't worry, it'll be "in network." How your health care is taking wing ...READ»

• The Most Innovative Ways to Nap

Is Offshoring Good?

The head of an Indian consulting firm and a high-tech-union president face off on the effects of offshoring and globalization.READ»

There Is No Alternative to ...

How do you develop strategy in an uncertain economy? Meet TINA: There Is No Alternative. First, Royal Dutch/Shell pioneered the system of scenario planning to anticipate dramatic changes in the world. But when everything starts to change, the way to do planning is to focus on things that don't change.READ»

The Moral Bankruptcy of Modern Economic Globalization

Globalization is thought the next step forward march in the linear dance trajectory insofar as human economic evolution. Beginning with the inception of humanity in and of itself, cave men, human tribalism, city states, nation states and finally globalization and its associated global liberal economic markets as Adam Smith envisaged. Everything is “for sale” in the 21st century from human worth to international justice.READ»

Whatever Happened to Globalization?

One of the world's most powerful advertising executives, Martin Sorrell, offers a provocative set of ideas about doing business around the world. His biggest worry: "It's all too easy to get out of touch with what's really going on."READ»

Lessons in Health Care From Giorgio Armani

Some months ago, the International Health Tribune ran an interesting story about how some of Europe's leading luxury goods companies are shifting manufacturing from Europe to Asia. In the case of Giorgio Armani, some of their ...READ»

Free Trade Isn't Fair

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»

Good News - It's a Small World

Who cares where our cars, computers, or clothes are made? If December's "Battle of Seattle" is any indication, lots of people do. A book by two savvy journalists makes the case for globalization.READ»

International Paid Surveys: Which are the best?

Paid Surveys are a great way to earn money online. Most paid survey sites are open only to members of the United States or Canada, and you can hope to win great prizes for participating in online surveys. International members have ...READ»

The Time Is Ripe for Innovation Outsourcing Without Borders

Having the right approach to globalization will define successful leadership in 2010. While financial institutions toppled in 2009, new industries were born. While industry incumbents struggled to survive, new entrants thrived. It’s ...READ»

NetWork 8

The user's guide to the new economy.READ»

Innovation: Role call

I reported here recently about the rise of sushi culture in China, and New York Times had a front-page story last week about fears of a tuna shortage in Japan. Prices there for high-quality fish, especially bluefin, are rising due ...READ»

The Corporate Shrink

Our Corporate Shrink offers some advice on how to cope with a world of fast and furious change. Bottom line: You better have a taste for ambiguity and uncertainty.READ»

Globalization: Bridging Across Cultures or Developing a Global Culture?

Why there is, as yet, no global business culture--and whether there will ever be.READ»

So Long Daimler and Thanks for All the Gas

Nine years ago popular wisdom held that the well-heeled maker of Mercedes-Benz would rescue down-on-its luck Chrysler. Today we pick over the remains of the transnational automotive colossus wondering whether this was a doomed ...READ»

A Fishy Expedition

How sushi became a signature dish on the global menu.READ»