Everyone is talking recession. President Bush is promising tax relief, and it hasn't been a very cheery couple of days for the markets. Two thirds of Americans think we're either already in or on the edge of a recession, and, not surprisingly, consumer spending has slowed. Among all this gloom...
Most U.S. companies know that if they want to do business in Europe, they have to have a presence there. Metropolitan cities throughout Europe offer many of the advantages U.S. companies look for. Depending of the type of business, some locations fit Most U.S. companies know...
Many companies see globalization as both an opportunity and a threat, and wisely so. While new markets provide the opportunity to grow the top line, they are also producing bold new competitors. In this environment, the lack of a global operations strategy that provides effective sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, and service...
International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS are rapidly gaining momentum worldwide. The paper highlights that U.S. companies need to bone up on international accounting standards if they want to remain competitive abroad and at home. Chief Financial Officers CFOs of U.S. companies must understand global Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP, because...
From the executive summary: ‘U.S. companies that outsource work usually face problems that are far more mundane, like unmet expectations in terms of work quality and costs. Foreign companies do not advertise the snags that sometimes occur. Some American companies have stumbled when they have outsourced, even when they set...
From the executive summary: ‘Throughout the United States foreign companies are spending billions of dollars to build or expand operations. In the process, they are lifting local economies and offsetting some of the jobs being sent offshore by American companies. Economists say that insourced jobs tend to be higher-paying and...
Industrial espionage and poor intellectual property safeguards can sting the U.S. companies outsourcing their software development offshore. Some observers say that other countries vying for outsourcing dollars are even worse when it comes to providing legal protection for intellectual property. Court cases are still relatively hard to find, but that's...
The article is about the privatization of the public firms due to high regulatory cost. It explains about the processes that are high in cost. People are moving towards private firms instead of registering for public firms. At a time when tougher corporate-disclosure laws are making life more and more...
As international commerce becomes more important, many U.S firms are shifting from exporting their products to setting up global operations. This encompasses a wide array of activities including establishing foreign offices, hiring employees abroad, and acquiring companies, real estate and other assets in foreign countries. The following article provides an...
In the midst of a worldwide recession, some U.S. companies are pursuing strategies for global expansion. While most U.S. companies are pulling back on plans for expansion abroad, some CFOs are pushing their organizations in the opposite direction. Many of these finance executives established their global growth strategies before the...
The article talks about the American Company’s failure in international market. American companies that are exporting their products are not doing their home work on the wide range of export issues, including packaging or shipping the products as effectively as they could, doing due diligence on the companies they are...
From the executive summary: ‘Few U.S. companies are chasing the growth achieved in the past few years. While strategic planners are willing to make large, risky technology investments of uncertain benefit, the same is not true of foreign investments, whose risks and rewards are similarly difficult to quantify. U.S. companies...
* The American company Unilever has opened its Global Infrastructure ... * The American company Unilever has opened its Global Infrastructure Organisation-European Services in Britain. The company regards it as its European IT centre.
In the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, companies have invested significant time and money to ensure compliance with U.S. laws and regulations. However, these laws and regulations are the Achilles' heel of many U.S. companies with foreign oper In the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley...
Introduction to Germany Program on Pharmaceuticals and Healthfood. July 1992. The U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service in Germany has developed a catalog show for U.S. companies to promote their products and services in Germany. By participating in this promotion, U.S. companies are given the unique opportunity to advertise their products...
That's what the global consulting firm Accenture found when it surveyed 160 sales, marketing, and supply chain executives at U.S. companies with revenues exceeding $1 billion. Accenture's researchers learned that U.S. businesses expect sales revenues That's what the global consulting firm Accenture found when it ...
Fanuc Robotics America and Deloitte Consulting LLP will work together to help North American companies improve ... Fanuc Robotics America and Deloitte Consulting LLP will work together to help North American companies improve factory efficiency through a program called "Save Your Factory, offering automation,...
According to "Tehran Times", an informed source said that the American company Halliburton is trying to become involved in the South Pars gas field development project. Halliburton, with ties to U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney is operating According to "Tehran Times", an informed source said that...
Two American companies have filed separate lawsuits against British Telecommunications BT, seeking to invalidate the London-based telecom giant's United States patents covering cable "blowing" equipment and methods. The suite also seek to Two American companies have filed separate lawsuits against British Telecommunications BT, seeking to...
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