If you’re outsourcing to Chinese manufacturers for the first time, you’re bound to make a few cultural gaffes. Here are some rules of the road. 1. Never criticize the government. In the United States, taking verbal shots at the government is almost...
Planning to outsource your manufacturing to China? Here are seven ways to protect intellectual property from reappearing inside a Chinese competitor’s product. 1. File patent and copyright documentation in the United States. U.S. patent and copyright laws are among the most stringent...
Thanks to job growth and newfound political stability, these smaller markets present a big opportunity for U.S. and other western companies to expand. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} ...
The world’s largest foreign markets are all growing — and making it easier for western companies to join their economies. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} .expansionPic p {...
Relatively stable and foreigner-friendly, these growing mid-size markets offer expansion opportunities in regions less vulnerable to the current global economic slowdown. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} .expansionPic p...
These five products have one thing in common: Each started out as an idea hatched by a mid-level employee — and ended up changing a company or revolutionizing an industry. Post-it Notes Intrapreneurs: Spencer Silver and Art Fry...
A Wal-Mart manager shares four crucial steps for launching new projects within a big corporation. 1. Exploit Your Company’s Competitive Advantages “You really need to know how...
Seven successful intrapreneurs reveal what it took to launch new ventures at Kodak, Toyota, Yahoo, and other major companies. .logoimg { float:right; border:1px solid #eee; padding:4px; background:#fff;} Kodak Intrapreneur:...
In this interview with BNET, Richard Florida explains why his latest book “Who’s Your City?” matters to workers during a recession and how a business's location affects not only the talent pool, but also its ability to innovate. ...
These ten megaregions generate the bulk of America's economic output and stand to be the biggest areas for job and economic growth, according to Richard Florida, author of Who's Your City? ...
Forget the best cities to work in. Richard Florida envisions a world in which megaregions -- composed of several cities -- represent a new and powerful economic unit. Adapted from Florida's new book Who's Your City? Today, megaregions range in size from 10...
The nature of work has changed considerably since the first cubicle was introduced in 1968. Today's workplaces need to be as adaptable and collaborative as the people inside them. Here’s how Microsoft and other large companies have redesigned their offices for the way people work now. .officeDesignPic...
More and more companies are turning to data analysts and mathematical engineers to solve key business problems. Here’s a guide to the key players and the basic lexicon of their craft — operations research. Key Players Oracle: Oracle is one...
How one prominent academic, UC Berkeley's Lee W. Schruben, sees the evolution of operations research in the business world. BNET: What are the big unsolved problems for OR in practice today? Schruben: We have to realize that what we’re actually doing...
Great minds, support from management, and their own brand of secret sauce helped these teams come up with some of the biggest innovations in recent business history. The Java Development Team at Sun Microsystems ...
Like characters in a role-playing game, each member of a team has different strengths and performs a different role in getting tasks accomplished. The Agitator...
Don’t know your pinot from your merlot? This basic menu of wine types from around the world will help you decipher any wine list. Beaujolais (boh-zhoh-lay): A light, fruity red wine from...
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