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		<title><![CDATA[Should We Penalize Companies for Shipping Jobs Overseas?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=1346]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's a popular argument these days. If U.S. multinationals are going to ship jobs overseas, let's make it more difficult by adding taxes on their so-called outbound investments.    A majority of Americans believe, according to recent polls, that job outsourcing is a root problem for why the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:56:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Global Dreaming | BTalk Australia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnetau.com.au/aussierules/2009/03/02/global-dreaming-btalk-australia/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[(17min 28) We like to think of our major capital cities as having a lot to offer multinational companies. Are we dreaming?    In â€œGlobal Connections: a study of multinational companies in Sydneyâ€ Michael Enright  concludes that our role is little more than a branch office providing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:54:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When a Multinational Buys a 'Social Brand']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=512]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's an honest reaction, a groan to one's self, when a conglomerate such as Coca-Cola buys a stake in a small company known for its contributions to society, such as HonestTea.    In recent times we've seen more of these Goliaths purchasing Davids, such as Unilever's deal for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:46:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Multinationals Struggle To Manage Talent]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=378182]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Managing talent in a global organization is more complex and demanding than it is in a national business - and few major worldwide corporations have risen to the challenge. A survey of managers at some of the world's best-known multinationals covered a range of sectors and all the main geographies....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are American Multinationals Still "American?"]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are American Multinationals Still "American?"dichotomyI think that is the price of globalisation and to give confidence to others to do likewise.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Local Firms Beat Multinationals]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=233]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart doesn't always win when it enters a new market.    In business, David can beat Goliath, or at least maintain competitive advantage, by understanding weaknesses inherent in big companies and strengths to be derived from playing smart in your own backyard.    The subject of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:40:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are American Multinationals Still "American?"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1104]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, Claudia Deutsch of the New York Times had an excellent article about how General Electric is trying to become even more international than it already is. Many of America's top companies are making 50 percent of their sales offshore. United Technologies makes 60 percent of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:46:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russian multinationals expanding abroad: study]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200712/ai_n21150946]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW AFP &#8212; Russia's 25 most multinational companies have more than doubled their foreign assets, sales and number of employees abroad since 2004, according to a survey published on Tuesday.  The study compiled by the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management and Columbia University in New York found that the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The government signs a memorandum of understanding to work on Wimax technology and product development with multinationals]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government signs a memorandum of understanding to work on Wimax technology and product development with multinationals including Intel, NEC, Nortel Networks and German Wimax tester Rohde & Schwarz.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Forgotten Strategy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2439-13239_23-167679.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  The Idea in Brief            Multinationals' global operations consistently underperform their domestic operations. Why? These companies' strategies focus mostly on similarities across their markets: whenever possible, global companies standardize their business models to achieve economies of scale. They...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:50:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Competition For FDI In The Presence Of A Public Firm And The Effects Of Privatization]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=313796]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper investigates tax/subsidy competition for FDI Foreign Direct Investment between countries of different size when a welfare-maximizing and relatively inefficient public firm is the incumbent in the largest market. First, it analyze how the presence of a public firm affects the investment decision of a multinational operating in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Future of Multinationals]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=124]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Halliburton created a political kerfuffle last month when it announced it was moving its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai. But this article from the Economist says that several corporations are rethinking their strategies on where they should base their businesses. Here's what the article says about IBM boss Sam...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:45:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Americans Do I.T. Better: US Multinationals And The Productivity Miracle]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312841]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The US has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that intensively use Information Technologies IT. This has not occurred in Europe. If the US "Productivity miracle" is due to a natural advantage of being located in the US then it is not expected...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CEOs concerned about workplace wellness.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200703/ai_n19250194]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mar 12, 2007 (Human Resources - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The  PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute compiled a report with  the World Economic Forum. It is argued in the paper that the  increasingly sedentary nature of work is making employees worldwide  sicker, less productive and more overweight....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New markets fuel growth.(foreign markets are more profitable)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4694/is_200703/ai_n19263724]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Brad Perriello, Associate Editor       Recent earnings reports show that more distributors and  manufacturers are looking to tap overseas markets--and one recent study  says this may help, not hurt, the U.S. economy       Reviewing the earnings rep...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Moving Energy-Intensive Industries To The Gulf]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=951047]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Multinational producers of energy-intensive commodities must rethink their approach to crafting deals in the Gulf. Gulf Cooperation Council GCC states can offer attractive locations for energy-intensive industries, while Western multinationals have the project know-how that can help these states develop their economies. The mutual needs of the two parties are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Top multinationals pledge to cut carbon pollution]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200702/ai_n18652636]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; Some of the very corporations once vilified by environmentalists promised to reduce by 10 million tons annually their collective output of carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming, the World Wildlife Fund announced.  Sony, Nike, IMB, Polaroid, building-materials giant Lafarge and seven other top multinationals...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Using an APA may help avoid an audit.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200611/ai_n17472175]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Mindy Piatoff    Nov 13, 2006 (Tax Planning International Transfer Pricing - ABIX  via COMTEX) -- The Internal Revenue Service views transfer pricing and  the offshore transfer of intangibles as among the biggest US tax  compliance problems.  The tax departments of multinationals treat...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Attracting Foreign Investments Or Promoting Domestic Multinationals?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=313885]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The main rational for attracting foreign multinationals is that they bring in the host country a bundle of intangible assets which increase the average productivity in the country, both through a composition effect and through spillovers to national firms. This paper argues that domestic multinationals can be equally a good...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oil nationalism makes life diffcult for multinationals]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200610/ai_n16933501]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; Russia's hard-nosed approach to foreign energy investors, Ecuador's threatening noises on oil contracts and Iran's reduction of Japan's share in a huge oil project reveal the weakness of multinationals faced with producing countries that want to dictate their own terms. "There has been a very significant change...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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