How Money Migrates

Technology has brought major improvements to the cross-border payment process. But the old problems, including payments never showing up or showing up very late, continue to hamper global commerce.

Business On The WORLD Wide Web

It’s not enough to have Web pages that sell wares in English. With 75% of the world’s Web market expected to live outside the United States by 2005, global appeal is the byword.

International Business Resource Connection

The International Business Resource Connection (IBRC) is an outreach tool created by the Center for International Business Education and Research within University of Kansas School of Business. The IBRC intends to help international trade and business education by focusing on the Internet as a communication tool to help develop international business opportunities for “firms located in the heartland of the United States.” The site contains … [ Read more ]

The Knowledge Guide to the Euro

The Knowledge Guide to the Euro, created and maintained by the library and Information Service of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, celebrates the two-year anniversary of the creation of the Euro with this information-rich guide to information sources on the currency. The first section Euro Implementations details some of the controversies surrounding the Euro, as well as the timetable for the … [ Read more ]

Why Korea’s Crony Capitalists Are Still in Charge

“Despite government vows to reform Korea’s bloated public sector along with the rest of the economy, state-owned companies continue to be run as political fiefdoms, their top ranks filled with politicians who have been put out to pasture or are owed big favors.”

Breaking Through the Great Wall: Doing Business with the Chinese

Interested in a market that constitutes one-fifth of all the people in the world? Consider China. Many Western companies already have, as the country’s burgeoning economic growth tempts more and more executives to try to navigate the complexities of Chinese business and culture.

Ming-Jer Chen, founder/director of Wharton’s Global Chinese Business Initiative and author of a new book entitled Inside Chinese Business: A Guide for Managers … [ Read more ]