Entering Global Markets


Recent Entering Global Markets Articles

No Free Pass [Audio]

By Hannah Clark Steiman and Rod Kurtz |  Aug 9, 2007

When it comes to doing business abroad, sometimes you have to pay to play. Problem is, it's usually illegal. Associate editor Hannah Clark explains the ri...  Watch video


Perestroika Continues [Audio]

By Sarah Goldstein and Rod Kurtz |  May 16, 2007

Fidel Castro has given up power. The bad news is that he gave it to his brother Raul. Could the shift bring opportunity for U.S. entrepreneurs? Reporter S...  Watch video


Where Opportunity Knocks

By Max Chafkin and Rod Kurtz |  Apr 4, 2007

The world may indeed be your oyster. But not all countries are friendly to American entrepreneurs. Staff writer Max Chafkin highlights the best and worst....  Watch video


Fully Committed

By Stephanie Clifford |  Apr 1, 2007

Let others proceed gingerly. Bülent Çelebi has set up an American-style company in Turkey, where he enjoys advantages his competition can only dream of.  Read more


How to Be a Local, Anywhere

By Pat McGovern |  Apr 1, 2007

If you're a leader, lead. When my company explores a new market, I'm the first one off the plane.  Read more


How I Did It: Howard Dahl, President and CEO, Amity Technology

By Howard Dahl |  Apr 1, 2007

Negotiating with commissars. Bartering for payment. Surviving the crash of the ruble.  Read more


Gold-Medal Marketing

By Max Chafkin |  Apr 1, 2007

For companies looking to profit from the Beijing Olympics, the race is on.  Read more


A Whole New World [Video]

By Darren Dahl and Rod Kurtz |  Aug 2, 2006

Are there opportunities for your business in the Middle East? Staff writer Darren Dahl explains the benefits -- and challenges -- of expanding to the regi...  Watch video


A Whole New World

By Darren Dahl |  Jul 1, 2006

How Mosaica Education made the jump from the inner city to the Middle East.  Read more


The Worldwide Workforce

By Allan Schweyer |  Mar 1, 2006

To stay competitive and reap top talent, small businesses will need travel beyond the borders of the U.S. for employees and learn to work effectively with wo...  Read more


An Outsourcing Case Study [Audio]

By Darren Dahl and Rod Kurtz |  Feb 13, 2006

With revenue flattening, David Galbenski needed a bold new plan. But was outsourcing everything to India really the right move? Darren Dahl speaks to some...  Watch video


Case Study: Was Outsourcing to India the Right Move?

By Darren Dahl |  Jan 1, 2006

With revenue flattening, David Galbenski needed a bold new plan.  Read more


Case Study: A Quota on Profit

By Catherine Curan |  Dec 1, 2005

Lafayette 148 had high hopes for its new Chinese factory. Then it encountered an unforeseen problem: trade restrictions.  Read more


Would You Buy a Chinese Car from This Man?

By Darren Dahl |  Jul 1, 2005

Malcom Bricklin is on a quest to revolutionize the auto industry at 14,845 words per hour.  Read more


In a Foreign Market? Watch Out for Your Bank

By Ilan Mochari |  Sep 1, 1999

Picking a reliable bank can be a key step to making exports run smoothly.  Read more


Upstarts: The Russian Connection

By Marc Ballon |  Jul 1, 1999

Entrepreneurs who've emigrated from the former Soviet Union are shrewdly benefiting from the crumbling economy of that once-mighty empire. And they aren't th...  Read more


Sweatshops, Free Trade Force Owner to Call It Quits

By David Whitford |  Nov 1, 1996

The story of how a manufacturing company failed under pressures from GATT, NAFTA, and sweatshops.  Read more


'Flashes of Genius'

By George Gendron |  May 15, 1996

Peter Drucker on entrepreneurial complacency and delusions—and the madness of always thinking you're numb one.  Read more


The Exporter's Catalog

By Susan Greco |  Apr 1, 1995

Information on a catalog of books, tapes, and newsletters on international business.  Read more


Structuring a Global Licensing Deal

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1992

Structuring a U.S.-based deal with a foreign partner.  Read more


Money (and More) for Overseas Expansion

By Michael P. Cronin |  Aug 1, 1992

An income-producing U.S. government agency helps businesses invest in foreign markets.  Read more


Trading Places: Small Businesses and Global Trade

By David L. Birch |  Apr 1, 1988

Economist David L. Birch on the state of our global competitiveness and the surprising truth about small exporters.  Read more


The Chinese Way Of Business

By Joel Kotkin |  Jun 1, 1987

What appears to be a good old-fashioned family business may be a $100-million international conglomerate  Read more


Trading Places: Are America and Japan Locked in a Trade War?

By Joel Kotkin and George Gendron |  Jul 1, 1985

Japanese and American entrepreneurs gather for a freewheeling discussion of the differences that divide them, and the ventures that may bring them together.  Read more


Trading Places: How a Dentist Invented the Export Trading Company

By Sara Delano |  Nov 1, 1983

Although Dr. Josepb Blaes considered himself reasonably imaginative, he never dreamed that his design for a more efficient dental clinic would have global si...  Read more