Log On, Bitte
Two on-line databases with directory information on businesses in Germany. Read story
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Re-employment That Kills Jobs
Quote on job generation and public policy. Read story
U.S. Leads in International Patent Applications
March 12, 2007 -- The United States accounted for more than a third of total patent applications filed with the World International Paten... Read story
U.S. Tops Global Competitiveness
Annual ranking cites improved market efficiency and high-tech innovation. Read story
Refunds for Going Global
If you're exporting a product that's made with some imported components, ask your customsbroker about the U.S. Customs Service's duty-drawback program. Un... Read story
Global Business
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Mr. Matschke hit the nail right on the head. Technology is being transferred out of the United States to foreign countries because of the short-term goal... Read story
Compatible Customer Data in Different Languages
March 5, 2007 -- Omikron, an address-management software company based in Pforzheim, Germany, has registered a patent for new technology ... Read story
How I Did It: Margot Fraser
Margot Fraser, the founder of Birkenstock, USA, recalls 40 years of peace, love, and clunky sandals Read story
Germans Speed Grants For Small Companies
Only three weeks for the government to decide on a small business grant for research and development? Impossible? Not if you live in West Germany.
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The Kindest Cut
Competition has sparked a global decline in corporate taxes. Read story
America's Reverse Brain Drain
America's losing its skilled immigrants to other countries, argues David Heenan in his new book, Flight Capital: The Alarming Exodus of America's Best... Read story
International: Cultural Differences
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From Start-Up to Globalization: The 2000 Inc. 500
The technical savvy of many companies in the 2000 Inc. 500 is just one aspect of their high level of sophistication. A number of them already hav... Read story
Where to Go for Help: Europe
Albania Teuleda http://www.teuleda.org.al/index.php?gjuha=eng <... Read story
The Defiant Ones
Europe has concluded that it must work harder to recognize and nurture growth businesses, and what that means to you. Read story
Seven Steps to Doing Good Business
Devising a system of commerce and production in which each and every act is sustainable and restorative. Read story
Giving Unternehmers a Good Name
The president of Europe's 500, an organization of the European Union's fastest-growing companies, talks about business. Read story
How to Design an Export Invoice
Designing export invoices that comply with business practices in other countries. Read story
Rallying Overseas Reps
How one company made the most of a three-day training for its foreign sales reps, held at U.S. headquarters. Read story
China Surpasses Germany as Third-Largest Economy
American businesses to face more competition but more opportunity. Read story
Will Your Product `Travel' Overseas?
Survey of current international opportunities in five foreign markets. Read story
Is America Really Different?
Data showing the roles small businesses play in European economies compared with the role they play in the U.S economy. Read story
Gas Prices Around the Globe
What are other countries paying per gallon for premium unleaded fuel? Read story
Holiday Shoppers Fear Online Fraud
Though global in reach, identity theft is more prevalent in English-speaking countries, a study finds. Read story
Entrepreneurial Terror
Starting a company? Get ready for the most terrifying experience of your life. Read story
What To Expect If A Foreigner Makes An Offer
The next takeover that you receive has a 15% to 20% chance of coming from a foreign suitor, says Jerold Morgan, a Chicago-area consultant who arranges and... Read story
Why Unions Don't Work Anymore
The "scientific" methods that once made labor unions strong are now making them weak. Read story
Network: July 1991
Network reader-to-reader advice. Read story
Join the Club
Think you're too young to sell overseas? You're probably not. Many fast-growing small companies are going global. A poll ofcompanies on the 1993 Inc. 500 ... Read story
Why America Is Losing The Technology War
Foreign companies are years ahead of American corporations in taking advantage of our own innovations. Read story
The British Connection
For U.S. small businesspeople, the problems and progress of our English counterparts should be more than a matter of idle curiosity. Read story
Trading Places: Inc.'s 2008 Export Guide
Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,... Read story
Go East, Young Man
First-person account of a joint venture in Eastern Europe. Read story
Global Start-up
CEO's plan for world-wide sale of his medical device that will make certain types of surgery obselete. Read story
Benchmark: Are U.S. Salespeople Busier?
A graph comparing various facets of a saleperson's day in the U.S. to European counterparts. Read story
Easier Done Than Said
A guide to getting started in the international exportation business. Read story
Benchmark: Real Costs of Euro-Workers
A graph comparing employer's manatory and voluntary costs in various taxes verus employee's costs in 7 European states. Read story
Miracle, Schmiracle
Michael Dukakis is blowing a golden opportunity to talk about the real reasons for Massachusetts's booming economy Read story
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