Red Stars Rising
The president of a Russian telephone company explains the challenge of finding employees in the former USSR. Read story
Russia
Upstarts: The Russian Connection
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 story
Emerging Markets: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Staying Sane, Safe, and Profitable
We at Kemin have been doing business internationally for more than three decades. A few years after our founding in 1961, a Chinese graduate student at Co... Read story
Editor's Letter
A few months ago, we decided that the feature section of this issue would be devoted to just one topic: global entrepreneurship. Partly this came about b... Read story
How I Did It: Howard Dahl, President and CEO, Amity Technology
Negotiating with commissars. Bartering for payment. Surviving the crash of the ruble. Read story
Country Profiles
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Toeing the Line
What's the difference between a bribe and a gift? There's no clear standard, but prosecutors often take local culture into account. Here is a guide to cultur... Read story
Scenes from an Antimall
The Lab, an 'antimall' in Costa Mesa, Calif., features small retailers and local events in renovated factory space. Read story
The Flameproof On-Line Marketing Pitch
Strategy used by one company to market its products on-line without alienating potential customers. Read story
Computer Use Expected to Top 2 Billion
Led by growth in China, the number of computers worldwide will skyrocket by 2015, according to a new report. Read story
What Are You Trying to Say?
Translators for your business. Read story
How Bribery and Other Types of Corruption Threaten the Global Marketplace
In Turkey, the apartment buildings that collapse during earthquakes are known as "bribe buildings." In Africa, bridges dot the landscape with no roads to con... Read story
Emerging Markets
The phrase "emerging markets" has two distinct connotations. First , it means new and emerging foreign export markets for U.S. companies. The U.S.... Read story
Women in Poorer Nations Twice as Likely to Become Entrepreneurs
About a third of the world's entrepreneurial activity is driven by women, according to a new report. Read story
How to Calculate Political Risk
Prepared to lose it all? No? Read on... Read story
Air Travel Goes Tribal
Get an expert's view on how four groups of influentials are shaping the future of travel. Read story
The Immigration Debate
At least 55 of this year's Inc. 500 CEOs were born outside the United States, coming from countries as far-flung as Argentina, the United Kingdom, India, ... Read story
Packaging
There is a saying in the packaging industry to the effect that "everybody thinks he is an expert on the subject." The implication of this judgment is that... 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
The Exporting Advantage
For Hibco Plastics, going after new markets in Mexico did more than boost sales—it transformed the entire company. Read story
Entrepreneurial Traits by Nationality
Professor's study compares traits of entrepreneurs in Ireland, Hungary, Russia, and the United States. Read story
Where to Go for Help: Europe
Albania Teuleda http://www.teuleda.org.al/index.php?gjuha=eng <... Read story
The World is Not Enough
Bülent Çelebi is a worldly guy, having lived in Turkey, Hong Kong, and the U.S. before returning to Istanbul to establish AirTies--which has a su... Read story
Technology: Finding Freelance Programmers
Using sites like oDesk, Elance, Guru, and RentACoder to find the best developers Read story
The Scoop on `Info Brokers'
A list of information brokers and low-cost alternatives to large market research houses. Read story
The F Word
Failure: for entrepreneurs, there's both a right way and a wrong way to go bankrupt. Here's an overview of the recent demise of catalogue retailer J. Peterma... Read story
What's Next: One-Stop Shopping
Well, now. A Web-based service someone actually needs. Want a piece? Read story
Back in the U.S.S.R.
A museum curator suggests Russia's BESM supercomputer may have been superior to ours during the Cold War. Read story
International: Net Effect on Overseas Sales
Two execs explain how they use on-line services to communicate with their international sales and marketing force. Read story
Wired Kingdom
A "techno-taxidermist" explains how she has gained an advantage in her business with technology. Read story
Teen Entrepreneurs Headed to China
The winners of a U.S. business-plan competition will now compete against nine other nations. Read story
Into Africa
Yes, you can do business there. Read story
"being Dead Is Bad For Business"
A growing number of businesspeople are looking beyond the survival of their own companies -- and becoming outspoken participants in the nuclear arms debate. Read story
It's a Smaller World Your special issue on doing business in foreign markets was excellent ["Read story
Ayn of a Thousand Pages
Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her abhorrence of collectivism and admiration for the heroic individualist emerged at an early age, w... Read story
New Global Hot Spots
Look beyond Shanghai for the next big thing. Read story
Can America Stay on Top? I couldn't agree more with Amar Bhidé's contention that the U.S. economy will ultimately survive the challenges fro... Read story
U.S. Teens Win Global Entrepreneurship Contest
The team from Santa Monica, Calif., runs an on-campus restaurant and snack bar. Read story
From Russia with Light and Color
Collecting Soviet impressionist art. Read story
September 11, 2001: The Home Front
Amid all the devastation, signs of hope emerge. Read story
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