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
Spain
Speech Service for BlackBerry Pearl
Feb. 14, 2007 -- Nuance Communications released its new speech-enabled smartphone features for the BlackBerry Pearl at the 3GSM World Con... Read story
Country Profiles
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
Entrepreneurship and innovation make our business culture worth celebrating. But they pose challenges, too Read story
Will Your Product `Travel' Overseas?
Survey of current international opportunities in five foreign markets. 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
CEO Passions: Ballroom Dancing
Promise Phelon, CEO of Upwardly Mobile, learns business strategy through ballroom dancing 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
Gas Prices Around the Globe
What are other countries paying per gallon for premium unleaded fuel? Read story
How Entrepreneurship and Democracy Affect Internet Development
Rarely has a technology had a greater effect on the spread of the global marketplace than the emergence of the Internet. Many businesses have adapted thei... Read story
Export: One Call Answers All
Source of information on foreign exporting. Read story
Travel: Vacations of Steel
So work is making a mockery of your fitness goals? Lose the stress and a few pounds at these retreats. Read story
Network: December 1991
Network reader-to-reader advice. Read story
Start-Up, Spanish Style
When Nicolas Luca de Tena was setting up his franchising business in Madrid in the mid-1980s, "entrepreneurs" he says, "were considered bad people" in Spa... 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
Survey: U.S. Workers Scrimp on Vacations
April 25, 2007 -- Compared with other nations, U.S. workers receive the fewest vacation days on average, while more than third aren't expe... Read story
Where to Go for Help: Europe
Albania Teuleda http://www.teuleda.org.al/index.php?gjuha=eng <... 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
Global Business
Related Terms: Globalization Global business refer... Read story
Ham Fit For Kings
Kenneth M. Miller makes a hobby of talking with kings, senators, industrialists, major league ballplayers, gas station attendants, and farmers. Miller, pr... Read story
Business for Sale: An Arizona Winery
An 83-year-old winemaker is ready to hand off his 10-acre Arizona vineyard. The plot is priced at $465,000 Read story
Contributors
Arthur Lubow became acquainted with Iberian ham in Spain, where he visited oak forests in which pigs grazed solely on acorns. " Jam&oa... Read story
Five Tips for Savvy Board Travel Planning
First, let? s accept that corporate travel gets more and more frustrating hassle every year. Next, let? s acknowledge that arranging travel for board meet... Read story
Blue is the New Green
Forget for a moment about carbon emissions. The world is facing a more immediate crisis -- it is running out of clean water. The prospect of widespread short... Read story
Who's Going Global?
Chart showing numbers of Inc. 500 exporters doing business in specific countries. Read story
Talking Shops
Shopping maven Paco Underhill on how malls can save themselves. Read story
How I Did It: Paulette Cole, CEO, ABC Home
Your partner wants to focus on growth. You want to follow a passion more than a strategy. Could you walk away? Paulette Cole recently did that with ABC Home,... Read story
Travel Tips for Retailers
Three strategies can help retailers expand abroad. The trick is to choose the one that best suits your particular ambitions and your starting point. Read story
Sites for Soar Eyes
Finding really useful travel sites can be harder than looking for a needle in a haystack. Here are some sites that focus on one aspect of travel and do it... Read story
Any Place, Any Times
Miss your hometown newspapers while you travel? NewspaperDirect Inc. has created a means for your local rag to be delivered hot-off-the-printer right to your... Read story
Class Of '82: Who's Who Among The Acquired
1982 Rank Company Location Acquirer 413. Basic Concept Paterson, NJ Lightolier, subs. Bairnco <... Read story
His CPA Is on the Board
One CEO invited his CPA to join his board of directors to benefit from savvy financial advice. Read story
Global Job Outlook Fades
An international survey finds employers are cutting back on hiring in the months ahead. Read story
Cutting Costs When Staying in Other Countries
Most consolidators and hotel discount directories cover international as well as domestic locations. You may want to collect several directories to optimi... Read story
Cross-Cultural/International Communication
Related Terms: Alien Employees ; Read story
Brands and Brand Names
Related Terms: Private Labels A brand is a nam... Read story
The Ties That Bound
This story looks at the long history of long distance networking, a concept that predates the Greeks. Read story
Job Outlook Weakens
Hiring plans have dropped to a four-year low, a global survey finds. Read story
Wine Sellers
How Don Zacharia turned a mom-and-pop liquor store into a wine-retailing juggernaut -- and a family business that works. Read story
Bark for Room Service
Trisha Reed, owner of the Barkington Inn & Pet Resort, in Webster, Tex., is part of a new breed of entrepreneur that's catering to doting pet owners. Sinc... Read story
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