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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
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Recent Articles about Turkey
Going Global, Part 13: Is It Safe Yet?
The murder in Instanbul this January of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink served as a sob... Read more
Good News: World War III Has Not Begun. It's Just Spam, Again
Yes, it's true the saber-rattling out of Iran became a bit more chilling this w... Read more
Preparing for a Financial Crisis
Companies can do much to avoid falling victim to sudden national financial emergencies. Although the tally of such events is rising, many businesses remain u... Read more
Where to Go for Help: Europe
Albania Teuleda http://www.teuleda.org.al/index.php?gjuha=eng <... Read more
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 more
Fruit Bouquets in Every Time Zone
How do you keep a smooth supply chain when you sell perishable goods on an international scale? Edible Arrangements's co-founder and COO Kamran Farid shares ... Read more
Cold and Wet, but Stoked!
Over 800 entrepreneurial hopefuls showed up for a casting call for American Inventor on Bro... Read more
5 Tips for Managing a Global Supply Chain
Here are tips for streamlining and maintaining an efficient international supply chain as a small business owner. Read more
Foreign Affairs
Collecting delinquent foreign accounts is no easy task it requires determination and, in some cases the help of lawyers and professional bill collectors. Read more
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 more
How to Obtain an H1B Visa
As 2010 nears its end, the number of available H-1B visas is dwindling. Here's how to go about some last-minute shopping for one. Read more
U.S., Allies Create Small-Business Fund for Middle East
Nov. 18, 2005 --The nation's foreign policymakers are turning to small businesses to promote democracy in the Middle East and North Africa... Read more
No Free Pass
Anti-bribery law is now aggressively enforced. Read more
The Great IT Outsourcing Debate: How to Decide
Even small businesses can benefit from outsourcing some technology functions, whether these involve human resources, finance, accounting, or customer service... Read more
Going Global, Part 11: What Would Bono Do?
It was the World Bank's Doing Business Report that provided reporters Nitasha Tiku and Max Chafkin with economic metrics for Inc.'s Read more
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 more
Cleaning Up—and Greening—the Jewelry Industry
In the wake of the blood diamond controversy, there's a growing niche for sustainable and ethically created fine jewelry. Small businesses are stepping in to... Read more
The White House Small Business Conference;
THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE White House Conference on Small Business that met last August and the conference of the same name that met under Jimmy Carter... Read more
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 more
Entrepreneurial Terror
Starting a company? Get ready for the most terrifying experience of your life. Read more
U.S. Maintains Innovation Edge Over European Nations
Dec. 14, 2004 --In the face of an increasingly global economy, the United States has actually widened its advantage over most European nat... Read more
How to Make a Million in Your Pajamas
The ranks of home-based entrepreneurs are growing at a fast clip -- and so are their businesses. Why the new American Dream might just start in your living r... Read more
Garbage In, Gospel Out;
Last October 14th, with gloom gathering like a thunderhead over Wall Street, the government reported the trade deficit for August -- an abysmal $15.7 bill... Read more
Travel: Now boarding: the JetBlue of Bangalore
Discount airlines have become an international hit. We list who is flying. Read more
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 more
Brand in the Making
If all goes well under James Prosek's ambitious business plan, he will be elevated from mere fish aficionado to standard-bearer for an entire way of life. Pl... Read more
Break Away To Work And Back
Charlie Coulter bicycles to and from work, and just for fun, too. Read more
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 more
Gary Hoover: Business Around the World
Gary Hoover is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and educator. He is... Read more
"It's Going to Be Big"
Marc Ecko always had the dream. Over time -- it wasn't easy -- he developed the skills. Here, he talks about how he got smart, why his billion-dollar clothin... Read more
The Chinese Way Of Business
What appears to be a good old-fashioned family business may be a $100-million international conglomerate Read more
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 more
The South Shall Ride Again
This motorcycle maker has a powerful vision for his company. And he's dragging his supporters along -- whether they like it or not. Read more
Why Every Business Will Be Like Show Business
Study of the network of flexible small businesses that make up Hollywood's entertainment industry. Read more
A Whole New World
How Mosaica Education made the jump from the inner city to the Middle East. Read more
How I Did It: George Naddaff
From Spit 'n' Shine Boy To Boston Chicken and Beyond. Read more
The Put-up-or-shut-up Strategy
You've got nothing to lose, and much to gain, by letting your ad agency share your risks -- and your rewards Read more
Power Trips
Some company owners exercise their imaginations not only in the office but out of it. What's striking about their vacations is not where they went, but why. Read more
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