Global Business: Why Culture Matters
When it comes to business, there is more than one important facet to creating a successful and productive company. Most importantly, is the part culture plays. Think about it. Culture, defined, is an...
View ArticleGlobal Business: Trade, Broken Down
In business, trade is a big word. Not in the sense of how you spell it, but rather how we use it, as there are many compartments to trading with different countries. From exports, to labor, to...
View ArticleGlobal Business: The Financial Side of Trade
When were talking about trade, you’ll probably hear the words “investments”, “portfolios”, “capital”, “debit and credit”, and BOP (thats balance of payments). These words to global trade advisors and...
View ArticleGlobal Business: Exchange and Value
Here you are, visiting the ever beautiful London, when you come across a shop with the most beautiful pair of shoes in the window. You notice they’re designer, vintage even, and in the perfect...
View ArticleNew World, New Policy: Entrepreneurial Money Produces Residency Permits
A successful Chinese entrepreneur, showed me a news article. It reported that wealthy Chinese could buy an American passport and become US citizens. Is this really true? What are the implications of...
View ArticleThere is Nothing Wrong With Civility
There is a new, more dramatic form of hostility in the media and their users. I knew that but only now have experienced it with an anvil falling on me. I wrote an article for The Hill which distributes...
View ArticleGreat Things Can Happen and Not Just for America
When President Trump attended the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, the aspects publicly reported were mainly uncontrolled demonstrators, burning Porsche cars and police at the end of their rope. Few...
View ArticleAuto Kartels in Germany
Has the German emissions scandal affected US consumers? In Germany, many consumers have been shocked by allegations of widespread emissions cheating. But in the United States, there is little awareness...
View ArticleNew Thinking on Immigration
President Trump endorsed the RAISE Act; Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment. This key new immigration legislation would aim to create a better screening process for who is allowed into...
View ArticleGood Corporate Citizenry, No Longer a Choice But a Necessity
By Victoria Galeano & Jerry Haar When queried at a 1909 business meeting about the choice of colors available for his automobiles, Henry Ford replied that customers could have any color they wanted...
View ArticleYes, Cultural Awareness Matters in International Marketing
Culture defines the behavioral patterns that are distinguishing characteristics of members of a society. It gives an individual an anchoring point, an identity and codes of conduct. Culture has 164...
View ArticleTroy Fuhriman and Jozsef Szamosfalvi at the First Year Seminar
This week, the students had the opportunity to hear the insights of two professionals specialized in international trading financing, Troy Fuhriman and Jozsef Szamosfalvi, who kindly accepted the...
View ArticleLanguage Matters in Ukraine’s Educational Reform | Commentary
Recently, the Washington Post wrote about the law restructuring Ukraine’s education system and establishing Ukrainian as the main language in schools. The new law concerns neighboring countries such as...
View ArticleMartha Lawless speaks to students at the First Year Seminar
It is a pleasure to have Ms. Martha Lawless, chief of the Services Industry Research Division of the U.S. International Trade Commission, as guest at our Seminar! What a great opportunity for the...
View ArticleYoung Tigers Speak Out on Trade
This Fall, I am teaching a Georgetown University Seminar on International Trade – The Insiders, populated by our First Year Students. The insiders we talk with and about are politicians, Policy...
View ArticlePecan farmers pushing for fewer trade barriers
From wymt.com. WASHINGTON (Gray DC) — The pecan farming business is booming. The industry is rapidly adding jobs in Georgia and billions of dollars to the economy in the South, but now this sector...
View ArticleVisitors from Iceland
This week, we have very special visitors from Iceland here at the Georgetown McDonough School of Business. The group is headed by Dr. Svala Guðmundsdóttir, associate professor at the University of...
View ArticleAmbassador Jaeger and Christian Forstner at the First Year Seminar
As we are heading to the end of our Fall semester seminar, we have still three more guests to come and talk to students at the Georgetown McDonough School of Business. Yesterday, Nov. 15th, we had the...
View ArticlePressure by Cuba will not pay off
This past week, United States relations with Cuba were back in the spotlight. The Trump administration announced new restrictions on travel and trade with Cuba. The rollback of Obama’s measures...
View ArticleReligions, Christmas, and International Marketing
With billions of people celebrating Christmas and exchanging wishes of peace, perhaps we will see at least some of the inspired and faithful take personal steps which reduce the barbarities which...
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