International Business

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BusinessWeek February 7, 2005	Uniting Business to Fight Fakes Vivendi's Jean-Rene Fourtou, former International Chamber of Commerce head, talks about a new coordinated counteroffensive against counterfeiting.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005	New Balance: The Cost of Copies The sneaker producer has been fighting to stop a former supplier in China from making counterfeit shoes for domestic sales and export to Europe, Japan, and Australia.
HBS Working Knowledge January 31, 2005 Diana Farrell	Are You Ready to Go Global? Don't think of offshoring as just reducing expenses---it's a great way to generate new revenue. This Harvard Business Review excerpt helps you determine if your company is ready for a global reach.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005	A Chilly Reception For Guest Workers in South Korea Will Korea relax limits on the foreign labor it so desperately needs?
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Frederik Balfour	Fakes! The global counterfeit business is out of control, targeting everything from computer chips to life-saving medicines. Pick any product from any well-known brand, and chances are there's a counterfeit version of it out there. It's so bad that even China may need to crack down.
InternetNews January 27, 2005 Roy Mark	IBM-Lenovo Deal Faces House Pressure U.S. Representatives say $1.75 billion deal raises technology transfer issues.
IndustryWeek January 25, 2005 Tonya Vinas	Transportation Services Respond To China Trade With the influx of goods from China soaring, transportation companies and public ports are making substantial capital investments and refocusing services.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2005 Dave Marino-Nachison	The Complexities of Offshoring The decision to outsource and offshore is more complicated than just counting costs, as evidenced in Sykes Enterprises, the business process outsourcing services company.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005	Venezuela's Oil Giant Still In Disarray Troubles at Petroleos de Venezuela led Standard & Poor's to downgrade Venezuela's credit rating on its $23.6 billion in foreign debt.
InternetNews January 24, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Nortel Making Noise in Asia Just a week after a joint venture deal in China, the company forms one with South Korea's LG as part of a larger strategy to reach promising markets.
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