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Disney Acting Local in Hong Kong

May 1, 2005 by John Yunker

The NY Times has a great article about the making of Disneyland Hong Kong It looks like Disney learned some painful but important lessons about the importance of localization from the Euro Disney disaster. Writes Laura Holson… When Disney opened …

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Categories Business globalization, China, Culture, Web Globalization

Global Retail Trends: Are Americans Too Slow?

April 30, 2005 by John Yunker

According to Deloitte’s 2005 report on the retail industry, the “need to go global” is one of the top 10 issues facing retailers. Here are two interesting excerpts… Globalization gained further ground in 2003. Currently, these 250 retailers sell in …

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Categories Business globalization, China, Web Globalization

What Do Best Buy, UPS, and Nike Have In Common?

April 29, 2005 by John Yunker

I’ve been writing so many blogs about China over the past few months that today I went ahead and created a new “China” category. It’s impossible to keep up on all the China-related business globalization news, but here are a …

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Categories China, Web Globalization

Move over FIGS; Here Comes BRIC

April 7, 2005 by John Yunker

Emerging markets are driving the Web globalization revolution. Investment bankers use an acronym that is going to have a major impact on the future of the globalization industry: BRIC. BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China, the four countries …

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Categories Brazil, China, India, Russia, Web Globalization

StarOffice Learns a Few More Languages

March 11, 2005 by John Yunker

Sun says that it localize its StarOffice software suite into five additional languages over the next year, which will include Russian, Polish and Dutch. The software is currently available in 11 languages. StarOffice costs a great deal less than Microsoft’s …

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Categories Russia, Software Localization, Web Globalization

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Compete With ‘Em

March 8, 2005 by John Yunker

The Journal writes about Hollywood’s strategy to (finally) begin discounting DVDs in China in an effort to be more competitive with the pirated DVDs. The discounted DVDs will still cost roughly three times what the pirated versions cost, but at …

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Categories Business globalization, China, Web Globalization

China Wants Control of the Internet

March 6, 2005 by John Yunker

China has nearly 100 million Internet users, so it’s only natural that the country want a stake in how the Internet is managed. Chinese Ambassador Sha Zukang recently said that China opposes the “monopolization” of the Internet by one state, …

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Categories China, Web Globalization

Le Meridien Bets Big On India

February 3, 2005 by John Yunker

The Le Merdien hotel chain plans to double the number of properties in India from 10 to 20 over the next four years. According to the press release, all Le Meridien hotels in India are profitable with average occupancy last …

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Categories Business globalization, India, Web Globalization

The Long Tail In India

January 25, 2005 by John Yunker

Chris Anderson is traveling through India and commenting on globalization along the way…

Categories India, Web Globalization

Random House Setting Up House in India

January 18, 2005 by John Yunker

According to this article Random House is going to set up a publishing operation in India. “It’s time a publishing house like Random has a presence in India. It will be publishing for India and in India,” Simon Littlewood, international …

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Categories Business globalization, India, Web Globalization
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