Globig Weekly Global Growth Newsletter

The global scene is constantly changing, with new opportunities and challenges every day. You’ll want to stay in the know and we’re here to help. Enjoy Globig’s weekly curation of insights on how to expand your business, locally and globally.  We’re also including more content directly focused on expanding into new markets: insider knowledge on marketing, sales, demand generation, strategy, regulations, culture and more. Let us know if you have any feedback for us at editor@globig.co.

GLOBAL
Biden And International Trade: International Trade Lawyers Tackle the Questions 
Via Harris Bricken: Four International trade lawyers participated in a webinar titled The Biden Administration on International Trade. Since there were tons of questions from the audience that weren’t answered that day, here are some of the answers to those questions. Read More

5 Principles To Keep Your Business Thriving In 2021
Via Forbes: Use these principles along with some of your own to strengthen your company and push it forward. Read More

Bill Gates on How Business Leaders Can Fight Climate Change
Via Harvard Business Review: A conversation about why it’s not enough to just cut emissions – we also need to innovate. Read More

AUTOMATION
The Evolution Of Automation Technologies
Via Security Boulevard: Automation is making waves in many industries worldwide and encompasses a wide range of technologies including endpoint management, robotic process. Read More

Securing Business Automation Amidst Remote Work
Via Security Magazine: In today’s world, business process automation solutions are considered the fastest-growing segment on the global enterprise software market. However, both business owners and frequent users alike often express their doubts about the capability of automation tools to operate at the proper level required by enterprise data security, especially with many employees working from home due to the pandemic. Read More

Automation And AI Are Changing Business: Will You Iterate Or Innovate?
Via TechCrunch: If 2020 was the year that forced the acceleration of digital transformation, this year will be the year that tests which companies can reimagine the new rules of business and find opportunities to innovate. Read More
 

DATA
Making The Business Case For A Chief Data Officer
Via MIT Sloan: Given the proper mandate and the right boss, a CDO can guide companies in treating data as an asset — and reaping the rewards. Read More

Analyzing And Managing Data For Decisions
Via CIO: Data analytics is a discipline focused on extracting insights from data, including the analysis, collection, organization, and storage of data, as well as the tools and techniques used to do so. Read More

ANALYTICS
The Technologies Driving Business Transformation In 2021
Via Fortune: COVID-19 has reinforced the importance of driving enterprise transformation across the front and back offices, enabled by technology. Read More

How To Use Business Analytics To Boost Office Efficiency
Via BBN Times: Running a business is all about efficiency. Read More
ASIA PACIFIC

Biden’s Trade Plans Will Boost China’s Power In Asia
Via Foreign Policy: Supporting the middle class at home and reasserting leadership abroad may be mutually exclusive, especially in Asia. Read More

Asian Shares Extend Gains On Global Optimism, Vaccine Hopes
Via US News & World Report: Asian shares are rising, lifted by the economic recovery, vaccine rollouts and signs that new coronavirus cases may be abating. Read More
 
EUROPE + UK

London Targeted By EU’s ‘Absurd’ Plan To ‘Drive Business Out Of UK Into Europe’
Via Express: London could become the center of another EU feud as experts suggest Brussels could drive business out of the UK and into Europe. Read More

The EU’s Unsustainable Approach To Stakeholder Capitalism
Via Harvard Business Review: It’s time to make it easier, not harder, for firms to raise, deploy, and return capital. Read More

Selling In Europe ‘Made Easier By Establishing An EU Business’
Via Travel Weekly: Post-Brexit rules mean firms ‘need to comply in every state.’ Read More
 
 NORTH AMERICA

Mexico Blames US As Energy Crisis Spills Across The Border
Via Yahoo Finance News: If President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was looking for ammunition in his quest to cut Mexico’s reliance on foreign energy, it would be hard to top the electricity blackouts affecting the north of the country. Mexico reported 4.77 million homes and businesses losing power Monday after imports of natural gas from the US were curbed, knocking power stations offline. Read More

Winter Storm Disrupts Wide Swath Of American Business
Via The New York Times: Power outages, natural gas shortages and icy conditions made it hard for automakers, retailers and delivery carriers to operate across much of the South and Midwest. Read More

Decoupling With China Would Hurt US Businesses
Via Wall Street Journal: The US Chamber of Commerce warned that rising tensions with China could have serious consequences for US businesses, laying out a worse-case scenario where some major industries would be crippled. Read More
A BIT OF CULTURE:
Turkey


 Turkish Business Culture
Via Business Culture: Before arriving to look for work in Turkey, it is better to find and make contact with a company that will offer you a job. Sign a contact with the employer and then apply for your residency and work permit visa. Read More

Miniatures, Marbling, and Calligraphy: A Look at Traditional Turkish Art
Via Culture Trip: From beautiful calligraphy to colorful miniatures and works of marbling, traditional Turkish art has a long history to tell. Read More

[Video] Song Of The Week: Gaye Su Akyol: – İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir
Via YouTube: “Akyol has built a broad fan base by reviving — and reinventing — psychedelic rock, a sound that was last truly popular in Turkey in the 1970s,” says The New York TimesWatch Here

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