“Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.” ~ Warren Buffett
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How do you start the new year out with a big technology bang for your business? Follow the online crowds because the crowds are talking a lot about several disruptive technologies that are bound to impact our world in 2010. Let's take a look at ten that Erick Schonfeld put together.
- The Tablet
- Geo
- Realtime Search
- Chrome OS
- HTML5
- Mobile Video
- Augmented Reality
- Mobile Transactions
- Android
- Social CRM
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Think what you may here but the Burj Dubai, now officially renamed Dubai Khalifa and considered the world's tallest building in the world, has finally opened for business. We first wrote about this building August 2, 2008.
The project has been rescued from near financial disaster. My concern for Dubai is that the country will eventually experience the same financial bubble or burst we just went through in the United States.
Enjoy it while you can. Read more here.
Additional resources:
Dubai's Mark of Dependence (WSJ)
Everything You Don't Know About the Burj Dubai, er, Khalifa
The Burj Dubai-Burj Khalifa name change: Better change those T-shirts and caps in the gift shop--and a whole lot more
Whatever it is and whenever it is launched, get ready to take your business global by developing accessories for the soon to be announced Apple tablet.
Read more here.
strategy+business gives its list of Best Business Books 2009 and five of them offer insights into the changing topology of global trade and influence.
The best books on globalization this year offer insights into three directional trends that are changing the topology of global trade and influence: the deepening of regional ties across emerging markets; the continuing rise of powerful new global players; and, finally, the intractability of risk factors inherent in emerging markets and regional networks, and how best to analyze them.Get ready to feed your global mindset and chart your business course. The five featured are:
1. The New Silk Road: How a Rising Arab World Is Turning Away from the West and Rediscovering China
2. Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation
3. India’s Global Powerhouses: How They Are Taking On the World
4. The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing
5. Riches among the Ruins: Adventures in the Dark Corners of the Global Economy (pictured above)
strategy+business's review conclusion:
An unmistakable conclusion that we share with all the books featured in this essay is the assertion that the U.S. has lost its status as the preeminent driver of globalization. Thus, we predict that two trends will typify the next phase of globalization: First, stronger regionalism in terms of deepening economic integration in areas such as East Asia, Latin America, and the Arab world will be driven by local powers such as China, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia. Second, the global playing field for firms, capital, and strategies will become much more level as Western companies lose the automatic edge they once held in trust and credibility. (See “Capturing the Asian Opportunity,” by Andrew Cainey, Suvojoy Sengupta, and Steven Veldhoen, s+b, Winter 2009.) Companies in emerging and frontier markets may not become global leaders in their own right, but they will surely be powerful players in their own domains and beyond.Care to share other enlightening books you read on globalization in 2009? We'll highlight them here on The Global Small Business Blog.
No matter how tough the global economic environment, it is a time to repair (from what's been harmed), rebuild (from what's been weakened), return (to what matters) and rejoice (to what's yet to come) for a brand new year and decade.
Looking forward to it!
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