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Anyone involved in international business knows the importance of maps and spends a lot of time using them

Sometimes a straightforward mapping of one variable to location is all you need to make data pop out and show you your international opportunities clearly

Even more useful business visualizations can result from multi-variate mappings like mapping the potential locations for a distribution center against both IP address density and cost of business space. Suppose you want to simultaneously evaluate metro market size versus cost … Continue reading →

Multi-variate mapping from the previous post now leads into a map genre of high interest for answering business questions

Getting business answers quickly via self-service mapping and on mobile devices is the driver for the recently announced integration partnerships between SAP and ESRI, centered on their HANA and ArcGIS platforms (see here and here), enabling applications like identifying high-risk … Continue reading →

I’m always learning languages, so useful for international business development. Some of my clients have asked me what language learning apps I think are useful, and after putting some thoughts together about a few, I thought I’d share them more … Continue reading →

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If you’ve not already seen it, I highly recommend Orville Schell’s recent article on Walmart and China. This is quite an interesting story about Walmart, but an even more interesting one about China. THE SURPRISE Leaving aside the fascinating observations … Continue reading →

One of the great challenges and opportunities in any business is knowing what you’re really selling to whom, but this takes on a special flavor in international contexts where what you’re really selling can be quite different in one country … Continue reading →

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