September 29, 2009
Written by: Nancy McLernon
Some of the longest strides in green innovation in the United States are being made by insourcingfirms. Fuel-efficient cars, energy-generating wind farms, sun-absorbing solar panels, and community-connecting commuter rails are all at work in the American market because of investment from...
July 15, 2008
Written by: Nancy McLernon
Despite all the excitement over the just-approved foreign acquisition of Anheuser-Busch by Belgium-based Inbev, all foreign investment doesn't come through acquisitions. A healthy chunk of it is through Greenfield investments - spending to build a plant or factory from the...
June 26, 2008
Written by: Nancy McLernon
Anheuser-Busch is trying to drum up public concern over Belgium-based InBev's $46.3 billion takeover offer based on the American beer company falling into foreign hands. It's unfortunately become far too commonplace for a domestic company to whip up fear of...
June 4, 2008
Written by: Nancy McLernon
June 5 is World Environment Day -- a United Nation's effort to whip up enthusiasm for protecting the environment. In honor of this day, I thought it would be appropriate to point out the many GREEN companies based abroad...
May 22, 2008
Written by: Nancy McLernon
Ran across an interesting globalization story today on forbes.com, "Toyota Wants to Export SUVs, From America," by Shu-Ching Jean Chen. It seems Toyota is gearing up to export its American-made Sequoia SUV to the Middle East sometime this year. Further,...