Recently by Nancy McLernon
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,...
May 15, 2008
Written by: Nancy McLernon
Last week, the Commerce Department launched its first ever, "Invest in America" week, highlighting the benefits of foreign investment in the United States. Although the series of events, which took place in 18 states, didn't garner huge media attention, I'm...
May 8, 2008
Written by: Nancy McLernon
More examples why it's not possible, practical or necessary to put a flag on a company. In one of his blogs in the International Herald Tribune, "When profits come from abroad," Daniel Altman points to America-based Yum Brands, which...
April 17, 2008
Written by: Nancy McLernon
Although some recent political debates have focused on ways the U.S. does NOT benefit from the global economy, today the Commerce Department released some numbers illustrating how we DO benefit. According to the latest stats, in 2006 U.S. employment at American subsidiaries of companies based abroad...
April 10, 2008
Written by: Nancy McLernon
OK, so looks like all the scare tactics are working. In a survey of CEOs of U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies, 61% say that the business climate for investing in the United States is falling behind other countries. And,...
March 28, 2008
Written by: Nancy McLernon
Interested in how many people work for U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies in your state? U.S. subsidiaries support jobs in every state across the country. Go to OFII's "Insourcing Jobs by State" report to find yours. According to the OFII...
