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The Global Workplace

Contact Info: MOR 213 | 781-891-2407 | mboyd@bentley.edu

1.....CULTURE in  a GLOBAL Business world 

(click to go to a separate whole section on culture differences and items)

 

Resources for The World:

  1. The CIA World Factbook (complete, comprehensive data on all countries)

  2. The World Today -- and Tomorrow (a slide presentation on global demographics)

  3. The Largest Employers in the World - 2004 (Fortune Magazine)

  4. Walt Disney -- International Labor Standards http://corporate.disney.go.com/corporate/intl_labor_standards.html

  5. OECD Statistics (on-line statistics on most developed countries)

  6. OECD States Host 75 million migrants  (Andrew taylor, Financial Times, 2/21/2008)

  7. "DID YOU KNOW?" --  a presentation based on global demographics and trends

  8. Index of World Countries by GNP -2000

  9. International Country Statistics -- 2002

  10. Hon Hai - China - suicide and wages (Wall Street Journal articles - May, 2010)

  11. Foxconn and Suicides at the Apple factory (from change.org -- January, 2012)

  12. Union Carbide former Executives charged for disaster in Bhopal, India

  13. The "Big Mac Index" 2010 currency and purchasing parity comparison

  14. Workforce demographics drive economies   The Wall Street Journal  August 12, 2010

  15. Best Countries for Small Businesses  (Wall Street Journal - 2010)

  16. The Global Population - 2011 - 7 Billion People and world statistics (National Geographic)

  17. Bribery Abroad -- America’s anti-corruption law deters foreign investment. Britain’s is smarter (The Economist, 9/21/2011)

     

EUROPE:

  1. Unemployment in Europe, 2005 - 2006 (Wall Street Journal 5-26-06)

  2. German Unions protest a 40-hour work week. (Wall Street Journal)

  3. Exodus of Skilled Workers in Germany (Wall Street Journal - 1/3/2007)

  4. VW's 28-Hour workweek Kaputt in Germany  (Wall Street Journal,  1/5/2007)

ASIA:

  1. Unemployment in Asia-Pacific, 2005-2006 (Wall Street Journal)

  2. Labor Shortage in Japan - more foreign workers  (Wall Street Journal,  11/30/2006)

  3. Slacker Nation? Young Japanese Shun Promotions   (Wall Street Journal, 11/1/2008)

  4. South Korea - CIA World Factbook report -- comprehensive information               (PDF file - July, 2010)

  5. Foxconn -- world's largest manufacturing company -- China -- employee suicides  (Bloomberg, Sept 2010)

  6. CEOs Get Warnings about 2012  -- Asia Middle Class largest Consumer Spending by 2030 (WSJ - Nov 2011)

LATIN AMERICA:

  1. Brazil Is Booming (and Maddening)

    (U.S. companies are keen to expand into Latin America's biggest market, but CFOs report that Brazil poses unique challenges.)   Kate O'Sullivan - CFO Magazine July 15, 2010

MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA

  1. Saudi woman arrested for Driving (AP May 2011)