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DEFINITION: Glocalization is a term that was invented in order to emphasize that the globalization of a product is more likely to succeed when the product or service is adapted specifically to each locality or culture it is marketed in. The term combines the word globalization with localization. (An earlier term for globalization in terms of product preparedness for international marketing is internationalization.) … Definition continues below.
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Realizing Business Value with Identity and Access Management sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how IBM identity and access management solutions help organizations realize business value through a centralized, automated identity and access management infrastructure. Posted: 28 Oct 2009 \| Published: 28 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Access Control \| Business Management \| Collaboration \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Globalization \| Identity Management \| Security Management \| SSO

Designing a Strategy for End-to-End Web Protection sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This IBM white paper outlines the risks surrounding Web applications and reviews four layers of security needed in a strategy for end-to end Web protection. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Published: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Globalization \| Internet Security \| Strategic Planning \| Web Application Security \| Web Applications Management \| Web Protocols

Data to Intelligence: The BI Advantage for Financial Services sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: Find out how leading financial enterprises are turning to sophisticated data warehousing techniques, real-time analytics, improved data quality, and intelligent metrics to find competitive advantage. Posted: 12 Oct 2009 \| Published: 12 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Business Intelligence \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Warehouse Architectures \| Data Warehouses \| Financial Industry Organizations \| Financial Metrics \| Globalization

Making Strategy Real sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: How can management communicate business strategy effectively and assure that the entire organization has bought in to the strategy and is aligned behind it? Business performance optimization systems are an important tool for success. Posted: 25 Sep 2009 \| Published: 25 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Business Environment \| Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Structures \| CIOs \| Decision Support Systems \| Economic Environment \| Global Economy \| Globalization \| SAP (Product)

Distributors Gain Control of Destiny with Integrated Solutions Based on Best Practices sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: This IDC report examines the key challenges facing distribution companies as the rules of the game change under the twin forces of globalization and industry consolidation. Posted: 07 Aug 2009 \| Published: 07 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| ERP \| Globalization \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| SAP (Product) \| Supplier Relationship Management \| Supply Chain Intelligence \| Supply Chain Management

Managing Enterprise Information: Architecting for Survival and Positioning for Success in Tough Times sponsored by SAP BusinessObjects WHITE PAPER: Today, businesses must work smarter, not just harder - and to do it, they must use information to compete. With ever-greater demands on data resources, organizations need to derive greater value from their existing information. Posted: 19 Jun 2009 \| Published: 19 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Integration \| Business Intelligence \| Business Performance Management \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Globalization \| Information Management \| Information Management Software \| Information Retrieval Software \| Information Storage and Retrieval Systems \| Knowledge Management

The Collaboration Advantage: Customer-Focused Partnerships In A Global Market sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: In order to better understand the opportunities, challenges, risks and rewards companies have seen from these types of agreements, the Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a survey in March 2008, sponsored by SAP, which asked 516 senior executives how their business relationships are evolving. Posted: 05 Jun 2009 \| Published: 05 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Environment \| Business Intelligence \| Business Performance Management \| Collaboration \| Collaborative Commerce \| Customer Service \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Globalization

THINKStrategies - On-Demand Business Intelligence Solutions: A New Way to Achieve Your Corporate Objectives in Today's Challenging Economy sponsored by SAP BusinessObjects WHITE PAPER: The macro-market trends of Globalization and eCommerce are making it more important than ever for corporate executives and end users to access critical information to make effective business decisions. This paper will examine how a new generation of SaaS-based BI solutions is responding to the escalating challenges facing companies of all sizes. Posted: 10 May 2009 \| Published: 10 May 2009 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Control Software \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Performance Management \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Integration \| Data Migration \| eCommerce \| Globalization \| Query Tools \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Software as a Service

Five Steps To Effective Corporate Governance sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper takes a look at the importance of corporate governance in today's context, some best practices that companies can adopt in this area for effective corporate governance and, more specifically, lays out 5 important steps to effective corporate governance. Posted: 27 Feb 2009 \| Published: 27 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Corporate Governance \| Global Economy \| Globalization \| SOA \| SOA Governance

Business Process-Centric Information Technology: Aligning Business and Technology for High Performance sponsored by Accenture WHITE PAPER: Process-centric IT is, first and foremost, a way for the IT organization to build applications that will deliver greater flexibility and agility to the business-enabling high performance. Posted: 18 Feb 2009 \| Published: 18 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Business Service Management \| Customer Service \| Globalization \| Interoperability

Global Delivery: A Course to High Performance in a Multi-Polar World sponsored by Accenture WHITE PAPER: To fully exploit the opportunities offered by the multi-polar world, multinationals and public sector organizations must successfully create a global delivery strategy, and tap into specialized industry. Posted: 18 Feb 2009 \| Published: 18 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Outsourcing \| Business Processes \| Global Economy \| Globalization \| Public Sector \| Workforce Planning

Global Manufacturing Operations Management sponsored by Apriso Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how a common platform can provide the basis for not only managing manufacturing operations, but also quality and inventory across global supplier networks. Posted: 11 Sep 2008 \| Published: 11 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| ERP \| Global Economy \| Globalization \| Manufacturing Execution Systems \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Software \| Supply Chain Event Management \| Supply Chain Event Management Software \| Supply Chain Execution \| Supply Chain Integration

Service Delivery Innovation: Creating Client Value and Enhancing Profitability sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the forces that affect the professional services market today, defines and explains the main pillars of service delivery innovation, and reviews the benefits firms derive from service delivery innovation. Posted: 06 Aug 2008 \| Published: 06 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Globalization \| Outsourcing \| Professional Services Industries \| SOA \| Software as a Service

Supply Chain Collaboration: The Key to Success in a Global Economy sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: Learn how you can transform traditional supply chains from linear, sequential processes into adaptive supply chain networks. Posted: 06 Aug 2008 \| Published: 06 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Globalization \| Manufacturing \| Outsourcing \| Supply Chain Management

Leveraging the Talent Supply Chain for a Competitive Advantage sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: This paper identifies the market trends driving the need for an integrated talent supply chain and describes the internal inefficiencies professional services firms must overcome to optimize their talent supply chains. Posted: 02 Feb 2008 \| Published: 02 Feb 2008 TOPICS: Globalization \| Human Resources Management \| Services Providers \| Supply Chain Management \| Trends

3 Things Business Decision-Makers Need to Know about SOA sponsored by IFS WHITE PAPER: Given the increasing importance of service-oriented architecture (SOA), this white paper cuts through the marketing hype surrounding SOA and focuses on the three most important facts you need to know about this groundbreaking technology. Posted: 07 Jun 2006 \| Published: 07 Jun 2006 TOPICS: .NET \| Application Integration \| Change Management \| Composite Applications Software \| Content Integration Software \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Globalization \| Network Best Practices \| SOA \| Web Services Architecture \| Web Services Management

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GLOBALIZATION DEFINITION (continued): … The term first appeared in the late 1980s in articles by Japanese economists in the Harvard Business Review. According to the sociologist Roland Robertson, who is credited with popularizing the term, glocalization describes the tempering effects of local conditions on global pressures. At a 1997 conference on "Globalization and Indigenous Culture," Robertson said that glocalization "means the simultaneity --- the co-presence --- of both universalizing and particularizing tendencies."The increasing presence of McDonalds restaurants worldwide is an example of globalization, while the restaurant …
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