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Globalization

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.  … 
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Get Global. Get Specialized. Or Get Out.
sponsored by IBM Line of Business
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Published: 17 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: This paper from IBM explores strategies that can help you capitalize on the opportunities globalization will bring about.

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Best Practices in Establishing the Business Case for Compensation Management
sponsored by Plateau System LTD.
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 13 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: In today's unpredictable business climate, it is especially obvious that compensation is an investment - typically the organization's largest single expense - worth managing effectively.

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Aviation Week's Outsourcing and Maintenance Industry Trends
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 19 May 2008 | Published: 16 May 2008
SUMMARY: This study, which was commissioned by SAP in cooperation with Axon Solutions Inc., found that most respondents believe there will be some re-settling of MRO operations internally versus outsourcing during the coming five years.

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Innovation in the UK Public Sector
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 14 May 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
SUMMARY: The public sector has some distinctive strengths or "innovation assets" and these assets provide opportunities for leaders to stimulate greater levels of sustainable innovation.

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Managing 21st Century Business and Technology Innovation: Core Banking Transformation with System z
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 14 May 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
SUMMARY: This paper provides practical insights into global best practices and the strategic benefits of core banking transformation through the lens of the CEO, COO and CIO.

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IT Strategies for Human Resources Transformation
sponsored by Hexaware Technologies
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 10 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: Learn best practices, best of breed technologies and concepts to enable an efficient, tactical human resources (HR) function. Morph HR from a support to a strategic advantage.

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IDC Vendor Spotlight: Pragmatic yet Visionary ERP Requirements Driving Manufacturing Companies
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 09 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
SUMMARY: Manufacturers know they must implement change or risk limiting their growth and profitability. Explore common manufacturing challenges, how to combat them and what to look for in ERP software.

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Asset: Healthcare 2015 and U.S. Health Plans New Roles, New Competencies
sponsored by IBM Line of Business
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 22 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
SUMMARY: The U.S. healthcare system is on an unsustainable path that will force its transformation.

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Healthcare 2015: Win-win or Lose-lose?
sponsored by IBM Line of Business
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 22 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006
SUMMARY: There is a more positive scenario - a "win-win" - but it is one that will require new levels of accountability, tough decisions and hard work on the part of all stakeholders.

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In the Interest of the Patient
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 22 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006
SUMMARY: This paper explores how by collaborating and sharing data, the two industries can realize the full value of the information they collect--and improve patient treatments.

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GLOBALIZATION DEFINITION (continued): …  (An earlier term for globalization in terms of product preparedness for international marketing is internationalization.)

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 … 
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