So, you’ve decided to start doing business in the US, you’ve looked at locations for your US office, and maybe you’ve even incorporated an entity in the US. Now it’s time to start work, and it’s likely that you need to send someone to the US. Now you need some visas.
First things first, in most […]
The word that most non-US businesspeople fear when discussing the US is “lawsuit.” It’s certainly true that the US system is different than most, for three primary reasons:
1. The loser doesn’t pay. That’s right, if someone sues you and costs you money, you still have to pay your own legal fees. That’s expensive enough […]
Jetlag is one of the most inconvenient aspects of long-haul flights that all international business travellers experience. You yawn in the middle of a meeting with your important customer, but back at the hotel, you can’t fall asleep or, even worse, you wake up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to […]
We’re continuing on our series on starting a business in the US, and it’s time to form a corporation. There are an awful lot of corporation forms in the world, as can be seen from this handy list deciphering all of the different abbreviations for corporations around the world. Most of these corporate forms […]
Since I’m on the subject of doing business in the US, one of the things non-US businesspeople (particularly Europeans) don’t understand is the US federal system. After all, the US has a single huge market with one language and one currency, what’s not to like?
Well, from a legal perspective, each of the 50 states retain […]
There is a new Project Management book out now (and in stock at Amazon) which especially focuses on the global aspect of many projects today. According to the cover, 90% of large companies today are engaged in some type global projects, but they are ill-equiped for handling them successfully. Managing a multi-cultural, remote team requires […]
I recently met with some potential new clients, and we had a conversation which I’ve had over and over again with businesses considering entering the US. I’ve decided to cover some of those issues here in what will be a somewhat sporadic series on the legal aspects of doing business in the US.
The first thing […]
Adobe has started a new process for translating (”localizing”) its software products into foreign languages. According to Francis Tsang, director of globalization at Adobe Systems Inc, “there is far too much content that needs translating”. Crowdsourcing is a term, coined in 2006 by Jeff Howe in Wired Magazine, to describe the involvement of a large […]
Obviously, international expansion can drive revenue and profits. It can also end up hurting both while providing all sorts of room for behavior which is frowned upon by both stockholders and authorities. Deutsche Post has found that out the hard way, now that head Klaus Zumwinkel has been accused of tax fraud. The moral? […]
Holidays like Valentine’s Day last week make excellent case studies about international business. Some creative (often American) marketeer came up with a way to increase flower and chocolate sales and in the meantime it has spread around the world like a pandemic.
Valentine’s Day is not a big deal in Germany where I live. School children […]
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Written by J. Christopher Erb [email], and Jean Mercedes [email] for b5media.
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