Over the last few months 3 companies offering mainstream corporate software have built translation support into their products. All chose to develop their own technology rather than integrate tried-and-true language industry software.

In June 1963 the United States and the Soviet Union established a round-the-clock hotline for speedy communication between their leaders during periods of international tension like the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. President John Kennedy and First Secretary Nikita Khruschev originally relied on teletype technology, but by 1999 the countries added a secure telephone connection. This [...]

Films can make money 3 ways: at the box office in the country in which they’re made, in DVD form for purchase and rental, and in the international market. Producers hit the trifecta when their films score in all 3 venues. Getting that international hit is not as simple as just finding an international distributor.

In his new book, “Redefining Global Strategy,” Harvard and IESE (Barcelona) Professor Pankaj Ghemawat argues against the notion, most vociferously fronted by Thomas Friedman, that “The World Is Flat.” Ghemawat cautions that the belief in a “globalization apocalypse” — that is, a single global market in which all aspects of business proliferate without constraint — [...]