http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/ Read the latest globalization blogs on innovation and leadership. Get up-to-date news on the benefits of globalization, offshore outsourcing and global innovation. 2008-09-05T11:11:28-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/09/mccain_vs_obama.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers The US economy is teetering. American workers are losing out to lower-paid people overseas. The nation has lost credibility as a global leader. How do we get out of this mess? Better ideas could help. The way America’s political leaders... Politics and policy steve_hamm 2008-09-05T11:11:28-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/09/out_of_the_spin_3.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers The US economy is teetering. American workers are losing out to lower-paid people overseas. The nation has lost credibility as a global leader. How do we get out of this mess? Better ideas could help. The way America’s political leaders... Politics and policy steve_hamm 2008-09-02T17:01:06-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/the_dnc_event_l.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers The DNC event last night at Invesco Field in Denver seemed more like a Superbowl halftime show than a political convention--in the visuals at least. (There was plenty of political content, of course.) Here are some shots of the scenery.... Politics and policy steve_hamm 2008-08-29T11:09:08-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/an_innovation_r.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers How do to you light the spark of innovation at a company that has long depended on its legacy businesses to reliably churn out cash? Step 1) Hire Michael Capellas as CEO. Step 2) Turn the staff loose to create... New Technologies steve_hamm 2008-08-28T22:49:39-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/rocky_mountain.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers The DNC last night was a Democratic love fest. It was interesting to experience the event without spin from the TV commentators. From our nosebleed seats, we could look down on the heads of Wolf and Anderson and the rest... Politics and policy steve_hamm 2008-08-28T10:18:10-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/out_of_the_spin_2.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers The US economy is teetering. American workers are losing out to lower-paid people overseas. The nation has lost credibility as a global leader. How do we get out of this mess? Better ideas could help. The way America’s political leaders... Politics and policy steve_hamm 2008-08-27T15:16:45-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/out_of_the_spin_1.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers The US economy is teetering. American workers are losing out to lower-paid people overseas. The nation has lost credibility as a global leader. Who is to blame? That’s obvious. How do we get out of this mess? Better ideas could... Politics and policy steve_hamm 2008-08-26T14:51:22-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/out_of_the_spin.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers The US economy is teetering. American workers are losing out to lower-paid people overseas. The nation has lost credibility as a global leader. Who is to blame? That’s obvious. How do we get out of this mess? Better ideas could... Politics and policy steve_hamm 2008-08-25T17:39:18-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/the_long_hard_r.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers When India's Infosys Technologies today announced a $753.1 million deal to buy the UK's Axon Corp., it was the biggest acquisition ever by an Indian tech services outfit. The deal also signals how important it is for the Indians to... Off-shoring steve_hamm 2008-08-25T13:18:44-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/the_thinkpad_x3.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers It was back in June of 2006 that I started following the journey of the laptop computer that would eventually be known as Lenovo's ThinkPad X300. I had been in Raleigh, N.C., at Lenovo's headquarters working on a profile of... portable computing steve_hamm 2008-08-20T15:07:44-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/indias_public_s.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers When I got back from my recent trip to Bangladesh, India, Tanzania, and Egypt, people asked me if I had any scary experiences. My answer: The scariest times of my life come when I try to cross a city street... India steve_hamm 2008-08-18T16:24:52-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/lenovos_olympic.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers I've been following Lenovo for BusinessWeek ever since it announced its purchase of IBM's PC business back in December of 2004. It's a fascinating story: China's first Western-style company attempts to become a powerful global brand. I wrote a bunch... Global management steve_hamm 2008-08-15T11:51:32-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/travel-blogue_d_18.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers In the Cairo airport, waiting for a flight back to New York City at the end of my 24-day swing through UAE, Bangladesh, India, Tanzania, and Egypt, it’s impossible not to reflect back on the path I have traveled. The... Social Entrepreneurship steve_hamm 2008-08-11T08:44:01-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/travel-blogue_d_17.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers Helmy Abouleish, at the wheel of his black Range Rover, swung past the main street of Belbis, the small city that lies across a canal from his company’s 300-acre farm in the desert near Egypt’s Nile River delta. He pointed... Social Entrepreneurship steve_hamm 2008-08-10T04:50:06-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/globespotting/archives/2008/08/travel-blogue_d_16.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_bangaloretigers Ever since Bill Gates announced a $47 million grant to TechnoServe at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, I’ve been wondering what the organization is up to that would warrant such a big check. I had a chance... Social Entrepreneurship steve_hamm 2008-08-08T04:45:28-05:00