Small Business Labs

JULY 19, 2018

Outsourcing has made international shipping and logistics much easier.  And, of course, even traditional services businesses can more easily find and serve international customers thanks to the Internet and platforms like Upwork, Fiverr, etc. This is true for both product and service companies. small business exports.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

.  Like PWC's Talent Exchange and Deloitte's Open Talent Community , the goal of GigNow is to help EY find and engage skilled independent workers - both for EY's internal use and for use on client projects.

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MAY 21, 2018

Euromonitor International even lists it as one of their top consumer trends for 2018. Common, which currently has 14 shared living sites and over 400 members, recently raised $40 million to help fund their expansion. And, of course, the coworking giant WeWork continues to invest in their WeLive co-living effort. 

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Colliers International, a global real estate services and investment management company, recently released their 2019 U.S. Flexible Workspace Outlook Report. markets • Key issues facing the sector" This by itself is quite interesting.

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JUNE 10, 2019

.  Digital Nomads : These are folks who have a location-independent lifestyle that allows them to travel and work anywhere they can plug into the Internet.    While the digital nomads that tend to get the most press are the ones that travel internationally, a growing number hit the road domestically in RVs and camper vans.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 31, 2016

We believe corporate external talent platforms — platforms that directly connect external talent with internal projects and teams — are emerging as the leading method for accomplishing these tasks.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

Euromonitor International recently released their 2018 Top 10 Global Consumer Trends list,  which are listed in the chart below. We found all the trends interesting, but we especially liked two trends that we also follow closely - the shift to access over ownership and the rise of entrepreneurship.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

Large corporations are embracing the gig economy both in terms of hiring gig workers internally as well as developing services and business models based on independent talent. At a broader level this acquisition shows the growing role the gig economy is playing. We expect this trend to continue.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Globalization and international trade was once driven almost exclusively by large multinational corporations. Propelled by global online markets and platforms and a growing global middle class, small businesses and even freelancers and individuals are exporting goods and services in growing numbers. In fact, according to the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Is peaceful international collaboration ending? This is the key question asked in Knowledge@Wharton's  How to Manage the Top Five Global Economic Challenges. The article is written by Kalin Anev Janse, secretary general of the European Stability Mechanism (the eurozone’s lender of last resort).

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AUGUST 13, 2018

It's one of 30 large corporations using WeWork's Powered by We service , which designs, builds, and operates office space for internal use by corporations. WeWork For example, the global banking giant UBS recently announced it's turning to WeWork to design and run one of their office space's in New York.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

According to the International Federation of Robotics, an industry body, worldwide sales of robots increased by 31% in 2017.  With all the noise around AI and robotics these days, you'd think this is a great time to be a company that makes robots. And in many ways, it is.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

 Many knowledge-based firms (Emergent Research included) often serve international clients but don't really think of it as "exporting"  It is.  Read this chapter to better understand how to reach and build your international customer base. It is fun, but also exhausting and a lot of work.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

  The New York Times For Interns, All Work and No Payoff chronicles the downside of this trend. .   They are also increasingly being offered to those out of school, especially millennials (young adults) trying to break into fields like fashion and entertainment.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

For instance, Alibaba has emerged as a significant platform for international trade in intermediate and final products, especially among SMEs and microenterprises. The growth of platforms is a key reason we believe small, micro-businesses and independent workers are driving the next wave of globalization.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

A perfect alignment between an open job/project and the internal or external skills within the enterprise talent pool is the ideal way to address work. This approach to talent is clearly emerging, both in large corporations and small businesses.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

  The conference covers the nuts and bolts small businesses need to know to get started and thrive in international markets.  .  This is why we're a sponsor of the upcoming Global Small Business Forum , which takes place in Chicago on October 23rd. 

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MAY 4, 2015

The international information in this report - the article includes data and charts on regions and cities from around the world - is quite fascinating and illustrates the global phenomena coworking has become.

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AUGUST 6, 2015

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. It covers the growing number of regulations and rules related to hiring contingent workers. The slide is below (click to enlarge). The "memorandum of understanding" (MOU) listed above is an agreement between the U.S.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

and international coworking conferences. .  We are projecting continued rapid growth over the next 5 years, although slower than the industry's recent dizzying pace. The forecast was done this year with help from our friends at GCUC. These are the folks that produce a series of U.S.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

greatly reduces issues and problems associated with  navigating time zones, cultures and languages that are common with international outsourcing.  Meanwhile, locating in the U.S. has a number of advantages. Having work done in the U.S.

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APRIL 10, 2017

  Examples in the article range from Unsettled , a firm that organizes 30-day international coworking experiences for groups of digital nomads, to Nomad Cruise , which run two-week networking cruises for digital nomads twice a year.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 29, 2017

With organizations choosing to run lean, often internal employees don't have the bandwidth to take on new tasks. Increasingly, it's an outside contractor. This is due to the outside contractor having specialized skills, or simply being available. This means the fastest way to get the work done (driver #1) is to use outside talent.

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JUNE 14, 2012

 But what surprised us was several people told us they were mid-career unpaid interns.  It turns out  several major corporations now have mid-career intern programs , including the unpaid variety. .   We were also aware that many recent college grads are taking unpaid internships.

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DECEMBER 15, 2015

Key quote: Unsurprisingly, these factors are not much different than those that build good relationships with your internal, full-time employees. We also really like their suggestions on how companies can better attract highly skilled contingent talent.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

International travelers are starting to make rural regions like the Deep South their first destination in the US, skipping traditional big city visits. Small towns excel at offering authentic experiences. Visitors can easily connect with culture, history and a sense of place all in a walkable-sized package in a small town.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

  For those not familiar with The Intuit Network, it's a site Intuit uses for both internal and external communication. .   It covers the impact grandparents are making as consumers, care givers and members of the workforce.   They have channels on serving customers , innovation , values and growing their company. 

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APRIL 8, 2014

At the opposite end of the scale, larger enterprises can lower their internal transaction costs, both to co-ordinate and organize their in-house resources and to engage with external contractors.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 18, 2017

and international coworking conferences. .  We are projecting continued rapid growth over the next 5 years, although slower than the industry's recent dizzying pace. The forecast was done this year with help from our friends at GCUC. These are the folks that produce a series of U.S.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 7, 2013

The Creative Group , a division of staffing company Robert Half International that's focused on placing creative and marketing talent, recently conducted   a study on freelance creatives.   They found employers of creative freelancers think the talent pool of this group has improved.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 15, 2016

The study chart below (click to enlarge) illustrates McKinsey's aggressive forecast for cross border B2C commerce. It's not just small employer businesses that are expanding internationally. The report stresses that individuals and the self-employed are becoming increasingly globalized.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The article looks at how companies with a large exposure to international markets are faring versus companies that are dependent on the US.  As the WSJ article points out, large corporations are aggressively pursuing faster growing international markets.  and burger giant McDonald's Corp.

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APRIL 15, 2014

 This definition includes internal employees, vendors, consultants, alliance partners as well as contingent workers who work for the organization on a project basis. The consulting giant Accenture has released a study showing the use of contingent workers and other external talent is growing in importance for major corporations.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 16, 2016

The combined firms will no doubt come up with new tools and capabilities that will make it easier and more effective to collaborate in blended workgroups of company internals and externals. This will lead to more corporations viewing coworking as part of the future of work.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Decent Internet access had spread globally, improvements in mobile and collaborative technologies made this type of work increasingly viable, cheap international airfares had become more common and the recession got more people thinking about alternatives to traditional jobs.

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MAY 27, 2011

The Wall Street Journal's Overseas Start-Ups Move In covers the trend of international technology startups moving to Silicon Valley.    The reason?    According to the article, they move "to get access to venture capital, top talent and other resources."  Interesting

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 28, 2014

The article defines insight as: an imaginative understanding of an internal or external opportunity that can be tapped to improve efficiency, generate revenue, or boost engagement.    Insights can be about stakeholder needs, market dynamics, or even how your company works.

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