Discuss board

Information technology has allowed outreach and made knowledge of global English speaking and non-English speaking countries accessible to businesses large and small. Furthermore, the Internet offers links to media sources world-wide. Find a story in a global journal/newspaper about a US-based company that had a business issue in a foreign market.

• Describe the situation in your own words and make sure to cite and reference the news item and site.
• In your own words, itemize some of the ramifications, both positive and negative, of this plethora of information?

WEEK 1:

Interactive: Choose one student post and determine how his/her company’s business issue was covered in a local U.S source. Compare and contrast the impact of the business coverage from a technological stand point based on the premise that not all countries are technologically equal.