The Zweig Letter Special Issue: International Markets
Articles include:
- Editorial: One world— or is it? Mark Zweig urges you to consider these risk factors of entering overseas markets.
- Home is where you find work— Firms are mainly following their clients or the money trail; Geography, it turns out, is just a consequence.
- A/E Business News— PB bought in international deal, and Terracon buys Gallet.
- International "hot" and "not" spots— A/E firms offer their perspective on design and building activities in the global marketplace.
- Instability leads to warning of caution in international markets— As economies show some signs of recovery, there are warning signs about expanding in still-weak European markets.
- International clients want the Americans— In the global market, being the expert is great, but being American only makes it better.
Keep a tight grip on international payments— Bad debt is no greater problem on overseas projects than domestic ones, but firms need a good grasp of the local environment to assure they’ll get paid. Going international is not without its challenges— From cultural barriers to securing financing, there are plenty of obstacles to global expansion.
Issue 831 originally published September 28, 2009
Firms mentioned in this issue: AES Consulting Engineers (Richmond, VA), Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering (Honolulu, HI), Ellerbe Beckett (Minneapolis, MN), Finley Engineering Group, Inc. (Tallahassee, FL), Forefront Structural Engineers, Inc. (Chicago, IL), FPM Group, Ltd. (Ronkonkoma, NY), Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. (HMMH) (Burlington, MA), Hill International, Inc. (Marlton, NJ), KA Inc. (Cleveland, OH), Miyamoto International, Inc. West (Sacramento, CA), Mabbett & Associates (Bedford, MA), OTAK, Inc. (Lake Oswego, OR), River Consulting (Columbus, OH), Stanley Consultants (Muscatine, IA)
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