by Clint | Sep 18, 2007 | Attempt at Funny, Random
It is true that with 1/5th the world’s population (1.3 billion people), an exploding industrial economy, and sketchy national restrictions – there is cause for concern over China’s environmental policy. Recently walking the streets of Shanghai,...
by Clint | Sep 14, 2007 | e-learning, mobile learning, Web 2.0, Web Analytics
I presented yesterday at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University E-Learning Lab, and was impressed by what they are doing. Although it is not the only thing they do, I quite simply have not seen anyone as advanced in mobile learning functionality – and I think it is...
by Clint | Sep 13, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives, International business, Key Questions
As a part of the IMPDET Cross-Cultural Research Group, we have started a “Reflection Wiki” that allows us to post situations in cross-cultural interactions that we wish we had more perspective on – to check if our initial interpretations of the...
by Clint | Sep 5, 2007 | Attempt at Funny, Cross-cultural perspectives, Random
I went to an official Finnish university ceremony today. I found out that, first of all, there is no college graduation ceremony in Finland – you just kind of get your degree and that’s it (although every four years after that there is a...
by Clint | Sep 3, 2007 | Key Lessons
Rome, Georgia – that is. (notice the American flag in the picture). I was here on a two and a half day stop over before Europe, attending a conference at the beautiful Berry College. I took this picture on my run this morning, mainly because it had columns and...
by Clint | Aug 29, 2007 | Attempt at Funny, Random
I love to talk about Finland! I am surprised by how little most people in the US know about Finland (including myself before about two years ago). It seems like the ones who do know about it love it, are passionate about it, and know quite a bit about it (I even...
by Clint | Aug 21, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Just something cool, What went well
It is always nice to share good news. A German publishing house, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, is publishing my dissertation research as a book. It is in the works right now, and I’m sure I’ll post when it is available. Here is the cover I just received: It was...
by Clint | Aug 3, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives, International business, Key Lessons
I heard Brian Reynolds, second secretary/vice consul at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, speak at BYU Wednesday about the rising economies of India and China. He wanted to emphasize his title (the end of American economic supremacy) is a question, not a...
by Clint | Jul 19, 2007 | International business, Just something cool, Resources, Web 2.0
I followed the example of Rich Hoeg in using Google Co-Op to create a Search Engine that indexes current and archived business management and strategy podcasts from top academic business schools (MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Wharton, and Insead – with...
by Clint | Jul 19, 2007 | Conferences, e-learning, Web 2.0, Web Analytics
I just participated in the e-Learning DevCon 2007 conference over the last three days, and here were some of the topics and practical skills that I learned more about: How to create effective simulations for learning What Web 2.0 things do and do not work for...
