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How Israeli Innovation Helps Fuel a Georgia Smart City

Editor’s note: This sponsored post is provided by Pendleton Consulting, which supports Global Atlanta’s Israel and Economic Development coverage. That Israeli companies are the cream of the crop in the tech world is no longer news. Still, not every city or county has the foresight to reach across an ocean and drum up ties with this hotbed of […]

Virtual Vitality: International Business Research Center Sees Opportunity in Online Shift

Editor’s note: This sponsored post was written by Tamer Cavusgil, Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Chair at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business, and Executive Director of Georgia State CIBER, a national resource center in international business. During the global pandemic, flexibility has become a byword for those in the business community, particularly for firms managing […]

United Nations Internships Bring Diplomacy, Leadership to Life for Kennesaw State Students

Editor’s note: This sponsored article is provided by Kennesaw State University’s Division of Global Affairs and was written by Dave Shell. Vanessa Godinez and Hayley Englund wanted to experience the world. They both had their chance during a unique internship at the United Nations headquarters in Switzerland. Ms. Englund, who graduated from Kennesaw State University […]

Commentary: Trump’s Latest Immigration Proclamation Carries Damaging Consequences for Foreign Workers, Residents

Editor’s note: This sponsored post by Charles Kuck is published as part of Kuck Baxter’s annual advertising package with Global Atlanta. It first appeared on immigration.net and has been edited for length. Weeks ago, we began advising our clients to return to the United States immediately, seeing clear cues from President Trump that he would […]

Solving for 5G: How Math Modeling Can Improve Modern Communications

Editor’s note: This commentary, written by Assistant Professor Eric Stachura, is published as part of an annual sponsorship of Global Atlanta by Kennesaw State University’s Division of Global Affairs. Mathematical modeling sounds intimidating and complicated, but also vague. What does it really mean, and more importantly, what does it mean for the world? According to the Society […]

Zoom-Bombing and Data Sharing: Don’t Forget about Privacy and Security While Telecommuting During Pandemic

Editor’s note: This commentary was written by Arnall Golden Gregory LLP attorneys Kevin Coy and Montserrat Miller and is published as a part of the firm’s annual sponsorship of Global Atlanta. By now, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced most organizations to adjust their operating practices to continue operations, meetings, classes and services remotely as mush […]

Laying Off Foreign Workers During the Pandemic? Here’s How to Help Them While Complying With Immigration Laws

Editor’s note: This is a sponsored post published as part of Kuck Baxter’s annual advertising package with Global Atlanta. As immigration attorneys, employers terminating foreign workers often ask us about their obligations, as well as the work options available to those they’re forced to let go. In recent days, companies dealing with the economic impacts […]

Immigration Limbo: How Trump’s Covid-19 Bans and Border Measures Are Affecting Foreign Travelers, Workers

Editor’s note: In an address just one week ago (which already seems to many like an eternity) aimed at inspiring confidence in his administration’s efforts to contain the fallout from Covid-19’s global spread, President Trump enacted a ban on travel from 26 European countries, setting travelers scrambling to their nearest airports to get back home. […]

Business Case Competition Tackles Brazilian Beauty Market

To some students, Natura, the Brazilian provider of makeup and other beauty products, needed only cosmetic changes to grow its business within the South American country and beyond. To others participating in the Georgia State University Center for International Business Education and Research’s annual business case competition, the solution was an online makeover of the […]

30 Years Later: Kennesaw State’s Role in Romania’s Transition to an Open Economy

Editor’s note: This story is published via a sponsorship and content partnership between Global Atlanta and Kennesaw State University’s Division of Global Affairs. When Romania last year marked the 30-year anniversary of the fall of communism in 1989, it had much to celebrate. After some initial setbacks, the Eastern European nation’s economy by 1995 surpassed its output […]

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