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Business Globalization in 2020
 
Keywords
futurist, predictions, energy, foreign exchange, China, machine translation, translation memory, BRIC

Abstract
Futurists block their predictions into timeframes ranging from the next couple of years to the far distant half-century and beyond. Their mid-level scan ranges from five to ten years out, their long-range predictions stretch out 10 years to two decades. The shorter the timeline, the less valuable the prediction. Or as Wacker and Taylor put it in "The Visionary’s Handbook," "the closer your vision gets to a provable future, the more you are simply describing the present. In the same way, the more certain you are of a future outcome, the more likely you will be wrong." With that disclaimer in mind, we prognosticated about the future.

Benefits
In General: A look into the future of business globalization, with macro-economic, political, and social concerns.
For Buyers: Understand market trends and dynamics relative to business globalization and translation supply.
For Suppliers: Understand what your clients will be looking for over the next decade.

Physical Details
Authors: Donald A. DePalma
Date: 19 December 2007
ISBN: 978-1-933555-47-8
Pages: 12

Companies
Apple, Bic, BitTorrent, Embraer, Google, HSBC, HTC, IBM, IKEA, Kazaa, London Underground, McDonald’s, Meizu, Mercosur, Microsoft, One Laptop Per Child, OPEC, Sun, Trados, YouTube

Table of Contents
  • The Economy: Who’s Number One?
  • The Demand: Global Markets or Linguistic Chauvinism?
  • The Supply: The Translation Industry
Paid Research - Membership Required
Business Globalization in 2020
 
Keywords
futurist, predictions, energy, foreign exchange, China, machine translation, translation memory, BRIC

Abstract
Futurists block their predictions into timeframes ranging from the next couple of years to the far distant half-century and beyond. Their mid-level scan ranges from five to ten years out, their long-range predictions stretch out 10 years to two decades. The shorter the timeline, the less valuable the prediction. Or as Wacker and Taylor put it in "The Visionary’s Handbook," "the closer your vision gets to a provable future, the more you are simply describing the present. In the same way, the more certain you are of a future outcome, the more likely you will be wrong." With that disclaimer in mind, we prognosticated about the future.

Benefits
In General: A look into the future of business globalization, with macro-economic, political, and social concerns.
For Buyers: Understand market trends and dynamics relative to business globalization and translation supply.
For Suppliers: Understand what your clients will be looking for over the next decade.

Physical Details
Authors: Donald A. DePalma
Date: 19 December 2007
ISBN: 978-1-933555-47-8
Pages: 12

Companies
Apple, Bic, BitTorrent, Embraer, Google, HSBC, HTC, IBM, IKEA, Kazaa, London Underground, McDonald’s, Meizu, Mercosur, Microsoft, One Laptop Per Child, OPEC, Sun, Trados, YouTube

Table of Contents
  • The Economy: Who’s Number One?
  • The Demand: Global Markets or Linguistic Chauvinism?
  • The Supply: The Translation Industry